Sweet Dreams at 5

A carousel with no brakes that just stops pushing. A jar of stones that drink the sun all day and give it back in the dark. A dandelion clock that tells you it's bedtime.

Every child in these fifteen stories is five - old enough to wait for the cat flap and to watch the paddling pool go still enough to hold the sky, and still young enough to need someone else to hold the night. Each story slows down as it goes and ends with someone asleep, and each one is followed by a short Close your eyes and... line to whisper when the reading is done.

Made for reading aloud, or for sounding out together. You don't have to finish. Nobody ever does.

The fifteen stories

1. The Carousel
2. The Star Jar
3. The Robin on the Fence
4. The Hot Water Bottle
5. The Hamster Wheel
6. The Seashell
7. The Paddling Pool
8. Boots by the Door
9. Flit
10. The Windmill
11. The Last Page
12. The Cat Flap
13. The Dandelion Clock
14. The Hammock
15. The Wave That Went Back Out

Made for bedtime

• Every story is written for a 5-year-old to hear - the child in each one is 5, and so are the things they get to do
• Each story slows down as it goes and ends with someone asleep
• A short Close your eyes and... line after every story, to whisper once the reading is done
• A full-colour pencil illustration for every story
• No two books in the series share a story - each age gets fifteen of its own

Book 3 of 10 in the Sweet Dreams at N series - one book for every age from 3 to 12. 88 pages, 6 × 9 inches, full colour.