The King Who Could Not Sleep

by Benjamin Elkin

The Royal Council eliminates all noise from the kingdom to help King Carl sleep, but to no avail.

Genres: Picture Books

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1975

About the author

Benjamin Elkin was educated at Lewis Institute, Chicago Teachers College, and Northwestern University. His published works include The Loudest Noise in the World (Viking, 1954), Gillespie and the Guards (Viking, 1956), Six Foolish Fishermen (Childrens, 1957), The Big Jump and Other Stories (Random House, 1958), The True Book of Schools (Childrens, 1958), The King’s Wish and Other Stories (Random House, 1960), The True Book of Money (Childrens, 1960), Lucky and the Giant (Childrens, 1962), Al and the Magic Lamp (Harper, 1963), and Why the Sun Was Late (Parents, 1966).

Reviews

[Debby · Rating 2 out of 5]

Published by Parents' Magazine Press.

The Royal Council eliminates all noise from the kingdom to help King Karl sleep, but to no avail. Karl turns out to be a baby and a new nurse singing a lullaby puts him to sleep.

In rhyme, but not totally obnoxious. Kind of a dumb story. Rather repetitious color pictures.

[Guilherme Semionato · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This beautiful children's book is written in rhyme with delightful illustrations of the king's men scurrying about, making everyone and everything quiet so as not to disturb the title character. It is a perfect read for especially young children as a bedtime story, but would be enjoyable for most any reader.

I read this at Zack's BBQ after the 2014 Broad Street Run.