Books with author Helga Bansch Heinz Janisch

Falling asleep can be challenging for a lot of kids. Thankfully, Good Night Giants is here to help! Playful and full of imagination, Good Night Giants invites kids to count giants as they drift off to slumber. cognitive behavioral methods are couched in a rhythmic, relaxing story and whimsical illustrations to help restless kids take control of their sleep.THE GIANTS SONG Wiggle out your energy to get ready to sleep. Put happy thoughts in your head and peace in your feet, Now, take a deep breath and blow out the air. Float with its sound, but wait, you’re not there. A Note to Parents provides additional strategies and insight.

A whimsical and soothing bedtime story At night, all the animals return to their homes to sleep. Birds dream in their nests, polar bears snore inside their ice caves, and children snuggle under the covers of their beds. Everything is in order. Unless, of course, it isn’t. Sometimes the world — or the book — gets turned upside down. And then things aren’t quite as simple.With its sweet, winsome illustrations, this book is perfect for sharing with children as they drift off into their own imaginative dreams.

There’s something very different going on in the raven’s nest.When the eggs hatch, a pink girl emerges from one of the shells, along with her black raven siblings. Loving raven parents take their little Rosie just the way she is.In the beginning, Rosie tries to do everything her siblings do. She opens her mouth to receive worms from her parents, tries to caw until she is hoarse, and wildly flaps her arms in an attempt to fly. The neighbors offer encouragement. “Rub it with birch leaves. That will make its feathers grow!”Rosie finally realizes she is different. Maybe she can’t caw or fly, but a world of discovery awaits her nonetheless.Helga Bansch’s exquisite artwork of collages and colored images, including comic-style panels, bring humor, mood, and emotion to Rosie’s story. The reader is drawn to Rosie from the instant she pushes herself from the egg, smiling and happy to greet her family, oblivious to her differences.

There’s something very different going on in the raven’s nest.When the eggs hatch, a pink girl emerges from one of the shells, along with her black raven siblings. Loving raven parents take their little Rosie just the way she is.In the beginning, Rosie tries to do everything her siblings do. She opens her mouth to receive worms from her parents, tries to caw until she is hoarse, and wildly flaps her arms in an attempt to fly. The neighbors offer encouragement. “Rub it with birch leaves. That will make its feathers grow!”Rosie finally realizes she is different. Maybe she can’t caw or fly, but a world of discovery awaits her nonetheless.Helga Bansch’s exquisite artwork of collages and colored images, including comic-style panels, bring humor, mood, and emotion to Rosie’s story. The reader is drawn to Rosie from the instant she pushes herself from the egg, smiling and happy to greet her family, oblivious to her differences.

A White Raven selection. Comes the rhino. Beautiful mountain. Sits a little snowflake upon it and twitters. Little bird. Lets itself be carried. Flies away soon... The rhino is a big mountain range. When he comes, the earth shakes. On his back he carries a small bird. The rhino dreams of being as light as the little bird on its back. But he is needed for his stability, the food he provides and to be a protector. The little bird would like to be as heavy as the rhino, so it will not be blown back and forth by the storm. Everyone wants to be different but each animal is perfect the way it is.

Robert is different from all other ravens. He is a happy bird. But when he laughs and tells jokes, the other birds don t like it at all. Nor do they like his colorful clothes and they hold their ears when he tries to sing. Unhappy, Robert is forced to leave home. Far away, he sings and dances and tells his terrible jokes, and eventually he finds friends who enjoy him as he is, and even join in. Back home, the black birds discover to their surprise that the world feels a bit empty without Robert. But every now and again, a bird from another place comes to visit, telling stories and terrible jokes, and the black ravens gather and listen.

Robert is different from all other ravens. He is a happy bird. But when he laughs and tells jokes, the other birds don t like it at all. Nor do they like his colorful clothes and they hold their ears when he tries to sing. Unhappy, Robert is forced to leave home. Far away, he sings and dances and tells his terrible jokes, and eventually he finds friends who enjoy him as he is, and even join in. Back home, the black birds discover to their surprise that the world feels a bit empty without Robert. But every now and again, a bird from another place comes to visit, telling stories and terrible jokes, and the black ravens gather and listen.