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Felix

By Giovanna Zoboli 
Illustrated by Simona Mulazzani 
Giovanna Zoboli and Simona Mulazzani team up again to make another beautiful book, this time about a domestic cat.  
Felix likes his cozy home—his window, his books, his owner's leg, his balcony overlooking the city. 
But one night he becomes curious about his relatives around the globe. He tours the world visiting tigers in India, snow leopards in China, a lynx in Russia and other (to Felix) exotic relatives. Many invite him to dinner. 
There are little cultural or natural references in each home that Felix visits. The African lions sleep on beautifully patterned rugs. Mr. Lynx offers Felix bikinis and caviar, the panther lounges on a tree with a sleeping parrot. 
Most hosts give him a memento of his short visit. But he returns home without these mementos. Perhaps it was all a fabulous dream!
Simona Mulazzani's illustrations in pencil and gouache (or acrylic?) are lush, reminiscent of Henri Rousseau's, and make Felix a luxurio…

The Big Book of Slumber

Giovanna Zoboli  Simona Mulazzani HARDCOVER; Published: 4/18/2014 ISBN: 978-0-8028-5439-1 26 Pages Ages 3-7 Trim Size, in inches: 9X12.375
Giovanna Zoboli and illustrator Simona Mulazzani team up to create a peaceable kingdom, with handsome animals and large, richly saturated pages. In THE BIG BOOK OF SLUMBER, the animal world beds down—camels on bunk beds, a snake on an elongated twin bed, a monkey snug in the treetops next to his banana. 

What I appreciate most about the book is how easily worlds flow together—human and animal, fantasy and reality—just like dreams themselves. 

THE BIG BOOK OF SLUMBER, with its graceful rhythm, is just what a lullaby book should be—lyrical, cozy, and reassuring.





Thank you to Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.