100 Best Sleep Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

5.0

“Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book…Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you.” —Bill Gates

A New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this “stimulating and important book” (Financial Times) is a fascinating dive into the purpose and power of slumber.

With two appearances on CBS This Mor

Recommended by Bill Gates, Brad Feld, Alexis Ohanian Sr., and 11 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

Explains how neglecting sleep undercuts your creativity, problem solving, decision-making, learning, memory, heart health, brain health, mental health, emotional well-being, immune system, and even your life span. [source]

Brad Feld

Co-Founder/Foundry Group

Several friends, who know I both love to sleep and am intrigued with how sleep works, recommended that I read Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. It was excellent. While my self-assessment of my sleep habits are very positive, I learned a few things. More importantly, I now have a much better understanding of the “Why” surrounding sleep, especially around sleep’s importance to a healthy and long life. [source]

Alexis Ohanian Sr.

Agree! Best book I've read this year. Wasted so many hours just proving to myself I'd be the last one up working at @reddit and for what??? Stupid. Diminishing marginal returns after enough hours without sleep. https://t.co/cT7fDNBF3A [source]

2

Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success

Shawn Stevenson

4.5

Sleep Smarter is a fun and entertaining look at how sleep impacts your mind, body, and performance, without skimping on the "how to's" to get the sleep you really deserve.

Whether you've struggled with sleep problems, or you're simply interested in living a longer, healthier life, you're going to be blown away with what you learn. Here's just a sampling of what you're going to discover:
Why you nee

Recommended by Michael Hyatt and Mike Kawula.

Mike Kawula

@paulatooths @realroyhuff @RockChristopher @KurtUhlir @Honoree @HalElrod @johnleedumas @JOLearyInspires @StressFreeKids @stevescott1 @StephenCGuise @RealSteveRohr @jimmorris6363 @JeffGoins @scottborchetta @MarshaCollier @joshelledge @sungroupwp @bryancohenbooks @alaskatracy @SimonettaLein @RobertDBessler @habitsguy @Scott_Saunders_ @BritonandDane @AnnPearlman @adryenn @Livingjoydaily @Stepha_OBrien @Levine_Alison @mastermindhi @JohnLukeNYC @ShowoffByDesign @KKEntGroup @pismoeyedoc @suziday123 @BeckiLHawkins @KimMars88 @asianbeauty29 @PodcastMisfit @DaveChesson @alphabetsuccess @jenniferprobst @GrantCardone @Zohreen @PaulLev @LynnHallbrooks @Tom__Coleman @DavidDomzalski 8 is AWESOME. I love @ShawnModel podcast & he's also got a great book about sleep. It's so important. I'm a morning person, thus to get my minimum I need, I'm in bed early. On the weekends I actually pass my son sometimes when I'm getting up and he's going to be 😂🙆‍♂️ [source]

3

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child: A Step-By-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep

Marc Weissbluth M.D.

4.3

The perennial favorite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with ease--now in a completely revised and expanded fourth edition!

In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the country's leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your children's sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Ha

4

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep Is Broken and How to Fix It

W. Chris Winter M.D.

4.3

With cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques, The Sleep Solution will help anyone achieve healthy sleep and eliminate pills, pain, and fatigue.

If you want to fix your sleep problems, Internet tips and tricks aren t going to do it for you. You need to really understand what s going on with your sleep both what your problems are and how to solve them.
The Sleep Solution is an exciting

5

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time

Arianna Huffington

4.3

We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, writes Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post. And this has profound consequences – on our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness.

What is needed, she boldly asserts, is nothing short of a sleep revolution. Only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of our l

Recommended by Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Cain, Emma Watson, and 1 others.

Sheryl Sandberg

COO/Facebook

Arianna shows that sleep is not just vital for our health, but also critical to helping us achieve our goals. Sometimes we need to sleep in to lean in! [source]

Susan Cain

Author

Arianna Huffington is one of our leading authorities on the life well-lived. In this passionate, deeply researched book, she reveals everything you need to know about the magic elixir of sleep: from how to get enough, to why it matters. I dare you to read this book and carry on depriving your body (and soul) of the nightly nourishment it so desperately needs. [source]

Nathan Chan

First time meeting @ariannahuff for her book launch in Melbourne! She gave me some powerful business insights that I ran with and allowed Foundr to grow to the multi-million dollar brand it is today. I’ve put them together as a course— INFINITE SCALE https://t.co/C7zzkl3UYI https://t.co/cYvLbLdUWq [source]

6

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd

4.3

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room -- to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one -- the little bunny says goodnight.

In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations o

Recommended by Julie Dobbs and Muna Abusulayman.

Julie Dobbs

@mraye I was def channeling Goodnight Moon and love that so many people got it 😍 sweet little book! 🌙 [source]

Muna Abusulayman

Goodnight Moon and The surprising story of power, taste, educational philosophy, and the crumbling of traditional gatekeepers.. (I loved the book so much, I inscribed "I love you forever, I love you for always" on necklaces for both my daughters.) https://t.co/HUIjJzczP1 [source]

7

Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep

David K. Randall

4.3

Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep.

