Queen Panda Can't Sleep

by Susanna Isern

Queen Panda hasn't been able to sleep for days. Her subjects are worried and exhausted from serving her day and night. Something must be done! ?As news spreads throughout the kingdom that a reward will be given to whoever can make the Queen sleep, animals from faraway places rush to the palace to try their luck. Who will find the magic solution to Queen Panda's problem?

Bright illustrations bring together animals from all over the world in this humorous and clever bedtime story.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, Cultural

36 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2018

About the author

Susanna Isern Íñigo

Reviews

[Kaethe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice. I liked the parade of critters from around the world and the unexpected ending.

There weren't any notes about the author or artist which was disappointing, because learning about the creation of art fascinates me. But there were original endpapers.

Library copy

[Kokelector · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sufrir de insomnio debe ser uno de los males que más nos aqueja en estos días, de un momento a otro nos quedamos sin el tan anhelado descanso. Eso le sucedió a la Reina Panda, y la recompensa ofrecida por lograrla volver a dormir era apreciada. Pero nadie lo consiguió, hasta que alguien pudo hacer dormir al resto de su corte... ¿Sabes qué pasó? Sin que nadie la pudiera atender tuvo que por fin autovalerse y a qué no adivinan qué sucedió: se cansó después de tanto trabajo. Si pudo dormir o no, esa cuestión debes averiguarlo tú estimada lectora o lector.

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 2 out of 5]

3*art
2*story

A fine story, Squirt simply wasn't that interested.

[Jacque · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book to my 5 year old daughter, and thought it was excellent. One of the reasons I liked it so much was it loosely reminded me of The Little Red Hen. The story line was different, but the lesson to take away is the fact that you need to do work to take care of yourself. And if you are busy working to take care of yourself during the day, you will actually be tired at night.

[Tasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Queen Panda can’t sleep, none of her servants sleep either. After the Queen hasn’t slept for days, her servants send out a decree that anyone who can make the Queen fall asleep will win a bag of Chinese pearls. Many came to attempt to make the Queen sleep. She tried counting sleep from Mongolia, heard dull stories, listened to a lullaby from Paris. She swayed in a Kenyan hammock, was massaged with a branch from Australia, but nothing worked. Finally, someone came and yawned big, putting everyone else to sleep, except the Queen. With all of her servants fast asleep though, she had to cook her own meal and do other chores. Soon her eyes her drooping and she got sleepy!

This new twist on a traditional story where people are set a royal challenge has animals from around the world vying to put the Queen to sleep. With nods to a variety of cultures, the story is set in China with a very red-eyed panda as queen. The story sticks to the traditional format until the ending where the queen solves her own problem by getting busy and tired.

The illustrations have a folktale flatness to them that works well with the story. They have all sorts of animals in them from foxes to storks to cats and toads. The images use an interesting color palette of greens, oranges, and yellows.

A bedtime story that will hopefully have children snoring long before the Queen does. Appropriate for ages 3-5.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Queen Panda Can’t Sleep by Susanna Isern, illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson. PICTURE BOOK. StarBerry Books, 2016. $19. 9781635920956

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) – ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Queen Panda has not slept in days and everyone is exhausted from serving her. The advisor sends out a decree that there will be a reward for anyone who can make the queen sleep. Who will be able to find a cure for the queen?

A fun story that brought animals from around the world with different sleep solutions. The animal characters and illustrations were well done and very colorful. I enjoyed after all the typical sleep solutions failed the surprise ending of what made the queen finally fall asleep. Children will enjoy and anticipate trying to figure out how the queen will finally close those eyes.

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[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spanish author, Susanna Isern, and illustrator, Mariana Ruiz Johnson, have written a picture book for the younger reader. Queen Panda has not been able to sleep for days and her servants cannot think of what to do. They are exhausted as well! Animal experts from all over the world come to the palace to try to put the queen to sleep. Nothing works until...read this delightful, colorful story to find out! The moral of this story: sometimes doing physical work causes exhaustion! Ages 4-9 will love the bright illustrations that compliment the words!

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Queen can't sleep so everyone has to stay up and work for her. Her staff puts out a plea for someone to come and help the Queen get some rest. Visitors come from all over the world but nothing works. Finally, one solution puts everyone else to sleep so the Queen has to do the work herself. That does the trick and she's able to sleep after a day of hard work.
Use to talk about staying active and doing jobs to help our body relax and rest at the end of the day.

[Juliana Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the multicultural animals and their many attempts at putting the wide-awake queen to sleep. But more than that, I love that she finally went to sleep when she had to put in a hard day's work herself!

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book teaches a valuable lesson that sleep comes after a hard day's rest. The Queen Panda hasn't slept in days. That's always a difficult topic for me to read about. Fun pictures, though. Definitely made me yawn and get sleepy.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

I very much beamed at the art of this book. The endpapers get a star of their very own. I esteem the folksy storytelling style. Worldwide visitors are a fun addition, and the panda in the bath is my favorite illustration of it all.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A queen can not sleep and is keeping all her workers awake with her demands. Can she ever be lulled to sleep? Cute endinga nd nice lessons. Elementary and up

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story with a nice lesson. My daughter loved the colorful illustrations and variety of different animals used in the tale.

[The Library Lady · Rating 3 out of 5]

The translation is awkward in places, but it's a nice story, and the artwork is absolutely charming.

[Rury Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a funny and amazing picture book!
This book give us unpredictable ending and wonderful wisdom.
Charming story by Susanna & humorous illustrations by Mariana!^^

[Sumru · Rating 4 out of 5]

😂👍

[Ww · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoy work!

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a red panda in this book which my 2 year old liked.

[Carly Really Very Normal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous illustrations, and a cute moral.

[Trudy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a collector of children's literature, and having a strong interest in illustration, I strongly recommend this one!! Not to mention.....I have a panda collection, too!! :)

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this clever bedtime story and the folk tale feel it has. I loved the colorful illustrations and quest to help this queen panda finally fall asleep.