Chester Raccoon and the Almost Perfect Sleepover

Are we almost there? Chester Raccoon asked his mother. Chester is excited about going to his very first sleepover. After his mother drops him off at Pepper Opossum's house with a Kissing Hand in his palm, Chester and his animal friends have a long day of playing games and eating snacks. But when the animals decide to bed down, Chester can't go to sleep. While his Kissing Hand has kept him from getting scared, he isn't in his own bedroom, and he misses his family. When Chester returns home, Mrs. Raccoon welcomes her little cub and reassures him that his home is always there when he needs it. Young readers will enjoy reading about the party fun and take comfort when Chester finds himself in a situation they can relate to.

Author: Audrey Penn
Publisher: Tanglewood
Published: 05/16/2017
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.30h x 8.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781939100115
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 190916 / Chester Raccoon and the Almost Perfect Sleepover


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 111
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2017
Publishers Weekly 05/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 57 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
Audrey Penn takes her one-woman educational program, the Writing Penn, into schools, libraries, and children's hospitals where she shapes and refines her story ideas in partnership with kids. She is also highly sought after as a conference keynote speaker by groups of teachers and other professionals who work with children.

An award-winning illustrator, Barbara Leonard Gibson was a freelance artist in the Baltimore-Washington area for twenty-five years. Originally from New York, and with a degree in Fine Art and Design from Carnegie Mellon University, she worked in many areas including historical illustration, children's books, and magazines, cartooning, portraiture, wildlife illustration, natural sciences, advertising, fantasy, and science fiction.