Age Level: 3 to 6 Grade Level: P to 2
Where have all the bedtime stories gone? A delightful addition to the
picture book canon about the love of reading.
It's bedtime in the woods of Burrow Down, and all the animals are ready
for their story. But books are mysteriously disappearing. A rabbit named
Eliza Brown decides to stay awake and catch the book thief. It turns out
to be a little creature, the Snatchabook, who has no one to read him a
bedtime story. All turns out well when the books are returned and the
animals take turns reading bedtime stories to the Snatchabook, embodying
a wonderful message of forgiveness for kids.
A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming bedtime story about books
and the joy of reading in the vein of bestsellers It's a Book, How
Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books.
#1 Autumn 2013 Kids Indie Next Pick
A 2014-2015 Teachers' Choices Reading List Title
"I dare you to try to read The Snatchabook silently to yourself. You
can't do it. The book is so wonderful it demands to be read out loud.
And besides, if you didn't read the book out loud, how would the
Snatchabook hear it?"--Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick
"[A] rollicking paean to the pleasures of reading aloud."--The Wall
Street Journal
Great for parents and educators looking for:
A fun read aloud championing a love for language and books