No Go Sleep! by Kate Feiffer. 2012.

Nighty Night, Sleep Tight

Inspiration Book:

No go sleep! by Feiffer, Kate — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.7 A baby does not want to go to sleep, even as everything else around her wishes her a good night.

Rationale: My schools, both public and private, have had preschools housed in the building. If the remainder of the school isn’t too large, it is possible to do story hours with the preschoolers on a regular basis. By not too large, I mean no more than two sections per grade in a K-5 school, and no more than one section per grade in a K-8 school. Every year my preschool teachers do some sort of pajama day. The titles in this blog fit right in to a pajama day theme.

This blog post is one of three I reworked from one for a book, At All About Sleep from A to Zzzz. The book is now OP and difficult to still find in collections so I split up the three story hours into three separate posts because there are so many ways to approach sleeping and bedtime. Recently I posted a blog for Sleep Like a Tiger that featured animals sleeping. This blog post is a story hour just about going to sleep and the problems involved.The story hour includes a puppet play, several read alouds, poetry and songs, and encourages figuring out a pattern to help go to sleep.

In the near future look for blogs about night mischief in Night Ninja and hibernation in Old Bear.

Grades K-1--Mommy, I Can’t Sleep

Preparation: Girl or boy puppet (I have a toddler size muppet type puppet, but your puppet could be smaller. Select one of the poems/songs from One Minute till Bedtime or Naamah and the Art at Night.

Introduction: (Use puppet play as your introduction and to introduce each book.) “______” has his own special way of falling asleep. Littly Bunny in Goodnight Moon has his special way, too.

Read aloud: Goodnight moon by Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952 - HarperTrophy, p2005, c2005--E--Int Lvl: K-3--Rd Lvl: 1.5. As a little bunny says goodnight to many familiar objects, the illustrations are progressively darker.

Baby Orangutan has his own way of falling asleep, too.

Read aloud: Goodnight, me by Daddo, Andrew - Bloomsbury Children's Books ,Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, p2007, c2005--E--Int Lvl: K-3--Rd Lvl: 1.4. A baby orangutan says goodnight to each and every part of himself until sleep finally comes.

Recite, read, or sing one of the poems/songs from either of the following books.

One minute till bedtime : 60-second poems to send you off to sleep — Little, Brown and Company, 2016. Dewey: 821.008; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.0. Suited for bedtime reading, this illustrated collection of poetry selected by former Children's Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt includes poems in different moods, forms, and styles.

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Naamah and the ark at night : a lullaby by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell — Candlewick Press, 2011. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.5. Noah's wife settles the animals on the ark to sleep by singing a soothing lullaby..

The first  two books we  read follow a pattern: goodnight moon, goodnight bed, goodnight foot...Our last book uses the same pattern, but brings us to more modern times.

Read aloud: Goodnight iPad : a parody for the next generation by Droyd, Ann - Blue Rider Press, p2011, c2011--E--Int Lvl: K-3--Rd Lvl: 2.4. A parody of Margaret Brown's "Goodnight Moon" in which a family bids goodnight to their electronic gadgets before going to bed.

Optional, but fun. If time allows, have students create a story saying goodnight to the school or library.

Other Titles for Display and Check-out:

(Check your collection. You may have enough books about sleep to have every child check-out a book about sleep. This list while long is not exclusive, but selective of the more recent and best and could be used as a selection tool.)

Beep! beep! go to sleep! by Tarpley, Todd — Little, Brown and Company, 2015. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 0.9. When his three rambunctious robots give every possible excuse not to go to sleep, what's a little boy to do?

Goodnight already! by John, Jory — Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 0.9. Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.

Sleepy, oh so sleepy by Fleming, Denise — Henry Holt, 2010. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.0. Depicts a number of animal babies sleeping as a mother puts her own baby to bed.

Creak! said the bed by Root, Phyllis - Candlewick Press, 2015--E--Int Lvl: K-3--Rd Lvl: 1.1. 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.

