Good Night Thoughts
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
From actor Max Greenfield, the author of I Don't Want to Read This Book and its two companion titles, comes a sweetly funny bedtime book about anxiety and being present.
What do we do when we can't fall asleep? The child in this story has racing thoughts--funny, silly, and scary--that are running on a cycle they can't stop. It's only when they begin to think to themselves: Do any of these thoughts have merit? Am I in any danger right here and now? that they are finally able to settle down.
This lovely picture book is a simple but complex message about acknowledging anxiety without succumbing to it that will appeal to so many little ones (and adults) out there who find that nighttime is when their thoughts carry the most weight.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wide-eyed and worried, Greenfield's relatable child protagonist grapples with insomnia-generated fears in this bedtime book, which balances a serious challenge with silly examples. "My brain is too noisy. My thoughts are too jumpy," says a child beneath a blanket, who experiences unsettling visions of giant robot sharks, a toilet bowl overflowing with tarantulas, and the world exploding like a popcorn kernel. To counter the onslaught, the subject tries imagining a baby panda or "a choir of candy-covered donuts all singing my favorite songs," until accepting that thoughts are "just in my head" finally does the trick. In Serafino's art, varied blues capture the tired figure's mood, while distorted imagery threatens from thought bubbles cast in slime green, bubble gum pink, and burnished gold. The child's rallying effort eventually blows away the concerns, offering readers a fitting visualization of the book's grounding advice that's handy for wakefulness at any age. Ages 3–7. (Sept.)
