A Loud Winter's Nap

By Katy Hudson

Every year Tortoise sleeps through winter. He assumes he isn’t missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will Tortoise sleep through another winter, or will his friends convince him to stay awake and experience the frosty fun of winter? Best-selling author Katy Hudson's charming picture book, now in a board book format, will convince even the biggest winter grouche that winter can be magical if you have friends by your side.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Sep 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781623708702

Katy Hudson

Katy Hudson won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award Gold in 2014 for her illustrations in the book Animal Teachers. Her debut picture book, Bear and Duck, received strong reviews, including a starred review from Kirkus. Katy is the author of the best-selling picture books Too Many Carrots and A Loud Winter's Nap, which both received numerous positive reviews. Katy lives in London.

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Reviews for A Loud Winter's Nap

[carolibrarian-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tortoise just wants to find a nice quiet place to sleep through the winter, he is cold and tired. Each place he chooses someone wakes him up....until A nice flat surface to finally sleep on, but it is not a nice quiet place. Tortoise feels his bed begin to move, at first he is yelling, but by the end of the ride he is having a wonderful time. I don't think tortoise will want to sleep through any more winters.Beautiful illustrations.

[carlathelibrarian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tortoise wants to sleep during the winter. He keeps saying tortoises don't like winter. (Turtles actually do hibernate, but underground in muddy banks not trees). Every place he finds to sleep, he is disturbed by one if his friends and asked to participate in some type of winter activity. Tortoise is not happy about this and he keeps looking for a quiet place to nap. When he accidentally ends up on a sled going down a hill, he realizes how much fun it is and decides that some tortoises like winter. This is a cute, humorous story that little ones will enjoy. It touches on friendship as well as all the fun things you can do in the winter. I loved the illustrations. All of tortoise's "beds" are drawn in a fun way. I love his sign that appears in each picture. The other animals are drawn having fun and with great facial expressions. This is a great book for a kindergarten classroom or home library. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via netgalley.