Wakey Birds

Maddie Frost (Author, Illustrator) Maddie Frost grew up in Massachusetts and attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design for animation. Her love of storytelling led her to children's books and she could never imagine doing anything else. Maddie works by scanning different paper and painted swatches to digitally cut into pieces and composite into one image. She loves to use interesting color palettes, textures and shapes that always feel very intuitive. When she is not working on picture books, she can be found drawing on the couch or in the grass! She lives with her husband and rescued pup, Winnie, in New Hampshire.

Wakey Birds live in the jungle. They got their name because they can't ever sleep.One night little Wakey Bird can't get settled so she gets out of bed, finds a stick and wakes up the others. Soon all the animals in the jungle are awake, including the never to be woken Dreaded Jungle Beast. Luckily, the Jungle Beast has storybooks in his cave, and soon all the animals are back to sleep.A witty take which will gain huge recognition with people whose children won't ... ever ... stay in bed.The whole aesthetic of the illustrations recalls a night with small things racketing around the house. It should be dark, it should be quiet, but there's a bright yellow bird banging a stick against a rock. Small creatures are bouncing everywhere, screeching and chirping and outright snarling.And there's the Dreaded Jungle Beast in his cave.Any young family will gain a laugh of recognition and this might help persistent wakers to understand that making noise in the middle of the night sets off a chain reaction which inevitably leads to a tired and cranky big people. Otherwise it is just a hilarious story about one noisy and busy night in the jungle.