Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

Lily left the bookshop on her first visit with a bag full of these, which were recommended by Richard.

The unfurling new leaves on the ferns were described as looking like swirled lollipops, reminding the listener of something taken right out of a children's book.

It was mentioned that all her friends had been reading it, and her friend Lorna had told her that it was being made into a movie with Laurence Olivier. She was determined to finish the novel before seeing it in the theater.

The narrator took out a guidebook detailing the local area of the seaside destination to learn more about its attractions. Something rectangular fell out of the book when the narrator lifted it, which turned out to be a postcard.

A customer mentioned needing some new poetry, leading the narrator to believe the customer might carry a book of poems with him as an old romantic accessory.

This novel featured Detective Poirot solving a homicide while the train was stuck in a snowdrift, an event inspired by a real incident in 1929. The book includes detailed descriptions of the train's interior, as Christie was a frequent passenger.

The book's protagonist, Peter Pan, is described as a magical boy who never grows up and lives in a fantastical place called Neverland. It was mentioned in relation to a statue of Peter Pan in Hyde Park, which Percival, the mouse, read about.

Francoise, the Parisian sparrow, is reading this book for the second time, a few pages at a time whenever she chances to pass by the bookshop.

The romantic poet William Blake wrote the dramatic poem Jerusalem, inspired by the legend of Joseph of Arimathea visiting Glastonbury, in the early 1800s. It is now a familiar inspirational hymn, some have even suggested it as a replacement for the current UK national anthem.

The Aeneid was written by Virgil over a period of ten years, between 29 and 19 BCE. The poem is about Aeneas, a Trojan prince, who flees Troy after its destruction and journeys westward, ultimately founding Rome. Virgil was sponsored by Augustus, the new emperor of Rome, and the Aeneid was both a work of entertainment and propaganda. It was intended to instill a sense of greatness and epic into the mythology of Rome.

It was a small blue cloth-bound book with a faded title page. The book smelled of old paper and faintly of spices. It was about exotic islands and for aspiring seafarers.

Peter Bull's 1969 book Bear With Me legitimized teddy bears as a serious collectible for adults. Peter Bull was a passionate collector of teddy bears and he believed that teddy bears should be appreciated by all ages.

Michael Bond wrote a story about a teddy bear with a ponch on for Marmalade who hailed from Peru but was forced to leave his home when it was destroyed. He arrived in London where he was found at Paddington by the Brown family who named him after the railway station.

It was mentioned as a children's book that inspired a wintry outing with friends, involving hanging organic food on a tree for animals.

It was published after Shakespeare's death but contained 18 plays that had never been printed before. Without this book, plays such as Macbeth and The Tempest would have been lost.

The young girl had read in a book that each snowflake had a completely unique pattern. No two were alike. But why, she wanted to know. The mother knew that there must be a scientific reason, but in her sleepy state, she couldn't even begin to guess.