{"product_id":"the-balloon-moon-a-calming-bedtime-book-to-help-little-ones-breathe-relax-and-drift-to-sleep-9798256072025","title":"The Balloon Moon: A calming bedtime book to help little ones breathe, relax, and drift to sleep","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bedtime story built on three real calming techniques - co-regulation, guided breathing, and progressive muscle relaxation - woven into a quiet story about a little bear, a pale blue balloon, and the moon. Little Bear has the wiggles. Mama Bear has a trick - a deep breath, and a slow journey toward the moon. As they breathe together and let their shoulders melt like warm honey, something shifts. The wiggles fade. The body grows heavy. Sleep arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCo-regulation\u003c\/strong\u003e - hidden micro-cues guide your own breathing first. Your child's body follows yours. You settle together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProgressive muscle relaxation\u003c\/strong\u003e - toes scrunch tight, then release. Paws squeeze, then open. Shoulders rise, then sink. The body learns to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuided breathing\u003c\/strong\u003e - the balloon turns deep belly breathing into a story your child wants to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't need to learn anything. You don't need to explain anything. Just dim the lights, snuggle close, and read. The story does the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ages 3-6. Designed for nightly use - because the familiar rhythm deepens the calm every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imagine World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256072025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Emmelyn Gray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750326497461,"sku":"9798256072025","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-balloon-moon-a-calming-bedtime-book-to-help-little-ones-breathe-relax-and-drift-to-sleep-9798256072025","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}