And a one…and a two…
Time to sing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

THE NIGHT BAAFORE EASTER
Written by Dawn Young
Illustrated by Pablo Pino
Published by Worthy Kids (2021)
Have you read Dawn’s first book in this series? THE NIGHT BAAFORE CHRISTMAS? I know Easter is coming up BAAFORE Christmas, but you really need to read that one also.
Here the trailer for THE NIGHT BAAFORE EASTER:
This book has so many layers: Counting, Easter, humor, rhyme, and awesome illustrations!
Count the sheep — and the laughs — in this hilarious follow-up to picture book The Night Baafore Christmas. With sheep misbehaving all over the house, will Bo get to sleep before the Easter Bunny comes?
In this humorous tale of an Easter Eve gone wrong, Bo just wants to fall asleep so Easter Day — and the Easter Bunny — will come faster. But when he tries counting sheep, the sheep get bored and scatter, and chaos ensues: “Sheep 5 juggles eggs, tossing ten in the air. He misses. They crash and get crushed in Bo’s hair.” Children can count along with Bo as he finds the 10 mischievous sheep misbehaving throughout the house. With a house full of sheep and a mess to clean, will Bo get to sleep before the Easter Bunny comes?
Find out in this hilarious story of a night before Easter gone wrong. With exuberant verse and comical illustrations, this book will have children begging for repeat readings.
Here’s a bit about the talented author, Dawn Young:
Dawn graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, and later with an MBA. For years, Dawn worked as an engineer and then as a manager at a large aerospace company, until her creative side called her to pursue her dream of writing children’s books. Her books include Counting Elephants, The Night Baafore Christmas, The Night Baafore Easter, The Night Baafore the First Day of School (June 2021), and title to be announced, coming fall 2021.
Dawn is also a math enthusiast. When she’s not busy writing and reading, she can be found doing math problems, sometimes just because… In high school, Dawn’s dream was to have a math equation named after her, but now, she believes having her name on the cover of books is a million times better!
Dawn lives with her husband, three children and golden retriever in sunny Arizona. She is an active member of SCBWI and many other children’s writing groups.
https://www.dawnyoungbooks.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dawn.young.1865
https://www.instagram.com/dawnyoungbooks/

And here’s a bit about brilliant illustrator Pablo Pino:
Pablo Pino was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He grew up watching cartoons, playing football and drawing a lot. These days, he doesn´t watch as much TV and only plays football once a week, but still has the joy of painting every day. Why? Because, for the last 10 years, he‘s been working as a professional illustrator for different print media. What he enjoys the most is illustrating books for children and teenagers. Besides the 40 published books Pablo’s illustrated, among novels and tales he also does characters designs, board games and collaborate on designs for schoolbooks and magazines with various worldwide publishing companies. Pablo is self-taught and his illustrations are mostly computer drawn, but he always adds textures that he makes with pencils, crayons, acrylics and pretty much any material that lets him get messy like when he was a child.
http://pablopinodib.wix.com/pablopino
https://www.facebook.com/PinoPablo
www.pino-ilustraciones.blogspot.com

For a chance to win a copy of this read-it-again book, please leave a comment – what do YOU count when you can’t sleep? If you share the post on social media, you get extra tickets in the giveaway hat.
I hope you all have a wonderful week. I’ll be back on Friday to celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day with two diverse books from an Inuit publisher.
What a fun book! And gorgeous illustrations!
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Thank you so much and I agree! Pablo is amazing!!!
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These books look like a lot of fun! I like to count in twos to get sleepy faster!
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Thank you so much! I wonder if counting by twos would double the chaos! lol
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I’ve had a sneak peek of this awesome book. It is lyrical and fun – perfect to read on the night before Easter!! Thanks for a great post. The adorable book trailer is the best.
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Thank you Kristen! 🙂
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How fun! What a clever idea!
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Aww thank you Sue!
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Such a clever book and a great mentor text for writing poetry. Congratulations, Dawn!
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Thank you and I feel honored by the mentor text comment!
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I love the trailer for this–so funny!! And I think my own kiddo has a similar dream as you did back in h.s., relating to having a math equation named for her–I say, never give up on your dreams! 🙂
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Thank you! And you are so right – never give up on dreams!
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Congratulations again Dawn. I enjoy reading your books.
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Thank you Ashley. I’m so glad you enjoy them 🙂
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I am going to find out if my library has Dawn’s books and place holds–these are fun and so adorable. As a math person myself, this author’s work will also act as mentor text for me. I shared on tumblr: https://yesreaderwriterpoetmusician.tumblr.com/post/641395229845520384/via-happy-book-birthday-the-night-baafore-easter
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Thank you Danielle. I hope you enjoy them. I love math. Thank you for sharing!
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I adore The Night Baafore Christmas! I bet the Easter book is just as fun to read. Looking forward to finding it in the stores!
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Aww thanks Sandy! Love hearing that you adore The Night Baafore Christmas. The sheep are at it again!
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Congratulations, Dawn and Pablo. This sounds like a hilarious read. If I have trouble sleeping, I count my blessings.
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Thank you! and that’s a great idea 🙂
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What a cute book! Love the concept and the illustrations. I find myself counting how many of my fur babies are sleeping in my bed!! Congratulations and can’t wait to read.
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Thank you! Pablo did and amazing job with the illustrations. Love that you’re counting your fur babies.
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This looks soooo cute. I’m happy to spread the good word by sharing this. – I usually count blessings (but I make sure a sheep shows up in each one) 🙂
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Thank you and thanks for sharing! When you count those sheep, keep a close eye on them 😉
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Dear Dawn, Thank you for this cute book and the theme of sleeplessness….hits us all. I try to count who I love and who loves me….rather than worries.
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Thank you Nancy. That’s a great idea and makes for a much more peaceful night.
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Tweeted on twitter- Luvbeingamomof3, thank you
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Thank you for sharing. I’m a mom of three also.
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Would love to win. Counting sheep. 🙂 Thank you
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🙂
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The NIght Baafore Christmas was so much fun. I’m glad to hear that more adventures are on the way for Bo and his messy, mischievous flock! (Oh, and when I can’t sleep, I usually say the alphabet backwards.) I’m sharing this on Twitter.
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Thank you so much for sharing! I’m so glad you enjoyed The Night Baafore Christmas. Bo’s mischievous flock is at it again. And great choice going with the alphabet 😉
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Love all your books, Dawn! So proud of you -congrats! 🙂
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Thank you Danielle, my egg-ceptional critique partner ❤
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This book looks adorable. I love the trailer. Congrats!
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Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the trailer 🙂
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This is such a fun book! I checked it out from my library a few weeks ago and immediately added it to my wish list. Love the humor, rhyme, and illustrations! And now I want to read The Night Baafore Christmas. 🙂
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Thank you. I’m so glad you liked it! Pablo’s illustrations are amazing!
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