Sleepy Heads Book

As the sun goes down, so does the Abaco Parrot into its underground nest, the flamingo to its lake, the rare hutia into the brush, and many more sleepy heads to their beds.

Little ones will love settling down with this island-inspired, interactive bedtime book.

Part proceeds in aid of Friends of the Environment Learning Centre rebuild effort, Abaco, Bahamas.

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• I’m a subspecies of the Bahama Parrot.
• I nest in holes in the ground.
• I love to eat fruits from the shrub bushes. Guava and poisonwood berries are some of my favorites.
• I use my bill for eating, climbing, grooming, fighting, and playing.
• Parrot babies are called chicks.

• I’m the national bird of The Bahamas.
• I can sleep standing on one leg.
• The joint in my leg that looks like a knee, is actually my ankle! My knees are higher up under my feathers.
• I’m pink because of the food I eat – brine shrimp and algae that have beta-carotene in them.
• A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
• The largest colony of West Indian flamingos is found at the Inagua National Park on Inagua Island in The Bahamas.

• I look like a huge lizard.
• Some iguanas are shades of brown and some are shades of green. Some are decorated with yellow, orange, or reddish scales.
• Young iguanas eat plants and insects. Older iguanas eat only plants – leaves, fruits, and flowers. Wild dilly and darling plum are some of my favorites.
• I like to hang out near the sandy beach and near rocks where I can relax in the shade.
• The serrated ridge along my spine helps me to cool down when I get too hot.
• If my tail breaks off, I can grow a new one!
• The Andros Rock Iguana is an endangered species. It’s the largest native land species still living in The Bahamas and they are one-of-a-kind because they use termite mounds as nests to lay their eggs.

• I’m a member of the rodent family, but I’m the size of a rabbit.
• Some species of hutia are active during the day and sleep at night (diurnal) and others sleep during the day and are active at night (nocturnal).
• I like to eat leaves and twigs from shrubs.
• Hutias once lived on many islands of The Bahamas, but now we can only be found on East Plana Cay, Little Wax Cay, and Wardrick Wells.
• The Bahama hutia is an endangered species.
• A long time ago, people liked to eat us. They were the first people to live in The Bahamas. They were called Lucayans.

• I’m the national fish of The Bahamas.
• I sleep with my eyes open and I never stop moving.
• I’m the largest and fastest fish in the world!
• I travel alone and follow warm ocean currents.
• I love to eat tuna, mackerel, and squid.
• I can weigh more than 1,000 pounds!

• I’m a large snail that lives underwater.
• At the end of my foot is a hard structure called an operculum that I use to move in the sand.
• As I get older, my shell gets thicker.
• I can produce a natural pearl.
• I eat algae and other marine plants.