Baby Iris's Little Bedtime Adventures: Five Gentle Stories to Learn, Wonder & Dream

FIVE LITTLE ADVENTURES BEFORE WE DREAM. Every night ends the same way in Baby Iris's house: one story, one question, and a very sleepy good night. This gentle collection follows Baby Iris on five small journeys - from the garden outside her window all the way to her own warm bed. She listens to a sleepy garden closing its petals for the night. She wonders what makes a family, and whether love can travel across an ocean. She flies an imaginary rocket past Saturn's rings. She offers a yellow bucket to a shy new friend at the sandbox. And she rides her own Good-Night Train, one carriage at a time, all the way to Dreamland. Each story takes about five minutes to read aloud - long enough to settle in, short enough for a tired little listener. THE FIVE STORIES - Baby Iris and the Whispering Garden - a bedtime story about nature - Baby Iris and the Blanket of Love - a bedtime story about family - Baby Iris Says Good Night to Space - a bedtime story about space - Baby Iris and the Friendship Star - a bedtime story about friendship >WHAT'S INSIDE - Five complete bedtime stories - one calm read each night, or all five in a row - Full-page colour illustrations opening every story, printed large on 8.5 x 11 inch pages - Talk Together questions after each story, so bedtime becomes a conversation and not just a read - Baby Iris Wonders... - five questions that gather up everything the stories touched on - My Bedtime Promise - a page where little readers choose the kind of day they want tomorrow >WHY PARENTS KEEP THIS ONE ON THE SHELF Most bedtime collections just end. These five were built to wind down - the journey moves deliberately from the wide world outside, through family and wonder and friendship, inward to the small habits that close a day. By the last page, everyone is meant to be a little sleepier than when they started. The Talk Together questions are the part children remember. "Where do you think butterflies sleep?" and "What could you say to a child who is playing alone?" turn two minutes of story into a real conversation - the kind that happens most easily in the dark, at the end of a day, when nobody is in a hurry. PERFECT FOR Children ages 3 to 8. Preschool and kindergarten read-alouds. Bedtime, quiet time, and rainy afternoons. New siblings, new friends, and children learning to do things all by themselves. A gift for baby showers, birthdays and first days of school. Part of the Learn with Baby Iris family of books for young children. Scroll up and start tonight's story.