Why write a children's book?

People ask me all the time why I've done this book.  It is near and dear to my heart as I told this story time and time again to my sweet girls when they refused to go to sleep.  We've all been there.  Asking to be read one more story and you're an hour-deep past bedtime.

My penchant was always telling my girls great stories that were SO good, they kept asking for more.  The point was the stories were supposed to get them to fall asleep.  Enter:  'reindeer milk'.

The first time I told this story to my oldest daughter, she asked if I had some 'magic reindeer milk'.  At that moment in time all synapsis in my wee brain fired simultaneously.  My mom gave me milk when I had trouble going to sleep, [it always worked], I could give Emmy milk too but she could not stand it.

"Why, yes Emmy ... we DO have some reindeer milk, but I thought you hated milk?"

"I do daddy, but I want to try it."

Upon returning to her room with a cup of milk I saw her toss it back as if it were a shot of Patron and she were a sailor on leave.   If that was not impressive enough, the real spectacle was seeing her instantly slip under her covers, close her eyes and fall asleep as I stood there.

It was that at moment, my fellow parents and lovers of successful bedtime missions, I knew I hit the jackpot of good ideas.  Necessity is the mother of invention and you can't invent nuthin' if you are reading 20 books to your kid every night.  Do not get me wrong, I love that time with my kids but as parents, we KNOW when bedtime is BEDTIME!

That is the first of forthcoming soapboxes I shall deliver you.  I hope you enjoy the book but more importantly, I hope your child enjoys 'reindeer milk'.

-J H Kindt

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Magic Reindeer Milk