Mindful Tots: Rest & Relax / Niños Mindful: Descansa Y Relájate - Board Book

by Whitney Stewart (Author), Rocío Alejandro (Illustrator)

"A smart combination of mindfulness and practicality" - Betsy Bird, Librarian, @FuseEight Help toddlers rest, relax, and get ready for sleep. This sturdy board book is designed to enable caregivers to practice a basic mindfulness technique -- a calming body scan -- with children as young as 2 years old. Written by the award-winning author of the bestselling Mindful Kids activity deck, Whitney Stewart, in collaboration with early childhood development specialist Stefanie Paige Wieder, M.S.Ed., Mindful Tots: Rest & Relax uses simple, straightforward instructions and bright illustrations to nurture relaxation, calm, and a restful nap or night of sleep. One of four stylish board books in the Mindful Tots series to help toddlers manage the ups and downs of everyday emotions.

Author Biography

Whitney Stewart puts her heart, mind and feet into her work. She has trekked in a Himalayan snowstorm with Sir Edmund Hillary, climbed to remote Buddhist monasteries in Tibet, interviewed the Dalai Lama in India and sat for days in meditation retreats. She is the author of many travel articles, and of both fiction and nonfiction for children. When she is not writing or traveling, she teaches mindfulness and meditation to children and adults.

Rocio Alejandro has illustrated many children's books published both in her home country of Argentina and abroad. In 2017, she won the X Compostela Prize for her book, La huerta de Simón.