Magical Creatures : The Great Ones: Bedtime Stories for Kids

A bedtime book that gives children permission to be still. Seven Evenings Before Sleep: Magical Creatures - The Great Ones is not a book to finish. It is a book to return to, slowly, one evening at a time. Inside these pages, fourteen ancient creatures return to their rest: the dragon banking its inner fire, the phoenix settling onto its crag of ash, the kraken spreading wide in the deep and patient dark. Each creature has done its work. Now the night is calm. This book moves at your child's pace. Some evenings you will read both stories. Some evenings only one. Some evenings, only the picture. When sleep arrives, you may stop in the middle of a sentence. Tomorrow, you can begin again. One quiet ritual, woven through: In the first story, use your child's name for the creature. Slip it in as if it was always there. Later, ask: "What should we call this one tonight?" The story stops belonging to everyone - and starts belonging to the two of you. No excitement. No rush. Just calm, quiet presence before sleep. For children who need help slowing down. For parents who need permission to stop before the end. For anyone who has ever wanted to rest beside a dragon. Now the world is quiet. Every creature has found its place. And you can rest too. 14 gentle stories over 7 evenings Beautiful, spacious illustrations Designed for ages 3-8, but works for any child who struggles with bedtime calm >Patrik Lumen writes slow books for small hours - stories that do not demand, but invite.

Pagina's: 160, Paperback, Independently published