Down the Sleepy River: A Mindful Bedtime Book

My toddler instantly loved this book. Though he may be a bit young to understand the words, he loves the soothing pace with which we read it and it teaches him mindfulness and gratitude.

My toddler loves this book. Beautifully illustrated and well written.

I bought this book to read with my very energetic almost three year old who seems to always have a sudden burst of energy at bedtime as the other reviews suggested it may help create a more calming atmosphere. I’m glad I did as not only is it a lovely story, much to my surprise my toddler breathed in and breathed out along with the book. The illustrations are beautifully drawn and compliment the story wonderfully.

This book is a lovely story that’s beautifully illustrated, and also has a fantastic purpose. Reading it to my son even makes me feel relaxed and ready for bed.

Bought this for my 2 year old, it gives instructions on how to read the book and every page gives a reminder to breath in and out. We've read it every night since it arrived and toddler is now starting to practice the breathing. Each page is illustrated beautifully, highly recommend.

I only read a small preview of this book. (9 pages)I think this is an amazing way to teach children how to be in the moment. A skill I have only recently discovered and the benefits of this are amazing.Great to have the instructions for the reader at the beginning of the book this can really help them to understand the idea of this book and why it is an important thing to learn.Small simple sentences and the reapting of the key techniques will easily enforce the message of mindfulness and help children learn how to relax and be present during a bedtime story which can ultimately help with a better night sleep. (From my own experience)Colourful pages full of illustration. Each page designated to a different animal with a different things to imagine whilst practicing the breathing in and out.I would enjoy reading the full book to my child.

A perfect book for bedtime! The writing in this book was perfect for a children’s book - not too much and not too little. It was nice to read a book which doesn’t rhyme as majority of books for this age of children do. This book was so beautiful as the illustrations were so fantastic! The pictures just pop because they are so colourful and vibrant. There was a lovely set of animals too to allow younger children to learn more animals. The story flowed well and my daughter really enjoyed it! As she is six she had a go at reading some herself and was delighted when she was able to read most of it herself. It also influenced some lovely discussion about the animals involved as she had been learning about them in school for her animals topic. I will be recommending to other parents especially those of younger children, but also to fellow KS1 teachers too!

Thank you so much for sending this book to me to review, it is perfect for my sons bed times!The book arrived today and my 2 year old son loved the look of it straight away and was pointing out the animals telling me what they were and other things on the page like the sun and the colours of everything.The book has a beautiful poetic kind of lull to it so everything is written to be spoken in a calming rhythm. Along with at the end of each page saying goodnight to each animal and breathing out the day.The art work is absolutely memorising and even as an adult I can appreciate how beautiful it is. The animals used were ones my son was able to recognise (his only difficulty was calling the leopard a tiger) and he enjoyed the breathing exercises on each page.Hopefully this makes him calmer before bed and makes him sleep a little bit better as he's a wriggly sleeper!Such a beautiful book, perfect for any family with young children Thank you so much for sending this book to me to review, it is perfect for my sons bed times!The book arrived today and my 2 year old son loved the look of it straight away and was pointing out the animals telling me what they were and other things on the page like the sun and the colours of everything.The book has a beautiful poetic kind of lull to it so everything is written to be spoken in a calming rhythm. Along with at the end of each page saying goodnight to each animal and breathing out the day.The art work is absolutely memorising and even as an adult I can appreciate how beautiful it is. The animals used were ones my son was able to recognise (his only difficulty was calling the leopard a tiger) and he enjoyed the breathing exercises on each page.Hopefully this makes him calmer before bed and makes him sleep a little bit better as he's a wriggly sleeper!Such a beautiful book, perfect for any family with young children