Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time--but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake.

A little yellow dog wants ever one more thing before he'll go to sleep.

Mr. and Mrs. Large's attempt to put the children to bed early and have a quiet night on their own has an unexpected ending.

Hoping to be the last person awake, a young girl keeps count as one person after another turns out a light in the apartment building across from hers.

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

One of the masters of children's picture books returns with a simple and lovely story about taking one's time. Teckentrup's spacious, textured collages, brushed with soft color and populated by a pair of charming hedgehogs, convey the beauty of a natural setting, and the comforting bond between caregiver and child. It is evening and the big and little hedgehog are slowly making their way home. There is so much to see, and the little one wants to take...

A young monster says goodnight to all of the other monsters in his bedroom.

With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.

A parent and child enjoy the nighttime world together before bedtime.

At bedtime, Cedric the dragon wants his mother to read his favorite book again, and again, and again.