Sleep deprivation

Written by: Sari Airola
Illustrated by: Sari Airola
Publication date: October 2026
ISBN: 9789527581216
Number of pages: 40 pages
Size: 22 x 22 cm
Age recommendation: 3+

Minja has lost her nap!
She looks everywhere, but they just can't be found! Minja even asks the neighbor, but his sleep has vanished too. Grandma has lost her snooze, and the gentleman downstairs his beauty sleep. A frightening insomnia creeps through the whole building.

Minja’s sleep companion, Kattikissa, comes to the rescue. It promises to help find everyone’s sleep. The insomnia only grows, so now they must act quickly! Kattikissa discovers it is the Sleep-Snatcher who is losing people's sleep. The Sleep-Snatcher must be found and its sleep stash raided! The mission requires plenty of courage, a pinch of dream dust, and a gigantic snooze-pile.

Minja and Kattikissa find the lost dreams and overcome the growing insomnia. The entire building’s lost sleep might be found in a surprising place.

At the same time, the book introduces various types of dreams: hibernation, daydream, dog’s dream, beauty sleep, nap, nightmare, bad dream, wish-fulfillment dream, etc.
And sleep-related concepts: sleep debt, the Sandman, snooze-pile, dream dust, Dreamland, sheep, sleepwalking, sleep toy, dreamcatcher