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Moonlight

Ormerod, Jan

A little girl has bad dreams and wants to be near her mom and dad to feel secure. When they try to put her to sleep, the parents get more and more sleepy.

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bedtime, conflict resolution, decision making, dreams, family, fear, feelings, growing up, nonverbal communication, parents, security, sleep

You'll be good and i'll be night: Jumping on the bed poems

Merriam, Eve

A series of poems on topics such as going to bed, ghosts, wishing fish, dancing pigs, contents of a lunch of box, and the coming of dawn is presented.

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animals, bedtime, exercise, fish, food, ghosts, nutrition, pig, poetry, rhyme

There's a nightmare in my closet (Una pesadilla en mi armario)

Mayer, Mercer

A little boy is afraid that the nightmare in his closet will get him. One night, he decides to shoot the nightmare, but soon befriends the monster.

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assertiveness, bedtime, critical thinking, dreams, fear, feelings, happiness, monsters, mythical, nonverbal communication, sleep, trolls

There's something in my attic

Mayer, Mercer

A little girl thinks she hears something in the attic. Her parents won't go look, so she investigates. She finds the nightmare, catches it, then helps it escape.

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assertiveness, bedtime, critical thinking, dreams, escape, family, goal setting, mythical, night, parents, sleep, trolls

I've got chicken pox

Kelley, True

Jess is excited to have the chicken pox because she gets to miss school. Unfortunately, this happiness quickly ends when she realizes it isn't fun to be stuck home without your friends.

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bedtime, chicken pox, coping, critical thinking, diseases, friendship, health, illness, learning, medicine, sadness, self esteem, truth, verbal communication

If you want to find golden

Spinelli, Eileen

A young boy points out various places to go and different things to look at -- all with a special color.

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bedtime, colors, community, fire engine, five senses, food, music, nutrition, rain, sight, sleep, transportation, weather

Yungsu's family moves from Korea to America. When Yungsu goes into his new town and sees children playing, he missed his friends from Korea. Yungsu tells his mother that he wants to go back to Korea, but his father explains that their life will be better in America.

The lost and found house

Cadnum, Michael

A moving truck and moving men load items from a boy's house until the house is empty. The boy and his parents feel differently as they leave and travel to their new house. The boy meets two children and hopes someday they will be his friends!

Sweet dream pie

Wood, Audrey//Teague, Mark

Mouths on Willobee Street start to water when the aroma of the Brindle's Sweet Dream Pie fills the air. But does Sweet Dream Pie really create sweet dreams?

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animals, bedtime, cat, community, cooking, dreams, food, helping, neighbors, nutrition, overeating, recipe, weather

Ant plays bear

Byars, Betsy

Ant is a young boy with a wild imagination. An imagination that allows him to be a bear and a dog. He also imagines a giant outside his window and experiences the careers of his dreams.

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animals, bear, bedtime, careers, cave, creativity, dog, exercise, family, fear, fun, games, giants, goal setting, parents, play, playing, pretend, running, siblings, sounds

I hate to go to bed!

Davis, Katie

This little girl hates to go to bed because she knows she is missing a party. But she still comes up with plenty of ways to make it to the party before it's over.

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bath, bedtime, books, boredom, colors, communication, creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, determination, disappointment, discovery, disobedience, dreams, goal setting, imagination, parents, party, preparation, reading, sleep, teeth

Ira sleeps over

Waber, Bernard

Ira has to make a tough decision about a bear, and just does not know what to do. The sleep over proves to be stressful, but it finds a way to work itself out.

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animals, bear, bedtime, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, friendship, nonverbal communication, peer resistance, problem solving, security, self confidence, self esteem, sleep, stress management, verbal communication

Captain bob sets sail

Schotter, Roni

Bob is a young boy who uses his imagination to turn his daily bath into an amazing adventure in which he encounters boats, sea creatures, and a water fall. When his bath is over, the brave Captain Bob drains the ocean and gets ready for bed.

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adventures, animals, bath, bedtime, boat, bodies of water, body parts, bravery, cleanliness, dinosaur, duck, feelings, fish, imagination, monsters, ocean, play, sea, toys

Earthlets -- As explained by professor xargle

Willis, Jeanne

Alien Professor Xargle explains what human babies or earthlets are to the rest of his alien friends. They learn about feeding, bathing, bedtime, and crying from the alien perspective.

