El Osito Dormilón y el secreto del sueño (Primeros cuentos)

by Katie Blackburn, Richard Smythe, Albert Vitó i Godina (Translator)

Un libro que ayuda a los más pequeños a dormirse de una forma revolucionaria: su historia calmada y de tono pausado utiliza técnicas de relajación infalibles. 

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Animals

19 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 11, 2016

Reviews

[Mischenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Dozy Bear and the Secret of Sleep is the perfect bedtime book for toddlers and children. As an adult, I even enjoyed it. What makes the book so neat are the vivid colorful illustrations against the darkness of night. The animal descriptions and story literally put you to sleep. This is one of my favorite children's bedtime books this year.

5*****

[Stuart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genuinely made me sleepy. Somewhat similar to a guided mediation - lovely pictures.

[Claire · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely story. And I love that it's designed to be read as if you are putting your little one to bed.

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

While Katie Blackburn's idea is interesting, I'm not sure it will work for little listeners. She introduces several sleep inducing techniques through the story frame of a young bear trying to fall asleep. Dozy gets advice from both parents and grandparents about how to fall asleep. Much of the text is lyrical and rhythmic which fits the goal of the tale, but the addition of the mixed media illustrations doesn't enhance the text. I recommend this only as an additional purchase for public libraries that need more bedtime stories for young children.

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miss 3 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.

This was a sleep themed picture book that I chose. I understand what the author is trying to achieve but I found this book so incredibly boring to read, I wish it came with a CD! Miss 3 asked to have it read again so I guess it kind of worked for her although it certainly didn't put her to sleep.

[Abby Peskin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for helping children fall asleep if they toss and turn a lot when they lay down at night. Although the drawings are weird (a face is just drawn on the bear instead of it having a snout), the message is fantastic. The mother bear in the story talks her bear through tensing and relaxing his muscles to go to sleep and taking calming breaths to calm his body down in preparation for sleep.

[Kelly Patton · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, I was looking for a book for pajama storytime and this one was perfect. Kids and adults alike will understand Dozy Bear's problems with going to sleep. There is so much to think about! But his mom and dad give him some advice that's sure to work for a lot of little bears - and their parents.

[Alene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enough 'action' words and movement narrative to use as an action book for Storytime readings. Book is perfect for themes on nighttime, bedtime or sleep.

[Juliana Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dozy wants to go to sleep like all the other animals, but he doesn't know how. Mama and Papa give him sleeping tips, Nana and Grampy teach him some sleep secrets. Soon Dozy is asleep too.

[Donna Mork · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great sleepy time story.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bedtime companion about a bear who can't sleep, and the sleeping exercises his family uses to help him relax.
Sweet illustrations.

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

WARNING: DO NOT read this if you DON'T want to fall asleep. SPOILER ALERT: A sentence used a lot toward the end was "innn---and ---ouuuuuuut"

[Jennifer B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice bedtime story book. Soothing and I imagine it would work on sending the little ones off to dreamland.

[Kaylynn Johnsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Calming techniques for falling asleep.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dozy Bear couldn't fall asleep until he learned the secret of sleep. This is a clever way to help children learn that secret, too, and to calm themselves into sleep. Nicely illustrations.

[Mariana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great bedtime book! I wish I had had this book when my kids were younger!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was yawning half way through so clearly this book works.
Wanted a little more to the story.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Doozy Bear tries to find the secret to falling asleep. He asks his parents what it is and he learns it's all about breathing in and out slowly.

[Luisa Knight · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reads more like a step-by-step from an analyst on the motions of how to sleep, then it does a bedtime story.

Ages: 3 - 5

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[Tziporah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro perfecto para los más pequeños y poder enseñarles técnicas de relajación con un cuento. Muy bonito y muy útil

[Jess Verzello · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seems like an effective way to help anxious, wiggly children take deep breaths and fall asleep.

[Kelly Snyder · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations are soft and quiet, but I really don't see small children sitting through this book about sleep. While his parents give him good sound advice on how to fall asleep, the story is just a bit longer than what I like to read to younger children at bedtime. I might try this book with early elementary aged children who have a little better attention span than those of a younger age.

[Edward Sullivan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mellow and soothing bedtime reading.

[Stefanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the illustrations. Let's just assume the child will fall asleep in the middle of the book and everything will be fine.

[MaryLibrarianOH · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a calming bedtime story.

[Robin Hargrave · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book for incorporating movement before bed, vocabulary, and having illustrations that helped tell the story. Dozy Bear was relaxing, wiggling, and getting settled. Vocabulary examples are "snuggle down", "sink into the bed", "body feels settled", and my favorite- "...put his little paw into the cool spot under the pillow..."
As a child, I would go to my pillow to see if that were true. A fresh bedtime book or story to act out during a story time.

[Casandria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember my mom using these same techniques to get me to sleep as a young kid.

[Angie]

I really loved this story and it does say its a story to soothe your cub to sleep. It really does live up to that with the pictures and the story.

[Christine Turner]

Summary
Katie Blackburn's Dozy Bear and the Secret of Sleep is an innovative, beautiful, and rhythmic picture book about a little bear named Dozy who wanted to sleep but didn't know how...Combining proven sleep and relaxation techniques with Richard Smythe's gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations, this is the perfect companion for any parent who wants to turn naptime or bedtime into a calming experience.

Subject: Bears -- Juvenile fiction.
Bedtime -- Juvenile fiction.
Sleep -- Juvenile fiction.

Note: Similar style as "The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep
A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep." Author: Ehrlin, Carl-Johan Forssén