Sleep Like Me

by Tatia Nadareishvili

Overview

A little boy can’t fall asleep, so he asks the animals how they do it. Will he doze off if he floats on his back like an otter? If he keeps one eye open like a duck? If he hangs upside down like a bat? Nothing seems to help, but all this trying is getting tiring…

This whimsically illustrated book features the real sleeping habits of ten different animals. Whether you snooze like a whale or nod off like a giraffe, Sleep Like Me is the perfect bedtime story for restless nights.

Alabama Department of Education Alabama Children's Choice Camellia Award K-1 Nominee (2022-2023)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467463737
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/23/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	13 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Tatia Nadareishvili studied illustration and graphic design at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. After working as an art therapist and teacher, she now works as an illustrator in her own studio. One day, while watching a random TV channel, Tatia came across a video of sperm whales sleeping upright in dark blue water. That inspired her to research the ways other animals sleep, which led to the creation of Sleep Like Me.
 

Editorial Reviews

2021-01-13
A child mimics animals’ sleeping postures in an attempt to relieve sleeplessness in this German import.

On the opening page, vivid, textured art presents a deep-brown–skinned Black boy gazing out at readers. The book informs readers that he can’t go to sleep, and they follow him as he takes a walk, encountering many animals. That in real life these don’t live in the same places clues readers in that his journey is fantastical. Nadareishvili favors simple backgrounds that place the focus firmly on the boy and the opinionated animals he meets. Each animal (dressed in pajamas, many echoing in some way the boy’s blue-checked PJs) recommends their sleep pose and encourages the boy to do the same. He tries all of their recommendations: bending over backward to try to lay his head on his back like a giraffe; hanging from a tree with his hands and feet like a sloth; floating on his back in the water like otters, to name a few. But all to no avail! At last, tuckered out, the unnamed boy heads home to his own bed and finally attains his goal. Perhaps not as successful as its poetic predecessor, Mary Logue and Pamela Zagarenski’s Sleep Like a Tiger (2012), this title has the benefit of representation and, with its calm palette, is a solid choice for those whose tastes tend toward a more minimalist bedtime story.

A simple bedtime story with a bit of science quietly mixed in. (Picture book. 3-6)

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