Is It Asleep
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Is It Asleep
By (Author) Olivier Tallec
Illustrated by Olivier Tallec
Lerner Publishing Group
Gecko Press
1st August 2025
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
[E]
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 207mm, Height 286mm
399g
Description
Squirrel and his best friend, Pock the mushroom, sit on the old stump, watching birds fly by. When theyre tired of this, they take the path to the yellow meadow to listen to the blackbird sing. But today, the birds not there. The friends look everywhere. Finally they find it on the path, all stretched out and quite still. It must be sleeping. They sit down quietly and wait for the bird to wake.
This true-to-child story of a natural encounter with an animal that has died is both dryly humorous and a profound example of how to manage the comings and goings of life.
Author Bio
Olivier Tallec was born in Brittany, France. After graduating from the cole Suprieure d'Arts Appliqus Duperr in Paris, he travelled extensively and now lives and works in Paris. He has illustrated more than 60 books for children. Olivier Tallec was born in Brittany, France. After graduating from the cole Suprieure d'Arts Appliqus Duperr in Paris, he travelled extensively and now lives and works in Paris. He has illustrated more than 60 books for children.
