Dr Seuss's Sleep Book

One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. Moose juice and Goose juice.

This book was about different assorted Seuss characters falling asleep for the night. In the book it explains how and why these animals start to fall asleep. It also explains where they fall asleep and what some of them do before dozing off for the night.
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close to one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. I did not really like the book at all. It made me very sleepy, and if that is the intention then the book should not be read at school. I would not recommend this book.
A classroom extension that can be used for this book would be for the children to draw a picture of what they thought they looked like when they are asleep in their beds. Another extension could be to make a classroom project where all the children participate with the teacher in making a bed for the classroom pet to sleep in.

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I love this book. I read it to my nephew almost every night when I'm home. This would be a really great book to read to younger children right before nap time or quiet time. The book starts off with a bug yawning and because yawns are contagious it spreads around to all the different creatures of

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the land. These creatures are either already sleeping or getting ready for bed. The book explains how they sleep and how they fall asleep. This book will put you to sleep. I always yawn and find myself extremely tired after reading it.

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Typical Dr. Seuss book, full of fun adventure and allows a child to utilize their vivid imagination to the maximum.

A great bed time story that is fun.

I liked the rhymes and the creativity. The pictures were also fun as well.

I read children's books because I collect them and I am always looking for new ones to buy. I didn't like this book for my collection.

A good and fun book for kids,

summery: About how one little yawn can make other fell sleepy. at the end it tells how eveyone goes to sleep.
My point of view: Kind of a long book and could be use to read students and children to sleep(or nap time) I
Classroom:
1. talk about what makes us sleepy
2 Why we need to sleep and how it's

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important

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How can you not love Dr. Seuss books? I enjoyed reading this story, but was surprised how long it was. One of the most interesting things about his work in this story was the illustrations. Throughout the entire book, the only colors that are used are light blue, yellow, red, white and black. There

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is a random appearance of other colors here and there, but those five were the main colors. As your reading, these colors definitely make your eyes tired as they are very relaxing. The next element that I enjoyed was Dr. Seuss’s style of writing. I love how he rhymes throughout the entire story. For instance, one page of the story read, “Everywhere, Creatures, Have shut off their voices. They’ve all gone to bed, In the beds of their choices.” One of my favorite rhymes throughout the story reads, “A Jedd is in bed, and the bed of a Jedd is the softest of beds in world, it is said.” The third element of the story that I enjoyed was Dr. Seuss’s word choice or diction. Along with the rhyming, Dr. Seuss would invent words to fit his story and make the story flow. For instance, throughout the story you read words such as Zizzer-Zoofing, Van Vleck, Dofft, and Zweiback. I really enjoyed the creativity that you see and read throughout the story. In the end, I felt the message was just to show that everyone should get some sleep. A very simple message, but that is what the whole book is geared towards.

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Summary: Dr. Seuss takes his readers through far off lands to visit sleepy creatures. The readers learn about yawning from Van Vleck's friends and how yawning is contagious. The story continues with birds building their nests so that they may rest in time for bed and how the Herk-Heimer Sisters

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brush their teeth before they go to bed. The readers learn of many other creatures that are going to bed and falling asleep when the moon comes up at night. The story ends with Dr. Seuss including the readers in his book by talking about turning their lights off at night.

Review: Dr. Seuss wrote a wonderful book for young children that revolves around the central message of going to bed at night. Seuss knows the importance of sleep and he understands that many young readers do not like to go to bed when they are told, or even at all. This fun book takes children through a world where everyone gets ready for bed and falls asleep. The reader learns about things like contagious yawns and brushing their teeth to setting alarm clocks. The book allows readers to form a state of relaxation while reading. In the end Dr. Seuss is clever and explains that "ninety-nine zillion, nine trillion and two creatures are sleeping" and tells the reader that when they turn out their light it will be "ninety-nine zillion, nine trillion ad three."

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I liked this book for two reasons. The first reason I liked it was because of the writing. Dr. Seuss makes all of his books, including this one, rhyme. This gives the story an organized, flowing, and good pace to follow along. In addition, the book has to do with sleep, so the word choice and

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events throughout the text keep readers engaged. A second reason I liked this book was because of the illustrations. Since the story is called “The Sleep Book,” each page gives a good emphasis of the characters yawning. Also, there are many people dreaming and sleeping. These illustrations fit well with the written text. Overall, the big idea is for entertainment. The book is interesting and engaging, while also a book that can be read before going to sleep.

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Summary: Van Vleck started yawning and it has began spreading throughout the county. The creatures throughout the book begin getting ready to get into bed and brushing their teeth. The different creatures in the county are shown tucked in their beds and falling asleep. Two of the creatures have

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even been talking to themselves in their asleep for years now. Some other creatures are seen sleep walking.

Evaluation/Argument: I thought this was a great book to read at the end of the day to help you go to sleep. It is all about sleep so anyone reading it would probably start yawning as they talk about yawning almost the entire book. The creatures in this book are very interesting and there are a variety used. I noticed that most of the pictures are very dark, which was appropriate because the story took place at night time.
The central message of this book is about the importance of sleep and how we all need it.

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Well, it's Dr. Seuss, so how can you go wrong? As it says at the beginning, "This Book is to be Read in Bed". And is it ever? It all starts with a very small bug yawning, and ends with all "ninety-nine zillion nine trillion and three" of us asleep! Cute and strange throughout! The only drawback as

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a bed time story is that it is a bit of a tongue twister, which resulted in some laughs that didn't exactly help getting in the sleepy mood! But for me, well it makes me tired just thinking about it! Good night.

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Parents, if you don't like reading Seuss books to your kids, *please* don't. Read books you love, so kids will love books. They can enjoy Seuss on their own when they're reading to themselves.

I admit, I'm feeling too sleepy right now to say anything else in way of a review here....

This has been a favorite bedtime story in my house from the time my children were babies. Despite its length, I can never say no! It really does rock them right off to sleep too!