The Land of Reverse: Where Sleep is Just a Matter of Letting Yourself Go…
by Dave ManousosPublish: Mar 21, 2017Book Overview
The Land of Reverse by Dave ManousosThis fantastic bedtime story is about Sam, an overbooked 9-year-old wound up too tight to fall asleep. Even counting sheep doesn't help. By pretending to fall asleep, Sam falls into a backwards land where everything is flip-flop, opposite and reverse. Through this exercise he discovers a relaxation technique to fall asleep more easily. Between each dream sequence, "Sam takes a breath and he shuts his eyes tight. He thinks ten miles left, and ten miles right." This refrain moves him on to the next dream sequence until he finally finds himself waking in the morning refreshed with the realization that he found A New Way To Go To Sleep.
Throughout his dream sequences, Sam encounters fun characters that are performing tasks that he would never experience in his awake world: "There were fish catching people and flies eating frogs, Mice chasing cats and cats chasing dogs."
One of the main characters is the Hand Standing Man who acts as a gatekeeper that befriends Sam and helps him to navigate through The Land of Reverse. Before leaving The Land or Reverse, Sam has one last encounter with the Hand Standing Man before waking rested in the comfort of his bed.
