Akron Public Library

A mother duck tries to persuade her five ducklings to go to sleep on a dark night.

One night after a storm, environmental activist Rachel Carson takes her nephew Roger out for a walk by the sea. Includes notes about Rachel Carson, the story, and bioluminescence.

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.

Animals, people, and things become quiet and sleep when night comes. On board pages.

An assortment of animals on a boat take a bath, put on their pajamas, brush their teeth, and exercise before going to bed. On board pages.

A fearless little skunk sets off through the woods alone at night encountering scary creatures, which the reader can correctly identify as various forest animals.

A sleepy child is flown through the night sky to see foxes hunting, rabbits playing, raccoons scrounging, and other animals that are active while people sleep.

There is no night so dark, so black as night in the country. And while the people dream of daytime things, the nighttime world awakens. Owls swoop, a rabbit patters, and in the yard an apple falls -- pump! -- from the tree. Listen. Go to the window. Across the field a light glows. Who else is up so late? Who else watches and hears the sights and sounds of night in the country -- the many stirrings of silence, the many colors of the dark? Lyrical text...

On a snowy night when a park keeper takes the animals into his hut for warmth, things get too crowded for comfort.

On the eve of his first day at school, a child projects some of his uneasiness onto his teddy bear, Willy.