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Sleepy Snuggles

Diana Murray - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

A soothing bedtime story about baby animals being tucked into bed and kissed good night, Sleepy Snuggles is a bedtime classic in the making for fans of I Love You Like No Otter and If Animals Kissed Good Night - and a perfect baby shower gift for new parents. Features a sweet "This...
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Hen in the Bed

Katrina Charman - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

There were 10 in the bed and the speckled hen said, "Roll over! Roll over!". Count the funny animal friends as they noisily roll, flop, and tumble out of bed, one by one, in this clever split-page picture book.. As the bed gets emptier, bedtime gets more and more chaotic.. Will...
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Sugar Pie Lullaby: The Soul of Motown in a Song of Love

Carole Weatherford - Sourcebooks Explore
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the love between a child and caring adult with this soulful bedtime book!Shoo-be-do-wop along with your little one as you introduce them to the legendary music of the Motown era. Enjoy a jazzy drift into dreamland, filled with sentiment and heart, as together, child and caring...
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Hush! A Thai Lullaby

Minfong Ho - Scholastic
Format: Hardcover

A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not disturb the sleeping baby.
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Sleep Like a Tiger

Mary Logue - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Format: Print book

2013 Randolph Caldecott Honor AwardIn this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny - like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding...
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Little Owl's Night

Divya Srinivasan - Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

It's evening in the forest and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog croaks, and Cricket sings. A full moon rises and Little Owl can't understand why anyone would want to miss...
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Hush, Little Rocket

Mo O'Hara - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Bedtime goes out of this world with Hush, Little Rocket, a new picture book by New York Times-bestselling author Mo O'Hara!Hush, Little Rocket, don't make a bleep.We're heading home now, it's time to sleep.. At the end of a very long day soaring around the galaxy, send your...
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In the Night Garden

Carin Berger - Neal Porter Books
Format: Hardcover

A gentle, collage-illustrated bedtime read about the often mysterious and always beautiful experiences to be found in nighttime spaces.. In the night garden fireflies look like fallen stars.Moonflowers unfurl and release their intoxicating perfume.In the night garden you can lie on the cool...
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Tomorrow Most Likely

Dave Eggers - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Rather than focusing on going to bed - and what kid wants to think about going to bed? - this book explores all of the dreamy, wonderful, strange things the next day might bring. Whimsical, witty, and hopeful, this revolutionary rewriting of a classic goodnight book from bestselling author...
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The Yawnicorn

Emily Hamilton
Format: Hardcover

Magic is waiting in this rhythmic, calming tale that is the perfect bedtime story for when little ones struggle to fall asleep!. You're tucked into bed, ready for sleep. But . . . your head is all busy. and your legs are all twitchy. And this blanket is so itchy!. It's time to call...
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Good Night, Little Man

Daniel Bernstrom - ‎HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a new bedtime favorite featuring a persistent Little Man who refuses to sleep without his sheep-sheep.It's time for bed! But Little Man can't get to sleep without his beloved stuffed...
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Sleepy Sheepy

Lucy Ruth Cummins - ‎Flamingo Books
Format: Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins and Pete Oswald, New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Bad Seed series, comes a rhyming bedtime tale featuring brand new picture book character Sleepy Sheepy, a sheep who is definitely NOT sleepy!Sleepy Sheepy was not sleepyBut...
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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker - Chronicle Books
Format: Audiobook

The #1 New York Times bestsellerAs the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest - so they'll be ready for another day of rough...
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Bedtime Bonnet

Nancy Redd - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This joyous and loving celebration of family is the first-ever picture book to highlight Black nighttime hair traditions--and is perfect for every little girl who knows what it's like to lose her bonnet just before bedtime.In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up!My brother...
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Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

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Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Llama, Llama red pajamawaiting, waiting for his mama.Mama isn't coming yet.Baby Llama starts to fret.In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama, Baby Llama immediately starts worrying...
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No Go Sleep!

Kate Feiffer - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A baby - finally - falls asleep with the rest of the world in this soothing picture book from Kate and Jules Feiffer.And the sun said,"I've gone for the day.When you wake up,I'll be back to play."Even though the stars are out and the moon is bright,...
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Time for Bed

Mem Fox - Harcourt Brace & Co.
Format: Book

Darkness is falling everywhere and little ones are getting sleepy, feeling cozy, and being tucked in. It's time for a wide yawn, a big hug, and a snuggle under the covers--sleep tight! "Working beautifully with the soothingly repetitive text, each painting conveys a warm feeling of safety...
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Pajamas Anytime

Marsha Hayles - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

You can't help but have comfy fun in pajamas all year round. And not just when you're sleeping! If January's snow closes school for the day or a February cold keeps you sofa'd from play, it's time for pajamas. When your September school party has you all dressed for bed and in pumpkin...
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Dinosaur vs. Bedtime

Bob Shea - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Hardcover

Roaaaar! Roaar! Nothing can stop me!Nothing can stop little dinosaur-not talking grownups, spaghetti, or even bath time. But what happens when he faces the biggest challenge of all?bedtime? With spare text and irresistible dinosaur roaaars, little dinosaurs will be begging for this book...
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Interrupting Chicken

David Ezra Stein - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Its time for the little red chickens bedtime story - and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken cant help herself! Whether the tale is Hansel and Grettel or Little Red Riding Hood or even Chicken Little, she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from...
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Kitchen Dance

