Just Being Me #2: I'm Not Sleepy!

Young children often have trouble going to sleep at night -- it's a time when they're alone and it's a big change for them. Many children fill their beds with their favorite stuffed animals to help them feel safe at night, and to help them not feel so scared. The book, "I'm Not Sleepy!" tells a story through the eyes of a young child, who is supposedly ready for bed...but he says he isn't sleepy. Why does this sound familiar to me? :) In order to delay bedtime, he piles all of his stuffed animals into his bed, and tells his father that there's no room for him. Then, his father reads him a story once...twice...until his father falls asleep! After he covers his father, he spends some time showing pictures in a book to his stuffed animal friends. Then he begins to feel sleepy, but he can't lie down because his father is in his bed! Eventually, his mother helps wake his father, and they both kiss him goodnight. Then it's off to dreamland with his cat and his stuffed animals. MyParenTime.com highly recommends this book for young children -- they'll enjoy the descriptive and colorful illustrations, and beginning readers will appreciate the easy-to-read text. This book is part of a new series of picture books called, "Just Being Me," which gives a child's-eye view of a child's everyday challenges, triumphs and experiences. Young children are sure to relate to the child in this story. Parents can use this book as part of their child's bedtime routine -- they'll be happy to know that other children say goodnight to their parents at bedtime too, and that they will see them again in the morning. Parents can also discuss the many different emotions that young children might feel about going to sleep at night. In addition, the story is the perfect length for very young children.