Can You Yawn Like a Fawn?: A Help Your Child to Sleep Book

by Monica Sweeney

Other authorsLaura Watkins (Illustrator), Lauren Yelvington (Author)
Hardcover, 2016

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Collection

Publication

Castle Point Books (2016), 32 pages

Description

When getting your child to sleep can be a nightly challenge, Can You Yawn Like a Fawn? uses clinical sleep strategies for a calming, restful reading experience to tell a story of sleepy animals getting tucked in at night. Follow the recommended bedtime routine from Certified Sleep Consultant Lauren Yelvington, cuddle up with your child, and read the soporific language with a soothing tone to ease your child into slumber. With each dreamy illustration of yawning baby animals, your child will be prompted to yawn along with them. This suggestive, tranquil repetition will have your child sleepy and snug as the story comes to an end. From yawning like a fluffy lamb to getting snuggly like a kangaroo, bedtime reading will be a loving, relaxing way for your little one to settle into dreamland.Bedti… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Whisper1
Soft, rhyming phrases capture the feelings of the sleeping animals as one by one the babies close their eyes as rest.
There's nothing in depth. It is a non-worry book, a book to read when all is safe, all is shutting down to a gentle sleepy pace. Resting for the events of the next day, now is the
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time to recharge.

I very much liked the beautiful, soft images!
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

32 p.; 10.25 inches

ISBN

1250104165 / 9781250104168

Barcode

T0003974
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