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"The Sleepyosaurus is so good at dreaming,
He is able to share the adventures he finds,
With anyone sleepying anywhere near him,
He can help us to quiet our hearts and our minds..."
I wrote The Sleepyosaurus to help my son with his bedtime anxiety. As a Kindergartner, he had terrible nightmares and night terrors, and was afraid to go to sleep.
The Sleepyosaurus makes no mention of nightmares or monsters, but instead, seeks to fill a bedtime head with so much positivity, that there is no room left for troubling thoughts. It has elements of a bunch of classic literary genres: robots for Sci-fi; a fairy and magic slippers for Fantasy; a treasure map and a monkey for Adventure; a dinosaur for Dinosaurs, (and a dab of mystery, since the treasure map leads the children "back to the classroom"), (where, "lessons are treasures we keep from each day").
It is set in school, because, at the time, (Kindergarten and beyond), bedtime and school were the main anxiety triggers in my son's life.
Sonny never had a nightmare on a night that we read The Sleepyosaurus, and it became an every night part of our bedtime rituals. I used to pair it with two other books of a similar length, (it is about a 5 minute read), and I would read it last.
(*I'm not a doctor or a psychologist, and this book has not been rigorously tested. I'm a regular dad, and it solved a big problem for one kid, (my son). So, while there are no guarantees it will work for anyone else, it might be worth a try, (and compared to other leading treatments: it doesn't cost $250 an hour, it has zero negative side effects, there is no risk of addiction, and it definitely will not lead to frustrations with your insurance provider) (lol).
When we switched to chapter books, we phased out The Sleepyosaurus, but he still asked for it when he had a bad dream until he was 9. His name is in the book, and on the cover, and that probably helps. Also, the art in his version, (the one my wife put together), was crisper than the art in this First Edition.
The Sleepyosaurus was a one off. I wrote it and illustrated it while I was at home with Sonny. He was in the room for all of it, and he drew pictures with me as I learned to draw the Sleepyosaurus, (the Sleepyosaurus is 6 curves, a straight line, and a dash for a sleeping eye - anyone can do it), (and i think i still have one that Sonny drew when he was 4). I intended to make him a Sleepyosaurus pillow/stuffed animal, but I never did. I'm not great at sewing, but I wish I'd tried...
At any rate, The Sleepyosaurus slipped into obscurity, even in our family, (the only place it existed). We no longer had access to the software it was put together on. It was, for all intents and purposes, gone. We had the one battered copy that we read nightly for years, but no digital files.
I took Sonny to my writer's group at the library, and out of nostalgia, we brought and read The Sleepyosaurus. It had an audience of one for its whole existence, so I guess I was surprised and happy about how well it was received. Several of the writers said I should publish it, and Susan Jakubowski, (the children's poet), asked for a copy to read to her granddaughter. My wife dug through old emails, and found an eight year old PDF wth not too many errors. I was able to print it at a local shop. So, The Sleepyosaurus is not gone! But working from PDF's is not ideal. I have the original art still, but...
The only way to do a thing is to do it, (and the only time you can do anything is now). I wanted to preserve the original version, so we are releasing it as a first edition. Next I will try to find an editor, and a designer, and Sonny and I will redraw the whole thing and try make it even more fun, (Sonny has surpassed my artistic abilities). (He is 12). (lol)
Respectfully,
j
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