Katy HudsonA Loud Winter's Nap (Fiction Picture Books)

My kindergartners loved this book! It is so cute and a great read!

Purchased this book for my Granddaughter and gave it to my daughter at her baby shower. It's a very cute book. The illustrations are bright and very well done. I enjoy books like this so when you are thru reading you can ask questions about the pictures and point out different items on each page. Engaging beyond just reading the book. I look forward to reading this and playing seek & find with the pictures for years to come.

I really enjoyed this book. I used it in my second grade classroom for a book study. The children also enjoyed the book and we were able to cover multiple skills in a weeklong book study using this book.

Wonderful illustrations, vocabulary, and story line. Definitely recommend!

Bought for a school classroom

Really cute story. Lovely illustrations. Great book to share with children.

A Loud Winter’s Nap, written and illustrated by Katy Hudson, is a solidly told and charmingly illustrated story about a tortoise’s travails in trying to find a quiet spot to hibernate. I had some issues with the narrative, but was won over by the cheery, quirky illustrations.Even before the text part of the story begins, we get a sense of the visual charm of the book with the opening few pages offering up a collage-like collection of items and smaller texts: a teddy bear, a carrot from rabbit (“in case you get puckish”), a calendar with most of the days in November marked off as “Sleep,” a packet of chamomile tea, and a Tortoise Hibernation guide, “Containing Practical Tips for Cozy Bed Making.” The text opens with “Tortoise had just snuggled in for his long winter nap when . . . “ and soon we see poor sleepy Tortoise suffer through a series of interruptions: Robin is having a singing class, Rabbit is making ice sculptures of the woodland animals (including one of Tortoise), Squirrel is having a snowball fight, and Beaver is making sleds. Each time he is asked to join in an activity, he replies “Tortoises don’t like winter.” When questioned as to why, his response is simply, “They just don’t.”After his resting tree (he uses a ladder to climb it) is knocked down, he finally find what he thinks is a nice flat piece of wood to make his bed on, but it turns out to be one of Beaver’s sleds and soon Tortoise is flying down the hill and then onto the frozen pond. To his surprise, it was all quite fun, and so “Tortoise skated, slid, and spun with friends late into the night.”The repetitive nature of the text makes for a good read-aloud book, or even an early read-to-myself one as young children (pre-readers and early readers) can anticipate Tortoise’s responses. I would have liked more of a sense textually of what Tortoise finds so unlikable about winter, and the shift at the end is a little abrupt; I wish we had spent more time textually and visually with this new winter-enjoying Tortoise, but it will be a nice little twist for young readers.The text is mostly serviceable, simple and clear throughout. The illustrations though greatly enhance the charm of the story, especially in their small details such as little signs and the like. Children will easily follow the text, enjoy its respective nature, but will I think really engage with the pictures. A nice little winter story that could actually have gone a little longer.

Another great book by Katy Hudson. The illustrations and story line are cute and easy to follow for my two year old. This book has enough text to hold interest and will continue to be a favorite in years to come.

We buy these books as presents for the younger members in the family.The author is Katy Hudson, and she writes really good books.This book is a story about a tortoise, and we buy a small plush tortoise to go with the book.The kids love them.Fast service as always from Amazon

My 4 years old daughter just loved it. We are big fans of Katy Hudson

This is such a cute story. I’ve started a tortoise and turtle book collection and this one is definitely one of my favourites. The pictures and bright and colourful and it’s well written. I highly recommend this book.

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Great book, kids enjoy it