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baby, bedtime, careers, feelings, food, friendship, hygiene, learning, nutrition, teaching

Putting the world to sleep

Thomas, Shelley Moore

As nighttime falls, bedtime is right around the corner. A soothing lullaby sets the mood for sleep, through a warm stanza repetition. A glowing fireplace, shining stars, and yawning baby signal a farewell to daylight.

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animals, baby, bedtime, cricket, day, dog, fire, insects, moon, mountains, night, nonverbal communication, owl, repetition, sea, sleep, stars, tree

I walk at night

Duncan, Lois

A cat enjoys spending time with its owner, but yearns for adventures of the night. The cat waits for night to fall so that all the memories will come back again. When morning dawns, the cat returns to being a familiar pet.

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adventures, animals, attention, author's note, bedtime, birds, cat, cleanliness, critical thinking, dreams, fish, love, loyalty, memories, morning, night, nonverbal communication, sleep, tree, walking

Do you know what i'll do?

Zolotow, Charlotte

A sister tells her younger brother all the different things that she will do for him. She will bring him things that will apply to his five senses. Most of all, she brings her brother her love and attention.

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african american, attention, author's note, baby, bedtime, clouds, day, dreams, emotions, family, five senses, flowers, happiness, multicultural, night, nonverbal communication, party, plants, rain, sea, self esteem, shells, siblings, snow, song, surprises, verbal communication, walking, wind

The night worker

Banks, Kate

Alex dreams of becoming a night worker just like his dad. One night before bedtime, Alex is surprised when his dad hands him a hard hat. Now Alex can see what it is really like to be a night worker!

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architecture, bedtime, careers, construction, dreams, family, hard work, machines, night, parents, sleep, surprises, teamwork, technology, transportation, truck, verbal communication, work

Snowball

Crews, Nina

Each morning the children awake and anxiously look outside to see if it has snowed. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday go by and there's still no sign of snow!Friday is the children's last hope for a day of fun in the snow.

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anticipation, bedtime, celebration, clouds, cold, Days of The Week, dreams, excitement, fun, goal setting, happiness, hope, morning, night, nonverbal communication, patience, photograph, playground, playing, school, sequence, sleep, snow, surprises, verbal communication, weather, winter

10 minutes till bedtime

Rathmann, Peggy

When dad yells 10 minutes till bedtime, the hamster parade shows up to take you on a tour to get ready for bed. From the kitchen to the bath and the bedroom the hamsters help along each step of the way to make getting ready for bed fun.

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animation, bath, bedtime, books, chaos, counting, creativity, family, fun, hygiene, love, numbers, parents, routine, sequence, teeth, time, toys

Beware of the storybook wolves

Child, Lauren

Herb loves being read storybooks by his mother, as long as she takes the books out of his room when she is done. Tonight though, his mother gets distracted and forgets the book. As Herb is just about to fall asleep, two wolves jump out of the book with the intention of eating him. Herb must now find a way to keep them from eating him. With the help of a fairy godmother (from another book!), Herb escapes the hungry wolves.

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animals, bedtime, books, caterpillar, critical thinking, dreams, fable, fear, feelings, five senses, food, godmother, magic, peer resistance, smell, storytelling, stress management, telephone, witches, wolf

Cowboy bunnies

Loomis, Christine

Little rabbits acting as cowboys spend their day playing, eating, swimming, and having fun. When they grow tired, their parents put them to bed.

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animals, bedtime, cowboys, dancing, decision making, exercise, food, illness, music, nutrition, play, rabbit, ranch, rhyme

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

Christelow, Eileen

Five little monkey experience the consequences of jumping on the bed because their mama called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

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animals, bedtime, concepts, counting, decision making, disobedience, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, health, injury, jumping, monkey, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, playing, safety, siblings, verbal communication

One monkey too many

Koller, Jackie French

When one monkey too many jumps on a bike, trouble is right around the corner. Only two monkeys on the golf cart at once!Add three more monkeys and disaster strikes. These monkeys need help at a restaurant, going to bed, and illustrating this book!

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animals, art, bedtime, beverage, bicycle, biking, boat, bodies of water, books, counting, decision making, exercise, food, golf, lake, mischief, monkey, restaurant, rules, safety, sports, transportation

Dawn

Shulevitz, Uri

At nighttime, a grandfather and his grandson are asleep under a tree. Soon, the animals, the grandfather and the grandson begin to awaken - it is dawn!

