Stanley doesn't want to go to sleep-ever! He wants to play all night long. But when he and Dennis learn that even grizzly bears need their rest, Stanley realizes just how important it is to get your zzz's.

Where, oh, where is Stanley's missing sneaker? A visit to some clever elephants teaches Stanley and Dennis how to retrace their steps to find things that have been lost.

Stanley's family is going swimming in the big pool, and Stanley is scared. It's just so deep! But after learning all about frogs, which like to be on land and in the water, Stanley realizes that he's ready to swim in the big pool, after all.

“Mindell examines addictions & relationships, time travel, lucid healing & preventive medicine, and Dreaming as world work.” —The Dream Network Journal What if you could dream twenty-four hours a day, even while awake? According to innovative psychotherapist Arnold Mindell, Ph.D., we already do. The seeds of dreaming arise in every moment of the day, in body symptoms, problems, relationships, subtle feelings, interactions, random thoughts, and fantasies. We’re getting countless little cues from the unconscious every minute. All are signs from the world of dreaming. And, according to Mindell, we can be in this state of lucid dreaming all day long. In Dreaming While Awake, Mindell shows how to become aware of these “flirts” from the dreamworld and how to interpret their message. The goal, he says, is to be wide awake and lucid 24 hours a day in the midst of this unending dreamfield of information. Practicing twenty-four-hour lucid dreaming: Helps you solve personal, physical, and emotional problems Serves as a preventive medicine for relationships and health, helping you catch the earliest warning signs before they turn into problems Helps resolve conflicts in relationships, families, large groups, corporations, even politics Dreaming is the mystical source of reality, says Mindell. “My goal is to make the Dreaming roots of reality so accessible, so visceral, that your conscious mind will give you back your right to dream.”

Stanley’s people go out a lot. Stanley is a good dog, but one night, while they’re away, the temptation becomes too great and he sneaks up onto the couch. What a wonderful experience! Soon he’s also blasting the music, dancing around the living room and raiding the fridge. Stanley’s never had so much fun! But after a couple of weeks something is missing, and Stanley realizes that partying alone has lost its thrill.

Stanley and his friends clamber aboard a small red boat--which comes loose from its mooring, heads downriver, floats under a bridge and out to sea.

Stanley discovers a way out of his yard and five other dogs join him in a night out, ending with a wild ride.

When Stanley the dog's people bring home a cat, he is miffed. Nobody asked him!

Stanley, who loves sharks and knows all about them, fantasizes about having one for a pet and considers all the things he would need to feed and take care of it.