Wiggle Your Nose - Wiggle Your Toes

        Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes is an interactive, bedtime, book for children of all ages.  Reading the book relaxes muscles, clears the mind and makes sleeping easier.  After the first, or second reading, children will actually look forward to going to bed, having fun and enjoying a good night's sleep.     

        Each night you read Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes, you and your child will share a unique venture creating a life-long bond.  The book is written in a poetic form using a simple four-line rhyme scheme used at times by Dr. Seuss.

        Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes is ideal for parents, grandparents, babysitters or day-care centers, to read to children.  It is also favorable for older children that prefer to read by themselves.  Teen-agers and adults also find the book helps them sleep better.

        Picture this. It's late. You shout, "Time for bed."

        You hear: "I don't want to go to bed.", or  "It's too early.", or  "Why does Jeremy get to stay up longer?", or  "there's a monster under my bed!", or  "I have a stomachache."

        Now, thanks to Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes your child tell you when it's "Time for bed."  Imagine, you and your child, laughing the first time you see  pages 8 and 9.  As you turn more pages, the smiles will turn to laughs.  As you continue to read, your child will appear to be dancing under the blanket. 

        Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes successfully takes full advantage of the author's firsthand knowledge of two key factors.  First, Burt knows children.  He has five children, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.  Second, he developed a unique sleep technique after an accident that fractured his L1 vertebra.  At that time, he could hardly move and was unable to sleep.  After several weeks, in bed on his back, and with limited body movement, Burt perfected a bed-bound routine that cleared his mind, minimized his pain and allowed him to fall into a long, deep sleep.

        Burt blended his sleep technique with personal experience of getting children ready for bed resulting in Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes.  The original title was Wiggle Your Ears, but Burt quickly learned that most children could not wiggle their ears. 

          The author, Burton Bernard, has been successful in a variety of business and personal ventures.  None of which prepared him for writing a book for children.  However, Burt never starts a project that is not carefully planned in every detail.  He is confident that his new book Wiggle Your Nose – Wiggle Your Toes will bring joy to many children and become a rewarding venture.

          Burt was born and raised in Chicago’s inner city.  After attending the University of Illinois, he joined the U.S. Navy where he was a 2nd Class Petty Officer aboard a destroyer

          After leaving the Navy, Burt worked at a small company that developed infrared instruments for scientific and medical research.  As Burt learned more about the potential of infrared instrumentation, he started writing articles for technical and industrial magazines.  Eventually he wrote the book, ABC’s of Infrared.  He also has a U.S. Patent for a Temperature Control Technique using an infrared radiometer.  A Fortune 100 Company hired Burt to develop and market commercial laser products using previously classified information.

          Burt was now prepared and destined to be an entrepreneur.  With $2,000, Burt founded a multi-million-dollar laser corporation.  He was Chairman and CEO for fourteen years. 

          Burt was a Director and President of the Laser Institute of America; President of San Francisco Theatre Guild; Director and Finance Chair of Access Sacramento and Director and Finance Chair of the Strauss Festival of Elk Grove.  The Laser Institute of America elected Burt a Fellow. 

          Burt and his wife, Raquel, have been married for over 45 years.  They are a perfect match. They are inseparable (except during any sporting event between Chicago and San Francisco).  They enjoy family gatherings with their five children, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.  Burt and Raquel love to travel. They have visited 48 countries.