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Tales from Acorn Wood
Rabbit's Nap: a lift-the-flap book
Follow the simple rhyming text to help Fox find his missing sock or to discover what sounds are keeping Rabbit from napping...lift a flap here...lift a flap there...solve the mystery.
12 pages, Board book
First published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Julia Donaldson
1,225 books1,875 followersGrowing up
I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).
Mary and I were always creating imaginary characters and mimicking real ones, and I used to write shows and choreograph ballets for us. A wind-up gramophone wafted out Chopin waltzes.
I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.
Busking and books
Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta.
The busking led to a career in singing and songwriting, mainly for children’s television. I became an expert at writing to order on such subjects as guinea pigs, window-cleaning and horrible smells. “We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC.
I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs.
One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading.
My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.
I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.
Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers.
When I’m not writing I am often performing, at book festivals and in theatres. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. When Malcolm can take time off from the hospital he and his guitar come too. and it feels as if we’ve come full circle - back to busking.
I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).
Mary and I were always creating imaginary characters and mimicking real ones, and I used to write shows and choreograph ballets for us. A wind-up gramophone wafted out Chopin waltzes.
I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.
Busking and books
Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta.
The busking led to a career in singing and songwriting, mainly for children’s television. I became an expert at writing to order on such subjects as guinea pigs, window-cleaning and horrible smells. “We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC.
I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs.
One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading.
My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.
I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.
Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers.
When I’m not writing I am often performing, at book festivals and in theatres. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. When Malcolm can take time off from the hospital he and his guitar come too. and it feels as if we’ve come full circle - back to busking.
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March 11, 2017My sons favourite!
July 29, 2022
4,5 stars - English hardcover
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August 22, 2020
Rabbit tries to get a nap but behind the first flap there is a band of mice playing their tunes.
She moves to her deckchair in the garden only to discover Fox chopping wood in his nearby shed.
Rabbit then finds a shady tree and relaxes. But not for long as 'Ting-a-ling' and Tortoise goes cycling by on her bike.
Rabbit gets no rest so she goes back home, rubs her eyes and prepares for bed when 'Rat-a-tat!' at the door.
The flap opens to reveal Rabbit's friends at the door ... what a surprise and no rest for Rabbit.
Axel Scheffler excellent illustrations accompany Julia Donaldson's text.
She moves to her deckchair in the garden only to discover Fox chopping wood in his nearby shed.
Rabbit then finds a shady tree and relaxes. But not for long as 'Ting-a-ling' and Tortoise goes cycling by on her bike.
Rabbit gets no rest so she goes back home, rubs her eyes and prepares for bed when 'Rat-a-tat!' at the door.
The flap opens to reveal Rabbit's friends at the door ... what a surprise and no rest for Rabbit.
Axel Scheffler excellent illustrations accompany Julia Donaldson's text.
October 19, 2016
A cute little story about a rabbit trying to find a peaceful spot to nap. My children love acting out the yawning and lying down, then making the noises to wake the rabbit.
April 7, 2022
Such a cute little book. My kid cannot get enough of it.
January 1, 2023
Szegény Nyuszi aludni szeretne, de akárhova is heveredik le, mindenhol zajong valaki. A végén a népes, zajos társulat ellátogat hozzá, és segítenek neki lepihenni. :)
Kedves kötet ez is, jól lehet utánozni a hangeffekteket, csitt-csatt, bumm-bumm stb.
Kedves kötet ez is, jól lehet utánozni a hangeffekteket, csitt-csatt, bumm-bumm stb.
June 17, 2024
Um livro simples de locais para a coelha dormir. Falta a versão portuguesa da editora Jacarandá.
May 3, 2012
'Rabbit's Nap' By Julia Donaldson
This is a lift the flap book about a rabbit that is feeling sleepy. Each time Rabbit tries to curl up in a chair or by the window, Tap! Tap! Who’s that? Oh dear it’s Builder Bear.
This book encourages the children to lift the flaps and find out who is keeping Rabbit awake this time. Children want to find out how the story will end: will Rabbit ever go to sleep? What will rabbit have to do to go to sleep?
