Counting the Fireflies — printable bedtime picture book (ages 2-5)

When the summer sky turns deep and blue, ten little fireflies wake up in the garden and begin to glow — blink… blink… gone. One by one they float over the hedge, land on Clover the rabbit's ear, drift past Ember the fox's nose and blink hello to Olive the owl, each closing its little light until the last one goes dark and only the Moon is left. Every page counts down by one and repeats the same gentle rhythm, a little softer each time, with breathe-in, breathe-out cues at the end. A calming count-down-to-sleep story for ages 2–5, made for the last few minutes before bed.