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While You're Sleeping

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While You're Sleeping explores the unseen world bustling around us as children sleep. From bakers preparing fresh bread and firefighters ready for emergencies, to postal workers sorting mail and wildlife like foxes and owls roaming, it paints a vivid picture of night-time activity. Across the globe, children are engaged in their own evening routines, while this beautifully illustrated book invites young readers to discover the magic happening while they rest.
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Format: Hardback
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This enchanting bedtime story is ideal for children, inspiring curiosity and imagination while providing a soothing narrative that complements sleep routines.

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Have you ever wondered what's happening in the world while you're asleep in your bed? Bakers, firefighters, postal workers, doctors, nurses, wildlife and more! This is the perfect book for bedtime, opening up a whole world of wonder and imagination for children.

A stunning illustrated children’s book exploring the night time world

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Have you ever wondered what's happening in the world while you're asleep in your bed? Bakers, firefighters, postal workers, doctors, nurses, wildlife and more! This is the perfect book for bedtime, opening up a whole world of wonder and imagination for children.

There's a whole world of activity out there— from bakers preparing bread and cakes for your table and firefighters waiting patiently for a call, to hospitals helping people have babies and caring for those who are ill. There are lorry drivers making deliveries of food, flowers, toys and more, and postal workers sorting the mail for your morning delivery. There's also wildlife such as foxes foraging, bats flying, and owls hunting for prey. And then around the world there are children who are playing, learning, eating and reading while you're tucked up fast asleep.

This is the perfect book for bedtime, opening up a whole world of wonder and imagination for children, and providing food for the imagination if they wake in those early hours. Beautifully written, with lyrical prose, the illustrations are packed with detail.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781843654650

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pavilion Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by John Broadley

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 226.0mm

Height: 286.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 48

About the Author

Mick Jackson is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter from Lancashire, UK. His first novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has recently started writing for children. John Broadley has been active in illustration and small press publishing since the mid 1990s. He works mostly in pen and ink and collage. His work has most recently been used to decorate the interiors, menus and branding for Quo Vadis restaurant Soho. The food and drink theme has continued through to a range of packaging and ceramics for the Fine Cheese Company and also wine labels for Gabb Family, Berry Bros & Rudd, and Fortnum & Mason. John has illustrated several food and historically themed books, as well as many magazines. While You're Sleeping is his first children's book.

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