Sleeping Babies

by Tony Auth

A human mother explains to her child who does not want to go to sleep that baby animals everywhere are fast asleep.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Tony Auth is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the author and illustrator of books for children. He discovered drawing when he was bedridden for a year and a half at the age of five, and his mother came into his room with paper, crayons, and pencils. Now he divides his time between creating irreverent political cartoons for adults and whimsical drawings for kids. Thanks, Mom.

Thoughts from Tony Auth: “I was drawing a political cartoon on a completely different subject while listening to the Senate hearings on the Watergate scandal. To my astonishment and delight, testimony revealed that President Richard Nixon had installed a secret taping system in the White House. I immediately went to work on another drawing, a version of the illustration you see in Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out.”

Reviews

[Kika · Rating 5 out of 5]

IT REALLY DOES PUT KIDS TO SLEEP OMG YASSSSSS

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations in this book are perfect! I love how each animal family's home has a unique personality.

[Gennie Hendrick]

This book has a lot of repetition as it goes through all the animal babies that are asleep. The illustrations give you an opportunity to further discuss each type of animal and where they live.