![]() is falling asleep!” Carré’s curvy cartoons brim with quirky humor, and although Tippy is unconscious throughout her adventure, it’s evident that she’s the sort of girl whose waking life is plenty interesting, too. “I don’t know, Mama,” Tippy replies as a goat chews on her hair. “What is this mess?” her mother shouts the next morning. When Tippy wakes up, theres a peacock in her bedroom, a bird in her hair, and mice dancing on the. “Maybe I walked out into the garden,” she muses, doing just that as a protective crab clings to her nightgown, “because I wanted to hop across the lily pads.” As Tippy wanders through Carré’s panels, falling down a “big hole” and emerging in a cactus patch, she acquires a train of animals that leave her bedroom in disarray. Join Tippy on an enchanted journey through the night. ![]() Tippy narrates in suppositional speech bubbles (she’s a sleep-talker, too). Except for a few scenes bathed in the pale oranges of sunset and sunrise, Carré uses a palette of steely gray-blues as bedheaded Tippy strides out the front door-eyes closed, and the trace of a smile on her lips. Yet all Tippy remembers is falling asleep In her first book for children, award-winning cartoonist Lilli Carr takes Tippy on a nocturnal adventure up a. Award-winning cartoonist Lilli Carré takes readers on a nocturnal adventure up a mounta. Yet all Tippy remembers is falling asleep. ![]() When Tippy wakes up, theres a peacock in her bedroom, a bird in her hair, and mice dancing on the headboard. Carré (Heads or Tails) brings her talents to a younger audience with the story of a girl’s somnambulism and the chaos it creates. Join Tippy on an enchanted journey through the night. ![]()
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