"For one restless pup the waking world is too full of wonder to leave behind at bedtime, until he closes his eyes and finds comfort in his dreams"--

"Tired of the "dangerous adventures" with his human boy, a teddy bear decides to run away but reconsiders when bedtime arrives." --Verso page.

"Hello. Bed here. Yes, Bed. Bed has something to say. Bed is fed up. Bed's patience is wearing thin. For years Bed has put up with the kicking, the drooling, the jumping. But enough is enough. Now it's time to consider Bed's feelings, too ... In an unexpected shift in point of view, a child's bed tells it like it is"--

Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.

In this house, when everyone stays awake at night, things get very strange, what with Mom on the roof, and Grandma playing cards with the ghost of long-dead Grandpa Paul, and even the dog and cat are acting weird; as the family's doings become more and more bizarre, the narrator starts to wonder--what on earth will happen when morning finally comes.

It's time for Flynn to sleep in his first ever big boy bed, but there's one rather large problem: a walrus! Mom and Dad play along. Is Flynn just stalling? Either way it doesn't look like anyone is getting much sleep tonight.

"The only thing Duncan does not like to do at bedtime is go to sleep, and he knows all the tricks for avoiding it. Until one day, his mom has had enough, and leaves Duncan in his room to figure it out on his own. Left with no other choice but to take his mother's advice, Duncan tries counting sheep to get to sleep. It all goes well for a while, but then Sheep #68 is a bit apprehensive about taking his turn ... And suddenly, the tables have turned--Sheep...

It's time to power down for the night, but Little Robot isn't ready! He quickly opens his stalling program. Luckily, Mom Unit knows exactly how to get him into his sleep module.From a debut picture book author and the illustrator of Little Boo, this funny twist on a familiar nighttime routine will click with bedtime avoidance experts everywhere.

"From the savanna to the city to outer space, celebrated Nordic children's book illustrator Linda Bondestam offers a charming peek at the many ways we settle in for sleep, with gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations full of offbeat humor. Discover the bedtime routines of animals all over the world through the eyes of an alien family on a faraway planet. Little monkey needs his mama to play at least seventy-three songs on the ukulele to fall asleep. A meerkat...

"Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight. Can you be Mommy and hold me tight? In this clever, rhyming picture book, a mother tells her child that she's simply too tired to be Mommy tonight and asks her daughter to take over for her."--