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I don’t want to go to sleep!
Sarah McGregor
CC BY 4.0Credits & Licence
Originally published by Book Dash. Writer: Sarah McGregor. Illustrator: Subi Bosa. Designer: Alexia Greeff. Editor: Anna Stroud.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; artwork unchanged. Suitabook’s AI guidance is a separate assessment.
Original Book on Book Dash: I don’t want to go to sleep! (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at the shifting scenes and invite your child to describe what is real in the room and what Nandi is imagining. Use the final drawing space for a dream or adventure.
- Themes
- Bedtime resistance and parental response: Nandi resists going to sleep and asks for more attention and small comforts; her mother eventually suggests an adventure and settles her in bed. The story treats the disagreement warmly and playfully, but does not clearly present a general view about how bedtime resistance should be handled.
- Worth knowing
- Nandi repeatedly insists she does not want to sleep and makes several requests. The mother remains present and warm, but the story does not explore why bedtime is difficult.