Sleepy Stories
by Mario Levrero
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Pub Date Jul 06 2021 | Archive Date Jul 06 2021
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Description
Each story told in Sleepy Stories drifts deeper into a beguiling dream world, telling of an elastic gentleman who stretches his body across town to effortlessly slip into bed, or of another sleepy young man who curls inside an upside-down umbrella to take a snooze. In Diego Bianki's magical universe, the waking world is made small (a French press and a red top hat shrink before our eyes), while the dream world Levrero and his son Nicolás build together (a land of sly frogs, giant apes, and smiling squids) waltzes across the page. On the last of Bianki's whimsical illustrations, Nicolás holds the book over his father's nodding head and says, "Another." This is a book to giggle with and curl up with, to take on every sleepy adventure.
Advance Praise
"Young Nicolás has a voracious appetite for stories and no sympathy for a profoundly sleepy storyteller . . . A storyteller identified only as “Me” spins the yarns to Nicolás, often yawning and nodding off midstory . . . Young readers and their perplexed grown-ups will want to read and reread again and again. Wildly imaginative, surreal, beautiful…in a word, this Argentine import is fabulous." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"I love the stories that Nicolás's dad tells him. They are beautifully crafted, goofy, filled with lots of creativity, and cuteness. You just can't help yourself but laugh when the dad tells these stories." - Olga Popivker, Stylish Modern Motherhood
"You know those times when you are too tired to think straight, but your kiddo wants a story? That's the premise of Sleepy Stories. The father pleads exhaustion, but the child says that any story, even a sleepy story, would be fine . . . It's short, sweet, and totally relatable . . . Sleepy Stories is lovely and soothing, and it elicits chuckles from this adult reader." - Victoria DiMassa, Glass of Wine Glass of Milk
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781939810847 |
| PRICE | $22.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 32 |
Featured Reviews
Cath Y, Reviewer
This is a collection of stories reluctantly told by a sleepy father night after night at the request of his insistent son. They are extremely short and don’t have much plot, but they are full of delicious nonsense that I found quite entertaining. The constant verbal tug of war between father and son is adorable, and the sleepy noises in bright, colourful letters also give the text a strong visual impact.
I actually enjoyed the illustrations more than the stories and I went back to them a couple of times after I had finished reading the text. I love the colour and contrast of the figures and animals, and just how whimsical these drawing are in general, almost like a visual representation of rambling dreams.
I would recommend this imaginative book to children and adults alike. Given the visuals, it would be a treat both to the person reading it and the one being read to.
Seher M, Reviewer
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book!
While this is certainly very very pretty and the illustrations are truly out of this world, I realized I wasn't the right age to request this! However, as a child I would have adored it!
Courtney C, Reviewer
The perfect bedtime story for stubborn children who just want "one more story". I can imagine reading this to your child who is too sleepy to go to bed. If the first few yawning stories don't get them, I have no doubt that they'll be passed right out by the end. This book is an excellent idea and well-written.
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