Showing posts with label Susan Jeffers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susan Jeffers. Show all posts

Sunday, September 07, 2025

Close Your Eyes

Close Your Eyes by Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Susan Jeffers

When you close your eyes you can imagine anything you want. This book presents a few scenarios for a kid to imagine as their parents are trying to get them to sleep.

Thursday, September 01, 2016

Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway

Most humans feel fearful when trying something different. How do we make the feat go away? Susan Jeffers proposes that we don't. We should instead acknowledge the fear and plow right through it. That sounds great. The book, alas, goes on for too long, and tries to be a "meta-self-help" book, encouraging looking for other books and affirmations. Alas, I'm not so afraid of skipping that.