In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives. Taking readers from military battlefields to children’s bed

8

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems

Richard Ferber

4.2

The completely revised and updated edition of the all-time bestselling book on children’s sleep problems, with important new insights and solutions from Dr. Richard Ferber, the nation’s leading authority on children’s sleep problems.

Does your child have difficulty falling asleep? Wake in the middle of the night? Suffer sleep terrors, sleepwalking, or nighttime fears? Have difficulty waking for sch

9

The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep

William C. Dement

4.2

Sleep better, live longer with the groundbreaking information and step-by-step program in this revolutionary book.

Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep--and the price of sleep deprivation. In this groundbreaking

10

A Book of Sleep

Il Sung Na

4.2

11

The Napping House

Audrey Wood, Don Wood

4.2

Everyone knows the cumulative rhyme “This Is the House That Jack Built,” but The Napping House (1984) is close on its heels in the race for posterity: “And on that granny / there is a child / a dreaming child / on a snoring granny / on a cozy bed / in a napping house, / where everyone is sleeping.” Included in the napping house menagerie is a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse, and a w

12

Sleep Like a Tiger

Mary Logue, Pamela Zagarenski

4.2

“Does everything in the world go to sleep?” the little girl asks. In dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, the little girl decides “in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets,” she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger.

13

The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight

Satchin Panda PhD

4.2

When we eat may be as important as what we eat.

Like most people, you probably wake up, get hungry for meals and doze off in bed around the same time every day. If you’ve ever experienced jet lag or pulled an all-nighter, you know that this schedule can easily be thrown off kilter. But for some people, that imbalance—difficulty sleeping at night, hunger at odd times, or sudden fatigue at noon—is a

Recommended by Jeffrey Snover.

Jeffrey Snover

I traveled from Seattle to Germany on Sunday and returned yesterday with NO JET LAG in either direction. I used to avoid international travel because of horrible jet lag. 10,000 thanks to @SatchinPanda and his great book: Circadian Code https://t.co/fUan4ea2L3 [source]

14

Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book

Dr. Seuss

4.2

Catch a case of the yawns with Dr. Seuss in this classic rhyming picture book. Bedtime has never been more fun!

A yawn is quite catching, you see. Like a cough.
It just takes one yawn to start other yawns off.

Dr. Seuss spins a sleep-tastic tale about a very small bug and a very big yawn that spreads and spreads. Meanwhile, the Audio-Telly-o-Tally-o Count adds up every sleeping creature from the c

15

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

4.2

Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn’t coming yet. Baby Llama starts to fret. In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llama immediately starts worrying when she goes downstairs, and his soft whimpers turn to hollers when she doesn’t come right back. But just in time, Mama returns to se

Recommended by Chitra Soundar.

Chitra Soundar

I first read this a long time ago and I didn’t necessarily think of it as an anxiety book but after looking at it again, I realised it was about the ‘Mum hasn’t come home’ worry. The phenomenon of parents working or doing shift work or one parent having to go away or to travel for work is so common. Especially if the mum is working, this book is a great way to talk to the child about this type of anxiety. [source]

16

Goodnight Already!

Jory John, Benji Davies

4.2

Meet Bear. He's exhausted. All he wants is to go to sleep. Meet Duck, Bear's persistent next-door neighbor. All he wants is to hang out . . . with Bear.

Jory John, author of All My Friends Are Dead, and Benji Davies join together to create this standout hilarious picture book that will make bedtime memorable.

17

Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps, and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind

Nick Littlehales

4.2

Proven solutions for a better night's sleep, from the "sleep guru" to elite athletes
One-third of our lives--3,000 hours a year--is spent trying to sleep. The hours we spend in bed shape our moods, motivation, alertness, decision-making skills, creativity...in short, our ability to perform. But most of us have disturbed, restless nights, relying on over-stimulation from caffeine and sugar to drag u

Recommended by Aubrey Marcus and Iulia Ghita.

Iulia Ghita

I’m not a morning person and all my life I’ve struggled with waking up early Monday to Friday, and sleeping until noon during the weekends and then waking up with my head in a whirl. The book that really helped me overcome this bad habit was Sleep by Nick Littlehales. It has two simple rules: wake up every day at the same hour and sleep in 90 minutes cycles. I’m still not a morning person and never will I be, but these simple habits helped me sleep less, but rest more. [source]

18

The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5

Jennifer Waldburger and Jill Spivack

4.2

Even Hollywood's biggest stars face the same dilemma as other parents do: "How do I get my child to sleep?" As parents in the know are finding, whether they're on the red carpet or the soccer field, the answer is the same: The Sleepeasy Solution.

Psychotherapists and sleep specialists Jennifer and Jill, the dynamic "girlfriends" all of Hollywood calls on to solve Junior's sleep problems, have perfe

Recommended by Ashton Kutcher.

