Features an exuberant kitten who does not want to settle down when a sleepy cat declares it is naptime.

After working hard through the fall and winter, Wind is ready for a nap but after being turned away time and again he becomes angry.

Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.

When Lucy insists she does not need a nap before accompanying her dad on errands she discovers that she is more tired than she realizes.

Surrounded by hubbub and noise, a little boy longs for someplace quiet where he can take a nap.

All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon--all except one. Written in a series of linked poems in the tanka style, an ancient Japanese form of poetry.

A child tells an outlandish tale of what took place while a younger sibling was taking a nap.

"Shh! My brother's napping. He really needs his sleep," admonishes our adorable narrator at the outset of this story. But there are pots to bang, books to read, towers to build, pictures to paint, and all sorts of fun to be had. After a tower of books and blocks comes crashing down, little brother is wide awake and it's finally time to bring out the rest of the toys and have some fun!

"Cat wants to nap, and Goat wants to eat... what could go wrong?"--

A collection of five Elephant & Piggie adventures.