Akron Public Library

As darkness falls, parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.

A storm is brewing and Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are hurrying home for bed. But who can sleep with all that racket? It's not long before other friends show up seeking safety from the storm. Thunder and lightening sure can be scary, but it's easy to be brave together. When the clouds roll on and the sky is clear, it's all aboard for a bedtime ride! Beep! Beep! Shhh.

Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.

Angus the Answer Dog answers various questions about bedtime.

Ages 18 months and up. In rhyming text, Bulldozer and all his construction friends work together on the construction site, making lots of noise throughout the day. Sound panel attached to extended inside back cover is keyed to illustrations and text and produces sounds when buttons are pressed.

A boy's hamster leads an increasingly large group of hamsters on a tour of the boy's house, while his father counts down the minutes to bedtime.

"Twelve-year-old Charlie and his friends must stop nightmares from taking over their town before it's too late"--

At bedtime a boy confronts the nightmare in his closet and finds him not so terrifying after all.

A girl climbs a tree in the rain forest saying good night to all the creatures, but it is really her bunk bed as she settles down with all her stuffed animals.

A little monster has trouble falling asleep one night because he fears little boys and girls are hiding under his bed and in his closet.