Ashton Kutcher

I usually send The Happiest Baby on the Block with a copy of this book. [source]

19

The Sleep Book: How to Sleep Well Every Night

Dr. Guy Meadows

4.2

Say Goodbye to Insomnia - The highly Effective 5 Week, Drug--free Plan Sleep shouldn't be a struggle, but for a third of the population the nightly pattern of tossing, turning and that gnawing frustration is a regular occurrence. The Sleep Book's revolutionary five- week plan now means that this will be a thing of the past. Using a blend of mindfulness and new Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (AC

20

Bear Snores On

Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman

4.2

One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear's cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on!
See what happens when he finally wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests -- all of them having a party without him!

21

Go the Fuck to Sleep

Adam Mansbach

4.2

Go the Fuck to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar -- and unspoken -- tribulations of putting your little angel down for the

Recommended by A.J. Jacobs.

A.J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs recommended this book on the podcast "The Tim Ferriss Show" [source]

22

Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams

Paul Martin

4.1

Does the early bird really catch the worm, or end up healthy, wealthy, and wise? Can some people really exist on just a few hours' sleep a night? Does everybody dream? Do fish dream? How did people cope before alarm clocks and caffeine? And is anybody getting enough sleep?

Even though we will devote a third of our lives to sleep, we still know remarkably little about its origins and purpose. Paul

23

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld

4.1

The #1 New York Times bestselling children's book

As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they'll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by bestselling illustrator Tom

24

Chengdu Could Not Would Not Fall Asleep

Barney Saltzberg

4.1

High in his bamboo tree, a young panda named Chengdu lies awake while everyone around him is sleeping. No matter what he tries, he cannot fall asleep. He turns and he tosses. He scrunches and he rolls. He even hangs upside down. Finally he climbs up and up and up, until he finds the perfect spot atop his brother. Panda pile!

25

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

Jane Yolen, Mark Teague

4.1

In a few simple lines of verse on each spread, fathers and mothers are ready to put their youngsters to bed. But in this book, the youngsters are a wide variety of dinosaurs. And how do dinosaurs say good night?

Filled with wonderful detail and humor, children and their parents will love the expressions and antics of the eleven different dinosaur children depicted here, and each species is spelled

26

I Dare You Not to Yawn

Helene Boudreau, Serge Bloch

4.1

Just try to resist this comical — and infectious — cautionary fable that will have even bedtime-avoiders gladly snuggling up for a nightly challenge.

A yawn can land you in your pj’s and under the covers before you can blink and say "Baa baa black sheep." So clamp your mouth shut and look away from your sleepy dog, stay away from your cuddly blanket, and whatever you do, don’t think of baby orangut

27

No Sleep for the Sheep!

Karen Beaumont, Jackie Urbanovic

4.1

One tired sheep wants nothing more than a good night's sleep. All is peaceful until—QUACK! Is that a duck at the barn door? And now a goat? A pig? A cow? A horse? Each new unexpected guest is bigger and louder than the last! How will the sheep ever get this barnyard crowd to quiet down before—COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

28

The Shining

Stephen King

4.1

Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible force

Recommended by Daisy Johnson and R J Ellory.

Daisy Johnson

If you think you know the story because you’ve seen the film then you’d be wrong. This book is an absolute classic and a great way into the vast King oeuvre. [source]

R J Ellory

I have always rated Stephen King. I think he is so much more than just a commercially successful horror writer. [source]

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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

John Medina

4.1

Preview Summary

Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best.

How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge

Recommended by Bill Gates, James Altucher, Dmitry Dragilev, and 1 others.

Bill Gates

CEO/Microsoft

On Bill Gates's reading list in 2012. [source]

James Altucher

Founder/StockPickr

Discusses how to keep your brain healthy. [source]

Dmitry Dragilev

There’s a book called Brain Rules, also a great book, by John Medina, sort of like how your brain works. [source]

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Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

Stephen LaBerge

4.1

Preview Summary

"[A] solid how-to book...For amateur dream researchers, this is a must"
WHOLE EARTH REVIEW

This book goes far beyond the confines of pop dream psychology, establishing a scientifically researched framework for using lucid dreaming--that is, consciously influencing the outcome of your dreams. Based on Dr. Stephen LaBerge's extensive laboratory work at Stanford University mapping mind/body relationsh

31

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

4.1

This is a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature and the battery of medicines she prescribes.

Our narrator should be happy, shouldn't she? She's young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, works an easy job at a hip art gallery, lives in an apartment on

Recommended by Ben Collins, Claire Diaz Ortiz, and Lauren Mechling.

Ben Collins

Favorite book of the decade. https://t.co/CRcfp9f6Sq [source]

Claire Diaz Ortiz

@racheld great book [source]

Lauren Mechling

The friendship in it is very sweet, actually: it’s about two women, one of whom doesn’t have a name, and her best friend, Reva. They’re both brilliant comic characters, but Reva really lived on with me. Ottessa Moshfegh has this ability to say so much with little spiky details that linger. [source]

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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

Harvey Karp

4.1

Preview Summary

NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU HAVE TO STAND BY HELPLESSLY WHILE YOUR LITTLE BABY CRIES AND CRIES. THERE IS A WAY TO CALM MOST CRYING BABIES . . . USUALLY IN MINUTES!

Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for soothing babies and increasing sleep. Now his landmark book—fully revised and updated wit

Recommended by Ashton Kutcher.

Ashton Kutcher

If you want to be a hands-on parent and also have some version of a career, this book is gold. [source]

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Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed at Harvard Medical School

Gregg Jacobs

4.1

Imagine an insomnia treatment that improves sleep in 100 percent of insomniacs, helps 75 percent of insomniacs become normal sleepers, and allows 90 percent of insomniacs to reduce or eliminate their use of sleeping pills. This treatment is safe, natural, and has no side effects except improved mood, higher energy, increase mind/body control, and better health. No, this is not a new miracle drug.

34

Sweet Sleep: Nighttime and Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family

La Leche League International, Diane Wiessinger, et al.

4.1

Sweet Sleep is the first and most complete book on nights and naps for breastfeeding families. It’s mother-wisdom, reassurance, and a how-to guide for making sane and safe decisions on how and where your family sleeps, backed by the latest research.

It’s 4 A.M. You’ve nursed your baby five times throughout the night. You’re beyond exhausted. But where can you breastfeed safely when you might fall

35

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?

Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth

4.1

"I don't like the dark," said Little Bear.
"What dark?" said Big Bear.
"The dark all around us," said Little Bear.

In this tender account of a sleepless night in the bear cave, Big Bear sets out with all his patience and understanding to show Little Bear that the dark is nothing to be afraid of. When all the lanterns in the cave aren't enough to quell Little Bear's troubled emotions, Big Bear offers—

36

Goodnight, Little Monster

Helen Ketteman, Bonnie Leick

4.1

Little Monster needs to get ready for bed. That means howling at the moon, scrubbing his scales, getting into his creepy PJs, and enjoying a nice snack before bed: worm juice and baked beetle bread. And, of course, Little Monster’s mother is nearby to tuck Little Monster into bed and turn on his night-light—because even little monsters can be afraid of the dark. Bonnie Leick’s soft, child-friendly

37

Time for Bed

Mem Fox

4.1

Darkness is falling everywhere and little ones are getting sleepy, feeling cozy, and being tucked in. It’s time for a wide yawn, a big hug, and a snuggle under the covers—sleep tight! “Working beautifully with the soothingly repetitive text, each painting conveys a warm feeling of safety and affection.” —School Library Journal

38

A Bedtime for Bear

Bonny Becker, Kady MacDonald Denton

4.1

When the impish Mouse comes to spend the night, Bear is in for a rude — and very funny — awakening in this irresistible new story starring the unlikely pair.

Bear must have absolute quiet when he goes to bed. He likes to set out his glass of water, adjust his nightcap, fluff his favorite pillow, and then drift peacefully to sleep. But the effervescent Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, finds it

39

The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep

Dr. Guy Leschziner

4.1

For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, sleep apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep--and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares. Demoniac hallucinations frighten people into paralysis. Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping pa

40

The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

Elizabeth Pantley, William Sears

4.1

A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep--with no tears

There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is no

41

The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Mark Dahlby

4.1

"If we cannot carry our practice into sleep," Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche writes. "If we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake."

This book gives detailed instructions for dream yoga, including foundational practi

42

I Am Not Going to Get up Today!

Dr. Seuss, James Stevenson

4.1

"A rhyming story that is full of laughs. 'The alarm can ring. The birds can peep....Today's the day I'm going to sleep,' says a lazy boy one morning, and despite a pail of icy water, television coverage, and the arrival of the Marines, he vows to stay in bed--and he does! The repetition of concepts and words will keep children turning the pages, as will the energetic drawings. A sure draw for earl

43

Can't Sleep Without Sheep

Susanna Leonard Hill, Mike Wohnoutka

4.1

Whenever Ava can't sleep, she counts sheep. But Ava takes so long to fall asleep, it's the sheep that are growing tired-until finally, they quit! When the sheep promise to find a replacement that Ava can count on, chaos ensues as chickens, cows, pigs, hippos, and more try their hand at jumping over Ava's fence. Finding the perfectly peaceful replacement for sheep might not be so easy after all.

Wit

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Tiger Can't Sleep

S. J. Fore, R. W. Alley (Illustrator)

4.1

In this delightful bedtime story, a little boy tries to go to sleep but is kept awake by the adorable, noisemaking tiger in his closet. After much pleading, the little boy soon discovers how to deal with a noisy tiger. Full color.

45

Sleepyheads

Sandra J. Howatt, Joyce Wan

4.1

Both spirited and soothing, this bedtime read-aloud story is the perfect preface for a trip to dreamland.

The sun has set, and sleepyheads all across the land are tucked into their cozy beds.

Rabbit is snoozing in the weeds, and Duck is snuggled in the reeds.

Bear is nestled in his cave, and Otter is rocking on a wave.

But there's one little sleepyhead who's not in his bed.

Where, oh where, could he b

46

Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!

Todd Tarpley, John Rocco

4.1

A playful robot bedtime story, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree John Rocco!

Quiet at last. Not a peep. Three little robots are...BEEP! BEEP!

