tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post7510532210118978968..comments2024-03-28T06:28:49.282+00:00Comments on Picture Book Den: And So To Bed, by Pippa GoodhartUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-28310986664113853502016-01-05T07:17:56.794+00:002016-01-05T07:17:56.794+00:00Great post full of useful tips! My site is fairly ...Great post full of useful tips! My site is fairly new and I am also having a hard time getting my readers to leave comments. Analytics shows they are coming to the site but I have a feeling “nobody wants to be first”.<br /><a href="www.sleepjunkie.org/how-to-find-the-most-comfortable-mattress" rel="nofollow">most comfortable matress</a><br />mayazoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424160001444581838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-69114068957132363682015-11-16T09:13:06.752+00:002015-11-16T09:13:06.752+00:00Yawning is amazingly infectious, isn't it! I ...Yawning is amazingly infectious, isn't it! I expect somebody could write a behavioural psychology paper on your picture book too, Paeony!Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-7867007397935531012015-11-14T18:30:00.186+00:002015-11-14T18:30:00.186+00:00What worries me most about the hypnotic bunny book...What worries me most about the hypnotic bunny book is that if it's boring it might put children off stories and reading.<br />I never used a specific 'go to sleep' book with my children, but always finished with a reassuring, gentle story and by chance the story might end with a bedtime scene. However, since then I've written a bedtime story: 'No More Yawning!' (published by Chicken House with illustrations by Brita Granstrom). I admit that at the time I worried that perhaps there wasn't space in the world for yet another story about going to sleep. There was! <br />Since 'No More Yawning!' was published I've discovered that the act of yawning makes us sleepy and I wish I'd suggested in the book that whenever the main character, Florence, yawns, the child should yawn too. When I read the story in schools the children join in by yawning and everyone gets sleepy - oops! Plus once the Head came into a classroom and asked a child if she'd enjoyed the session and the child grinned and said she'd yawned a lot. The Head looked horrified and I quickly said that it was part of the story!Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-10662157190663806342015-11-13T09:50:31.057+00:002015-11-13T09:50:31.057+00:00Yes, its exactly that relaxing away from the real ...Yes, its exactly that relaxing away from the real world and its worries that can transport us into happy sleep. What's the adult's equivalent of Bod, I wonder?Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-26389341953972237912015-11-13T09:27:37.188+00:002015-11-13T09:27:37.188+00:00When my children were little they loved Bod, with ...When my children were little they loved Bod, with Aunt Flo and Farmer Barleymow. I am not sure if the TV series grew out of the books or the other way around. The books were small, child size and full of simple but rather fascinating characters who lived in a reassuring but slightly crazy world. Giant strawberries, elephants, all sorts of weird and wonderful things made unexpected appearances. They had a dream like quality without being soporific.Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-46183448817923017592015-11-11T18:55:19.773+00:002015-11-11T18:55:19.773+00:00Reading something worthwhile but having that '...Reading something worthwhile but having that 'cut off point' at which you turn dull seems the right combination of good story sharing and getting children to sleep. Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-23747067842690751812015-11-11T18:53:37.300+00:002015-11-11T18:53:37.300+00:00Very good point, Malachy. Little Chick And The Se...Very good point, Malachy. Little Chick And The Secret of Sleep is so much better than the rabbit story in every respect except the boredom factor!Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-12088333839222589822015-11-11T18:52:17.958+00:002015-11-11T18:52:17.958+00:00You're right, I'm sure, Joy. It seems suc...You're right, I'm sure, Joy. It seems such a waste to engage their brains with nothingness when there's the opportunity for engaging and good stories.Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-454180262259946202015-11-11T18:20:03.515+00:002015-11-11T18:20:03.515+00:00Why not read a child a fairy tale or adventure tal...Why not read a child a fairy tale or adventure tale that takes a few nights to read? If you're not going to show the pictures anyway. I have such fond memories of reading the Oz series, Wind in the Willows, and other long books to my kids. Even very young children love a series. They have something to look forward at bed time. Better to lull them into dreams with a good story than bore them to sleep. <br />Joy Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678270785660037672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-40610886443834383172015-11-11T14:57:34.429+00:002015-11-11T14:57:34.429+00:00The one that worked best for my kids was The Summe...The one that worked best for my kids was The Summer Night by Charlotte Zolotow and Ben Shecter. I still love that book, despite the many, many times I had to read it. It's quiet and it's beautiful and it works. (Failing all else, there's my 'Little Chick and the Secret of Sleep').malachy doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428551785118345251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-34641475476315638072015-11-11T13:46:53.687+00:002015-11-11T13:46:53.687+00:00I saw it reviewed somewhere where they got four mu...I saw it reviewed somewhere where they got four mums to try it out on their active infants. Two failures, one so-so and one success. I hate the illustrations and I distrust the concept. Yes, you can bore kids to sleep. The trick as I remember being advised when my kids were young, was to have a cut off point where the fun stops, and not react with anything other than calm persistence after that point. Don't reward the behaviour. This book probably works like that. You would probably have the same success reading kids the terms and conditions of your latest software or the manual for your microwave. . .<br />"Go the **** to Sleep" is one you didn't mention. Another dubious one, written for parents, not kids.<br />Bah! ;-)<br /><br />ps - Can somebody please send me the blog schedule? I have finally got a reliable email set up but have lost a lot of stuff, the schedule being one of the things lost. . . I get the feeling I am approaching my allotted slot apace. .Jon Burgess Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686489273842347796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-89879622355161063342015-11-11T10:31:48.805+00:002015-11-11T10:31:48.805+00:00I love Juan Wijingaard's illustrations, but di...I love Juan Wijingaard's illustrations, but didn't know that particular book. I can believe its a goody. It's going to be interesting to see how long the Rabbit book lasts. I can see it putting a child to sleep once or twice, but aren't they then going to want something more interesting?!Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-57092524674107695112015-11-11T09:22:50.264+00:002015-11-11T09:22:50.264+00:00This going to sleep 'book' is not a pictur...This going to sleep 'book' is not a picture book. It's a hypnosis text. My all-time recommendation is another book that is out of print - What a shame. it was published in 1992 by Penguin - (ironically the current owners of Ladybird). You can get it second-hand and it's an utter gem. Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Cheyenne Lewiston, with illustrations by Juan Wijingaard. It's a masterclass in picture book poetry, and its soothing quality is a trillion times better than the book mentioned. The only trouble is, it sometimes sends the reader to sleep, too. It really is fantastic. Please, please someone republish it. On another note, I am very wary of self-published books becoming bestsellers 'because the public discovered them'. You inevitably find the author paid a PR firm a great deal of money to make it gather momentum. Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.com