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This beautifully illustrated lullaby book features shimmering salmon fry, a long-legged baby moose, feathery eaglets, and fifteen other Northwest animals bedding down for the night (or day!). Rhythmic and soothing four-line stanzas describe the animals' habitatas and sleeping patterns. Children will love learning about the familiar creatures in this special book.

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If you're a kid who dreads your bed, and you're convinced that nothing short of magic will make nighttime easier, this book is for you. This book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat problems with sleep. Fears, busy brains, restless bodies, and over-dependence on parents are all tackled as children gain the skills they need for more peaceful nights. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to fall asleep and stay asleep like magic!

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The planets are all unique, and never feel embarrassed or self-conscious about their differences. Join Nande in their out-of-this-world journey of exploration, and learn with them about all the special and awe-inspiring parts of our solar system as they find they have a family they never knew about in space!

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Bedtime isn't so scary when you have such a nice morning to look forward to. When little bunny Willa can't sleep, big brother Willoughby helps her think of all the happy things that await her when the sun comes up cozy slippers, a yummy breakfast, and the morning itself, which loves to gently nudge her awake. For Willa, the happiest thing of all is knowing that Willoughby will be there in the morning, too, just like always. With soothing text, sweet illustrations, and cuddly bunny characters, this lap-sized board book is a comforting way to say goodnight and sweet dreams.

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Bedtime Visualizations for Kids This book includes eight visualizations that help kids slow down, breathe, and become aware of their bodies so they can relax into a good nights sleep. Whether they are envisioning flying a kite, making it rain, or rocketing to the moon, Sweet Dreams offers guided narratives that will spark their imaginations, as well as breathing techniques that encourage restful relaxation. Ages 4-8.

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It’s bedtime for the little animals in this sweet touch-and-feel storybook!The jungle has grown quiet, the mountains don’t make a peep—all the little animals are drifting off to sleep!Follow along with the animals as they get ready for bed in this delightful story with touch-and-feel elements. Little ones can feel the furry sloths and will find their eyes getting heavy with every turn of the page. Sleep tight!

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Therapist Rebecca Huntley, an experienced parent educator, introduces three popular techniques: the Family Bed, Cry-It-Out and Teaching in Small Steps. She explains how you can modify these options to fit your family's values and style. She also emphasizes that there is no single "right" way to handle sleep problems. Each family has the right to make its own choices, according to its values, situation and what works best.

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From bedtime tantrums to bedwetting, sleep problems can be one of the biggest sources of worry and frustration for parents of children with special needs. Help is here in this down-to-earth, nonjudgmental guide, packed with widely tested, easy-to-use techniques that work for all children, with and without disabilities. This fully updated edition includes help for parents who usually struggle with nighttime problems. Without preaching or proposing a "one right way" to solve problems, psychologist and father Mark Durand helps families tackle sleep issues with optimism and proven strategies drawn from clinical and personal experience.

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Sleepy time for Babies Calming and restful, this book highlights the quiet moments of baby's day. Fussy baby, take a break. You'll feel better when you wake. Tired baby, close your eyes, Mommy sings a lullaby. The appealing photos and illustrations of sleepy and sleeping babies combine with gentle, rhythmic text to soothe baby into quiet, peaceful rest. Part of the Healthy Baby Board Book Series.

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Bedtime can be a joy: a quiet time, a nice cuddle a sleepy angel. Bedtime can also be a challenge: riled energy, hidden anxieties a restless little monster! This book is intended to provide children with an effective bedtime ritual to relax the body, settle the mind, and drift into a peaceful sleep. Parents may find they sleep better, too! Ages 3-8

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Naps are just a little break—but when it’s naptime, many toddlers have trouble settling into sleep. This calming, encouraging book helps young children quiet down so they can get the rest they need. Eyes are closed, lights are dimmed…and (yawn, s-t-r-e-t-c-h) before little ones know it, it’s time to wake up. Cozy illustrations enhance the text. An award-winning author/illustrator team offers a fresh look at the times and transitions all toddlers face daily, giving young children the tools to handle routines with confidence and cooperation.

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From Jo Witek and Christine Roussey, the team behind In My Heart and the Growing Hearts series, comes this soothing bedtime board book, In Your Cozy Bed. Told from the point of view of a loving parent, a child is gently guided to get ready for bed, say goodnight to favorite toys, and finally settle into sleep. Like the rest of the Growing Hearts series, this book features a die-cut front cover for added appeal and gift ability.

