  | Sleep well, Siba & Saba Author: Isdahl, Nansubuga Nagadya | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
Forgetful sisters Siba and Saba are always losing something. Sandals, slippers, sweaters-you name it, they lose it. When the two sisters fall asleep each night, they dream about things they have lost that day. Until, one night, their dreams begin to reveal something entirely unexpected.
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| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 3.40 Points: .5 Quiz: 192427 |
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 09/15/2017 There is much to like about this unusual picture book. The title comes from a bedtime song that Siba and Saba’s father sings to them at night. “Sula bulungi, Siba and Saba,” he croons to the sleepy sisters, tired after a day of losing things. For losing things is what they do. Sweaters, slippers, shawls, and sandals all go missing during the day, only to mysteriously reappear in the girls’ dreams. Until one night the dreams are different, filled instead with hopeful premonitions of the future. Textual and visual details locate the girls in contemporary Uganda. Isdahl’s alliterative narrative floats like a poem, sometimes rhyming, sometimes not, and is perfectly complemented by Van Doorn’s ethereal illustrations. A palette of citrusy yellow, green, and blood-orange hues share space with a crisp white background, sometimes textured with wispy grasses and the fluttering of birds, flowers, and bees. This beautifully rendered story is about the past and the future, change and constancy, and family love and inspired dreams, whether conjured while awake or sound asleep. - Copyright 2017 Booklist.