When his three rambunctious robots give every possible excuse not to go to sleep, what's a little boy to do? With a fun refrain that will have readers of all ages chanting along, here's a book that kids will be begging to read every night before bed.

47

Stop Snoring, Bernard!

Zachariah OHora

4.1

Bernard loves curling up to go to sleep. But there is one little problem. Bernard snores…LOUDLY! So loudly that he keeps all of the otters awake during naptime. So loudly that Grumpy Giles tells Bernard to move his snoring somewhere else!

Sad and lonely, Bernard tries sleeping in new places far away from the other otters: in a lake, in puddles, in a fountain. But no matter where he tries to nap, so

48

Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired

Till Roenneberg

4.1

Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns may be the most obvious manifestation of the highly individualized biological clocks we inherit, but these clocks also regulate bodily functions from digestion to hormone levels to cognition. Living at odds with our internal timepieces, Till Roenneberg shows, can make us chronically sleep deprived and more likely to smoke, gain weight,

49

The Sleep Lady®'s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy

Kim West

4.1

Kim West, LCSW-C, known to her clients as The Sleep Lady®, has developed an alternative and effective approach to helping children learn to gently put themselves to sleep without letting them “cry it out”—an option that is not comfortable for many parents. Essential reading for any tired parent or any expectant parent who wants to avoid the pitfalls of sleeplessness, Good Night, Sleep Tight offers

50

I Will Take a Nap! (Elephant & Piggie, #23)

Mo Willems

4.1

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.

Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

In I Will Take a Nap! Gerald is tired and cranky. Will Piggie be in his dreams? Or will she keep Gerald from dreaming at all?

51

The House of Sleep

Jonathan Coe

4.1

Like a surreal and highly caffeinated version of The Big Chill, Jonathan Coe's new novel follows four students who knew each other in college in the eighties. Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events. Robert has his life changed forever by the misunderstandings that arise from her condition. Terry spends his wakeful nights fueling his obsession with movies.

52

Night School

Richard Wiseman

4.1

Almost a third of your whole life is spent asleep. Night School uncovers the scientific truth about the sleeping brain - and gives powerful tips on how those hours of apparently 'dead' time in the dark can transform your waking life.

Based on exciting new peer-reviewed research, mass-participation experiments and the world's largest archive of dream reports, Night School will teach you how to:

Learn

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The Mind At Night: The New Science Of How And Why We Dream

Andrea Rock

4.1

Over the past few decades, there has been a revolution in scientific knowledge about why we dream, what's actually happening to the brain when we do, and what the sleeping mind reveals about our waking hours. Beginning with the birth of dream research in the 1950s, award-winning science reporter Andrea Rock traces the brief but fascinating history of this emerging scientific field. She then takes

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On Becoming Babywise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep - Interactive Support

Robert Bucknam M.D.

4.0

Distinguished pediatrician Dr Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo are two of the world's leading experts on infant management concepts. In this revised 6th edition, they have updated their groundbreaking approach which has found favor with over six million parents in all 50 states and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. For over 25 years, On Becoming Babywise has been

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The Twenty-four Hour Mind: the Role of Sleep and Dreaming in Our Emotional Lives

Rosalind Cartwright

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In January of 1997, an otherwise nonviolent man under great stress at work brutally murdered his wife in their backyard. He then went back to bed, awakening only when police entered his home. He claimed to have no memory of the event because, while his body was awake at the time, his mind was not. He had been sleepwalking.
In The Twenty-four Hour Mind, sleep scientist Rosalind Cartwright brings to

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Precious Little Sleep: The Complete Baby Sleep Guide for Modern Parents

Alexis Dubief

4.0

Parenting a baby or toddler is the grandest adventure of all when you're not miserably exhausted. Sleep expert Alexis Dubief, of the wildly popular website Precious Little Sleep, imparts effective, accessible, and flexible strategies based on years of research that will dramatically improve your child's sleep.

This book will help you tackle the thorniest sleep snags, including:

Navigating the tricky

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Twenty Yawns

Jane Smiley, Lauren Castillo

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Featuring lyrical text and beautiful illustrations, this bedtime tale from Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley and Caldecott Honor recipient Lauren Castillo evokes the splashy fun of the beach and the quietude of a moonlit night, with twenty yawns sprinkled in for children to discover and count.

As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and every

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Bear Is Not Tired

Ciara Gavin

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For fans of Karma Wilson’s Bear Snores On comes a whimsical bedtime story about a bear who is absolutely, positively not sleepy at all. . . .

Bear and his duck family do everything together. That is, until winter arrives. Bear is supposed to hibernate this time of year, but he doesn’t want to miss out on any of the fun. But can Bear really stay awake all winter long? Gentle humor and endearing ill

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Snoozefest

Samantha Berger, Kristyna Litten

4.0

Bedtime story meets Coachella in this adorable book about a sloth who packs up his pajamas to attends an arena festival for nappers, dozers, and the very best sleepyheads.

