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My husband told be about The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep<\/a>. He was thinking it would make a funny Christmas present for our eldest, a perpetually sleep-deprived college student. I laughed at the idea that a book could put a child to sleep.<\/p>\n

$\"rabbit\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

I laughed.<\/p>\n

And then today, when my four year old was fighting a nap with all the vehemence that a sick sleep-resistant pre-schooler can muster, I broke down and bought it on Kindle. It was a desperate move on my part. We\u2019d already read Harold and the Purple Crayon,<\/a> which is her very favorite book, and she was still trashing and insisting that she was not tired at all. And then she would yawn, rub her eyes, and tell me more about how she wasn\u2019t at all sleepy.<\/p>\n

It is not a great story. I wasn\u2019t really surprised that a gimmick book wouldn\u2019t rely too much on its prose. It is <\/em>a long and pointless tale about a rabbit who wants to sleep. The gimmick is in the power of suggestion, relaxation techniques, and the\u00a0 reader\u2019s tone of voice and key phrases to impart the idea that \u201csleeping. Now.\u201d would be a good idea.<\/p>\n

Whatever its magic is, it worked. My sleep-fighting girl was out before we were halfway through the book, and I am happy that I set it down before nodding off myself.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know that it will work for everyone, or that it will be our new favorite bedtime story. I do know that if I had to wrestle her into bed again, I\u2019d try this sooner rather than later. At $1.99 for the Kindle version, it\u2019s a bargain if she has more naps like this one.<\/p>\n

$\"sleep\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

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