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The Little Elephant Who Wants to Fall Asleep

By: Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin
Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Kathleen McInerney
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Publisher's summary

Kathleen McInerney and Fred Sanders return to narrate the follow-up to the New York Times and international best seller The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep, giving parents a choice of which reading works best for their child.

This story uses all-new child-tested, parent-approved techniques to make bedtime a sweet and tender end to each day and includes specially composed music designed to reinforce the story.

Your child joins Ellen the Elephant on a journey through a magical forest that leads to sleep. Along the way, they meet different fantastical characters and have calming experiences that will help your child relax and slip into slumber quickly. The story works perfectly for either naptime or bedtime.

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin's simple story uses soothing language and new sleep techniques to reclaim bedtime. And this edition includes insightful tips and answers to frequently asked questions to help guide families to an even more satisfying nighttime routine.

New York Times best seller

USA Today best seller

Publishers Weekly best seller

Translated into 43 languages

“The magical book that will have your kids asleep in minutes.” (New York Post)

“A book whose powerfully soporific effects my son is helpless to resist.” (The New York Times)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2016 Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin (P)2016 Listening Library

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Really helps on non-sleepy nights

Really helps on my son's non-sleepy nights. Enjoys entire series of these stories. The end.

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Excellent!

I am 13 and I have a lot of trouble falling asleep and this book helped me fall asleep in less than 12 minutes! Highly recommended!

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OK!

My daughter is getting a little bit sick of the story but still good story !

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This is a very strong hypnotic script

I was expecting a very light induction like his first book but this one put me full under hypnosis. I have tried many hypnotic recordings and only one other has better effects than this one and that one was 30 dollars from an NLP master.

My only complaint is that sometimes the volume changes in the story would bring me back up to full awareness and a warning for parents this book may be too complicated for very little kids it raised many questions in my cousin when I tried it with him. I think an added kids introduction that explains that the story is like a silly dream that takes place in a world where things work differently than in our world and that for the magic of the story to work the kid needs to want it to and just relax and listen would help

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Parents beware if u have plans

So good!! do not lie down with your little ones to listen if u have plans that night lol, fell asleep with them!!!

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Works like a charm!

This really helps my kids (and myself!) relax. I gave performance a low score because once it's over, and you're relaxed or asleep, a loud voice says we hope you enjoyed this.... and it wakes you up!

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Great story

2 chapters put my child to sleep My kid thought That the girl voice was better To fall asleep because she had more voices

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Works Like Magic

My four year old daughter does not like to go to sleep and we would have hours of begging, crying, and screaming (on OUR part!) every night to try to get her to settle down and doze off. I saw an ad for this book in Parents Magazine and downloaded the audio book and bedtime has been transformed. She is now asleep EVERY night within fifteen minutes, with only gentle reminders to listen to the book. The performance is gentle and soothing and the meandering story guides her to relaxation. The best part is that she is eager to go to sleep with "Ellen the Elephant" now. LOVE this audio book!!

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Relaxing, makes me more sleepy than my kids

I really liked this book. I have both this and the one about the rabbit. I like that this one has two versions. My kids and I prefer the female narrator's voice. Her character voices are really good as well. The music is also very relaxing and calming. I find myself struggling to stay awake while waiting for my 5 year old and 3 year old to fall asleep.

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We’ve never heard the end.

Between 3 kids and myself we have never made it to the end. I even use it when the kids aren’t around for myself.

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