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The Sleep Book
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Dr. Seuss
"Deliberately calculated to make its readers yawn. No one could resist those zillions of astonishing sleepyheads."--The New York Times.
Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing, 64 pages
Expected publication:
July 24th 2012
by New York: Random House
(first published August 1st 1962)
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Warning: This book should be read in bed! It's such a cute book, even though there's not really a point except to point out all the creatures sleeping, and implying the reader should be sleeping too! What I love about it is it's classic Dr. Seuss, and it's great! How in the world did this man not only draw these fabulous creatures, but the funny names and the story lines?
Anyone who thinks he is not the best thing since sliced dough
Needs to be run over by the Hoop-Soup-Snoop G...more
Anyone who thinks he is not the best thing since sliced dough
Needs to be run over by the Hoop-Soup-Snoop G...more
This is a book that was read to me when I was a child. Now that I have children of my own, I read it to them - well - at least I read it to my two year old almost every night.
I have fond memories of having this read to me and one of my siblings got it for me for a present a few years ago. I forgot how much it makes you yawn and want to go to sleep. Most of the time, my son is asleep by the time we are finished reading the book. Sometimes, not.
I have fond memories of having this read to me and one of my siblings got it for me for a present a few years ago. I forgot how much it makes you yawn and want to go to sleep. Most of the time, my son is asleep by the time we are finished reading the book. Sometimes, not.
Naptime just got epic.
This isn't Goodnight Moon bidding farewell to a series of objects--this is Dr. Seuss doing a sleep-time story, and he doesn't mess around.
Exaggerations aside, the Sleep Book actually has a very nice narrative hook, focusing on fake news reports and the knowledge of how infections yawns are. Even talking about yawning makes you want to yawn, and as the story moves from mentioning who's yawning, then who's getting ready for bed, then who's already as...more
This isn't Goodnight Moon bidding farewell to a series of objects--this is Dr. Seuss doing a sleep-time story, and he doesn't mess around.
Exaggerations aside, the Sleep Book actually has a very nice narrative hook, focusing on fake news reports and the knowledge of how infections yawns are. Even talking about yawning makes you want to yawn, and as the story moves from mentioning who's yawning, then who's getting ready for bed, then who's already as...more
Dr.Seuss writes poetry as though he'd done nothing else in his entire life. I never get tired of reading his rhymes! No poet in the world can do as well as he does! The words he makes up himself are unheard of, original, fun, and roll off the tongue in a rhythmic way. This book, if possible, was even better than "Oh the Places You'll Go!" guaranteed to put readers into a delicious sleep. When I first saw it at my 1-and-a-half-year-old cousin's house, I'd assumed it was just another beg...more
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Ahh.. I read this every night. Yawn. This is the perfect bedtime book for kids.
A good book. I always liked the sleeping machine.
I love the zany machines, buildings and animals in this book. Like most of the yellow-backed Seuss the rhyme and rhythm is spot on. No moralising this time - just a fun bed-time story.
The only problem I have is the boppy beat and general craziness is all a bit exciting for X-man before sleep. He prefers a gentle story (maybe a bit of Paddington or Winnie-the-Pooh) followed by a nightly ritual of reciting Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes. Maybe when he's a bit older this...more
The only problem I have is the boppy beat and general craziness is all a bit exciting for X-man before sleep. He prefers a gentle story (maybe a bit of Paddington or Winnie-the-Pooh) followed by a nightly ritual of reciting Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes. Maybe when he's a bit older this...more
This one is adorable! I wonder if it would make my little one excited to go to sleep by the end of it? Or would he just drift off while I’m only in the middle of this happy tale of the world saying good night and falling asleep? I find all the strange little creatures of Seuss' imagination so cuddly and imaginative! Not to mention that the illustration helps us understand his creatures better.
My husband read this book ahead of me and he was in stitches. He’d never read anything like...more
My husband read this book ahead of me and he was in stitches. He’d never read anything like...more
I didn't discover this book until my kids were a bit too old to have picture books read to them, but for a few years it was a favorite to be read right before bed on Christmas Eve. I think the rhymes in the book are the most pleasing to roll around on my tongue of all the Seuss books. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a book to give as a gift.
