Looking for Sleep

by Georgiana Deutsch, Megan Tadden (Illustrator)

Overview

Now in a board book format for the youngest readers, Looking for Sleep explores a topic familiar to many families—a child unable to fall asleep—and features adorable illustrations and accessible, humorous text.

Having a child who is unable to sleep is a familiar scenario for many families—and in the new board book edition of Looking for Sleep, it’s a young wolf who is experiencing that problem! Wolf can’t fall asleep, so he embarks on a journey with his friends to find sleep, because surely, it can’t be far. The group looks for sleep in dens, burrows, and everything in between, with no luck. Could Owl know just what to do? Delightful illustrations, set in a moonlit forest, make this book the perfect bedtime read.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781664350588
Publisher:	Tiger Tales.
Publication date:	03/07/2023
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.84(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Georgiana Deutsch lives in a tiny apartment in London with her husband, a piano, a toddler, and piles of beautiful books. When not writing, she can usually be found baking brownies and dreaming of owning a Labrador named Watson.

Megan Tadden studied and trained as an illustrator at Arts University Bournemouth. She graduated with a First Class Honors degree, and is now excitedly exploring the wonderful world of children's book illustration. Megan is currently based in Buckinghamshire and has a love of the sea, the color blue, and all things magical!

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Gr 1–In scenes that are the deep blues and purple of nighttime, “It was bedtime in the forest, but Wolf was wide awake. He just couldn’t sleep!” Most readers, even preschoolers, will relate. Amid the beautiful scenery the illustrator has created, awash in moonlight to alleviate the dark, what is Wolf to do? He searches for sleep, shouts for it, and others join him. This is a darling tale of how tricky looking for sleep is, and it takes an owl to set them all straight. The digital art is toylike; every scene looks like a theatrical stage. VERDICT A bedtime book that gets very loud before it gets quiet, but children will love to see the animals finally find sleep. —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

03/01/2023

PreS-Gr 1—In scenes that are the deep blues and purple of nighttime, "It was bedtime in the forest, but Wolf was wide awake. He just couldn't sleep!" Most readers, even preschoolers, will relate. Amid the beautiful scenery the illustrator has created, awash in moonlight to alleviate the dark, what is Wolf to do? He searches for sleep, shouts for it, and others join him. This is a darling tale of how tricky looking for sleep is, and it takes an owl to set them all straight. The digital art is toylike; every scene looks like a theatrical stage. VERDICT A bedtime book that gets very loud before it gets quiet, but children will love to see the animals finally find sleep.

School Library Journal

2021-02-09
Insomnia strikes Wolf.

Wolf cannot fall asleep. All the usual remedies and routines do not work, even hanging upside down. (It works for the bats.) What to do? Go in search of sleep! Wolf sets out by waking Badger, and the two then proceed to scare Hedgehog awake. All three join together and keep up the quest by heading for knowledgeable Owl. On the way, they hear Rabbit snoring and tickle its nose, resulting in a very loud sneeze that fills two pages. Alas, sleep does not emerge with the sneeze. Finally finding Owl, they learn that the best way to meet sleep is “listening to a bedtime story.” Perched on a tree stump, Owl reads from a book that looks very much like the book she is in. Wolf, Badger, and Hedgehog listen attentively until…zzzzzzzz. The animals are garbed in a variety of knits: green turtleneck for Wolf, red cardigan for Badger, and blue scarf for Hedgehog. The surreal forest settings are bathed in blue while large font sizes add emphasis to the sounds and actions. The familiar motif of animals joining together on a mission circles back nicely in a very comfortable setting.

Here’s hoping it works as well for toddlers as it does for Wolf. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews