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Description
This cautionary tale for bedtime-resistant youngsters challenges them to avoid yawning, providing techniques for avoiding them and keeping them from escaping.
Quick Summary
If you've ever watched a kid fight off a yawn at bedtime, you know how hard it can be to keep those sleepy sighs from escaping. In this quick, 338-word picture book, the narrator dares readers to resist yawning, tossing out goofy tricks like pinching the nose or thinking about a rubber chicken to keep the yawns locked inside. The humor is perfectly pitched for early elementary readers, with bright, cartoon-style illustrations that make each attempted yawn look sillier than the last, and the short, punchy sentences make it a breeze for new readers to follow along. Parents will love that the story doubles as a gentle wind-down routine, teaching simple breathing and distraction techniques while still letting kids feel like they're in on a secret game. Fans of interactive read-alouds like "The Book With No Pictures" will find the same mischievous energy here, but with a cozy bedtime twist that actually helps little ones settle down.