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Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Say Good Night
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Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Say Good Night
by Lauren H. Kerstein
illustrated by Nate Wragg
Publication Date : September 1, 2020
Publisher : Two Lions (September 1, 2020)
Print Length : 42 pages
Rosie the dragon and Charlie are ready to tackle bedtime—dragon-style!
Rosie the dragon’s bedtime routine has been a little bumpy lately. But not to worry! Charlie is prepared with his lists, rules, and fire extinguisher—everything a boy needs to help guide his pet dragon (and best friend) to a peaceful night’s sleep. But with bath-time bubble trouble, fiery-hot pajamas, and stuffed animal search-and-rescues, tucking this dragon into bed is not an easy task. And what happens when thunder strikes? Snuggle up with this adorable duo as they conquer bedtime the best way: together!
For ages 4-8
My Book review of Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Say Goodnight
Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Say Good Night is an adorable book about the trials of getting ready for bed. If only our dragons (er, kids) knew how much they’ll cherish sleep when they are adults, bedtime would be so much easier! But dragons and kids like to delay the inevitable, and so does Rosie. She takes a super long, bubbly bath. Her pajamas make her way too hot. She can’t find her stuffed animal. You get the picture! Rosie’s just like our kids. She needs routine to make bedtime a happy time.
I think that this sweet book will become a favorite bedtime book with you and your little ones! You won’t even mind reading it over and over as part of bedtime at your house.
Praise
“This humorous story is a sweet representation of caretaking and patience, with a parallel that can extend to older and younger siblings as well as to parent-child relationships, perhaps making young readers a bit more self-reflective and empathetic. This dramatic bedtime tale…will satisfy many.” —Kirkus Reviews
About the Author and Illustrator
Lauren H. Kerstein is an author and psychotherapist. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Josh; their dragons…er, daughters, Sarah and Danielle; and her rescue dogs, Hudson and Duke. Learn more about the author at www.LaurenKerstein.net.
Nate Wragg works as a production designer and illustrator for animation and book projects. He lives in Southern California with his family. Learn more about the artist at https://natewragg.tumblr.com.
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Yes, we had a bedtime routine. We alway read books before bedtime.
I loved reading to my kids before bedtime. We enjoyed going to the library together to pick out books.
We keep the same bedtime every night unless we aren’t home which is rare. I think that helps keep them on routine.
always have had routines for my kids from dinner to bath time and book reading with kisses goodnight.
My great niece Zadaya likes all kinds of books because thats what I get her. I want her to love all books.
I forgot to add the book name Pumpkin Magic
halloween is coming and I have already picked up one
How do you (did you) handle bedtime with the little ones in your life? Did you have a routine?
This question is no problem…………………. I don’t Zay never spends the night. Two weeks ago she was at her aunts house and it was bed time 10pm she called mommy to come get her because she didn’t want to go to bed.
LOL I had a niece who did that once too!
I always let them pick one book for me to read to them. They both loved the bedtime stories! Me too!
i don’t have any kids so I never had to handle bedtimes. 🙁
Bath then read a book and had a bedtime.
We have a routine that we follow! 😀
When they were really little, we stayed in their room with for awhile & read to them.
lower lights and noise levels in general area before bed and do baths before bed too then read to the kids a story to ease them down to bedtime
Bath, book, bed! we did this every night and before long they loved the routine.
Yes, a routine is important for children. We would get into our jammies, brush teeth and go potty and then read a couple of books before bed.
My kids are 10 & 8 and we still have bedtime routines!
We would read a book before the kids went to bed.
It is great to have a routine, such as bathe them, brush teeth and lay down and relax to a nice bedtime story.
I had a bedtime routine, it would be bath time than read a book before bed.
My son normally falls asleep right away after taking a bath
Bedtime was always changing at our house since my husband was in the army. Sometimes the girls were good about going down after their book and sometimes they wanted to stay up to play with dad.
I would always read my babies a bed time story.
The routine is reading time after bath time. Reading time is enjoyed by everyone so it’s a relaxing time.
Snack, bath, book, kisses, night.
Our daughter THRIVES on routine. So after dinner we do homework, spend a bit of time in family talking, then she takes a shower, brushes her teeth and gets in her pajamas and lays down while daddy reads her the bedtime story. Works every time.
The routine was a book which had a story a night for a year.
We had a bed time routine when my kids were little. We did homework after school, then play outside for an hour, then dinner, baths and quiet time, when they were really little we read bedtime stories, and then as they got older they read for at least 30 minutes before bed.
I always try to stick to a routine so there’s less whining.