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My 4-year-old now asks to do the "slow breathing" part along with Charlie before bed, which I didn't expect from a picture book. The beach illustrations are soft and calming without being boring. It's become our favorite wind-down read.

The beach setting turned our bedtime routine into something my daughter actually looks forward to. The way Charlie teaches Alexis to slow down worked better than any "calm down" talk we've tried.

My nephew and I read this together before our own beach trip, and the way Charlie teaches Alexis to slow down really stuck with him—he actually pointed out a seashell and said "let's notice it." The story's gentle pacing matches the mindful message perfectly, making it easy to pause and talk about w