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animals, bedtime, family, grandparents, nature, night, nonverbal communication, sharing, sleep

The party

Reid, Barbara

Two sisters leave their friends to go to a family birthday party. When the girls get to the party, they play games with lots of children and eat lots of good food and birthday cake. They have so much fun at the party that they don't want to leave!

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affection, animals, balloon, bedtime, birthday, body parts, car, celebration, crowd, dog, exercise, family, food, games, grandparents, gymnastics, injury, loss, love, nonverbal communication, nutrition, parents, party, rhyme, rhythm, running, siblings, singing, song, sport, teeth, transportation, verbal communication

Just another ordinary day

Clement, Rod

Amanda does not have ordinary days!She straps on wings to fly downstairs to breakfast and is driven to school by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Once at school, she eats a gourmet lunch served by a butler. After school, Amanda's mom picks her up on an elephant and takes her home to her pet lion. In the end, Amanda needs a lot of sleep because it has been just another ordinary day.

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alien, animals, assertiveness, bedtime, car, dinosaur, elephant, family, fly, food, friendship, lion, nutrition, parents, school, self esteem, sleep, transportation

Sleepers

Khalsa, Dayal Kaur

A young girl will not go to sleep. She knows that people sleep other places and proceeds to go through them all. By the time she finishes, she is asleep herself.

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animals, assertiveness, bedtime, creativity, goal setting, refusal skills, self esteem, shelter, sleep, verbal communication

When the rooster crowed

Lillie, Patricia

All of the animals must sound at once before the farmer will get out of bed.

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animals, bedtime, chicken, cow, decision making, family, farm, horse, morning, noise, pig, sounds, verbal communication

The howling dog

Pearson, Tracey Campbell

A howling dog howls and barks all night until the entire town is awake. The howling dog is no longer lonely, so she stops howling and barking. The town goes back to sleep and so does the howling dog.

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animals, bedtime, cat, chaos, community, confusion, dog, loneliness, mischief, night, sleep

The star rocker

Slate, Joseph

Old Cassie lives on a floating raft. One night, she tries to quiet the fears of her animal friends, by singing a lullaby near the pond.

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animals, bedtime, bodies of water, fear, feelings, friendship, music, nature, night, pond, song, stress management, verbal communication

Slumber party!

Caseley, Judith

Zoe decides to have a slumber party for her birthday celebration. She invites four of her friends, and they celebrate with pizza and chocolate cake. After a couple of conflicts at bedtime, they all fall asleep with the help of Zoe's mom.

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animals, bedtime, birthday, celebration, creativity, family, fear, feelings, food, friendship, nutrition, parents, party, preparation, restaurant, sleep, storytelling, teeth

Get out of bed!

Munsch, Robert

Any stays up too late watching television and does not make it to breakfast with her family. They decide to take Amy to school in her bed because she was going to be late. At school the principal tries to wake her up but she keeps sleeping. Her teacher covers reading, math, and art, and her friends go to the gym, recess, and lunch-- all while Amy sleeps!The next day, Amy's habit is hilariously contagious!

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animals, art, bedtime, birds, cat, dog, dreams, exercise, family, food, math, nutrition, parents, play, reading, school, siblings, sleep, sounds, teaching, television, working mother

Bedtime, zachary!

Blaustein, Muriel

Zachary is a young tiger cub who simply refuses to go to bed. One night, his parents decide to teach him a lesson and let Zachary be the parent-an he learns a lesson!

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animals, bedtime, conflict resolution, misbehavior, parents, sleep, tiger

Little rabbit goes to sleep

Johnston, Tony

A little rabbit can't fall asleep because he is afraid of the dark. But his grandfather helps him get over his fear by appreciating the moon, stars, and crickets of the night. He is no longer afraid.

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animals, bedtime, conflict resolution, cricket, family, fear, feelings, grandparents, insects, moon, rabbit, sleep, stars

Hey!Get off our train

Burningham, John

A little boy dreams that he travels in his toy train and picks up a lot of different animals on his journey who are in trouble.

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animals, bedtime, environment, extinction, rescue, train, transportation, travel

Tell me something happy before I go to sleep

Dunbar, Joyce

Willa is having a hard time falling asleep because she is afraid that she will have bad dreams. So she asks her brother Willouhgby to tell her something happy to help her have good dreams instead. Willoughby helps Willa out and they both eagerly await the morning.

