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There is a house,
a napping house,
where everyone is sleeping.
"Everyone," in this case is a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse... and a wakeful flea! Uh-oh. Looks like the napping house won't be napping for long. This book, with its rhythmic, repetitive text and witty pictures in shades of ever-brightening blues and greens (as the night turns to day), is sure to be a winner with preschool insomniacs. The sleepy household congregates on Granny's bed, slowly building a very relaxed pile of bodies in shifting positions. Young readers will enjoy tracking the critters as they make their way, one by one, to the bed--and then guessing what will happen when the wakeful flea joins the heap. Ages 2-8. Please choose from Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters.

有一栋打瞌睡的房子，住在里面的人都在睡觉，而且睡得很沈很香。老奶奶睡在大床上，小男孩睡在老奶奶身上，狗睡在小男孩身上，……。突然，老鼠跳了起来，猫儿、狗儿、小孩儿一个个都惊飞了起来，老奶奶还压垮了床……大家都醒来了，打瞌睡的房子里没有人在睡觉啦！
作者以重复的句型与叠句的结构，使文字产生节奏与旋律，小朋友很容易上口。同时，鲜活的角色、描绘细腻的画面、独道运用的色彩、逐步变化的视点，共同营造了戏剧感十足的氛围，扩展出幽默的效果。读者彷佛是漂浮在空中的精灵，正俯瞰着雨夜里那间打瞌睡的房子，然后一下子就潜进屋子里，看着每个打瞌睡的人物。故事里的角色，每增加一位，图画的画面角度就随着往上提了一点。文字随角色的增加而累积，画面也跟着层层叠叠地累积，充满了电影运镜的趣味。