As a single mum of three young children I very much look forward to my evenings. As much as we all adore our little ones I do know it can sometimes feel exhausting to get through the fog of teatime, baths and the endless tidying up. Before I was a parent I imagined my children would fall asleep as soon as their head hit the pillow…in this house that’s not the case! They have busy heads, enormous amounts of energy and lots of things that they suddenly have to tell me that very second. My hope for you is that by reading these poems to your children (one or several) each night they will help to fill your children’s minds with delightful images and start to send them off to the land of nod…leaving you with a little bit more time for yourself.