Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

All the various inhabitants of Jim's closet, drawers, toy chest, and other places in his room come out and go to sleep in Jim's bed leaving no room for Jim.

"Espeluznantes criaturas del folclore peruano quieren asustar a Benita. ¿Podrá leer su libro en paz?"--Page 4 of cover.

Through a series of amusing examples, a young boy learns how to get ready for a good night's sleep--and bedtime should not include dinosaurs or sharks.

"Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them. This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters" --

A cave father, tired after a long day of hunting and gathering, copes with his young child who wants to be read to before going to sleep.

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.

Marco the bird does not want to take the time to prepare for bedtime because there are so many more important things for him to do.

When mommy octopus tells little Floyd that it is time for bed, he decides that his parents want help getting their baths and putting on their pajamas (not what Mommy-O meant)--soon all three are covered with water and bubbles, and his parents are so exhausted that they fall asleep before Floyd is in bed.

Larry the monster knows he should not push the button but cannot resist one tap, which makes him so sleepy he needs the reader's help to get ready for bed.