The rhyming text provides information on the sleeping habits of animals that live on land, in water, and fly through the air. "For Creative Minds" section includes animals sorting cards and activities.

A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Everyone knows about animals that hibernate in the winter. But it's time to discover animals that sleep all summer long!
All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate—a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant—whether it's because warm weather...

Describes how each animal sleeps in its own special place, in its own special way.

Examines the ways different animals sleep, when they sleep, and where.

Provides a look at the many different ways in which animals sleep, from a snoozing orangutan to a sleeping whale, as well as facts about each animal pictured.

Simple text and photographs introduce hibernation and how some animals prepare for and experience hibernation each year.

Simple text and pictures show sleeping habits of the koala, leopard, sea otter, and albatross, and of flamingos, bats, and camels.

Rhyming verses followed by factual information briefly describe the sleep habits of a variety of animals.