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William Wakes Up by Linda Ashman

tarawe's review against another edition

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4.0

Story 4
Illustrations 5

barbarianlibarian's review against another edition

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4.0

well done, good read-aloud

ivyinthepages's review against another edition

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5.0

Rating: 5 leaves out of 5
Characters: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Story: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Genre: Children
Type: Book
Worth?: Yup

nerdybookworm23's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

shayemiller's review against another edition

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3.0

This book is a sequel to William's Winter Nap (published in 2017). Both books showcase rhyming text and the counting of animals. In book #1, more animals are added to the bed for a long winter nap. However, in book #2, the animals are subtracted from the bed one at a time AND in a different order than they were added. Furthermore, there's one sneaky animal who might be pretending to be asleep while all the others take care of the work.

This story could be used with children to supplement a discussion of hibernation, the start of spring, addition/subtraction, the importance of everyone lending a helping hand, or even comparing/discussing the change-up in order of animals between the two books. The softly colored artwork was created with pencils and Photoshop.

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wylaina's review

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3.0

Reminiscent of The Little Red Hen.
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