Roar of a Snore
Illustrator: Pierre Pratt
Dial Books for Young Readers 2006
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The Story Behind the Story
Where did the idea for Roar of a Snore
come from? From a loud snore in
the middle of the night! I wondered what would happen
if someone was awakened
by a snore, but didn't know where the snore was coming
from. That someone
would have to search and search and search for the…ROAR
OF A SNORE!
It's true, I fear, that my husband Fred
snores! So do my brother and
stepfather! I dedicated this book to all three. If I tell
the truth, sometimes I
snore a little too. The book flap of “Roar of a
Snore” says everyone snores.
I think that's probably true. Some of us have tiny snores,
some of us
snore when we're super tired, but we all snore…just
a little.
What fun I had writing this rhyming story!
But at times I wanted to pull my
hair out as I tried to put everything in rhymes. (Hey!
Times and rhymes.
That was a rhyme. Once you start to rhyme, you just can't
stop.)
If you want to try some rhyming activities
yourself, click the image of the
Huffle family.
Roar
of a Snore fans may be surprised to learn that in
the original story version, the surprise snorer was not
a kitten. It was a mouse. My editor, Karen Riskin, thought
there might be too many mouse stories and that a mouse
would be easily guessed. We decided a kitten would be
the perfect surprise snorer. I'm happy we chose a kitten
because it reminds me of when I was a kid and found baby
kittens in our hayloft. I don't think any of them snored,
though. What animal would you choose if you were
writing this story?
