Synopses & Reviews
A powerful and inspiring collection of vignettes about everyday Americans using creative and effective methods to take proactive political roles in their own communities.
Today’s Americans are frightened and upset about what has happened to their country. Shaken by the mortgage crisis, the banking crisis, the wildly fluctuating stock market, the bailouts and billion-dollar stimulus packages, a 10-percent unemployment rate, a $12 trillion national debt, and our government’s tepid response to terrorism and illegal immigration, ordinary Americans—middle-class, churchgoing people—are doing something they have never done before: they are carrying signs, gathering in large numbers, and raising their voices in vocal-but-peaceful protest.
Engaging, conversational, practical, and compelling, Grass Roots is sure to be one of the most talked-about conservative bestsellers of the season.
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andlt;bandgt;No Go Sleep!andlt;/bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;iandgt;Kate Feiffer, illus. by Jules Feiffer. Sandamp;S/Wiseman, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4424-1683-3andlt;/iandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; and#8220;No go sleep!and#8221; insists a baby, and clearly his parents arenand#8217;t going to change his mind. But the rest of the world is more than ready to call it a day, and celestial bodies, nearby animals, a car driving down the street, and even the front door give it the old college try. and#8220;When you wake up, Iand#8217;ll be back to play,and#8221; promises the sun. and#8220;Who? Yes me,and#8221; pledges the owl. and#8220;Iand#8217;ll stay awake and watch over you.and#8221; and#8220;No!and#8221; says the stubborn baby, seemingly immune to this cosmic persuasion, though his eyes say otherwise. Kate Feiffer, who last collaborated with her father on My Side of the Car, has written the perfect go-to book for the go-to-sleep impaired. With its lulling tone and gentle, comic cajoling, it has nightly must-read written all over it. Jules Feifferand#8217;s legendary ink lines beautifully capture a nascent human in all his lumpy discontent. Especially revelatory is how he conjures up the beauty of a starry, marine-blue night and all the creatures and things that go into making the world reassuringly benevolent. Ages 3and#8211;7.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; --andlt;iandgt;Publishers Weeklyandlt;/iandgt;, January 2, 2012, andlt;bandgt;*STARRED REVIEWandlt;/bandgt;
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NO GO SLEEP! Author - Feiffer, Kate
Illustrator: Feiffer, Jules
Father and daughter Feiffers deliver a bedtime book underscoring the notion that sometimes only pure exhaustion will lull a baby to sleep.
When the blue pajama’ed baby announces “No go sleep,” he means it. Page after page of reassurances from parents, the setting sun, the watchful moon, bunnies, owls and even a car driving by saying “Beep, beep, sleep, sleep” are all for naught. The text’s lilting cadence coupled with the cool, nighttime palette might make readers expect the baby to acquiesce, but he’s not one to fall for such standard bedtime-book ploys. When the mommy says, “Please go to sleep,” in a left-hand illustration depicting her leaning over the crib of a calm but still wide-awake baby, the facing page shows baby simply and firmly responding, “NO!” Funny in and of itself after such a long build-up of gentle reassurances, the humor of this blunt refusal is enhanced by Jules Feiffer’s picture of the baby, no longer calm and wide-eyed, but downright irascible and rigid in his adamant, wakeful state. But a page turn brings us to baby immediately closing his eyes anyway and falling fast asleep.
A clever, funny addition to the bedtime-book shelf. (Picture book 2-5)
Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2012
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andlt;bandgt;No Go Sleep!andlt;/bandgt;andlt;BRandgt; Feiffer, Kate (Author) , Feiffer, Jules (Illustrator)andlt;BRandgt; Mar 2012. 32 p. Simon andamp; Schuster/Paula Wiseman, hardcover, $16.99. (9781442416833).andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; Father and daughter Jules and Kate Feiffer have joined forces again, with this traditional-feeling bedtimeandlt;BRandgt; story. A restless baby proclaims, and#8220;No go sleep!and#8221; Mommy and Daddy offer quiet words of encouragementandlt;BRandgt; to no avail, and even the sun, the moon, the bunnies, the owls all try to allay the babyand#8217;s fears. Page afterandlt;BRandgt; page of friends, animate and inanimate, offer their own personal promises of safety and securityand#8212;the starsandlt;BRandgt; say, and#8220;Weand#8217;ll twinkle and sprinkle sweet dreams down to you.and#8221; The baby, unconvinced, says, and#8220;NO!and#8221; butandlt;BRandgt; soon closes his eyes and falls asleep. Kate Feifferand#8217;s deceptively simple text, occupying a narrow band atandlt;BRandgt; the bottom of each page, establishes a remarkable variety of characters in a few spare, convincing words.andlt;BRandgt; The homey quality of Jules Feifferand#8217;s almost mussy illustrations reflects the babyand#8217;s fidgety unease, whileandlt;BRandgt; careful use of color and light evoke the coming tranquility of dusk. Peppered with bits of irreverent,andlt;BRandgt; contemporary whims, the storyand#8217;s repetitive pattern will lull little ones to sleep, night after night.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; --andlt;iandgt;Booklistandlt;/iandgt;, February 15, 2012
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No Go Sleep! by Kate Feiffer; illus. by Jules Feiffer
Preschool
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Feiffer, Kate
No Go Sleep!; illus. by Jules Feiffer. Wiseman/Simon, 2012 30p ISBN 978-1-4424-1683-3 $16.99 R 3-5 yrs
A determined toddler refuses to go to sleep, leading to a string of attempts to convince him: first from his mother ("It's time for you to close your eyes and think sweet thoughts"), then his dad ("Put your head down and fall fast asleep"), then the sun, the moon, the stars, a passing car, an assortment of local fauna, the front door of the house, the family dog, some toys, and, finally, the mommy once again ("Please go to sleep"). Despite the fact that they all stand by the assertion that it is time for the tot to rest, he still refuses . . . until, after one final "NO!" his eyes unwillingly close and he drifts off to sleep.
