The Magic Ice Cream Palace

This is a very comforting story with relaxing imagery. It soothes my six year old son to sleep and helps alleviate some of his anxiety. I recommend this book.

Very creatively and affectionately written to help children begin a slow gentle ride into slumberland. Combines deep breathing with guided imagery and is an excellent tool to deploy the natural inner resources of children’s imagination.

The story is delightful, and I can see it being useful in helping a child to sleep, but the kindle version is missing about 80% of the illustrations. Everywhere I would expect an illustration I only see a little camera icon. I'm guessing that this means the illustration that is supposed to be there is just missing. I've tried this on both a kindle device, and a PC with the same results. I entered a ticket with Amazon tech support but haven't received a resolution. For now I am returning the book for credit. If Amazon fixes the problem I'll be happy to re-order.

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So great!!!! I LOVE this book for bedtime! The best book in my opinion!!!

I'm not a parent, so I haven't had the chance to try this out personally, but the idea is terrific. Wish it had been around when I was young. Instead of reading just any bedtime story, help your children learn the relaxation techniques that will bring on sleep. This charming story incorporates the making of ice cream (and who doesn't love that) with steps of the technique. You might even try it yourself!

This is a magical story that guides kids to use their imagination to picture an ice cream wonderland as they learn to warm and sooth their body as well as calm their mind. It is fun and imaginative and will immediately engage and keep kids’ attention. It teaches self-regulation, self-soothing, and being in the present moment via the vehicle of a tasty and colorful ice cream palace. Kids love it. And parents love watching their kids learn while having fun. If you have young kids, do them and yourself a favor and buy this book. Make sure to read it with them. You will both learn skills that help you calm and lower your stress response. I will definitely recommend this book to the parents I coach. Debra Burdick, LCSW TheBrainLady.com

Pure genius! My 4 year old loved following along in the book and didn't even realize she was completely relaxing with each exercise. As a professional infant sleep coach, I highly recommend this to everyone with toddles and young children. By the end of the book she (and I) were completely relaxed and it cut her "wind down" time in half (she was asleep 20 mins later!) In this book, Dr. Colon is teaching the practice of mediation to young children, and what better gift to give a child than to recharge and strengthen their minds!