sleep

Still recovering from her recent breakup, Daphne Elizabeth intends to finish her senior year at Rosetta Academy with her head down and heart shuttered, but when students begin to fall into a deep sleep, she teams up with the swoony new student to find the source of the spell and stop it before it is too late.

"The seasons are changing in the garden, and Poppy and Sam are stocking up for a long winter's nap. There's just one problem: Poppy can't sleep! Determined to hibernate like her friends, Poppy and her panda buddy, Sam, go hunting for advice on how to get to sleep. Other garden creatures are full of ideas on how to nod off. The bees suggest snuggling into a honeycomb. The frog says a mug of fly milk does the trick, while the ants recommend a good book before bed. But will anything help Poppy fall asleep?"--Amazon.

"A comprehensive exploration of what dreams are, where they come from, what they mean, and why we have them. Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and persist to this day to excite and confound us. When Brains Dream addresses the core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks many myths about dreams while acknowledging the mysteries that continue to surround both the science and experience of dreaming. What's more, by bringing together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings, Zadra and Stickgold propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP-'Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities.' By detailing this model's workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams-from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams-and explain everything from how dreams can facilitate creativity to why they can be a source of personal insight"--Provided by publisher.

An introduction to the science of sleep and dreaming, explaining how dreaming maintains and develops the mind, that we go crazy in our dreams in order to avoid doing so when we are awake, and that sleep is essential to life.

"Everyone who grew up celebrating Christmas remembers the excitement that built up to the most magical day of the year. But why not make the last week until Christmas more fun by counting how many sleeps until the arrival of Santa and his reindeer?"--Provided by publisher.

"A little boy fears the darkness and strange noises of night. To overcome his fears, he begins to think of the night as a pajama--a temporary covering that keeps you safe until daylight returns when you no longer need it. As he keeps repeating, 'The night is just a pajama,' he slowly drifts away into a restful sleep"--Provided by publisher.

"There once was a very sleepy penguin, who was best friends with a not-so-sleepy lion..A perfect book for anyone who has every craved sleep--and anyone too full of energy to settle down"--Provided by publisher.

"It's sleepytime at the Heeler house! Bingo wants to do a Big Girl sleep. As she drifts away into a dreamy adventure with Flopsy, will Bingo make it through the night and wake up in her own bed?"--Provided by publisher.

"A lack of sleep is important and numerous medical studies indicate that large numbers of people in the modern world do not get enough sleep on a fairly regular basis"--Provided by publisher.

It is time for bed, but Very Little Sleeping Beauty is not tired and does not want to go to bed.