Oliver Who Would Not Sleep

by Mara Bergman (Author), Mara Bergman (Author), Mara Bergman (Author), Nick Maland (Illustrator), Nick Maland (Illustrator)

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Paperback
2008
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Oliver Donnington Rimington Sneep couldn't and didn't and would not sleep. It's not that he is afraid of the dark, or monsters, or robbers or sounds from the park. But Oliver Donnington Rimington Sneep likes staying awake more than going to sleep. Join Oliver on his journey to Mars and back before he finally, finally, finally goes to sleep. Superb bedtime tale, told in rhyme and great to read aloud, with stunning illustrations from award-winner Nick Maland.

Synopsis

Oliver Donnington Rimington Sneep couldn't and didn't and would not sleep. It's not that he is afraid of the dark, or monsters, or robbers or sounds from the park. But Oliver Donnington Rimington Sneep likes staying awake more than going to sleep. Join Oliver on his journey to Mars and back before he finally, finally, finally goes to sleep. Superb bedtime tale, told in rhyme and great to read aloud, with stunning illustrations from award-winner Nick Maland.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 03 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 034089329X
ISBN 13: 9780340893296
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Book Overview: Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep likes staying awake more than going to sleep... This beautifully rhythmic text accompanied by wonderful illustrations from award-winning illustrator Nick Maland is the perfect bedtime story! Shortlisted for the Booktrust Early Years Awards, 2007
Prizes: Shortlisted for Booktrust Early Years Award: Pre-school Award 2007.

Media Reviews

Written in fast and furious rhyme...wonderful to read aloud * Child Care *
A creative tour de force, this book marries bergman's sparkling rhyming text with Nick Maland's distinctive textured illustrations * The Glasgow Herald *
Told in rollicking rhyme reminscent of AA Milne * The Northern Echo *
This is marvellous * Families Magazine *
With its rhythmic text this action packed bedtime story is fun to read aloud and well complimented by brightly coloured illustrations * Carousel *
A celebration of sleeplessness * My Child *
In Oliver Who Would Not Sleep (Hodder GBP10.99), Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep COULDN'T and DIDN'T and WOULD NOT SLEEP! as a splendidly rhythmic text by Mara Bergman unfolds the story of a boy's imaginative play. He takes a trip to Mars before he settles down. Nick Maland's stylish illustrations add intriguing incident to the tale, using muted colour and lots of pattern. * Nicolette Jones, Times *
A celebration of imagination and creativity. * Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian *
A celebration of sleeplessness * My Child *
A creative tour de force, this book marries Bergman's sparkling rhyming text with Nick Maland's distinctive textured illustrations. * The Glasgow Herald *

On their previous book, Snip Snap:
*Nick Maland's clever perspectives make the alligator increasingly alarming as he swells to fill more and more of the page in this well-created story of facing down fear. - The Guardian 10/04/2005
*Using elements of rhythm and rhyme as well as an enjoyably predicable question-and-answer refrain the text maintains a playful tone beneath the scary details... Expressive line drawings, brightened with watercolour washes, illustrate the story with wit and style... good fun. - Booklist
*Mara Bergman and Nick Maland tell an amusing and tension-filled tale that turns tail and runs on adrenaline power until the very end. The illustrations add to the appeal of this book. - The Lady
*To accompany this lively text, Maland creates pictures that not only mirror the writing, but also offer humor and fun on each page... Reading this picture book aloud is great fun for the reader and listener. - Parents' Choice Foundation 2005

* Snip Snap ATI *
With its rhythmic text, this action packed bedtime story is fun to read aloud and well complemented by brightly coloured illustrations. Characters and foregrounds are large and freely drawn with black outlines and ligh shading whereas the backgrounds are incredibly detailed. * Carousel *

Author Bio

Mara Bergman (Author)
Mara Bergman is an award-winning poet and children's writer. She grew up on Long Island, NY, and always knew she wanted to write. Her poetry has been published widely in magazines and anthologies in the UK and abroad. Her short collection, The Tailor's Three Sons and Other New York Poems, won the 2014 Mslexia Poetry Pamphlet Competition and was published in 2015 by Seren. Mara has always felt a strong link between poetry and picture books and began to write for children when her own were young. She has published more than twenty books, including Snip Snap! (reissued as Snip Snap Alligator!), illustrated by Nick Maland, which won the Stockport Children's Book Award and, in the US, a Parents' Choice Award and the Society of Illustrators' Silver medal. In 2009 she won the Booktrust Early Years Prize for Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide, also illustrated by Nick Maland. Mara works in London as a children's fiction editor and lives in Kent. Visit her at www.marabergman.com

Nick Maland (Illustrator)
Nick Maland graduated in English and Drama from London University in 1981. He pursued a career in the theatre, acting and directing in the London fringe, and, during this time, developed an interest in drawing, which soon took over as a full-time occupation. He has worked as an editorial illustrator for the TES, The Times, The Observer, The Guardian and The Independent amongst others. He was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award in 1996 (for Welcome Night) and the Children's Book Award in 1998 (for Brave Whale). Further prestigious wins include the V&A illustration award in 2003 (You've Got Dragons) and the Silver Medal in Society of Illustrators Original Art 2005 Exhibition as well as the Stockport Children's Book Award (for Snip Snap). Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide won the Booktrust Early Years Award. He has a daughter and a son and lives between London and France.