The Dream Factory

A little sheep named Baa Baa has trouble sleeping, so her grandmother takes her on a journey over mountains and seas to the Dream Factory. The ""factory'' appears to be a modest little house, but inside it's quite different. A flock of sheep busily produce dreams made of fleece; from a big purple machine puffs dozens of dreams in the shape of clouds. A cutaway view of the house shows all the activity both upstairs and downstairs, and one can see the dreams blown out the chimney by a bellows. Using bright, cartoon-like images, Karlin has transformed the phrase ``counting sheep'' into a fresh and funny bedtime story sure to lull the most reluctant sleeper into dreamland. Ages 2-6. (February)