Chengdu Could Not Would Not Fall Asleep - by Barney Saltzberg (Board Book)

About the Book

Saltzberg's highly acclaimed, cozy read-aloud about a cuddly panda's bedtime struggle is now in a toddler-friendly board book format. Full color.

Book Synopsis

High in his bamboo tree, a young panda named Chengdu lies awake while everyone around him is sleeping. No matter what he tries, he cannot fall asleep. He turns and he tosses. He scrunches and he rolls. He even hangs upside down. Finally he climbs up and up and up, until he finds the perfect spot atop his brother. Panda pile!

Review Quotes

Praise for Chengdu Could Not Would Not Fall Asleep: Bank Street Best Children's Books of the YearCCBC ChoicesA Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor BookDistinguished List of the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern CaliforniaTexas 2X2 Reading ListWSRA Recommendation List

About the Author

Barney Saltzberg (barneysaltzberg.com) is an author/illustrator/singer/songwriter who has published close to thirty children's books, including Beautiful Oops! and Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep, a companion to Chengdu Can Do. He studied art at Sonoma State College in Northern California and later took a class at Otis/Parsons in children's book writing and illustrating, where he created his first book, It Must Have Been the Wind. He lives in Los Angeles, California.