In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious "Eve Black," is immune to the blessing or curse of...

Mama cat must convince baby kitty that it's time to take a nap.

Rhyming text and pictures introduce the reader to a variety of animals as they try to snuggle in to sleep.

Dora and the Super Babies set out to awaken the Dream Fairy so that she will bring happy nap-time dreams to all the babies in the forest.

Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.

After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," Alfonso sets out to save the kingdom from destruction, discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.

"If closing your eyes meant waking up in an entirely different world, would you want to fall asleep? Zax Delatree has the power to travel between worlds while he sleeps, the only problem is he has no control over his destination. For Zax, sleep is the doorway to the unknown. Sometimes he wakes up in technological utopias, and other times in the bombed-out ruins of collapsed civilizations. All he can rely on to survive in these strange, and sometimes...

Bear's friends awaken him the day before Christmas and help him to stay awake as they bake fruitcakes, fill stockings, and sing carols; then, while they sleep, he prepares his own surprise. On board pages.

Illustrations and rhyming text explain some of the things that different monsters do before they go to sleep.

One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bear's cave to warm up. But even after the tea has been brewed and the corn has been popped, Bear just snores on! See what happens when he finally wakes up and finds his cave full of uninvited guests, all of them having a party without him!