Roar of a Snore

Author:  Marsha Diane Arnold
Title:  Roar of a Snore
Illustrator: Pierre Pratt
Genre: Children's Picture book
SubGenre: Rhyming book
Theme: Bedtime
Primary & Secondary Characters: Jack & his dog Blue (Primary) & Secondary- Mama Gwyn, Papa Ben, Baby Sue, Josie Jo, Jenny Lynn
Date of Publication:  2006
Award(s): none
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Summary:  This is a cute story about a little boy named Jack who can't sleep because he hears a roar of a snore. He goes through his house waking up each family member to get them to stop snoring but every time he wakes someone up he still hears the roar of a snore. Each family member that he wakes up joins him on his search and they end up outside in the barn and finally find the culprit, a little kitten who is snoring in their haystack. The story rhymes and and the storyteller can really get into the words for children to enjoy. This would be a fun book to read to students in the classroom, you could make it interactive asking them if they've ever been woken up by someone snoring or went looking for a funny noise in the night.