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Ladybird Sleepy Tales
- Ten Calming Stories to Help Little Children Relax at Bedtime
- Narrated by: Candida Gubbins
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Summary
Brought to you by Ladybird.
Create a relaxing environment for your child's bedtime routine with this calming audio collection.
Developed with The Children's Sleep Charity, and parent-tested, Ladybird Sleepy Tales are specially designed to help 3- to 6-year-olds wind down after a day's activity.
They're the perfect calming tool to share before or after your bedtime story, as part of your nightly routine.
Each tale is 15 minutes long, so you can put your audiobook sleep timer on with no need to return to the screen.
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 rainbow. 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 10 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.
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- Karen W.
- 21-09-19
fabulous book
I am often babysitting my four year old twin granddaughters and have never managed to listen to the end of one of the short stories before they are both asleep.
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- Ash
- 06-08-20
Brilliant
Starting at the beginning you can feel the replacement entering your mind
Thank you ladybird
You’ve done a brilliant job !
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-05-20
Amazing, I cannot recommend it enough.
My little one never makes it to the end of a story, he’s out for the count before then - every time!
Whatever the magic is, this audible book works so well at calming and helping my little one sleep, even when overtired.
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- Joey
- 17-11-20
sweet stories, lovely narration
well,... my 4 yr old has started dropping off mid story so job done!
the storys are lovely, modern story telling, no gender bias ive found so far.
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- Mr Image
- 26-06-20
This works.
I don’t want to jinx it because it works. It really does. Soothing and relaxing for my children, even sleeping straight through, my 4 yr old and 6 year old cannot fight it!!!
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- tonyjan
- 10-11-19
Great to fall asleep too
My 4 year old grandson falls asleep in no time at all when this is played.
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- Tasamina
- 04-07-21
Just what I was looking for!
Worked a charm on the first try with my 2.5 yo twins!! I like the narrator's voice and the gentle sound effects in the background.
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- Sarah
- 05-09-20
So calming
Candida has a soothing voice and gently tells short stories about blowing bubbles etc. Like meditation for little ones. I don’t think my daughter has ever listened to the whole thing, as it quickly sends her to sleep. Highly recommended.
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- Amanda
- 19-04-21
Delightful
The stories are delightful for children, but they will not be annoying to adults either. The sound effects are great, the narration is soothing, and I really enjoy listening to these with my child.
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- Teresa
- 23-10-20
so good I don't remember it 😂
I always fall asleep before the story ends. I especially like Sky Magic, the third story.