Local father publishes first children’s book inspired by bedtime poem for his daughter

Local father publishes first children’s book inspired by bedtime poem for his daughter

A local author has published his first children’s book after a bedtime poem he wrote nearly a decade ago proved so successful at helping his own children drift off to sleep. Graham Godwin‑Pearson, who lives near Axbridge, first penned The Sleepy Train around nine years ago to help his daughter, now aged 10, settle at night. When the same story later helped his son, born in 2021, he decided it was time to share it more widely. This Christmas, he …