Snuggleford Cuddlebun is a champion sleeper. In fact, she's such a good sleeper that she decides to go to Snoozefest, an arena festival that celebrates sleep. There, she lounges in her hammock while bands like the Nocturnal Neste

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The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

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What are the most common dreams and why do we have them? What does a dream about death mean? What do dreams of swimming, failing, or flying symbolize?First published by Sigmund Freud in 1899, The Interpretation of Dreams considers why we dream and what it means in the larger picture of our psychological lives. Delving into theories of manifest and latent dream content, the special language of drea

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Don't Wake Up the Tiger

Britta Teckentrup

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Tiger is fast asleep. But — oh dear! — she’s completely blocking the way. Just how will the animals get past without waking her up? Luckily, Frog has an excellent idea. Holding his balloon, he floats right over sleeping Tiger! Fox is next, followed by Tortoise, Mouse, and Stork, but it will be tricky for them all to get past without Tiger noticing. It’s good that the reader is there to help keep T

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After Dark

Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

4.0

A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn, and every bit as gripping as Haruki Murakami’s masterworks The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.

At its center are two sisters—Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny’s toward people whose live

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Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self

Robert Waggoner

4.0

Lucid Dreaming Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self.

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Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep

Jodi A. Mindell

4.0

Right after "Is it a boy or a girl?" and "What's his/her name?," the next question people invariably ask new parents is "Are you getting any sleep?" Unfortunately, the answer is usually "Not much." In fact, studies show that approximately 25% of young children experience some type of sleep problem and, as any bleary-eyed parent will attest, it is one of the most difficult challenges of parenting.

D

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Sleeping with Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping

James J. McKenna

4.0

Sleeping With Your Baby: A Parent's Guide is your guide to understanding how to make nighttimes with your baby safe, fun and relaxing! Written by James McKenna, the world's authority on co-sleeping.

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Sleep Soundly Every Night, Feel Fantastic Every Day: A Doctor's Guide to Solving Your Sleep Problems

Robert S. Rosenberg

4.0

For those who have trouble falling asleep, awake exhausted, or are awakened throughout the night by a restless or snoring partner, help is here.

Do you take a long time to get up and get going in the morning? Do you wake up feeling like you barely slept at all? Do you wake up in the early morning hours and find it difficult to go back to sleep? Do you have uncomfortable feeling in your extremities

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Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep!

Mo Willems

4.0

Join spunky Cat the Cat as she introduces the very youngest readers to her world, where a surprise is waiting in every book.

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Everyone Is Yawning

Anita Bijsterbosch

4.0

It’s time for bed! The kitten yawns. Look. I think it is tired. All the little animals yawn. And the little kid? Does the little kid yawn too? You’ll find out as you lift-the-flaps in this surprising book.

A sleepytime book filled with tired animals and friendly flaps from the author-illustrator of the Oppenheim Gold Award winner Whose Hat is That?

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Babies Can Sleep Anywhere

Lisa Wheeler, Carolina Búzio

4.0

What better way to encourage a little one to sleep than with a soothing rhyme and image after image of sleeping animals! This gentle picture book introduces the sleeping habits of many animals—from puppies to whales—and compares them to the sometimes-unusual habits of human babies. In backpacks, on knees, in cradles or trees, sweet babies can sleep anywhere!

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The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype--and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More

Michael Breus PhD

4.0

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Doctor Sleep

Stephen King

4.0

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenanc

Recommended by Devon Sawa.

Devon Sawa

@AaronFlux @flanaganfilm This makes me so happy to hear. I can’t wait to love the movie as much as the book. [source]

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Ubersleep: Nap-Based Sleep Schedules and the Polyphasic Lifestyle

PureDoxy

4.0

A detailed description of the Uberman and other polyphasic sleep schedules, including whys, how-tos, and much more. Written by Puredoxyk, the coiner of the term ""Uberman's Sleep Schedule"" and a long-term polyphasic sleeper.

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The Family that Couldn't Sleep

D.T. Max

4.0

For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a primitive tribe is nearly obliterated by a sickness whose chief symptom is uncontrollable laughter. Across Europe, millions of sheep rub their fleeces r

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The Happy Sleeper: The Science-Backed Guide to Helping Your Baby Get a Good Night's Sleep-Newborn to School Age

Heather Turgeon

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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)

Raymond Chandler

4.0

"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid....He is the hero; he is everything. He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man.

This is the Code of the Private Eye as defined by Raymond Chandler in his 1944 essay 'The Simple Act of Murder.' Such a man was Philip Marlowe, private eye, an educated, heroic, streetwise, rugged

Recommended by Simon Brett.

