Peek at the pandas who lie high on canopies in China, swoop low to the elephants who rest among the jungle floors of Sri Lanka, squeeze in next to the wee alligators who snooze blissfully within their mama's mouth as she heads south along the Yangtze River, and cozy up with more sleepy little creatures in this dreamy tale. If your young one isn't already snoozy after meeting new animal friends in every continent, the calming rhyme scheme and hug-worthy illustrations will do the trick. This darling story offers a bedtime wish to endangered species, shrinking the distance between them and us, confirming that all the world's little ones, big and small, four-legged and two, "sleep just how they please, in Earth's embrace with nature's grace. That's where the wee ones go." For ages 3 to 5. (HC)