Independent reading level grade 2
Golden Kite Award 1984
American Library Association Notable Book for Children 1984

Independent Reading Level:3-8 Years Old
Awards: New York Times Certificate of Excellence 1984, Society of Children's Book Writers Award 1984, Young Reader Medal 1987, Golden Kite Best Picture Illustration Award 1984 and many others.

Grade 1
Awards: New York Times Certificate of excellence – 1984
Society of Children’s Book Writers Award – 1984
Young Reader Medal – 1987
Golden Kite Best Picture Illustration Award – 1984
Booklist Best Books of the Eighties
ALA Notable Children’s Book – 1984
IRA-CBC Children’s Choice
Booklist Children’s Editor’s Choice – 1984
USIA Exhibition to the Soviet Union
Southern California Council on Literature Significant Contribution in the field of illustration – 1984
Booklist Starred Review
California Young Reader’s Medal – 1987
Colorado Children’s Book Award – 1986
The Golden Sower Nebraska Children’s Book Award – 1986 & 1987

Genre
Classics
Cumulative tales
Picture books for children
Pace
Leisurely paced
Tone
Quiet
Whimsical
Illustration
Detailed
Subject
Bedtime
Cats
Disasters, Minor
Dogs
Fleas
Grandmothers
Grandsons
Mice
Naps (Sleep)
Sleep

Pre-K-Primary
The bed in a napping house slowly finds more and more sleeping creatures pile upon it until the bed breaks and everyone wakes up.
This is a perfect wind-down story and a great introduction to repatition.