Books like A Book of Sleep
By Il Sung Na
For the little one who resists every bedtime, here's proof that sleep looks different for everyone — and it's still okay to drift off your own way. Quiet, starlit, and unhurried.
As night falls, sleepy bunnies, sleepy birds, and sleepy children everywhere settle down, one by one, into the quiet stillness of sleep.
A barnyard family of animals — roosters, cows, horses, goats, and a pink piglet learning to squeal — plays through a full day and settles down together as night falls.
A wide-awake little boy travels from cave to sea to mountain peak, visiting one sleeping animal friend after another, hoping to find the perfect way to finally rest.
An elderly, mysterious figure closes his book each evening and walks through a hushed forest, carrying out a quiet nightly task that brings twilight to the world.
A little bear cub coughs HCK HCK! right at bedtime, and Mrs. Bear tries syrup, comfort, and quiet care to see him through the cold night.
As the sun sets over a busy construction site, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work one by one and settle in to rest for the night.
On a late winter night, a young girl and her father walk silently into snowy woods, calling into the darkness in hopes that a real owl will answer back.
A gentle picture book imagines Cat Heaven, where beloved cats run through fields of sweet grass, play with favorite toys, and are cared for by angels who rub their noses and ears.
A little boy named Peter wakes to a fresh snowfall and spends the whole day outside making snow angels, building a snowman, and sliding down snowy hills before it all begins again the next morning.
A day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.
A baby llama, tucked into bed by his mama, starts to worry the moment she heads downstairs — his whimpers building into full-blown hollers until she returns just in time.
