This sequel to the award-winning Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean (2007 Teacher’s Choice & 2005 Mom’s Choice) takes readers on an around-the-world boat ride to learn how mammals sleep in or around ten major rivers of the world on all continents except Antarctica. Row down the Mississippi and watch two river otters slip into a hollow tree or look to the bank of the Brisbane River as a platypus pops into a hole and disappears into a narrow tunnel. Told in a soothing style, this book serves as a bedtime/naptime story for younger children or an animal geography book for older children. Adults may learn something, too!

Written by Gail Langer Karwoski Illustrated by Connie McLennan	32 pg, 8.5" x 10", ages 4-9, Lexile 1020 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-9777423-4-9 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-934359-31-0
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“River Beds: Sleeping in the World’s Rivers is entertaining and educational. A must have for family libraries, and teachers should have it also.” - Armchair Interviews

“I continue to be a strong advocate for Sylvan Dell books. These consistently impress me with their quality and value….I fully expect to see teacher and parent awards given to River Beds.” - Epinions.com

“Animals that are familiar to youngsters such as otters, dolphins, hippos, and beavers are featured alongside rare mammals like the capybara, the water vole and the platypus. Readers not only learn where the animals sleep, but also how they drift off to sleep. Before drifting off to sleep, readers can also travel to each of the continents and dream peacefully of fellow mammals snuggling in their beds.” - ForeWord Magazine

Author/Illustrator Info:

Gail Langer Karwoski is an award-winning children’s book writer. River Beds: Sleeping in the World’s Rivers is a sequel to Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean, (Mom’s Choice Best Children’s Picture Book Author for 2005 and the 2007 Teacher’s Choice Children’s Book Award). Gail has also written Julie the Rockhound for Sylvan Dell as well as six other books for young readers including: Tsunami: The True Story of an April Fool’s Day Disaster and Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906. Gail and her husband live near the University of Georgia and have two bossy cats and two grown daughters. http://www.gailkarwoski.com

Connie McLennan has been a successful freelance artist for almost 25 years since attending Academy of Art College in San Francisco. In addition to illustrating River Beds: Sleeping in the World’s Rivers, The Rainforest Grew All Around (watercolor and acrylic), Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean (oil) and Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud (watercolor) for Sylvan Dell Publishing, she also illustrated The Wishing Tree and Domitila. Connie has illustrated numerous textbooks, and has provided illustrations for children's books and magazines for Harcourt, Holt Reinhart & Winston, Scott Foresman, Scholastic and Weekly Reader. In addition to her various illustrations, Connie has done numerous advertising projects. Connie lives with her husband and teenage son in northern California.  www.conniemclennan.com