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Good Night, Sleep Tight! Books for Bedtime
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Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to all his familiar possessions, as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens. Call Number: E BRO
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Don't Turn the Page!
by Rachelle Burk
Inspired by a bedtime story's depiction of a little animal's nighttime ritual, Sami, a little hedgehog who resists going to sleep at night, thinks of her own ways to settle down in a gentle story-within-a-story that culminates in a surprise ending. Call Number: E BUR
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Night Knight
by Owen Davey
Riding through the forest to reach his bedroom, a little knight battles crocodiles to brush his teeth and climbs a tall tower to get into his bed before settling down to sleep. Call Number: E DAV
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Llama Llama Red Pajama
by Anna Dewdney
When Mama Llama tucks her in for the night and leaves the room, Baby Llama suddenly starts to get nervous and so bellows, hollers, and screams for her return in this lively picture book with simple text. Call Number: E DEW
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One Ted Falls Out of Bed
by Julia Donaldson
When he falls out of bed, teddy bear can't find a way to get back up to be with the child he loves and so seeks the assistance of three helpful mice who come up with a wild assortment of ways to get him where he wants to be! Call Number: E DON
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All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep
by Crescent Dragonwagon
A lyrical animal ABC storybook follows the gentle efforts of a mother to soothe her child to sleep by telling him about all the awake animals who are getting sleepy, from an antlered Antelope to a zzz-ing Zebra. Call Number: E DRA
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Nighty Night, Little Green Monster
by Ed Emberley
A playful follow-up to the best-selling "Go Away, Big Green Monster" invites young children to explore colorful die-cut spreads depicting an adorable yellow-eyed monster who gets ready to go to sleep as the stars begin to appear in the night sky. Call Number: E EMB
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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod: [A Dutch Lullaby]
by Eugene Field
A brilliantly illustrated picture book with poetic verse features three fishermen who jumped into a sailboat made from a wooden shoe and sailed off into the stars. Call Number: E FIE
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Sleepytime Me
by Edith Hope Fine
A drowsy child observes the wide world settling down as daylight fades and night draws in, prompting good-night hugs and kisses in a gently rhyming story that is complemented by evocative illustrations. Call Number: E FIN
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I Love You, Too!
by Michael Foreman
Little Bear doesn't want to go to sleep, so he tries everything he can think of to distract his father. In the end it's an exhausted dad who falls asleep. Call Number: E FOR
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Time for Bed
by Mem Fox
As darkness falls various animal parents get their children ready for sleep. Call Number: E FOX
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Good Night, Sleep Tight
by Mem Fox
A gentle nighttime tale finds young Bonnie and Ben enjoying their babysitter's bedtime nursery rhymes so much that they resist going to bed and beg to hear the rhymes over again until all three fall asleep. Call Number: E FOX
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Everyone Sleeps
by Marcellus Hall
When his family goes to sleep at night, Conrad the goggle-eyed pug wanders through fields and forests, across lakes and oceans and is astonished to find all of his fellow creatures soundly sleeping. Call Number: E HAL
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Good Night, Mouse!
by Jed Henry
In an endearing story of friendship, Mouse's perennially well-intentioned pals try to come up with ways to help him get some much-needed sleep. Call Number: E HEN
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Sleepyheads
by Sandra J. Howatt
A read-aloud bedtime tale combines cozy illustrations of sleepy animals with lyrical rhymes about how each animal settles down to bed in their respective homes. Call Number: E HOW
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Sweet Dreams
by Jewel
Featuring an accompanying CD by the Grammy-nominated author, a bedtime tale features a mother's soothing lullaby that transforms into an imaginative adventure for a sleepy child who ventures into a beautiful world of dreams under a sky filled with shimmering stars. Call Number: E JEW
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Princess Baby, Night-Night
by Karen Katz
With bedtime soon approaching, Princess Baby has to tend to all her important tasks, such as making sure her devoted subjects brush their teeth and picking out the perfect book to read, before settling in for the night for her much-needed royal rest. Call Number: E KAT
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Tell Me the Day Backwards
by Albert Lamb
As he gets into bed, Timmy Bear asks his mother to play a game with him in which they remember everything he did during the day, but in reverse order. Call Number: E LAM
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Piggies in Pajamas
by Michelle Meadows
A follow-up to "Piggies in the Kitchen" finds a busy and tired Mama Pig hearing a commotion upstairs after putting her oinking little ones to bed, but each time she checks on them, they are all tucked in and quiet. Call Number: E MEA
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Bedtime Is Canceled
by Cece Meng
The author presents a whimsical cautionary tale about a pair of siblings whose defiant note stating that bedtime is cancelled accidentally winds up in the hands of a reporter, who unleashes sleepless city-wide chaos by publishing the note in the newspaper. Call Number: E MEN
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Someone's Sleepy
by Deborah Lee Rose
A gentle rhyming story about a child's nighttime ritual follows her routine of taking a bath, brushing her teeth, exchanging hugs with a parent and reading a storybook before settling under the covers with her stuffed animals and falling asleep beside her puppy and a night light. Call Number: E ROS
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Bedtime for Mommy
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
A whimsical turn-the-tables story finds a pair of children good-naturedly endeavoring to put their playful mother to bed while she asks for additional stories, glasses of water and other means of avoiding sleep. Call Number: E ROS
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Time for Bed, Baby Ted
by Debra Sartell
At bedtime, Baby Ted finds many ways to avoid settling down for the night by pretending he is a snapping crocodile, a squeaky mouse and a prickly porcupine. Call Number: E SAR
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Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
by Brianna Caplan Sayres
Illustrations and rhyming text reveal what trucks, tractors and construction vehicles do to get ready for bed after a hard day's work. Call Number: E SAY
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When the World Is Ready for Bed
by Gillian Shields
As evening falls and the world gets ready for sleep, the littlest members of the bunny family put on their pajamas, brush their teeth, and take one last look at the moon before snuggling in under their covers and saying "good night." Call Number: E SHI
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The King Who Wouldn't Sleep
by Debbie Singleton
A clever farmer wins the hand of a princess when he uses a counting activity to make the watchful king fall asleep. Call Number: E SIN
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Boom! Boom! Boom!
by Jamie Swenson
On a stormy night, a child snuggles into bed with a book and a teddy bear but is soon joined by one dog, one cat and more of the family pets until the child, and the bed, reach their limit. Call Number: E SWE
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On the Night You Were Born
by Nancy Tillman
The moon, wind, rain, and a variety of animals celebrate the special occasion that is the birth of a child. Call Number: E TIL
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Where's Tim's Ted?: It's Time for Bed!
by Ian Whybrow
Unable to go to sleep when he discovers that his beloved stuffed toy is missing, little Tim hops out of bed, pulls on his boots and enlists the help of all his farm animal friends in a torchlit midnight adventure. Call Number: E WHY
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Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime!
by Myra Wolfe
Enjoying swashbuckling adventures while making believe she is a fearless pirate, Charlotte Jane hunts for treasure and performs fantastic feats of daring while insisting that there is no time in her busy schedule for bedtime. Call Number: E WOL
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
by Jane Yolen
Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say good night, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss, in a picture book featuring ten sleepy dinosaurs which includes the name of each dinosaur on the end papers. Call Number: E YOL
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It's Time to Say Good Night
by Harriet Ziefert
By the time a young boy finishes saying "good morning" to everything in sight, it is time to say "good night." Call Number: E ZIE
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