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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.



She pulled the covers up to her chin, then smoothed them out until there was not even one tiny wrinkle.



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.



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.



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

EmilyGraceAndTheWhatIfs_Cover_CC_Final.indd 1 10/30/15 11:15 AM


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