Sleep Deprivation and Behavior Problems in Children | Metro Family Magazine

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Sleep Deprivation and Behavior Problems in Children | Metro Family Magazine

Easy Picture Books
How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? By Varsha Bajaj (warm, reassuring bedtime ritual for animals and people alike)
Good Night Harry by Kim Lewis (when Harry, a toy elephant, has trouble sleeping, his friends help him.)
Down in the Woods at Sleepytime by Carole Schaefer (baby animals object to bedtime until Grandma Owl hoots that it’s Storytime)
Sheep Asleep by Gloria Rothstein (countdown to sleep is all aboutŠsheep counting sheep!)
The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow (sleepy boy on a farm decides it’s bedtime & meets several animal who in their noisy way, express the same idea)

Easy Readers
Good Night, Little Kitten by Nancy Christensen (reluctant little kitten resists his parents’ attempts to get him to go to bed)
Time for Bed? By Susan Hood (young girl tries various excuses to postpone bedtime)
Good night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore (a Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.)
Piggy and Dad by David Martin (Piggy & Dad have fun with drawings, the bathtub, sandwiches, and bedtime.)
Monsters by Diane Namm (a little boy counts ten monsters in his room at bedtime but is able to get rid of them all.)
Amanda Pig and the Awful, Scary Monster by Jean Van Leeuwen (her parents & brother find different ways to convince Amanda that there are no monsters.)
Read Me a Story by Rosemary Wells (Yoko pretends she cannot read because she thinks that if her mother finds out she can, no one will read her a bedtime story.)

Videos
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (approx. 26 min) (Children & stars come together in a delightful exploration of the nighttime world.)
The Big Comfy Counch. Picky Eaters and Naptime for Molly. (54 min) In the second story, Molly won’t take her nap. Loonette tries everything. Nothing works until Storybook Time.

Information Books
Babar’s Yoga For Elephants by Laurent de Brunhoff
Remmy and the Brain Train by Dr. James B. Maas. A magical train conductor explains sleep to tired Remmy. (Includes a read-along, sing-along CD).
A Good Night’s Sleep by Sharon Gordon (why the body needs sleep, what happens to the body during sleep, and ideas for falling asleep).
Sleep Well: Why You Need to Rest by Kathy Feeney
What to Expect at Bedtime by Heidi Murkoff (Explores why sleep is important, what a dream is and what to do when you wake up in the middle of the night.) Ages 2-5
Zzz- the Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep by Trudee Romanek.

Website
www.remmyweb.com Don’t miss this entertaining and informative Website chock full of interesting facts about nighttime and sleep.

Poetry
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field
Lullaby Moons and a Silver Spoon A Book of Bedtime Songs and Rhymes illustrated by Brooke Dyer
When the Dark Comes Dancing A Bedtime Poetry Book compiled by Nancy Larrick

Stories
Debi Gliori’s Bedtime Stories, Bedtime Tales With a Twist
Tuck-Me-In Tales: Bedtime Stories from Around the World by Margaret Read MacDonald,

Juvenile Fiction
Holiday Horse by Bonnie Bryant (Baby sitting members of the Saddle Club find their evening interrupted by Maxi who refuses to go to sleep.)
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by John Erickson (Hank the Cowdog pursues a chicken murderer.)
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep by Eleanor Farjeon (Celebrated since childhood for how well she skips rope, 109 year old Elsie once again skips, to save her English country town.)
Starring Rosie by Patricia Giff (Rosie volunteers to provide the prince and the props for her ballet class production of Sleeping Beauty.)
Magic Tree House Collection #3 by Mary Pope Osborne, (Dolphins at Daybreak, Ghost Town at Sundown, Lions at Lunchtime, Polar Bears Past Bedtime)