  | Leave your sleep | |
| Price: $6.50 | ||
Summary:
A world of poems and songs filled with witches and fearless girls, blind men and elephants, giants and sailors, and dancing bears.
| Added Entry - Personal Name: | Merchant, Natalie |
| Illustrator: | McClintock, Barbara |
Common Core Standards
Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → Texts Illustrating the Complexity, Quality, & Rang
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → Texts Illustrating the Complexity, Quality, & Rang
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Reviews:
School Library Journal (01/01/13)
Booklist (10/15/12)
The Hornbook (00/01/13)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 10/15/2012 Singer Merchant and award-winning illustrator McClintock team up to bring 19 classic children’s poems to musical—and visual—life. Initially, Merchant adapted the poems to music and released them as an album, also called Leave Your Sleep, in 2010. This picture-book version includes the CD (not available for review) and presents each of the featured poems, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Land of Nod” to Jack Prelutsky’s “Bleezer’s Ice Cream” and Ogden Nash’s “Adventures of Isabel.” According to Merchant’s introduction, the project, which took five years to come to fruition, was based on a desire to teach her daughter “that speech could be the most delightful toy in her possession and that her mother tongue is rich with musical rhythms and rhymes.” McClintock’s wonderfully precise illustrations brim with charm, presenting the rich imagery of the poems in full-page images or through a series of small, whimsical spots. A nice collaboration between two stars in their own fields that should lure children even deeper into the magical world of poetry. A photo gallery of the poets and music credits conclude. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Merchant’s Leave Your Sleep (2010) album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at number 17, Billboard Folk Albums at number 1, Amazon.com at number 1, and iTunes at number 3. The book is sure to spark even more interest, and vice versa. - Copyright 2012 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 01/01/2013 K-Gr 3—In 2010, Merchant released a successful album of 30 classic children's poems that she set to music. Nineteen of these poems are now brought together in this anthology consisting of a delightful range of American and British poets from Ogden Nash and Edward Lear to Rachel Field and Jack Prelutsky. The jaunty selections feature horses, elephants, dancing bears, and wonderfully empowered children. McClintock's detailed paintings bring inviting color and fun to the verses in both spot art and full spreads. A full-length CD of the recordings is included, making this a feast of enchanting sounds, words, and visuals-a magnificent package for any poetry collection. Back matter includes photographs of the poets included, credits and more information about the poems and the music.—Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA - Copyright 2013 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
