Mara Bergman (Illus. Nick Maland), Oliver Who Would Not Sleep

Hodder Children's, 9780340893296 | Suggested age range: 3-5

A celebration of the need for imagining and dreaming. All the inventiveness of a night-time adventure is packed into this story of a boy who just won't go to sleep. Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep has no fears of night-time. Instead he sees it as a time for exploration and fun. Racing his cars, blasting off into space, all this and more needs to be done before sleep. A spare, rhythmic text and elegant illustrations which are strong both on impression and detail make this a book to savour.