"I'm grateful for a mind that knows, I'm special from my head to toes. And that all of me deserves to rest, so all of me can do my best."
Invite your child to explore the many reasons to be grateful for their own body in this engaging bedtime practice. Make this colorful and charming body-scan book a regular part of the nighttime routine, and help the children in your life establish greater self-awareness and self-compassion.
This book also includes helpful notes for caregivers, which explain how self-compassion and gratitude are powerful tools for well-being, leading to more peaceful sleep, better mornings and the cultivation of resilience for meeting life's challenges.
It takes daily work and practice to develop and sustain the ability to be grateful for all the good things in our lives. That practice begins when we are very small, with smiles and kisses and cuddles. Here are fifteen picture books to help young readers learn how to hone an attitude of gratitude.