Deniz Jaspersen, Rasmus Engler & Mareike Engelke
That's How You Sleep, Little Wombat

Wombats can do almost anything – they are masters at climbing, swimming, crawling, burrowing and building dens!
And little wombats love to do all of these things at the same time. There’s just one thing they don’t like so much: sleeping … Or can’t they do that?
The two musicians Deniz Jaspersen and Rasmus Engler have written a book full of rhythm and humour that will put wombats big and small to sleep in no time. Scribbly and lovingly illustrated by Mareike Engelke.
Mairisch Verlag
Picture Book
Original title: So geht schlafen, kleiner Wombat
Age 3+
32 pp | € 16
hc | 170 x 240 mm
Publication: March 2025
Authors: Deniz Jaspersen & Rasmus Engler
Illustrator: Mareike Engelke
All rights available,
excl. Spanish & Portuguese
- Look inside
- Book trailer
- Beautiful read-aloud bedtime story
- Lovingly illustrated
Awards
- Awards



“Mareike Engelke playfully picks up on the energy and ingenuity of the text in the pictures, which develop their very own emotional dynamic. A marvellous story that accompanies you on your way to the land of dreams – morning, noon and night.” – kinderbuchlesen.de
“It is wonderful to see how she (Mareike Engelke) has laid out the rhythm of the musician-authors’ text and placed the narrative structure of the story between the book covers as a unity of time, place and action in accordance with Aristotelian theatre.” – Olaf Reifegerste, Rheinische Post
“The story is written so rhythmically and humorously that even adults could tap along to the beat when reading it aloud. Especially the lovely doodle illustrations by Mareike Engelke make the book even more charming and inviting.” – Mamamia
“It’s a book full of rhythm and humour that should not only inspire readers big and small, but also accompany them to sleep in a very sensitive way.” – Crazewire
“The heartfelt story, told in a few lines and embedded in clever modern illustrations in muted colours, lovingly accompanies the evening bedtime ritual.” – Kathrin Dello Russo, kinderbuchundbastelei
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