Theme: Sleep

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2012

“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 [...]

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Little Fairy Can’t Sleep

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

Faith, the little fairy, can’t get to sleep. It’s a lovely summer’s night and magic is in the air, so she flies off to see who else is still awake. Faith meets a mother fox and her young cubs, who can’t get to sleep, an elf father whose children can’t get to sleep, and the [...]

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Light Up The Night

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

In this cumulative, rhyming story, a young boy takes a nighttime ride from the distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy to his cozy bed, as his blanket becomes a rocket, a plane, and a skateboard.

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The Dream Mouse

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

The Dream Mouse drives his cart with its load of sleep through the darkening village, bringing wondrous dreams to all the children.

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When Mama Can’t Sleep

By Book Importer | Published: March 17, 2011

What happens late at night when mama can’t sleep? Take these rough and tumble tiny books where ever you go! Tuff Books are tear-resistant, easy to clean, and completely safety tested and approved for tiny tuff readers!

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I Can’t Sleep

By Book Importer | Published: December 7, 2010

A wordless story about the activities of a family one night when no one can sleep.

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Clinton Gregory’s Secret

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A week in the life of a boy with a very active imagination. Clinton Gregory has at least seven secrets, one for each night of the week. Monday, he wrestled a dragon named Gordon; Wednesday, he was invited to dinner with giants; and Sunday, he made paper hats for a ship full of pirates and [...]

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Walking The Maze

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Books can be dangerous, and so can imagination. This is the story of Annice, who has too much of both. Annice is fascinated by a picture in an art gallery. Taken by surprise, she finds herself going in to the picture, and watching the lives of the people there. She doesn’t realize the danger at [...]

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Murder Of Bindy Mackenzie

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Bindy Mackenzie is the smartest girl at Ashbury High. She memorizes class outlines to help her teachers. She holds lunchtime therapy sessions for her fellow students. She is always kind, polite, and helpful. And she wears crazy nail polish to show she’s a free spirit. But something is missing. And at the first session of [...]

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My Pig Amarillo

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Amarillo is Pablito’s best friend. They do everything together-run, hide from each other, jump in the mud. They are inseparable, just like many best friends. But Amarillo is a bit different-he is a little yellow pig. When Pablito comes home from school one day and Amarillo isn’t there, Pablito is devastated. Where could he [...]

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