What is The Sandman (book)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Book | <!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] --> | name = The Sandman | title_orig = | translator = | image = | image_caption = | author = [[Ralph Fletcher]] | illustrator = [[Richard Cowdrey]] | cover_artist = | country = | language = | series = | genre = [[Children's]] | publisher = [[Henry Holt and Company]] | pub_date = 2008-05-27 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = 32 | isbn = 978-0805077261 | oclc= 85017990 }} '''''The Sandman''''' is a children's book written by [[Ralph Fletcher]] with drawings by [[Richard Cowdrey]]. It was first [[:wikt:published|published]] in 2008 by [[Henry Holt and Company]]. == Plot summary == Tor is an man one inch tall who can not fall asleep no matter what he tries. He finds a [[:wikt:dragon|dragon]] [[:wikt:scale|scale]] while walking in the woods. He learns that the powder made by grinding the scale help a person to sleep. He then travels [[wikt:sprinkling|sprinkling]] the sand into the eyes of children who are having trouble sleeping. == References == *{{cite journal|last=Chipman|first=Ian|date=July 1, 2008|title=The Sandman|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_booklist_2008-07_104_21/page/73|journal=Booklist|volume=104|issue=21|pages=73|issn=0006-7385}} *{{cite journal|title=THE SANDMAN|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_kirkus-reviews_2008-05-01_76_9/page/488|date=May 1, 2008|journal=Kirkus Reviews|volume=76|issue=9|pages=488|issn=0042-6598}} *{{cite journal|title=The Sandman|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_school-library-journal_2008-05_54_5/page/98|last=Persson|first=Lauralyn|date=May 2008|journal=School Library Journal|volume=54|issue=5|pages=98|issn=0362-8930}} == Outside websites == *[http://ralphfletcher.com/ Ralph Fletcher's website] *[http://www.rcowdrey.com/ Richard Cowdrey's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212211958/http://rcowdrey.com/ |date