Customer Reviews:
 A Mom's Choice Awards Recipient! March 20, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Mom's Choice Awards honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges includes education, media and other experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors, scientists and others. A sampling of the panel members includes: Dr. Twila C. Liggett, Ten-time Emmy-winner, professor and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark, Creator of Baby Einstein and The Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco, New York Times Best-Selling Author; LeAnn Thieman, Motivational speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books; Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach, and founder of The Just For Mom Foundation(tm) and the Mom's Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for children and families. This book has been honored by this distinguished award.
 Kids bored, but not sleepy ... January 23, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I thought this book might be useful in my work as a child psychologist as I often work with children with sleep difficulties. I attempted to use this book as an introduction to the basic concepts of good sleep hygiene with three of my patients (ages 6 to 8). They were not at all intrigued by the illustrations or ideas and quickly became bored. I then attempted to "hit the highlights" and "skip to the good parts," but it was clear they weren't at all interested. In a last ditch effort to use it as a clinical tool, I loaned it to one of my patients to read at home. When I asked about it later, she indicated that she'd forgotten all about it and had never looked at it.
I don't know that I have a good explanation for why it flopped with the elementary school set. Perhaps the amount of text is too dense for the age level targeted by the book. The illustrations are somewhat odd and one child commented about the "big heads" on the children on the cover. As a clinician, I was a little uncomfortable about the sections that talked about "good spirit." Philosophically, I agree with the ideas presented, but it felt awkward approaching spiritual concepts within the context of sleep problems.
Not a good bet as a tool for helping children develop good sleep habits.
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