KidLit RADIO: HOOT & HONK JUST CAN'T SLEEP Read Out Loud

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“Some chicks like day, others like night. Some sleep in the dark, and some in the light…”

As a storm blows in, two eggs fall out of their nests. The chicks hatch and we find Hoot, an adorable owlet, and Honk, a fuzzy gosling, in the wrong nests! Everything is a bit confusing for our little friends as they make their way in this mixed up world. Will they find their way home?

Find out in this podcast episode of Read Out Loud, as author/illustrator, Leslie Helakoski, reads her gentle tale, HOOT & HONK JUST CAN’T SLEEP, only on KidLit TV.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

HOOT & HONK JUST CAN’T SLEEP
By Leslie Helakoski

Some chicks like day, others like night. Some sleep in the dark, and some in the light. Hoot, an adorable owlet, and Honk, a fuzzy gosling, have just hatched—but their eggs got switched and now they’re in the wrong nests. Will they find their way home? Leslie Helakoski’s gentle, lilting verse and irresistible illustrations make the perfect bedtime story as they capture two adorable babies exploring the world for the first time.

ABOUT LESLIE

Leslie Helakoski grew up in south Louisiana. She is the author of Big Chickens (Puffin Books; the Michigan Reads picture book for 2007, Great Lakes Great Books Award and a GLBA finalist) and Woolbur (HarperCollins; a Book Sense pick for 2008, Florida Reading Association Honor Book and nominee for state book awards in nine states). Her other books include Big Chickens Fly the Coop (Puffin Books), The Smushy Bus (Millbrook Press), and Fair Cow (Two Lions).

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