What happens when Sleep needs to sleep?

“Parc’s English-language debut creates an extraordinary visual lullaby built around a slumber-granting figure’s nightly rounds.... It’s a rare bedtime picture book that embodies the very feeling it describes: that twilight state in which rollicking consciousness surrenders to dreams.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review For ages 3–7 HELLO SLEEP Saehan Parc Translated from the French by Selene Bright Sleep is a friendly figure with a magic wand, who visits all living things and sends them off to dreamland when night falls. You know about Sleep, she visits you every night without fail. But what about Sleep, doesn’t she need her slumber too? Everyone she stops to ask just dozes off! Sleep travels the world, seeking cozy places to settle down, from atop a bunch of baby chicks, to Santa’s beard, to a baobob canopy; she listens to a lullaby, a meditation; she floats down the Amazon and rides an updraft in Siberia. Nothing does the trick: sleep keeps evading Sleep! Until a cat’s soft purring snore sends Sleep just where she needs to go. Goodnight, Sleep. BUY THE BOOK   For three days only, Hello Sleep is available at 25% off along with four other books from NYRB Kids: THE BACKWARD DAY Ruth Krauss Illustrated by Marc Simont BUY THE BOOK BEAR BY HIMSELF Geoffrey Hayes BUY THE BOOK EVERYTHING UNDER A MUSHROOM Ruth Krauss Illustrated by Margot Tomes BUY THE BOOK THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD Claire Huchet Bishop Illustrated by Robert McCloskey BUY THE BOOK You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from NYRB. You can choose the types of mailings you wish to receive: Update preferences   New York Review Books 207 East 32nd Street New York, NY 10016-6305 Not a subscriber? Sign up for our newsletter here. Unsubscribe