"In this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep." -- Provided by publisher.

After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," twelve-year-old Alfonso sets out on a mission to save the kingdom from destruction, discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.

Amy's mother, father, brother, and the school principal use very unusual measures to try to get the sleepy girl out of bed.

Mischievous Goldie doesn't want to take a nap at her day care center.

Boris has trouble sleeping during the day, which is bedtime for badgers, causing him to fall asleep at night school and miss such delights as exploding science experiments, funny jokes, and badgerball games.

Rhyming text and pictures introduce the reader to a variety of animals as they try to snuggle in to sleep.

Butterfly wakes up while Porcupine is having breakfast, and Porcupine tries to explain what it means to be nocturnal and Butterfly considers the advantages of a nighttime life while trying to get back to sleep.

After Little Critter helps Little Sister fall asleep, he has trouble getting back to sleep himself.

When the animals on Farmer Brown's farm are kept awake by a baby duck, his endless peeping causes unexpected mischief for Duck.

"Anna Ogilvy is a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, as she is fast asleep and with no apparent motive, she stabs two people to death--and she has yet to wake up. Anna, now dubbed 'Sleeping Beauty' by the tabloids, has a rare psychosomatic disorder known as resignation syndrome. Dr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. His methods are the last hope...