The full moon at the napping house - Audrey Wood

Goodnight mind : turn off your noisy thoughts and get a good night's sleep - Colleen Carney

Summary: Presents a guide to restful sleep, offering evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help readers overcome insomnia. - (Baker & Taylor)

Library Journal Reviews

Carney (director, Sleep & Depression Laboratory, Ryerson Univ., Toronto) and Manber (director, Insomnia & Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, Stanford Univ.) have written a book for patrons with sleep issues such as insomnia. They outline ten steps for stopping one's thoughts from interfering with sleep. This book utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, a form of psychotherapy that developed from research on fatigue and sleep disorders. The ten chapters contain bulleted summaries for review. After the first chapter explains how to understand the sleep system, the majority of the book focuses on setting the stage for sleep, creating a "Buffer Zone" for dealing with your day, training on how to quiet your mind, and relaxation strategies. At the end of the book is a sleep diary. VERDICT Filled with practical, expert advice, this book will be of use to anyone suffering from insomnia or other sleep issues. An excellent fit for patrons vigilant about their health and well-being.—Rebecca Raszewski, Univ. of Illinois Lib., Chicago

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G'night Wolfgang - Ric Louchard (CD)

G'night Wolfgang: Classical Piano Solos for Bedtime - Louchard, Ric (CD)

Contents: Adagio (from Sonata in F Major, K. 332) / Mozart -- Adagio sostenuto (from Sonata Quasi Fantasia op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight") / Beethoven --Sarabande (from French Suite #5 in G major, BWV 816) / J.S. Bach -- Sarabande (from French Suite #3 in B minor, BWV 814) / J.S. Bach -- Prelude 1 (from the Well tempered clavier, vol. 1) / J.S. Bach -- Trois gymnopedies / Satie --Adante (from Sonata in C major, K. 545) / Mozart -- Scenes of childhood (opus 15) / Schumann.


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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep - Barney Saltzberg

Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep - Saltzberg, Barney

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.


Horn Book Magazine Reviews
All the pandas are sleeping peacefully, stretched out on bamboo branches, except for little Chengdu. His big round eyes look startlingly open against the black fur surrounding them, and he has the despairing look of an insomniac late at night. He "scrunched / and he rolled / and he hung upside down, / but he still could not, / would not fall asleep." Saltzberg gives the book an old-fashioned look by limiting the colors to black, white, gray, and the green of the bamboo trees, catching the soft textures of a dark forest at night. He uses the pages themselves inventively, opening one downward, another horizontally. In a sequence of partial pages he shows Panda climbing up, and up, and up until he climbs right on top of his sleeping brother, where he is finally able to sleep. The gentle sight gags add humor without breaking the calming mood, making this an ideal nighttime book for the very young.

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Dreamland - David K. Randall

Dreamland - Randall, David K.

Summary: A reporter for the Associated Press examines the complex world of sleep and discusses interesting questions as to whether or not women sleep differently than men and if you killed someone while sleepwalking, whether it would count as murder. 15,000 first printing. - (Baker & Taylor)


Booklist Reviews
Veteran journalist Randall tackles the mysterious landscape of sleep by surveying the many areas of sleep research. He proceeds in a somewhat chronological order, beginning with historical sleep patterns. According to some research, when sleep patterns were determined by daylight, before interior lighting became prevalent, a typical night's rest was split into "first sleep" and "second sleep," with approximately an hour awake in between. In the modern age, Randall argues, the advent of gaslights and electric lightbulbs have radically changed the way our bodies want to sleep. From here, he covers the perfect mattress (there isn't one: it's merely what a person finds most comfortable); bed sharing; labor laws; and the future of sleep monitoring. Randall is at his best when talking about sleep disorders, such as violent parasomnias, wherein a person can unknowingly commit assault or even murder in his or her sleep. Though he doesn't go into minute detail, Randall provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to a mystifying but necessary part of life. Copyright 2012 Booklist Reviews.

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