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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What if the whole world fell asleep...and didn't wake up again? Dave Torres, a night watchman in a placid coastal town, knows all about sleep troubles. Since childhood, he's battled terrors and nightmares. Sometimes those battles leak into his waking life, with disastrous consequences for those he loves. Now Dave lives alone and self-medicates to neutralize his dreams. It's not much of a life, he knows. The morning after Independence Day, Santa Mira,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times bestselling powerhouse author of the Mr. Lemoncello books brings his wit and humor to a pint-sized audience in this picture book debut that turns the universal dilemma of getting kids to sleep on its head. It's time for a nap but, just like stubborn toddlers everywhere, Annalise Devin McFleece won't have anything to do with bedtime. Dad tries to encourage sleepiness by pushing her around the park in her stroller. Along the way,...
Author
Language
English
Description
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious "Eve Black, " is immune to the blessing or curse of...
6) Up on Bob
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bob the dog works hard to make the bed perfect for sleeping all day but as soon as he settles down, he senses the cat watching him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Who is sleeping in the tree? Who is sleeping under the leaf? What about in the river? Children can lift the flaps to find the answers, and then say good night to several animals before settling down for a slumber of their own with this bright board book"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Scaredy Squirrel volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A squirrel who can't sleep because he is afraid of bad dreams, finds out that all of his dreams are about to come true!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Attention, reader: This book is going to make you tired! It will calm you down! Yes, this book will put you to sleep! How? Easy. There are monster trucks dashing across the pages. There are sheep being chased by dragons. There are electric guitars wailing throughout. Plus so much more! Yep. All the typical stuff that makes you sleepy. So ... are you asleep yet? No? Well, maybe another method would work better ... So read on, and it's guaranteed you'll...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mama and Mommy would like Sweet Pea to settle into bed, but it's not quite time. Even though the bed is fluffy, it's not as snuggly as curling up like a pig in the mud, or as spacious as sleeping in the wide ocean like a blue whale. It's not as fun as sleeping high up in a tree like a koala, or hanging upside down like a bat. And it's definitely not as relaxing as sleeping standing up, like an emperor penguin. But after mimicking all the ways different...
Publisher
[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[released 2009], c2009
Language
English
Description
In the Napping House, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.
In the Owl and the Pussycat, listen to the lilting rhythms of the two characters who "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat."
In Stone Soup, three clever soldiers, during the time of Napoleon, devise a plan to get food and lodging from the selfish inhabitants of the village.
Sailing off in a wooden shoe, Wynken, Blynken and Nod find...
17) No more yawning!
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Florence and her toy monkey Arnold try to fall asleep but Florence's big yawns keep them awake. Includes tips for falling asleep.
18) Pig has a plan
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Poor Pig! He just wants to take a nap, but his barnyard pals are making a terrible racket. Pig hatches a plan to block all the noise, and then learns that his friends have been planning a birthday party just for him.
19) Doors of sleep
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a paralleluniverse under an alien sky? This is the question Zax Delatree must answer every time he closes his eyes.
20) In your cozy bed
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Told from the point of view of a loving parent, a child is gently guided to get ready for bed, say goodnight to favorite toys, and finally settle into sleep."--Provided by publisher.
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