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FEIFFER, Kate. No Go Sleep! illus. by Jules Feiffer. 32p. CIP. S & S/Paula Wiseman Bks. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-1683-3. LC 2010033776.
PreS-K-In this charming picture book, a baby speaks only a few words. But babies don't have to say much to have the world revolve around them. The parents' gentle nudges toward bedtime fall flat, so the sun steps in, saying, "I've gone for the day. When you wake up, I'll be back to play." Baby, still wide-eyed and frenetic, then hears from the moon, stars, a car, birds, frogs, bunnies, an owl, a tree, sheep, and various creatures and things inside the house, each closer and closer to the crib and its fretful occupant. Jules Feiffer's wonderful, mildly zany informality warms every image, and he super-soaks the pages in deliciously intense watercolors. Some of the text is lilting, some quirky; unlike Goodnight Moon, for instance, this isn't a lullaby in disguise. Will the book ease a child to sleep? Maybe, maybe not. What it will do is distract and entertain-and maybe even cheer up the weary adults who find themselves in a similar situation.-Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY
School Library Journal, May 2012 *STARRED
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The father-and-daughter team behind "My Side of the Car" reunite here for the story of a determinedly restless baby. When the defiant child yells from his crib, "NO go sleep!," everyone from his mother to the moon chimes in to comfort and cajole him into changing his mind. "And the stars, 'We will twinkle and sprinkle sweet dreams down to you.'" Kate Feiffer's straightforward prose and clever, humorous story speak to Everybaby, and Jules Feiffer's jangly-limbed, blue-eyed boy, illustrated in pen-and-ink with washes of blue watercolor, is adorability incarnate.
--New York Times Book Review, May 13, 2012
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andlt;bandgt;NO GO SLEEP!andlt;/bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;bandgt;
Synopsis
A baby--finally--falls asleep with the rest of the world in this soothing picture book from Kate and Jules Feiffer.
And the sun said,
"I've gone for the day.
When you wake up,
I'll be back to play."
Even though the stars are out and the moon is bright, the baby says, "No, go, sleep " But as the world around the baby gradually goes to sleep--first the sun, then the moon, then the sheep, tree, and owl--the baby finally, finally, finally falls asleep too. Lyrically written, this lulling text, paired with soothing art, will put even the youngest reader in the mood to visit dreamland.
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From Kate Feiffer and Pulitzer Prize recipient Jules Feiffer a tender and funny story about a baby who will not go to sleep!
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andlt;b andgt;A babyand#8212;finallyand#8212;falls asleep with the rest of the world in this soothing picture book from Kate and Jules Feiffer.andlt;/bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;iandgt;And the sun said,andlt;BRandgt;andlt;/iandgt;andlt;iandgt;and#8220;Iand#8217;ve gone for the day.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;/iandgt;andlt;iandgt;When you wake up,andlt;BRandgt;andlt;/iandgt;andlt;iandgt;Iand#8217;ll be back to play.and#8221;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;/iandgt;Even though the stars are out and the moon is bright, the baby says, and#8220;No, go, sleep!and#8221; But as the world around the baby gradually goes to sleepand#8212;first the sun, then the moon, then the sheep, tree, and owland#8212;the baby finally, finally, finally falls asleep too. Lyrically written, this lulling text, paired with soothing art, will put even the youngest reader in the mood to visit dreamland.
About the Author
andlt;b andgt;Kate Feifferandlt;/bandgt; is a writer, a filmmaker, and a mother. She is the author of the picture books andlt;i andgt;President Pennybakerandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;i andgt;But I Wanted a Baby Brother!andlt;/iandgt;; andlt;i andgt;The Wild, Wild Insideandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;i andgt;Which Puppy?andlt;/iandgt;; and andlt;i andgt;My Mom Is Trying to Ruin my Lifeandlt;/iandgt;; and of the middle-grade novel andlt;i andgt;The Problem with the Puddles.andlt;/iandgt; She lives with her family in New York and on Marthaand#8217;s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Visit her at KateFeiffer.com.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;b andgt;Jules Feifferandlt;/bandgt; is one of the most influential editorial cartoonists of our time, as well as a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and both the author and illustrator of childrenand#8217;s books. His many awards and honors for his work include a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, and an Obie Award. He illustrated andlt;i andgt;The Phantom Tollboothandlt;/iandgt; and the andlt;i andgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling andlt;i andgt;The Odious Ogreandlt;/iandgt;, both by Norton Juster, and both wrote and illustrated andlt;i andgt;The Man in the Ceiling andlt;/iandgt;and andlt;i andgt;Bark, Georgeandlt;/iandgt;. He lives with is family in New York and Marthatand#8217;s Vineyard, Massachusetts.andlt;b andgt;andlt;/bandgt;