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While You Were Napping by Jenny Offill
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Premise: after his nap, the main character's siblings tell him about all of the adventures he'd missed out on while he was asleep. As a parent, I found their fabricated story funny, but the story is told so seriously that young readers probably won't pick up on the fact that the kids are lying. To them, it probably sounds like a fever dream- construction workers letting kids operate heavy machinery in the backyard, robots bringing cotton candy to the party, and kids setting off rockets in the backyard. It's pretty chaotic but it does speak to a lot of activities that kids would be into.
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Reading Progress

April 3, 2023 – Started Reading
April 3, 2023 – Shelved
April 3, 2023 – Finished Reading

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