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Bedtime Business
Counting Kisses
by Karen Katz
For ages 1+ years
What tired little baby do you know who needs a kiss? Yep, all of ‘em. Easiest counting trick in town - kiss your little one and count them while you smooch. This sunny, happy little book is an (read more)
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
For ages
You of course remember this fabulous tale, but if you haven't read it in a few decades, you may be thinking it was dark or scary. It's not -- or at least we haven't met a child who thinks so. Mr. (read more)
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney
For ages 1+ years
Preschoolers fairly bubble over with emotions, and mixed in with all of that frustration and occasional anger and jealousy and ugly stuff, the depth of their love, especially for the big people who (read more)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
For ages 1+ years
If only you had dinosaurs in your house at bedtime…. Sure, your paint job might take a beating with all those scales and tales, and your downstairs neighbors would really bellow about the footsteps, (read more)
The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
For ages birth+
This bedtime favorite is as beautiful a love poem as has ever been written. The story's imaginary game of hide-and-seek between a little bunny and his mother appeals to children's dreams of running (read more)
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
by Eric Carle
For ages 2-6 years
Any pint-sized fan of Eric Carle's work will immediately recognize the gentle-faced moon of this book, and any parent of said pint-sized fan will immediately recognize the pleas of a little one to (read more)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by HarperTrophy
For ages 2-6 years
This much-loved story makes a compelling case for the power of imagination . It also frees you from thinking that you need to give or make or buy all sorts of things to spark your little one's (read more)
Moon Plane
by Peter McCarty
For ages 3-6 years
This tale tells just how far a little imagination can get you. Like Harold and his purple crayon, it zoomz off under the powerful engine of a little one's imagination, and in the vein of a certain (read more)
Time for Bed
by Mem Fox and Jane Dyer
For ages 2-6 years
You won't find a lovelier bedtime book than this one. Truly, you won't. Jane Dyer's naturalistic watercolors of mother animals snuggling their little ones to sleep are simply gorgeous: she even (read more)
Hush Little Baby
by Sylvia Long
For ages 2-6 years
Sylvia Long reworks the classic lullaby we all know and love to wonderful effect. In truth, we're usually a bit wary of attempts to improve on childhood classics. But Long's new lyrics stand on (read more)
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
by Mo Willems
For ages 2-6 years
Sometimes a little humor and a little reverse psychology are needed to persuade a wakeful preschooler that it really is time for bed. If that is the case at your house, allow us to suggest (read more)
Lullaby Themes for Sleepy Dreams
by Susie Tallman
For ages 2-6 years
Is your voice getting hoarse from too many bedtime stories? Are you nodding off on the couch as your little one pleads for one more song? Let Susie Tallman do some singing for you. Her lilting (read more)
Read Aloud Handbook
by Jim Trelease
For ages 2 years +
For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease?s beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and (read more)
Clementine and Mungo
by Sarah Dyer
For ages 2- 6 years
One of the truest joys of parenting, we find, is the joys of eavesdropping. Our kids are preschoolers, not teenagers, so what we are privileged to hear when they are chatting alone with their (read more)
The Night Pirates
by Peter Harris
For ages
Hooray! A pirate book with seafaring girls AND boys, and it's a sleepytime story to boot! When the den has been plundered and abandoned for a night's sleep below deck, break out this darling book. (read more)
The Stuffed Animals Get Ready for Bed
by Alison Inches
For ages 4-8 years
Now one of our favorite bedtime stories, The Stuffed Animals Get Ready for Bed is darling! The little girl has to hustle and bustle about trying to get all of her wound up stuffed animals ready for (read more)
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