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Perfect for bedtime reading, children love the laugh-aloud antics of playful Tyrannosaur-sized dinosaur children who stomp and fuss and jump on the bed! Simple verse and hilarious illustrations present common scenes of sly humor as enormous dinosaur children yawn and fuss and throw their toys about-before finally going to sleep. Children will find the name of each dinosaur hidden in the pictures, which are a delight from start to finish.

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In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, Marc Weissbluth explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child's natural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook contains brand new research that pinpoints the way daytime sleep differs from night sleep and why both are important to your child, and helps you cope with and stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bedwetting, and more. The book helps you analyze ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to his internal clock--naturally and reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep--including the inclination to rock and feed. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age.

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Bedtime can be full of big emotions for kids! Calm anxious, busy thoughts with this body scan meditation designed to help kids relax and prepare for sleep. This mindfulness practice will help children let go of the worries, stress, and excitement of the day as they reach their arms like a telescope, let their mouths hang like a hammock, dance their fingers like wind chimes, and listen to their hearts beat a reassuring cadence, "you're loved, you're loved." From Britney Winn Lee, author of popular books The Boy with Big, Big Feelings and The Girl with Big, Big Questions, comes another powerful book for helping children navigate stress, form positive self-perceptions, and strengthen their hearts and minds. Good Night, Body echoes the comforting chants of Goodnight Moon as it leads children in greeting, moving, and relaxing each body part. With lyrical text and body-positive illustrations, this mindfulness picture book guides kids in connecting with who they are inside and out. Good Night, Body: Finding Calm from Head to Toe is perfect for children 4 to 8 and their parents and caregivers families who enjoy yoga and mindfulness exercises children who need a relaxing bedtime ritual to smooth the transition from play to sleep children who experience anxiety, insomnia, bedtime fears, and intense emotions

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Go to sleep and grow your brain! During the day, your brain helps you do things like eat, walk, play with friends, and learn new things-and using your brain helps it stretch and get stronger. But did you know that you have the power to grow and train your brain just by going to sleep? In fact, while you're resting, your brain is doing some of its most important work!

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Preschool to Grade 2. Children are invited to ensure the pigeon doesn't stay up pass his bedtime. Each Page offers a different excuse as to why the pigeon needs to stay up. He wants a glass of water; He's not tired. He tries to change the subject. A wonderful bedtime book.

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Tales of Wisdom, Compassion and Mindfulness to Read with Your Child Building on the age-old art of storytelling, this beautiful book retells 18 ancient Buddhist tales in a way that is thoroughly fun and accessible to children. Featuring original, full-page illustrations, the stories will transport children into imaginary worlds of enlightenment and discovery. Designed either to be read aloud by parents to their 4-8 year olds or to be read by the older age range on their own, these compelling narratives help to focus and calm the mind, providing a soothing transition into sleep. And the selection of gentle mindfulness meditations at the end provides an extra practical dimension that can be used at any time to help enhance a sense of a calm and contentment.

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Tales of Love and Wisdom for You to Read With your Child to Enchant, Enlighten, and Inspire Many of today's children face challenges and obstacles far beyond what their parents ever imagined. These 20 thoroughly modern retellings of ancient Buddhist tales give parents a fun, low-pressure way to impart wisdom and moral guidance without preaching. Each story highlights a moral or ethical dilemma that echoes those that children face in their own lives, providing insight and enlightenment that they can use to defuse trying situations. At the conclusion of each story, applicable Buddhist principles are discussed. Featuring engaging characters, enthralling adventures, and modern language that speaks to today's kids, these beautifully illustrated stories can help children relieve stress, attain greater academic and social achievement, and enjoy a more positive outlook on life.

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Developmental psychologists Marc D. Lewis and Isabela Granic reveal that the key to your child's sleep habits is not which method you choose to help your child sleep, but when you use it. Bedtiming walks you through the stages of child development, offering helpful advice on such topics as time windows when sleep-training will be most effective and the pros and cons of several popular sleep-training techniques - including the "cry-it-out" and "no-cry". This simple, sensible, and reassuring guide will help children - and parents- get a good night's sleep.

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With his signature humor and heart, Todd Parr puts a twist on the traditional bedtime story with all the animals sharing why they aren't quite ready to go to sleep. Ages 4-8

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Ease little ones into the get-ready-for-bed routine with this warm and cozy bedtime book. Aided by Mom and Dad, a sister and brother enjoy a little snack, relaxing baths, time for brushing teeth, stories, lullabies, back rubs, and hugs. Cheerful, soft illustrations and reassuring text set a tone that helps toddlers feel good about settling down to sleep. (As the narrator explains, “I do my best growing when I’m sleeping.”) In the morning, the children will yawn, stretch, and be a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger, and a little bit smarter—all because of a good night’s sleep. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

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