--- product_id: 8533710 title: "Leave Your Sleep" price: "25.95 OMR" currency: OMR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.om/products/8533710-leave-your-sleep store_origin: OM region: Oman --- # Leave Your Sleep **Price:** 25.95 OMR **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Leave Your Sleep - **How much does it cost?** 25.95 OMR with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.om](https://www.desertcart.com.om/products/8533710-leave-your-sleep) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Leave Your Sleep: 9780374343682: Merchant, Natalie, McClintock, Barbara: Books Review: Good intro to fun poetry - I got online to order the original Leave Your Sleep CD for a friend of mine and found this book...a pleasant surprise. For a newbie to poetry, this is a good, fun introduction; for the poetry lover, the illustrations are engaging and the CD is amazing (I highly recommend the 2-disc CD) - Natalie knows how to bring the poems to life, with poignancy ("If No One Ever Marries Me"...the poet never did marry), great comedy ("It Makes a Change"), or loss ("Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience"). I recommend this book to those interested in introducing poetry to elementary-aged children (maybe around second grade). That being said, if you're the one reading the poetry to the child, then it is never too early to start...my two-year old enjoys the poems in this collection (but maybe not all the pictures, lol). If you don't want another book on your shelf, buy the 2-disc CD...you won't regret it. So back to the book, there are a good number of full-page illustrations (hard to give an exact number, but I'd say 8), and every page has artwork interspersed between the text. I think this would make a great present for a child starting to read poetry; some of the poems might be bit intense for very young children, but the illustrations are all bright and colorful. There are a lot of interesting details for children to examine. Even the "scary" poems have light-hearted drawings - Isabel, who defeats bears, witches, giants and doctors is a little girl with a self-satisfied grin on her face. The sleepy giant is a large, Renaissance-era woman examined like a museum exhibit by curious boys and men while she sleeps. The scariest illustration accompanies "Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience," which features a sail-tattered ship; the ship is offset by an assortment of interesting villagers who come to the harbor. Poems (and songs) included in this book are: - The Land of Nod - The Dancing Bear - The Janitor's Boy - Adventures of Isabel - Bleezer's Ice-Cream - Old Mother Hubbard & Her Dog Revisited - The Blind Men and the Elephant - Topsyturvey-World - It Makes a Change - The Peppery Man - Calico Pie - If No One Ever Marries Me - Equestrienne - The Sleepy Giant - Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience - maggie and milly and molly and may - The King of China's Daughter - Vain and Careless - I Saw a Ship a-Sailing Was hoping that some of my favorite poems (and songs) would make it into this collection (such as the Spanish/flamenco-styled "The Man in the Wilderness" or the dramatic and expansive "Spring and Fall"), but the selection here is very good and likely to appeal to a broad audience...especially children. Natalie touches on several musical styles, culturally (Chinese, deep South, Cajun and klezmer) and chronologically (Renaissance-styling, early Southern American, 1960's British and 1970's American). Overall, a great value and a lovely book to add to a collection. At the very least, get the 2-disc CD! ;-) Review: Gorgeous Book/CD set! - Beautiful book and wonderful accompanying CD! I have been a fan Natalie Merchant for decades, so I was thrilled to find these folk-tales and poems set to music in a way that only Natalie Merchant could perform them. This is technically a children’s set, but it’s “kids music” I can actually listen to several times over without feeling like I’m going to lose my mind! The illustrations in the book are gorgeous and the poetry and stories are delightful. I happened upon this book/CD set at our public library and I enjoyed it so much I hopped onto desertcart and bought one for my family and 5 more copies for Christmas gifts for all of my siblings and their families to enjoy, too! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #327,387 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #379 in Nursery Rhymes | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (103) | | Dimensions | 8.79 x 0.54 x 11.23 inches | | Edition | REI/COM | | Grade level | 1 - 2 | | ISBN-10 | 0374343683 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0374343682 | | Item Weight | 1 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 48 pages | | Publication date | November 13, 2012 | | Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | | Reading age | 5 - 9 years | ## Images ![Leave Your Sleep - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81CXMLfyl0L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good intro to fun poetry *by M***D on November 30, 2012* I got online to order the original Leave Your Sleep CD for a friend of mine and found this book...a pleasant surprise. For a newbie to poetry, this is a good, fun introduction; for the poetry lover, the illustrations are engaging and the CD is amazing (I highly recommend the 2-disc CD) - Natalie knows how to bring the poems to life, with poignancy ("If No One Ever Marries Me"...the poet never did marry), great comedy ("It Makes a Change"), or loss ("Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience"). I recommend this book to those interested in introducing poetry to elementary-aged children (maybe around second grade). That being said, if you're the one reading the poetry to the child, then it is never too early to start...my two-year old enjoys the poems in this collection (but maybe not all the pictures, lol). If you don't want another book on your shelf, buy the 2-disc CD...you won't regret it. So back to the book, there are a good number of full-page illustrations (hard to give an exact number, but I'd say 8), and every page has artwork interspersed between the text. I think this would make a great present for a child starting to read poetry; some of the poems might be bit intense for very young children, but the illustrations are all bright and colorful. There are a lot of interesting details for children to examine. Even the "scary" poems have light-hearted drawings - Isabel, who defeats bears, witches, giants and doctors is a little girl with a self-satisfied grin on her face. The sleepy giant is a large, Renaissance-era woman examined like a museum exhibit by curious boys and men while she sleeps. The scariest illustration accompanies "Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience," which features a sail-tattered ship; the ship is offset by an assortment of interesting villagers who come to the harbor. Poems (and songs) included in this book are: - The Land of Nod - The Dancing Bear - The Janitor's Boy - Adventures of Isabel - Bleezer's Ice-Cream - Old Mother Hubbard & Her Dog Revisited - The Blind Men and the Elephant - Topsyturvey-World - It Makes a Change - The Peppery Man - Calico Pie - If No One Ever Marries Me - Equestrienne - The Sleepy Giant - Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience - maggie and milly and molly and may - The King of China's Daughter - Vain and Careless - I Saw a Ship a-Sailing Was hoping that some of my favorite poems (and songs) would make it into this collection (such as the Spanish/flamenco-styled "The Man in the Wilderness" or the dramatic and expansive "Spring and Fall"), but the selection here is very good and likely to appeal to a broad audience...especially children. Natalie touches on several musical styles, culturally (Chinese, deep South, Cajun and klezmer) and chronologically (Renaissance-styling, early Southern American, 1960's British and 1970's American). Overall, a great value and a lovely book to add to a collection. At the very least, get the 2-disc CD! ;-) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gorgeous Book/CD set! *by S***N on March 9, 2020* Beautiful book and wonderful accompanying CD! I have been a fan Natalie Merchant for decades, so I was thrilled to find these folk-tales and poems set to music in a way that only Natalie Merchant could perform them. This is technically a children’s set, but it’s “kids music” I can actually listen to several times over without feeling like I’m going to lose my mind! The illustrations in the book are gorgeous and the poetry and stories are delightful. I happened upon this book/CD set at our public library and I enjoyed it so much I hopped onto Amazon and bought one for my family and 5 more copies for Christmas gifts for all of my siblings and their families to enjoy, too! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ beautiful book *by T***Y on October 25, 2013* My daughter, (at age 9), really enjoyed the book. I purchased this because my children loved Barbara McClintock’s Adele et Simon and because I loved the 10,000 Maniacs in high school. We didn’t listen to the CD that was included, but heard the poems on the Natalie Merchant Leave Your Sleep two-disc CD. I think it really makes poetry easier to love when you can see beautiful illustrations and hear wonderful music. 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