How Sleep Found Tabitha

by Maggie de Vries

Snug in her bed, Tabitha waits and searches and listens for sleep. Her bed is cozy. Her room is dark and quiet. Her favorite things surround her. She should be able to drift off to sleep with no trouble, but something is missing. What could it be? Tabitha's imagination takes over. One by one, the things that she cherishes offer to help her. Will the whale lull her to sleep? Can the eagle carry her to dreamland? Or the horse? The frog? The rabbit? One by one, Tabitha considers and then rejects their aid. Sleep comes in the end, as it often does, from an unexpecteded place.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sweet story!

[Mavis’s Dad · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute book where Tabitha’s stuffies try to help her fall asleep. Spoiler: her cat does the trick. This book won’t change your week, but it might help one night.

Moral: Bedtime is better with a real pet.

Length: There’s some fun little rhyme schemes in here that keep the story moving.

Favorite Line: “‘Come muddily rest; the sludge is the best,’ croaked the frogs.”

Overall Impression: Mavis’s Dog is not the type to lay around or cuddle, so we’ll have to find more creative ways to get her to sleep; the pet ain’t it. However, the book is a fun nighttime read and we’re all glad that Tabitha falls asleep. Mavis’s stuffies will do their best tonight.

[Alison Guo · Rating 5 out of 5]

She kept dreaming of animals that make noises so she couldn’t go asleep. In the end she go back to her bed it was really a cat making these noises.