The book ”Night Night My Baby Heart“ has been specially written to assist parents with their children’s going-to-sleep ritual. Each line of this original nursery rhyme is acccompanied by a two-page illustration. The lullaby describes what the child might see, hear and feel as they fall asleep.
Dreamy blue-and-white illustrations help to promote peace rather than excitement, while the transition from dark blue to light blue helps children overcome any possible fear of the dark.
Why should you buy this book?
Classic favourites like the moon, stars, dog, cat and bubbles help you to increase your child’s interest in baby-signs language.
Reading together develops your bond with your child.
The words are easy to remember, and thanks to the illustrations children are able to ’read‘ the book on their own. This not only supports their self-esteem, but also adds to their enjoyment of books.
The book is written by Lenka Bergmann Míkovcová and illustrated by Věra Ema Tataro. A Czech version of the book is available, published by Pointa.cz. Facebook here. Currently we are looking for a way how to publish this book in English as well.
Song Night Night My Baby Heart in Czech
Author
Lenka Bergmann Míkovcová
Lenka works at the International Montessori School of Prague as a Teaching Assistant in the Primary class. She loves children’s books because they not only bring joy and knowledge, but help to explain the world around us through simple examples.
Lenka’s first published story was “Baboo the Baby Elephant and the Sharing Puzzle“, published in 2013 by Natural Synergy Publishing.The story was also published as an English-Czech Application for iPad and has been performed many times in a stage production by the "Pod Kloboukem" theater company.
The Czech version of ”Night Night My Baby Heart“ was published by Pointa Publishing in 2019. During her maternity leave Lenka also published several articles about parenting on her website www.upsidedowncz.com. Lenka loves nature, animals, good food, drawing, singing, self-development workshops, yoga, snowboarding and lots more!
Ilustrator
Věra Ema Tataro
Věra Ema was an award-winning illustrator who brought Lenka‘s nursery rhyme lullaby to life in her dreamy blue-and-white illustrations, perfect for children who can manage pictures but are not yet able to read the words. Not only was Věra a creative free spirit, she also worked for the Charta 77 Foundation and as a commercial artist for various advertising agencies. She illustrated a wide range of children’s books including Princ a chuďas (The Prince and the Pauper), Pavouk na šalvěji (Spider on the Sage), and non-fiction school books including Rozumíme penězům and Matematika pro 1. Třídy. Her work was exhibited in the Czech Republic as well as in USA, Austria, Italy, Spain, Poland and Germany.
Awards:
2006 – second place in the Artperiskope artistic project, Poland
2006 – silver medal in the Kara Art competition, Switzerland
2006 – third place in the annual A Singular Creation Art Competition & Exhibition
2008 – painting “Red Pepper” awarded second prize in the illustration category at the American Design Awards
2009 – gold award in the X-Power Gallery international competition, Taiwan
2013 – finalist in the international Art Revolution competition in Taipei, Taiwan
Foto: Kamil Tatar
Text: Kamil Tatar a Lenka Mikovcova
Music by Ondra Škoch
Czech translation of the book by Alice Škochová
Ondra is a musician, producer and composer who created the music for ”Night Night My Baby Heart“. You can hear the demo (in Czech) performed by Lenka and Ondra, at the above link (voices: Lenka and Ondra).
Alice is the author of the Czech version of the lullaby. Available here.
Among the huge number of children's books these days, only a few really stand out - for their writing, illustrations, originality, world-view or emotional power. Books that in a few years will become collectors' items. I have no doubt that the lullaby 'Night Night My Baby Heart' by Lenka Bergmann Míkovcová is one of them.
This book is a real gem for small children. With each word the author takes her readers gently by the hand and leads them into a world of dreams. Lenka has the gift of talking to even the smallest children with a playful, tender and loving understanding of their world. Her rhythmical language produces a sense of calm before sleep, evoking feelings of intimacy and safety. She never uses rhyme for rhyme's sake; rather, she picks words that are meaningful to children, and avoids condescending ‘baby-talk’.
The profuse illustrations not only complement the words but act in their own way to convey the story, and the calming shades of blue are sensitively chosen to assist young readers on their voyage to dreamland.
'Night Night My Baby Heart' is a modern lullaby which totally understands the needs of small children. Its nursery rhymes are exactly the ones you would love your children to remember years later with affection, and those magical words: “Do you remember how we used to fall asleep together?”
Dana Tesaříková, book editor, June 2020
I was expecting the book to be beautiful... but actually it is much more than that …Thank you.
Edita Makovcová, singer with the group NewTime, April 2020
I love books, especially children’s books. I have been reading to both my daughters since they were small. And now I am starting to read to my son, even though he’s still very young. But that doesn’t matter, because Lenka’s book is perfect for sending him off to sleep. Little Damian loves the pictures (he has good taste!): they are a beautiful blue and with each ‘night night’ they turn into a lighter shade as your child approaches dreamland.
Veronika Vieweghová, founder of the “School for me” project and author of To be myself (Být sama sebou), April 2020
TopTip. [Night Night my Baby Heart] is a rhyming lullaby with pictures and meditations perfect for bedtime and carefree dreams...
Czechmade, Outdoors and Style supplement, Marianne magazine, January 2020