I would recommend this book for children in nursery as it will capture their attention. They will want to lift the flaps to find out who is keeping Rabbit awake.
This is a lift the flap book about a rabbit that is feeling sleepy. Each time Rabbit tries to curl up in a chair or by the window, Tap! Tap! Who’s that? Oh dear it’s Builder Bear.
This book encourages the children to lift the flaps and find out who is keeping Rabbit awake this time. Children want to find out how the story will end: will Rabbit ever go to sleep? What will rabbit have to do to go to sleep?
I would recommend this book for children in nursery as it will capture their attention. They will want to lift the flaps to find out who is keeping Rabbit awake.
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January 8, 2016
Not sure I'd even let my kid read this. Pretty boring and dull. Stick with The Gruffalo.
June 10, 2022
Cute story. Great illustrations. My son just loved lifting the flaps.
November 14, 2016
A lovely bedtime story from the illustrators of The Gruffalo. My one year old son enjoyed lifting the flaps and seeing what animals were underneath.
A relatively quick story but time can be spent moving the flaps over and over again! Very cute.
A relatively quick story but time can be spent moving the flaps over and over again! Very cute.
May 29, 2019
This is my favourite of the box set we have of Acorn Wood tales - I try and read it last before bed to try and get the smol to have a nap herself :) She has started telling the story back to me, which is just delightful.
July 9, 2022
We would tap on the book for tap tap on the window.
B particularly liked it when I said ting a king for the bell in a high pitched voice. At the end of the book when rabbit is asleep with a doll B would say “doll doll”.
B particularly liked it when I said ting a king for the bell in a high pitched voice. At the end of the book when rabbit is asleep with a doll B would say “doll doll”.
December 27, 2024
Nur really loves this one))) and i like saying "open" to every little sections she has to poke to open with her cute finger. She likes it when i pretend to knock on the book when there's the bunny's friends at the door.
My opinion: cute as a button
My opinion: cute as a button
March 6, 2018
Rabbit can't get his twenty winks due to his noisy friends and neighbors, including a band of mariachi mice.
March 12, 2018
Aranyos kis könyv, kár, hogy a nyuszinak nincs neve. Így persze behelyettesítettem a saját gyerek nevével, az se rossz..
October 2, 2018
My daughter has always loved this book and we read it together a lot.
October 28, 2019
This rabbit understand a tired and sleepy mother who needs little bit rest and peace..the last page shows what is friendship and emphaty
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November 20, 2019
Fun book. Too bad the edition that's currently in print is so fragile, my kid will probably break it before she learns to read it.
January 12, 2020
2 1/2 stars - it's ok.
Rabbit wants to have a nap, but everywhere she goes other animals are making noises. In the end they sing her to sleep (I couldn't imagine anything worse!)
Rabbit wants to have a nap, but everywhere she goes other animals are making noises. In the end they sing her to sleep (I couldn't imagine anything worse!)
January 30, 2020
We all feel like the rabbit sometimes, don't we? :D
January 1, 2021
I read this almost every night with my one year old. She enjoys the lift up flaps and it gets us both pretty sleepy :)
January 3, 2021
Uykusu gelen bir tavşanın başına gelenler anlatılıyor. Kapakçıklı ve çok keyifli bir kitap.
January 14, 2021
Нравится, что животные в «окошках»
July 3, 2021
Adam, Jazzmin and I read this book. It can only give 4/5 because the mice were not at the door ( spoiler alert)
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May 24, 2022
Another winner from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. My little one loved the story and opening the flaps.
March 1, 2023
Perhaps the worst in the series so far. Some s’wirds straining to rhyme.
May 9, 2023
kitapçıda ayaküstü okuduğum çocuk kitapları part(hatırlamıyorum) 🥹🌟🗝️🌟🛋️🖼️☕️🌲🛏️🌷🪄🤍
May 20, 2023
Страхотна! Забавна, с рими и малки капачета които децата да отварят.
December 30, 2023
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