Genre
Easy readers
Humorous stories
Tone
Funny
Illustration
Cartoony
Subject
Animals
Cats
Friendship
Sheep
Sleep
Sleepovers
Character
Anthropomorphic
Likeable

Noah and I read this one day just to earn a few extra points for the summer reading program. I was surprised that a book so obviously written to encourage emergent readers was also quite witty--find a bit of joke at the end of the book, both with the words and the illustrations (what the owl!) ( )

Mo Willems creates another captivating early reader book that utilizes limited language and silly ilustrations that kids will want to read again and again. In this simple story the cat goes around and tells all the animals it is time to go to sleep. All except the Owl who wants someone to play with while the other animals sleep.
The repeated words of this story and the emphasis on ee words make this a great book to include for young readers when teaching this early reading skill.

It is time for all of the animals to go to sleep. All but one. Can you guess Whoo? ( )

This Cat the Cat Series book begins with Cat telling all of her animal friends to go to sleep. She begins with sheep, and then progresses to pig, giraffe, crab, horse, shark, and owl. When Cat gets to her friend Owl, she realizes that Owl sleeps during the day and is up at night. Looking at Owl, Cat begins to speak to tell Owl to tell Owl to sleep; however, Cat stops herself and says, "Nevermind..." Cat, Sheep, Pig, Giraffe, Crab, Horse, and Shark all go to sleep, while Owl stays awake. Owl looks around at his sleeping friends and asks, "Checkers, anyone?" Super cute book! ( )