Good Night, Body
Finding Calm from Head to Toe

Name: Good Night, Body
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Author: Britney Winn Lee
ISBN: 9781400238576

Author: Britney Winn Lee

Narrator: Britney Winn Lee

Unabridged: 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tommy Nelson

Published: 02/07/2023

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Health & Daily Living, Mindfulness & Meditation, Bedtime & Dreams, Nonfiction, Health & Fitness, Concepts, Senses & Sensation

Synopsis

Read by the author with an audiobook-exclusive note to parents and a breathing meditation with music to help your child relax and fall asleep. “A soothing nighttime routine and an age-appropriate introduction to mindfulness.” —Kirkus ReviewsBedtime can be full of big emotions for kids! Calm anxious, busy thoughts with this body scan meditation designed to help kids relax and prepare for sleep. This mindfulness practice will help children let go of the worries, stress, and excitement of the day as they reach their arms like a telescope, let their mouths hang like a hammock, dance their fingers like wind chimes, and listen to their hearts beat a reassuring cadence, "you're loved, you're loved."From Britney Winn Lee, author of popular books The Boy with Big, Big Feelings and The Girl with Big, Big Questions, comes another powerful book for helping children navigate stress, form positive self-perceptions, and strengthen their hearts and minds. Good Night, Body echoes the comforting chants of Goodnight Moon as it leads children in greeting, moving, and relaxing each body part. With lyrical text, this mindfulness book guides kids in connecting with who they are inside and out.Good Night, Body: Finding Calm from Head to Toe is perfect forchildren 4 to 8 and their parents and caregiversfamilies who enjoy yoga and mindfulness exerciseschildren who need a relaxing bedtime ritual to smooth the transition from play to sleepchildren who experience anxiety, insomnia, bedtime fears, and intense emotions

About Britney Winn Lee

Britney Winn Lee writes to make room. She is a faith-rooted writer and pastor living in Shreveport, LA, with her creative husband and big-hearted son. She is the author of The Boy with Big, Big Feelings and The Girl With Big, Big Questions and is the editor of Rally: Litanies for the Lovers of God and Neighbor. A lifelong lover of the story of faith, Lee centers her work on wrestling through, dreaming about, and experimenting with how to better connect the church with the world. See what she's creating at www.britneywinnlee.com and on social media @britneywinnlee.

About Borghild Fallberg

Borghild Fallberg is an illustrator and graphic designer living in Arendal, Norway. She loves to illustrate cute and thoughtful children’s books and to tell stories through expressive characters. When she’s not creating books, stickers, cards, and other fun projects, Borghild enjoys hiking, yoga, reading, and learning new skills.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matal “The Mischling Princess”

I received an ARC from NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Publishing of “Good Night, Body. Finding Calm From Head to Toe” in exchange for an honest review. Adults have heard about mindfulness for quite some time now. Considering the past few years, we’ve definitely needed it. Between the politics, wars, rac......more

Goodreads review by Reading_

I absolutely adore this book! Thank you, Thomas Nelson and the author, for the advance reading copy. I am so grateful for this book! The illustration is amazing. The entire book is so much fun to read and follow which I feel would be easy enough for the parents, teachers and guardians to read and teac......more

Goodreads review by Star

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Children's for accepting my request to read and review Good Night, Body. Author: Britney Winn Lee Published: 02/07/2023 Genre: Children's Nonfiction --Parenting & Families Calming from head to toe at bedtime is the point of the book. The illustrations are pretty. T......more

Goodreads review by Ailurophile

This book helps you to introduce your child to mindfulness by taking them through a full body scan. What this is and how best to present the information to your child is addressed in a clear and easy way at the beginning of the book, so if you're a beginner or trying mindfulness for the first time y......more

Goodreads review by Hina ♡

I received this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review Such a cute and positive book for little kids! It's a short yoga book to calm them and help them let go of their worries before they go to sleep. It's definitely perfect for families who enjoy yoga and anxious children who need a re......more

Quotes

'Offers both a soothing nighttime routine and an age-appropriate introduction to mindfulness.' Kirkus Reviews

'Winn Lee introduces meditative body scanning with the help of creative visualizations involving puppies, blankets, balloons, and more in this quieting picture book.' Publisher’s Weekly