Whether it’s bedtime or the wee hours of the night, this sweetly illustrated nighttime companion is filled with practical ways to help young insomniacs, ages 5 to 9, with reassuring nighttime routines, creative visualisations, and kid-friendly activities and techniques for addressing bedtime reluctance, managing fears and anxiety, easing nightmares, and inviting pleasant dreaming and positive associations with sleeptime.
Whether it’s fear of the dark or worry about the day ahead that is interfering with a good night’s sleep, How to Sleep Tight through the Night offers creative solutions for soothing children’s bedtime anxieties and developing healthy sleep habits. This collection of 30 kid-friendly tricks and techniques by sleep and dreaming expert Tzivia Gover and award-winning children’s book author Leslea Newman is complemented by the dreamy illustrations of Vivian Mineker. From playing an alphabet game to slipping a wish under a pillow, the book is filled with practical, engaging prompts that are accessible to all and easy to implement, using creative visualisation, mindfulness techniques, and playful, fun strategies for easing bedtime struggles and welcoming sound, restful sleep. AGES: 5 to 9 AUTHORS: Tzivia Gover is the author of several books including The Mindful Way to a Good Night’s Sleep and Joy in Every Moment. A Certified Dreamwork Professional and the education director for the Institute for Dream Studies, Gover has led numerous workshops and panels about dreams, mindfulness, and writing, and she holds an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She is an active member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and the founder of 350 Dreamers, an international network of people who dream together for global healing. Leslea Newman has created 75 books for readers of all ages including the children’s classic, Heather Has Two Mommies, the picture books, As Babies Dream; Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story; Remembering Ethan; Sparkle Boy; and Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed. Her literary awards include two National Jewish Book Awards, the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award, the Massachusetts Book Award, and the Christopher Medal. She has received creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation.
Vivian Mineker is a Taiwanese American illustrator from Taipei and Portland, OR, currently living in Slovenia. Her process usually starts with watercolour and coloured pencils and finishes on the computer for fine details and adjustments. SELLING POINTS: . Nearly one in three children have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Anxiety, technology, and stress challenge kids’ abilities to sleep, which is crucial to the healthy development of brains and bodies . Combining their expertise in sleep and dreaming with writing for children, authors Tzivia Gover and Leslea Newman offer easy bedtime routines that foster relaxation and ease anxiety; creative visualisation practices and games to soothe worries, anxiety, and nightmares; and activities that help kids develop the coping skills to fall asleep on their own . The full-page illustrations invite kids into the world of sleep and dreaming and encourage positive, happy associations with bedtime
