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Celebrating Dayal Kaur Khalsa

Sleepers

Sleepers Here is the story of a young girl who, through her rhyming songs, repeats: "I never sleep", while members of her family, strangers or even bizarre animals sleep anywhere, anytime!


*Sleepers. Text and illustrations. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1988.









Sleepers My father sleeps on the living room couch.
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Sleepers My mom in a hammock that swings.
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Sleepers But I never sleep.
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Sleepers My grandfather sleeps after every meal. He says it helps him digest.
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Sleepers And my grandma says when she sleeps in the car, that's when her dreams are the best.
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Sleepers Our cat likes to sleep on the tabletop, curled up to a warm pot of tea.
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Sleepers Flamingos sleep on just one leg. All night long they stand.
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Sleepers A cowboy sleeps near his horse.
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Sleepers But I never sleep. Instead I count sheep.
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Sleepers Eight, nine, ten, eleven...
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Sleepers Well... I hardly ever sleep.
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My Family Vacation *