Hide and squeak by Frederick, Heather Vogel  — Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2011. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.1. A mouse baby leads his father on a merry game of hide-and-squeak at bedtime.

Good night, Chickie by Jadoul, Emile — Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2011. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.4. Chickie, and Chickie's bunny, that she is nearby and keeping watch over them at bedtime.

Good night, sleep tight by Fox, Mem — Orchard Books, 2012. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.4. In this book with rhyming text, Bonnie and Ben's favorite babysitter reads them nursery rhymes before putting them to bed.

Tuck me in! by Hacohen, Dean  — Candlewick Press, 2010. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.4. The reader helps tuck in baby animals at bedtime using pages with flaps to serve as blankets.

Go sleep in your own bed! by Fleming, Candace — Schwartz & Wade Books, 2017. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.5. When Pig plops into his sty at bedtime, he finds Cow sleeping there and must send her off to her stall, setting off a chain reaction of animals being awakened to move to their own beds.

Good night Owl by Pizzoli, Greg — Disney Hyperion, 2016. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.5. Owl takes drastic measures to have a good night's sleep.

Thank you and good night by McDonnell, Patrick  — Little, Brown and Company, 2015. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.8. Maggie hosts a pajama party at which Clement, Alan Alexander, and Jean play a variety of fun games, tire themselves, and drift off to sleep, but not before sharing their gratitude.

Russell the sheep by Scotton, Rob — HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 1.9. Russell the sheep tries all different ways to get to sleep.

All ears, all eyes by Jackson, Richard — Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.2. As darkness falls in the forest, animals hoot, chirp, whirr, and bark, lulling drowsy children to sleep.

Tad and Dad by Stein, David Ezra — Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2015. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.4. A growing tadpole loves his frog dad so much he never gives him a moment's peace.

At night by Bansch, Helga  — Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2016. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.5..The animals are all asleep in their respective homes, until things get turned upside down.

Go to sleep, little farm by Ray, Mary Lyn — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.5. The farm's creatures prepare for night and rest

Twenty yawns by Smiley, Jane  — Two Lions, 2016.Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.5. As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious. How will she ever get back to sleep?

Send for a superhero! by Rosen, Michael — Candlewick Pres, 2014. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.6. A father reads his children a bedtime story about two villains whose plot to steal money and cover everything in slime is unsuccessfully countered by every superhero until Extremely Boring Man comes along with the power to put everyone to sleep.

All kinds of kisses by Tafuri, Nancy — Little, Brown, 2012--E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 2.7 Each barnyard animal has its favorite kind of kiss, but the best of all is a mother's goodnight kiss.

The house of 12 bunnies by Stills, Caroline — Holiday House, c2011 p2012. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.2. In the house of twelve bunnies, Sophia searches everywhere for the one thing that will get them to bed on time.

Princess says goodnight by Howland, Naomi — Harper, 2010. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.2. A little girl imagines she is a princess as she gets ready for bed, and insists her subjects kiss her goodnight before she goes to sleep.

Amy's three best things by Pearce, Philippa — Candlewick Press, 2013. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.4. Going to her grandmother's house for a first sleep-away visit, Amy enjoys a wonderful shared day before missing her mother, baby brother, and dog at night and assuaging her homesickness with three objects that she has brought with her

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Chengdu could not, would not, fall asleep by Saltzberg, Barney — Disney/Hyperion Books, 2014. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.4. High in the trees in the middle of the night, all of the pandas are sleeping except for Chengdu, who tries everything and still cannot fall asleep until he finds the perfect spot--atop his brother, Yuan.

Bedtime is canceled by Meng, Cece — Clarion Books, 2012. Dewey: -E-; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.5. When a newspaper headline says that bedtime is canceled, children everywhere rejoice.

All the awake animals are almost asleep by Dragonwagon, Crescent — Little, Brown, 2012. Dewey: 421.1; Int Lvl: K-3; Rd Lvl: 3.7. Illustrations and rhyming text portray an alphabet of animals as they prepare to go to sleep.