No Nap! Yes Nap! - Hardcover

Margie Palatini has written many books for children, including Piggie Pie, which was an ALA Notable Book and a Booklist Editor's Choice book, Bedhead, which was a Newsweek Best Book of the Year, and several other picture books with numerous state awards.

Dan Yaccarino is an acclaimed author and illustrator of many children's books including Doug Unplugged, Unlovable and The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau; the creator and producer of the Parents Choice Award-winning animated series Oswald and the Emmy-winning Willa's Wild Life, as well as the character designer behind the Emmy-winning The Backyardigans. His books have won a host of prestigious awards including the New York Times Best Illustrated award, an ALA Notable designation, a Parents Choice Award, and the Bologna Ragazzi. Dan lives with his family in New York City. You can visit him online at www.yaccarinostudio.com.

PreS-Gr 1—Using few words but plenty of rhythm and repetition and even more action, this picture book launches into a quickly escalating showdown: "Mama says, Nap." "Baby says, NO NAP!" Mama and Baby zoom across the spreads, pausing periodically for traditional nap avoidance strategies like clapping, singing, and having a drink ("Now Baby nap?" "NO NAP! Drink! Drink! Drink! Baby big, long drink.") The retro style illustrations done in bold, flat colors using India ink on vellum and then colored and composed digitally are full of movement and energy. The chase takes the two through the house but eventually winds down in the room it all started in with everyone finally getting some much needed rest—including the startled pet fish. Encapsulating this familiar family argument, the endpapers explode with "Yes!" and "No!" This battle of wills is designed well to delight a range of ages from very young picture-book audiences to those beginning to read on their own.—Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA