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A Sleepless Night

Micaela Chirif author Jordan Landsman translator Joaquín Camp illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Transit Books

Published:14th Nov '24

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A Sleepless Night cover

Little Elisa can’t stop crying and no one knows why. After a sleepless night, it takes a grandmother’s touch—and an explosive fart—to bring much-needed relief.

One night, little Elisa begins to cry. At first her crying resembles a cat’s meow. But it soon grows so loud that the flowers wilt and the birds fly out the window. We move her bed so she can see the moon, we wrap her up warm, cool her down, and tie a red ribbon to her wrist. But nothing works. We all wonder: Why is she crying?

After a long sleepless night, it takes a grandmother’s touch to finally find out. Elisa lets out a fart that sounds like a plane taking off in the middle of the living room, nine blenders whirring at full power, twenty-seven moaning hair dryers . . . An irreverent story about the wind that passes through us all, A Sleepless Night shows that seemingly complicated problems can have simpler solutions than we think.

"Uproarious...This catalog of chaos highlights infants’ unexpected power to dominate everything around them—even the lives of strangers—and does so with good humor and respect for the wisdom of elders."—Publishers Weekly

"Both story and art reflect a passion for extremes, each equally ridiculous in their own ways... Come for the sobbing baby. Stay for the psychedelic cacophony of accompanying chaos."—Kirkus Reviews

"In this violent and absurdist Argentian import, young Elisa cries so loudly that her narrator sibling sounds like 'like a fire truck instead of a baby,' . . . the rich, humorous text is full of similes, and the illustrations appear to be rendered with markers, offering a layered and textured style. Blue nighttime hues contrast with brighter colors, centering action while exaggerated forms deepen the fantastical elements. Dazzling and dreamy."—Horn Book,starred review

ISBN: 9798893389050

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40 pages