The Kitten Who Wants to Fall Asleep

Cecilia Egan has built something genuinely useful: a purpose-built sleep aid for young children that combines a soothing waltz-time rhythm with child-appropriate psychological calming techniques, and even includes parent guidance on how to read it most effectively. Kirkus noted it as a sleep aid for preschoolers, and parent reviewers found it actually works. Evaluated as narrative fiction it is thin, but that is not what it is for — as a practical bedtime tool with a track record (Egan's stories have aired on ABC Australia's Playschool) it earns its place on the nightstand.