sleep

While she is sleeping, a girl has strange thoughts and dreams.

After learning that his presumed-dead father may still be alive, Alfonso Perplexon, now fifteen years old, takes on the dangerous task of returning to the land of Dormia to search for him.

After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," twelve-year-old Alfonso sets out on a mission to save the kingdom from destruction, discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.

Examines how and why the brain causes people to sleep and to dream, how sleep patterns work, and how dreams fit into the sleep process.

Examines the science of sleep, including what happens when we sleep, how much sleep we need, sleep problems, and the connection between sleep and dreams, and provides an introduction to dream interpretation.

Discusses sleeping disorders, with information on dreaming and dream interpretation, insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and the types of problems associated with NREM and REM sleep distrubances, also provides help to determine if you have a problem, and how to go about fixing it.

In the middle of a dark, stormy night, one child, then another, then a third wake their mother and ask to climb into the bed, but when the last member of the family arrives Papa declares there is no more room.

Teaches children the importance of getting a good night's sleep and explains how poor sleeping habits can affect their health.

A flea with a cold startles all the animals in the barn when it sneezes unexpectedly.

Rhyming text suggests other options when one tries to count sheep but discovers that they are all asleep.