Simon Brett

I think the writing is just so beautiful. Raymond Chandler’s hopeless at plots, as we know. He said himself, if he couldn’t think of what to do, he brought in a man with a gun. But the language… I remember some years ago an American publisher got the rights to do a book called Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe and got various contemporary crime writers to write a Philip Marlowe story. I was asked to do one – it was great fun. I was very excited, because it meant rereading all the books again. I found I could do the wisecracks, but I couldn’t do them as economically as he could. I think that’s what I admire in Chandler; he’s very economical with his words. And also he can do something that very few writers can do, he can actually use a joke to increase tension rather than release tension. Normally we think of comic relief: you build up the tension and then you break it with a joke. But Chandler could actually make the tension tighter with a joke, which I think is a great achievement. [source]

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The Full Moon at the Napping House

Audrey Wood, Don Wood

4.0

In the wide-awake bed in the full-moon house, everyone is restless! The moonlight is pouring in and no one can get to sleep: not Granny, her grandchild, the dog, the cat, or even a mouse. It's not until a tiny musical visitor offers up a soothing song does the menagerie settle down, and finally everyone is off to dreamland.

With a perfectly crafted text and stunning paintings, Audrey and Don Wood r

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Scaredy Squirrel at Night

Mélanie Watt

4.0

Scaredy never sleeps --- sleep might mean bad dreams about dragons, ghosts, vampire bats and polka-dot monsters. Our wide-eyed hero has a plan: stay awake all night, every night. Between counting stars, playing cymbals and making scrapbooks, he does a good job of avoiding dreamland.

With exhaustion taking its toll, Scaredy comes face-to-face with an alarming horoscope prediction: All his dreams are

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Before I Go to Sleep

S. J. Watson

4.0

Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle-aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, she is forty-seven years old, and a terrible accident two decades earlier decimated her ability to form new memories.

Every day, Christine must begin again the

Recommended by Tess Gerritsen.

Tess Gerritsen

This is a domestic thriller, by a man writing from a female point of view. I read it when it was still in manuscript form, after an editor asked me if I wanted to do a blurb for it. I get these requests all the time. I thought, Ah, that sounds like just a clever trick. But he had me convinced from the first paragraph. [source]

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The Secret World of Sleep: the Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest

Penelope A. Lewis

4.0

In recent years neuroscientists have uncovered the countless ways our brain trips us up in day-to-day life, from its propensity toward irrational thought to how our intuitions deceive us. The latest research on sleep, however, points in the opposite direction. Where old wives tales have long advised to "sleep on a problem," today scientists are discovering the truth behind these folk sayings, and

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Sleepyhead: Narcolepsy, Neuroscience and the Search for a Good Night

Henry Nicholls

4.0

When Henry Nicholls was twenty-one, he was diagnosed with narcolepsy: a medical disorder causing him to fall asleep with no warning. For the healthy but overworked majority, this might sound like an enviable condition, but for Henry, the inability to stay awake is profoundly disabling, especially as it is accompanied by mysterious collapses called cataplexy, poor night-time sleep, hallucinations a

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Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy

Denise Fleming

4.0

Baby animals are going to sleep one by one, but the tiny human baby is the most special of all. Denise Fleming's knack for understanding the preschool set shines through in this gentle good-night story, illustrated with her signature pulp paintings.

Take a colorful look at all the tired babies who are closing their eyes, and start a new bedtime ritual with your own sleepy little one.

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Goodnight Everyone

Chris Haughton

4.0

From the creator of "Shh! We Have a Plan" comes a mesmerizing bedtime tale of a forest settling into slumber and one little bear trying to stay awake.
The sun is setting, and everyone in the forest is getting sleepy. The mice, rabbits, and deer all give great big yawns as they snuggle up with their families for the night. But "someone" isn't sleepy just yet. Little Bear thinks he can stay awake a

Recommended by Zoe Greaves.

Zoe Greaves

My son was asleep within two minutes of it finishing, which is a very pleasant bonus for a parent. [source]

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It's Time to Sleep, My Love

Nancy Tillman, Eric Metaxas

4.0

It's time to sleep, it's time to sleep,

the fishes croon in waters deep.

The songbirds sing in trees above,

"It's time to sleep, my love, my love."

As children prepare for bed, the world around them is also settling down for the night. Animals who live in the jungle, the forest, the sea--all whisper to their babies a soft refrain: It's time to sleep, my love.

As comforting as a soft blanket and warm as

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Hooray for Today!

Brian Won

4.0

When the moon is up, Owl is wide awake and ready for fun: “Hooray for today! Would you like to play?” But everyone says, “Not now! I’m sleepy!” Owl’s playday gets lonely fast as each friend turns her away—until sunrise, when Owl discovers a friendly surprise. Perfect for little ones learning the art of patience, Hooray for Today! celebrates playtime, sharing, and friendship.

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Tuck Me In!

Dean Hacohen, Sherry Scharschmidt

4.0

Who needs to be tucked in? Turn each page until all baby animals—and little readers—are cozy and ready for sleep in this irresistible bedtime ritual.

The stars are out. The moon is rising. All the baby animals, from peacocks to pigs to zebras, are ready for bed. Will you tuck them in and say good night? Just turn the pages and the big inviting flaps that serve as blankets cover each little creature

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Everybody Sleeps (But Not Fred)

Josh Schneider

4.0

Every kind of bird and beast has to sleep, from the monkeys in the jungle to the whales in the ocean to the ants under the ground.

But not Fred. He has far too much to do!

Armed with plenty of imagination, this determined little boy resists bedtime with adventurous flair. Drowsy animals of all stripes look on in disbelief as he just keeps going and going and going, until...

