In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bits

Even though he has something urgent to do, a jaguar decides to take advantage of a cool breeze to take a nap, so he asks the coati to wake him in exactly ten minutes, but the coati decides to take a nap too and asks another animal to wake him.

"Little Sister does not want to take a nap. She is not tired at all. She tries to rest, but she is hungry and thirsty. Little Sister will learn that Mom knows best"-- Provided by publisher.

It is time for bed, but Very Little Sleeping Beauty is not tired and does not want to go to bed.

Boris has trouble sleeping during the day, which is bedtime for badgers, causing him to fall asleep at night school and miss such delights as exploding science experiments, funny jokes, and badgerball games.

The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.

Unable to fall asleep, a little boy journeys from cave to sea to mountain peak, trying unsuccessfully to imitate the sleeping habits of his animal friends, until he finds the perfect place to lay his tired head.

A rabbit who swallows a bee that proceeds to fall asleep in his throat attempts to wake the bee gently with quiet whispers.

"When baby J.J. arrives at his new home, his family is bubbling over with excitement to meet him! The busy family of six is now a family of seven (eight if you include Cheddar the dog). There's always something going on at home -- and lots of noise to go along with it. But J.J. sleeps through it all. That first week, J.J. does all sorts of typical baby things: gets a bath, has his smelly diaper changed and sleeps some more. But when the four kids...

All of the barnyard animals are excited about the arrival of a new duckling, until the noisy little one refuses to go to sleep.