Review: If This Doesn't Put Kids to Sleep, Nothing Will!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2013
"Sleepy Animals" by Gerald Hawksley is a very simple recitation designed to help young children fall asleep. Virtually the same words are repeated on each page: "Goodnight, (cow, sheep, pig, horse, etc)", followed by a page showing the same caricature of that animal with its eyes closed and stars in the sky, implying that at night time, when someone says "Goodnight" the child is supposed to go to sleep.Although the meaning of the words may mean nothing to the very young, just the sheer repetition may be enough to send them off to dream land. If it succeeds at that, it is worth getting.