Could it be that, after s

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Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!

Maureen Wright, Will Hillenbrand

4.0

It’s time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him: "Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep." But Big Bear doesn’t hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap. Big Bear just can’t seem to hear what Old Man Winter is saying. Finally, Old Man Winter finds a noisy way to get Big Bear’s attention. Cozy illustrations rendered in pencil and mixed me

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Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy

Drew Daywalt, Scott Campbell

4.0

Roderick hates going to bed, and the young boy has become quite resourceful in coming up with ways to delay the dreaded hour when the lights must go out. Roderick's loving parents--fed up with the distractions and demands that have become his anti-bedtime ritual--decide to get him a stuffed animal to cuddle with and help him wind down. However, Sleepy quickly proves to be a bit high-maintenance. J

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Take a Nap! Change Your Life.

Sara Mednick

4.0

Imagine a product that increases alertness, boosts creativity, reduces stress, improves perception, stamina, motor skills, and accuracy, enhances your sex life, helps you make better decisions, keeps you looking younger, aids in weight loss, reduces the risk of heart attack, elevates your mood, and strengthens memory. Now imagine that this product is nontoxic, has no dangerous side effects, and, b

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Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety or Chronic Pain

Colleen Carney and Rachel Manber

4.0

A busy and hectic life can profoundly affect your ability to get a good night's rest. And it's even more difficult to feel relaxed when you stay awake worrying that you won't fall asleep. This vicious circle can quickly rob you of your quality of life, which is why it is so important to seek the most effective treatment for your insomnia.

This workbook uses cognitive behavior therapy, which has be

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Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping

Julie Markes, David Parkins

4.0

Does the farmer sleep on a mattress of hay? Is the baker's bed made of soft, doughy bread? And is the grocer most comfortable resting on a bed of lettuce? No matter what the bed or walls look like, when the day's activities are done, it's time for everyone, big or small, to go to sleep.

With whimsy and humor, Julie Markes and David Parkins show that -- although everybody has a unique idea of quiet

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Sleep Better!: A Guide to Improving Sleep for Children with Special Needs

V. Mark Durand Ph.D.

4.0

When children have recurrent sleep problems, they and their families must deal with negative effects on behavior, mood, social interactions, physical stamina, and performance at school or work. This book offers step-by-step, "how to" instructions for helping children with disabilities get the rest they need. For problems ranging from bedtime tantrums to night waking, parents and caregivers will fi

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At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

A. Roger Ekirch

4.0

Bringing light to the shadows of history through a "rich weave of citation and archival evidence" (Publishers Weekly), scholar A. Roger Ekirch illuminates the aspects of life most often overlooked by other historians—those that unfold at night. In this "triumph of social history" (Mail on Sunday), Ekirch's "enthralling anthropology" (Harper's) exposes the nightlife that spawned a distinct culture

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Bedtime Meditation Stories for Kids: A Collection of Short Tales with Positive Affirmations to Help Children & Toddlers Fall Asleep Fast in Bed and Have a Relaxing Night’s Sleep with Beautiful Dreams

Mindfulness Fairy and Daisy Relaxing

4.0

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Hey, That's MY Monster!

Amanda Noll, Howard McWilliam

4.0

When Ethan looks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: “So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. –Gabe” How will Ethan ever get to sleep without his monster’s familiar, comforting snorts? And who could need Gabe more than Ethan does? Gabe must have gone to Ethan’s little sister’s room! She has been climbing out of bed every night to play, and obviously needs

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How Do You Go to Sleep?

Kate McMullan and Sydney Hanson

4.0

"A rhyming survey of a number of animals and how they rest or go to sleep, leading up to a child's own experience of going to bed"--

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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

Cornelia Funke

4.0

Alternate cover edition: 9780439709101

From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback!

One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about

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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)

Eoin Colfer

4.0

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories—they're dangerous! Full of unexpected twists and turns, Artemis Fowl is a riveting, magical adventure.

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Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century

Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Angela Davies

4.0

Wolfgang Schivelbusch tells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. Not simply a history of a technology, Disenchanted Night reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. In his strikingly illustrated and lively narrative, Schivelbusch discusses a range of subject including the political symbolism of streetlam

Recommended by Judith Flanders.

Judith Flanders

I wish I could. In fact, although I’ve done a bit of searching, because I am such an admirer of his, I know almost nothing about him. He appears not to be an academic, but works on his own – and I think he lives in New York. But I know nothing more about him personally. If anyone does, do let me know! I’ve read everything he’s written that’s appeared in English – from a book on the psychology of defeat in war to a social history of spices. I know with this author that even if I think I’m not interested before I begin, I will be 20 pages in. [source]

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Oxford Handbook of Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Charles M. Morin and Colin A. Espie

4.0

From the ancients to the present day, the importance of sleep has seldom been disputed, but it has never had top billing in comparison to other components of healthy living. Now, however, it seems that the combined critical mass of research, the needs of the population, and the shifting weight of professional interest is pushing sleep to the academic and research forefront. The Oxford Handbook of