Search results for ""Author Candida Gubbins""

This calming audio collection encourages little minds to switch off in the hour before bed. Developed with The Children's Sleep Charity, Ladybird Sleepy Tales are parent-tested and specially designed to help 3 to 6-year-olds wind down.They're perfect to share before or after your bedtime story, as part of your nightly routine. Follow a snowflake as it gently travels to the ground, float around in a bouncy bubble or take a magical journey to the end of a rainbowRead slowly and softly, each gentle tale is rich with soothing sound effects.So dim the lights, snuggle up and get ready for a good night's rest. Includes ten relaxing tales: 'Blowing Bubbles', 'Colour Fairies', 'Sky Magic', 'Inside the Cosy Cocoon', 'Special Rabbit', 'Sleepy Sandcastles', 'The Drifting Snowflake', 'Sunflower Snuggles', 'A Bedtime Picture' and 'The Sleepy King'. The Children's Sleep Charity offered information and advice around the development of this product.Search for 'Puffin Sleepy Tales' and 'Penguin Sleep Tales' to see more stories for all age groups

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From L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, comes a heartwarming and hilarious story about a girl who is convinced her new stepdad is actually Father Christmas. Structured like an advent calendar, this is the perfect story to read one day at a time in the lead up to Christmas (with an extra special chapter for Christmas day!).It's 25 days until Christmas . . . And 10-year-old Harper gets a surprise when Mum announces she's bringing her new boyfriend Nick home for the holidays!Nick seems nice enough. But why do strange Christmassy things happen whenever he's around? Like snow falling only in the family's garden? Or a reindeer suddenly appearing on the roof?!Harper's convinced that Nick must be Father Christmas! And if her mum and older brother won't believe her, she'll just have to find a way to prove it herself . . .A Festive Countdown Story in 25 Chapters'With 25 chapters, this is one to read every night in December' - i newspaper

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