Books like Can't Sleep Without Sheep
By Susanna Leonard Hill
For the kid who fights sleep every single night, this flips the tired bedtime script — here, it's the sheep who can't take it anymore. Silly, cozy, and a little chaotic — a bedtime book that pokes fun at bedtime itself.
A boy who loves animals introduces his fifteen pets one by one — and names almost every single one of them Bob, except for one very formally named turtle.
Five little monkeys jump on the bed after saying goodnight to Mama — and one by one, they fall off, bump their heads, and get a call to the doctor.
A polite bear asks animal after animal whether they've seen his missing hat, and just when he's ready to give up, a deer's simple question jogs his memory.
A little old lady complains that her house is too small, so a wise old man tells her to bring in the hen, goat, pig, and cow one by one — with noisy, crowded results.
A private-eye detective takes on a numerical mystery: word on the street says 7 ate 9, and if that's true, a nervous 6 might be next on the menu.
A little girl gives a pig a pancake, and one request leads to another — syrup, then a bubble bath — spinning into a chain of demands that circles right back to where it started.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
An old man buys four clocks for his house, but each one shows a slightly different time, sending him into a puzzled hunt for the truth — until the Clockmaker sets him straight.
A giant squid swims through the ocean bragging that he's bigger than the shrimp, the crab, and the clams — until something much, much bigger shows up.
A wombat records a week of eating, sleeping, and digging holes — all while patiently training the new human neighbors to hand over carrots on command.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
A clever mouse walks through the deep dark wood, escaping hungry predators by inventing a scary monster called the gruffalo — then discovers the gruffalo is real.
