The Sleepy Book

By Margaret Wise Brown

Book Overview

In this collection of stories, songs, and poems, Margaret Wise Brown whispers tales of dreaming bunnies, drowsy bees, and all the pretty little horses . . . beautifully illustrated by Garth Williams... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00CA92714
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Golden Press
• Length: 23 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Favorite Book

I buy this book every chance I get so I will have one for every child in our family. This was one of my favorites when I was small, especially the story "The Whispering Rabbit." I will always keep one in my house to read to the little ones. This is Margaret Wise Brown at ther best.

Loved it then, love it now

The Golden Sleepy Book and I are the same age. My Mom read it to me when I was little and I read it to my two children at bedtime; so now, having just bought a copy for my two-year-old grandson, I read it again to myself and relived some very precious memories. My mother always called me "Bunny No Good" after the bunny who saved the day in one of Margaret Wise Brown's lovely stories. I was a thoughtful, dreamy child just like Bunny No Good, who had to withstand comparison to the industrious and energetic Bunny Bun Bun (my sister). Children, even those we think of in this day and age as being too sophisticated for Golden Book stories, will surprise you with how quietly they will listen to and absorb every word of the deceptively simple and entertaining stories that actually instruct them on many levels. Margaret Wise Brown was a master at creating these stories - and the Golden Sleepy Book is a shining example of her mastery.

For very young children

This is a reprint of a book first published in 1948. It is a collection of bedtime stories to read to very young children. It has large, full-color illustrations by Garth Williams, a well known illustrator of children's books. I gave the book to a very young daughter of a friend for Christmas, and the child was entranced by the illustrations and stories.