04/09/2021
Calling All Brave Readers,
Here is another requested review of a cute and refreshing book.
ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ﹕ I Lost My Sleepy
ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ﹕ Kim Parker
ɪʟʟᴜsᴛʀᴀᴛᴏʀ﹕ Sama Gaith
ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇʀ﹕ iccellenasreadingpouch
ᴀɢᴇ﹕ 2-6 years
ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ﹕3 Stars
ᴘᴜʀᴄʜᴀsᴇ : Amazon
Sᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ :
Lana plays hard at the park then falls asleep on the way home. Once she reaches home, she remembers she forgot to brush her teeth. After brushing her teeth, she's no longer sleepy. Throughout the book, she struggles to fall back asleep, but luckily she's surrounded by family that try their best to help her fall back asleep. In the end, her mother reads some Quran to her and she finally falls asleep.
ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ :
Lana’s story is very relatable to little ones, who often can’t fall asleep easily. The book offers them solutions that don't always work then concludes with something that will always work: Reading Quran. I enjoyed the ending because it teaches little ones that listening to the Quran is relaxing and comforting. However, I did feel that some pages has too much text, and the story is a bit wordy. The illustrations were both cute and colorful which little ones will enjoy.
ᴍʏ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ’s ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ﹕
My daughter really enjoyed this book, I found her reaching for it before bed-time on several occasions. She loved the Arabic names of the characters, and enjoyed the page where the Uncle is trying to make a sandwich and is making a mess; because it reminded her of all the messes her youngest Uncle makes.
Overall I recommend this book, it's cute and unique.
-𝑨𝑩𝒁𝒆𝒆𝒛 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎💜