You just need to look, and it takes consideration and understanding.

Like the Sandman we can all connect with a special friend, no matter where we are, the world is not so big.

I also cheered for him in the end and so will you when you realise there is a friend who has been there all along if only he had looked, and she had been waiting and watching. This beautiful book in full pages of rich wispy illustrations by Sibylle, is a delightfully quiet story, even when we follow the Sandman in his adventure to find a friend, after realising how lonely he is. ( This is a mythical character of folklore.) I felt for him when he sat down and started to cry because everyone he met suddenly fell asleep and there was no one around to chat. I felt a special connection as it reminded me of when I first started just over a couple of years ago joining a forum and Facebook, chatting to friends was hard to get used to as with time zone it meant they were all sleeping on the other side of the globe when you were ready to chat. Why I like this: I bought home five books from the library, and when I realised this would be the last PPBF for a while I quickly chose this one to share. There is someone who is never sleepy, someone who would be the perfect friend – if only the Sandman can find her! The Sandman sadly realises he can’t bear to be without one. He starts looking, but quickly discovers that everyone – children, animals, even the fish in the ocean – falls fast asleep as soon as he arrives. But one morning, the Sandman realizes he is lonely. Synopsis: Every night when the Sandman finishes sprinkling his sleeping sand one everyone, he comes home and watches the sunrise.

When the sunlight crossed his room, he put his things away and went to bed. Sometimes he looked out through the clouds and watched the sun come up. Opening Lines: Every night when the Sandman came home from dusting the eyes of people with sleep, he would make himself a cup of tea, sit in his big chair, and read. Theme: friendship, sleep, dreams, loneliness

The Sandman by Udo Weigelt