Hoot & Honk Just Can’t Sleep, by Leslie Helakoski | Book Spotlight

The Children’s Book Review | April 17, 2017

Leslie Helakoski’s gentle, lilting verse and irresistible illustrations make the perfect bedtime story.

Age Range: 2-5

Hardcover: 40 pages

Hoot & Honk Just Can’t Sleep

Written and Illustrated by Leslie Helakoski 

Publisher’s Synopsis: Dark sky. Wake or doze?
Some eyes open. Some eyes close.

Some chicks like day, others like night. Some sleep in the dark, and some in the light. Hoot, an adorable owlet, and Honk, a fuzzy gosling, have just hatched—but their eggs got switched and now they’re in the wrong nests. Will they find their way home? Leslie Helakoski’s gentle, lilting verse and irresistible illustrations make the perfect bedtime story as they capture two adorable babies exploring the world for the first time.

Ages 2-5 | Publisher: Sterling Children’s Books | 2017 | ISBN-13: 978-1454921257

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About the Author-Illustrator

Leslie Helakoski grew up in south Louisiana. She is the author of Big Chickens (Puffin Books; the Michigan Reads picture book for 2007, Great Lakes Great Books Award and a GLBA finalist) and Woolbur (HarperCollins; a Book Sense pick for 2008, Florida Reading Association Honor Book and nominee for state book awards in nine states). Her other books include Big Chickens Fly the Coop (Puffin Books), The Smushy Bus (Millbrook Press), and Fair Cow (Two Lions). She lives in southern MI.