Maurie J. Manning - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

A little girl wakes in the night to mysterious, inviting noises. She rouses her brother, and they sneak downstairs and peek into the kitchen. To their amazement and delight, their parents are dancing and singing---"?Como te quiero! Oh, how I love you!" ---as they clean up and put food...
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All Ears, All Eyes

Richard Jackson - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Shh ... look ... listen ... to the sounds of the dark say Goodnight!What sails? What flies? Those ... these, Down low, nearby, far off, up high. Who listens? Who looks? Who hears? Who sees? An homage to the melodies of nighttime, to each critter that sings, hoots, or glows, All Ears,...
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The Big Bed

Bunmi Laditan - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of the Honest Toddler blog, The Big Bed is a humorous picture book about a girl who doesn't want to sleep in her little bed, so she presents her dad with his own bed -- a camping cot! -- in order to move herself into her parents' big bed in his place. A twist on the classic...
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

Jane Yolen - Blue Sky Press
Format: Hardcover

Substituting children for dinosaurs, Jane Yolen explores a world where dinosaurs are animated and with nightly routines. These anthropomorphized reptillians (a cast of 10) run the spectrum...
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I Will Read to You

Gideon Sterer - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A gentle blend of spooky and sweet, I Will Read to You is a unique rhyming bedtime tale about empathy, storytime...and monsters.. Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved stories - scary ones about skeletons and witches, giants and ghosts, vampires, dragons, mummies and goblins. But he wondered...
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Kiss Good Night

Amy Hest

Tuck someone in with a kiss good night."It was a dark and stormy night on Plum Street. In the little white house, Mrs. Bear was putting Sam to bed."Outside, the wind blows and the rain comes down. Inside, it is Sam's bedtime. Mrs. Bear reads him a story, tuck
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Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night? (Where Do...Series)

Brianna Caplan Sayres - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

. The same team who brought you Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? have engineered another rollicking bedtime story - for train lovers everywhere! Have you ever wondered what little trains do when its time for bed? The same things you do! Freight trains, passenger trains, subways, trolleys...
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Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney - Candlewick; 1 edition
Format: Print book

"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how much he loves him: as wide as he can reach and as far as he can hop. But Big Nutbrown Hare, who can reach farther and hop higher, loves him back just as much. Well then Little Nutbrown...
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Russell the Sheep

Rob Scotton - HarperCollins; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

This is Russell.Sometimes Russell is just a little bit out of step with the rest of the flock.All the sheep are falling asleep -- except Russell.What's a sheep to do?Russell tries everything ... until, at last, he falls asleep.
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Twenty Yawns

Jane Smiley - Two Lions
Format: Print book

From Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley and Caldecott Honor artist Lauren Castillo. As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious. How will she ever get back to sleep?Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley's first...
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Windows

JULIA DENOS - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home.Before your city goes to sleep, you might head out for a walk, your dog at your side as you go out the door and into the almost-night....
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Good Night Like This

Mary Murphy - Candlewick Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

From the creator of A Kiss Like This and Say Hello Like This! comes a third adorable animal story to share - this one for bedtime.Filled with dreamy, colorful art, this is the perfect soothing bedtime book for little children. The rhythmic text is just right for gently lulling...
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Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!

Todd Tarpley - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A playful robot bedtime story, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree John Rocco! Quiet at last. Not a peep. Three little robots are... BEEP! BEEP!When his three rambunctious robots give every possible excuse not to go to sleep, what's a little boy to do? With a fun refrain...
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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep

Barney Saltzberg - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Print book

High in his tree a young panda named Chengdu lies awake, even though everyone around him is quietly sleeping. He tosses and he turns. He scrunches and he squirms, until he finally finds the perfect spot.
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The night world

Mordicai Gerstein - Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Format: Hardcover

Sylvie the cat persuades her boy to go into the darkness very late at night, where they're greeted by the shadows of roses and other flowers, and by nocturnal animals who whisper, "It's almost here."
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While You're Asleep

Emmy Kastner - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of The Panda Problem, this "funny, raucous, and ultimately satisfying" (Mac Barnett, New York Times bestselling author) meta picture book shows what both diurnal and nocturnal animals get up to while you're asleep.. When the Earth slowly spins and light fades...
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The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever!

Louise Fitzgerald - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the quickest bedtime story ever! Your little one will be asleep in seconds.. But wait! There are a couple of things you must do first:. Have you warmed up your reading voice?. And plumped the pillows?. What about the teddy bears? Have you organized them yet?. Getting ready for a story...
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The Bedtime Boat

Sital Gorasia Chapman - Crocodile Books
Format: Hardcover

A visually stunning, thoughtful and calming bedtime tale, featuring tried-and-tested mindfulness techniques.. Watch the boat, Chandan, it floats on the ocean. It rises and falls with your breath's gentle motion.. Chandan has had an exciting day out with his mom - but now it's time...
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It's Time to Hush and Say Good Night

Chitra Soundar - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Lull a little one to sleep with gentle rhyming verses and a mesmerizing swirl of imagery from the natural world, as a loving parent takes a child on a dreamlike journey.. I give this kiss from me to you,to keep you safe till morning dew.At sunrise when the skies turn blue,I'll be here...
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