Sharon
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While this book may be read at any time of day, the book concludes by advising the reader to only read this book at night. Yet another classic by Dr. Seuss that reinforces the beloved tongue-twisters, repetitive words and made up phrases! I read this book to bed the other night and am not ashamed to admit. Dr. Seuss is simply the best.
Like many other Dr. Seuss books, I will be reading this book again and again. Week after week. This book doesn't read as poetic or have the same rhythm as many other Dr. Seuss books but it sure makes me yawn.
I don't think my 15-month old son can take a hint. Please, please, please son, just go to sleep.
I don't think my 15-month old son can take a hint. Please, please, please son, just go to sleep.
This is my all-time favorite Dr. Seuss book! I used to read it to my kids every night before bed and we would yawn and yawn every time the book said the word yawn! It was wonderful. :) It was the perfect way to wind down and to practice rhyming silly words with the master of silliness himself!
I liked this book because I read it with a few other picture books for the night and if I read it last it calms me down so it is easier to go to sleep, the only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because it is way below my reading level. I say this is a good book to read in bed.
My kids love the Sleep Book. Favorite passage "Whos asleep in Foona Lagoona. Two very fine Foona Lagoona Baboona". The problem is this is a looooong book. I did not really realize how long many of his books are until trying to get kids through bedtime routine. A little editing may have helped.
I blame this book for my childhood misconception that "zillion" is the next order of magnitude after "trillion". This led to a particularly embarrassing fourth grade math lesson.
This may not seem
Very important, I know.
But it is. So I'm bothering
Telling you so.
This may not seem
Very important, I know.
But it is. So I'm bothering
Telling you so.
Such a great book to read to the kids and then to read it before bedtime is even better. My kids love Dr. Seuss and they even can read them very young because the pictures are like the words. Great books and so fun for kids to try to learn how to read.
This is one of my all time favorites from childhood. I think I can still recite it. What did I learn? Hmmm... well, before reading it I didn't know that Oft slept aloft.
"I'm going to bed now so nobody better, come round with a special delivery letter"
"I'm going to bed now so nobody better, come round with a special delivery letter"
This is a great sleep book, not because it is about creatures everywhere falling asleep, but because it makes kids sleepy. Because it is boring. Very boring and too long. Not one of my favorites. I'd rate less but my oldest says 3 stars is fair.
My mom would read this book to me every night before I went to bed. It would always make me sleepy. At the end of the book, there is a picture of a bedroom window, and when I was little, I thought that that was my window.
This book made me tired, seriously. I think my favorite part was the Chippendale Mupp who bites his very long tail right before he goes to sleep. The pain from the bite doesn't reach his brain for exactly eight hours. Genius!
Seuss is the ultimate whimsical children's writer, his talent in playing with words is astonishing and amuses almost everyone no matter how old they are. People of every age will love and cherish this book for ages.
But it isn't too good when a moose and a goose
Start dreaming they're drinking the other one's juice.
Moose juice, not goose juice, is juice for a moose
And goose juice, not moose juice, is juice for a goose.
Start dreaming they're drinking the other one's juice.
Moose juice, not goose juice, is juice for a moose
And goose juice, not moose juice, is juice for a goose.
Laura
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Highly recommended to folks with insomnia...guaranteed to make you yawn just seeing these fuzzy creatures sleeping in their various beds and sleeping positions...I keep it by my bed...
dr. suess is brilliant, all of his books are great, this is one of my daughter and mine's favorite bedtime stories, if you ever want to hear it i do recite on demand, no book needed
I got this book as a gift from a great aunt when I was little. I still have my copy and now my kids read it. Perfectly lovely book, it's impossible to stay awake after reading it.
This book weirded me out when I was little. I kept looking at the art with a kind of squirrelly feeling in my gut. Weird. Other Seuss stuff never did that to me.
This one is genius. Fun to read and the rhythm of it does send my little one happily off to the land of nod (either that or my voice is really monotonous!)
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I think this book is pure awesomeness! haha I used to read it when I was little and counldn't fall asleep. Who am I kidding? I still sometimes read it! :D lol
Perhaps my favorite Dr. Seuss book as a Mom... my son, who always tries to stay up later than bedtime, went to sleep as I read this to him! :)
My mom tells me stories of always being asked to read this book and she says she 'hated' me for it because it would always make her yawn.
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