Dr Seuss's Sleepbook by is a book I added to my goodreads project. It goes well with my theme of goodnight books because children see how others sleep and what else goes on while one sleeps. This book was unrealistic in many ways, however, very educational in the way that children reading this book learn that people snore, sleepwalk, and sleep talk. It spoke about people having long days, and they all start going to bed one by one and the number of people sleeping rises. By the end, the number of sleepers have travelled up into the trillions and then asked what about you? Implying the question of, what about the one reading this book? Are you going to sleep yet? In week 3, we discussed nonsense rhymes and nursery rhymes. This Dr Seuss book can be seen as nonsense in the way that it has many made of characters doing silly things, etc, but in the rhymes themselves, it follows a storyline. This storyline all connects to one another till the end of the book. The rhyme follows a singalong rhythm that is fun for children to read and follow.

Dr. Seuss is always perfect and so is this book of sleepy time poems. Yes the book can be read as one continuos story but it is also a collection of stand alone poems. Dr. Seuss in his fanciful way always ,also, makes the pictures pleasing to children. This is a very good early reader book with new easy vocabulary introduced through out. Children could take turns learning to read the verses( poems ) separately and then reading them to the class.


A Jedd is in bed,
And the bed of the Jedd
Is the softest
Of beds in the world,
It is said.
He makes it from pom poms
He grows on his head.
And he's sleeping right now
On the softest of fluff,
Completely exhausted
From growing the stuff.

Not one of Dr.Seuss's best books . The rhythms fail here and there and it gets a little boring, but still it was OK.

The four-year-old girl I babysit wants people to know this didn't work

A book about sleep - what a curious thing! After reading this book what dreams will it bring? (Sorry, I just couldn't resist). Find that as I get older I appreciate the good doctor more and more! His ability to engage you with his writing and art is very unique; I think his books hold a lot of wisdom for adults willing to learn from him - again.

Up at Herk-Heimer Falls, where the great river rushes

And crashes down crags in great gargling gushes,
The Herk-Heimer Sisters are using their brushes.

Those falls are just grand for tooth-brushing beneath

If you happen to be up that way with your teeth.


We are at the point where we can recite most of this book together.

It's great for preschoolers. Make sure you give a big yawn each time they do in the book.

This is my favorite Dr. Seuss book. I have clear memories of my grandmother reading this to me before bed when I would spend the night at her house as a child. Eventually it must have made its way back to my house, because my mom recently found it there and gave it to me to read to my son. I hope that he'll come to love it as much as I did (and still do).
The pictures, in true Dr. Seuss fashion, are mesmerizing. They strike a balance between cute/cuddly and haunting/eerie. As I read this to my baby I found that I still remembered every single illustration. As a kid I used to spend a lot of time thinking about the Offts (asleep aloft) and the Bumble-Tub Club (dreaming down Bumble-Tub Creek), so I immediately turned to those pages and they were just as I had remembered them.
The poetry is great, too. This book has that distinctive, bouncy, Seuss-ian swing to the language, and I think it has my favorite rhythm of all of his books. As I was reading it last night I found myself in awe of the mind who can create such clever rhymes to tell stories of such fun, imaginative creatures.
This book has just really stayed with me, for decades now. I still find myself thinking, "The time for night-brushing of teeth is at hand," as I brush my teeth at night, and I'm almost 30 years old.
The one slight downside, and it's not even enough of one to knock off a star, is that this book is a tad long. I clocked it at 15 minutes last night, and that was reading it to my 4-month-old son who can't yet interrupt to ask questions and who just listens as he nurses and has no interest in looking at the pictures. Now I understand why this bedtime book was usually reserved for special occasions, like sleepovers at Grandma's house.
Anyway, I highly recommend this one!

I've read this book at least 20 times, and I have never read it without crying at the end.

When I was a nanny I would sit close to the crib and read this in a low voice, then getting more soft until I was whispering, he never made it to the end of the story.

Adorable book for kids!

I confess, I write very few reviews, but I happened to be searching for a favorite quote from the Sleep Book and stumbled across it on goodreads. This is one of our favorites! The kids are out by the last line, and I'm ready for bed, too.
The line I was searching for was the one about the birds building the crazy nest, and that it's not your problem and not mine, and for some reason, the line always helps me to put away my worries for the night. So, here I am, leaving a review for one of my favorite bedtime books, effective for children and adults alike. If I could change one thing, I would make the last big scene about everyone asleep in a darker color and less exciting - a few eye-openings at this page when they were almost out! ;).

This book actually made me yawn multiple times while reading it