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A Story for Children About Nighttime Fears
by Lisa B. Gehring
illustrated by Regina Flath
What if a big rhinoceros charges out through my closet door and pulls all my covers off and I get coldand catch pamonia?
What if I wake up tomorrow and I am a princess far, far away from home, all by myself?
Emily Grace faces her fears and calms herself…and eventually thinks, “What if I close my eyes now andgo to sleep?”
Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers with more information and strategies for coping with bedtime struggles.
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The night was dark and it was time for
Emily Grace to go to sleep.
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She ran through her bedroom door and jumped in her bed quickly so that nothing would get her.
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She pulled the covers up to her chin, then smoothed them out until there was not even one tiny wrinkle.
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Then slowly, ever so carefully, she pulled her arms under the covers so that all that was left peeking out
were her little nose and her big, brown eyes.
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Emily Grace stared at the ceiling with her
eyes wide open and waited.
It did not take long for the what-ifs
to come out from under her bed.
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and the
A Story for Children About Nighttime Fears
by Lisa B. Gehring
illustrated by Regina Flath
What if a big rhinoceros charges out through my closet door and pulls all my covers off and I get cold and catch pamonia?
What if I wake up tomorrow and I am a princess far, far away from home, all by myself?
Emily Grace faces her fears and calms herself…and eventually thinks, “What if I close my eyes now and go to sleep?” Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers with more information and strategies for coping with bedtime struggles.
and the
Children’s / Self-Help / Fears and AnxietiesAges 4 –8
Geh
ring E
mily G
race and
the W
hat-Ifs M
agination
Press
Self-Help Books for Kids and the Adults in Their Lives Published by the American Psychological Associationwww.apa.org/pubs/magination
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