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animals, bedtime, clothing, conflict resolution, dreams, fear, feelings, food, happiness, love, morning, night, rabbit, siblings, sleep, toys

How do dinosaurs say goodnight?

Yolen, Jane//Teague, Mark

Do dinosaurs say goodnight in the same way that people say goodnight?A dinosaur says goodnight to Papa in quite a different way than when Mamma comes in to turn off the light.

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affection, animals, bedtime, decision making, dinosaur, emotions, family, feelings, frustration, night, parents, resolution, rhyme, rules, sleep, verbal communication

Cowboy small

Lenski, Lois

Cowboy Small takes care of his horse Cactus and rides him around the ranch. He does jobs like fixing the fence and rounding up the cows.

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animals, bedtime, careers, cow, cowboys, critical thinking, decision making, food, nutrition, ranch, responsibilities, sleep, stress management, verbal communication, water

Bedtime for frances

Hoban, Russell

It's France's bedtime but she isn't very tired, so she makes up an alphabet song, imagines a tiger, sees a giant, and learns that the wind has a job before she falls asleep.

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animals, badger, bedtime, family, food, giants, hygiene, night, nutrition, responsibilities, sleep

Kiss good night

Hest, Amy

On a dark and stormy night, Sam's mother puts him to bed in their cozy little house. After a bedtime story and a glass of warm milk, Sam needs a kiss goodnight.

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animals, anticipation, bear, bedtime, books, caring, colors, five senses, forgetful, love, night, nonverbal communication, parents, reading, sleep, sounds, storm, storytelling, weather

The bear

Briggs, Raymond

One night while Tilly is sleeping a bear comes into her room. The next morning Tilly tells her parents about the bear, but they don't think the bear is real. Tilly takes care of the bear all through the day. While Tilly is sleeping, the bear exits through the window to return back to his home.

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animals, bath, bear, bedtime, beverage, family, food, helping, imagination, love, night, nutrition, parents, verbal communication

You're a genius, blackboard bear

Alexander, Martha

Anthony wants to go to the moon. His only problem is that he does not know how to build a spaceship. When Anthony goes to sleep, his friend blackboard bear builds a spaceship. Together they pack the spaceship for their trip. Anthony begins to get worried about the trip and decides he will stay safely at home while blackboard bear goes to the moon himself.

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animals, astronomy, bear, bedtime, conflict resolution, dreams, helping, moon, night, preparation, sleep, stars, travel, verbal communication

What can rabbit hear?

Cousins, Lucy

What can rabbit hear?

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airplane, animals, bedtime, bee, birds, clouds, duck, insects, nonverbal communication, pond, rabbit, sheep, sounds

Where the wild things are

Sendak, Maurice

Max gets sent to his room without dinner. There he dreams about a new world of his own where he sails to an island and becomes the king of all the beasts. After all of his fun frolicking with the beasts, he comes home where a hot meal is waiting for him.

Grandpa takes me to the moon

Gaffney, Timothy R.

A young boy's grandfather sparks his imagination by telling him bedtime stories about what it is like to be an astronaut and travel to the moon.

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american, astronaut, author's note, bedtime, careers, exploration, family, grandparents, moon, nonverbal communication, sleep, storytelling, verbal communication

Sleepy abc

Brown, Margaret Wise

Letters help to describe the different events that happen at night around bedtime.

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alphabet, bedtime, family, night, parents, sleep, sounds

Harold's abc

Johnson, Crockett

A little boy named Harold decides he wants to take us through the ABCs. He uses everyday events, materials, and ideas to take us from A to Z.

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alphabet, art, bedtime, creativity, critical thinking, exploration, nonverbal communication, sequence

Noisy Nora (Julieta, estate quieta)

Wells, Rosemary

Nora is always waiting as her parents take care of her siblings, Jack and Kate. To get some attention she decides to knock over and even bring things in the house. Finally, after they tell her to hush, she decides to leave. Will the family notice her absence?

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aggression, animals, attention, baby, bedtime, behavior, books, communication, disappearance, emotions, family, five senses, frustration, jealousy, loneliness, misbehavior, misunderstanding, mouse, noise, nonverbal communication, parents, persistence, rhyme, sadness, siblings, worry

I know a place

Ackerman, Karen

Everyone should have a familiar place where we feel comfortable and loved. This book shows one child's special place and what is done there. The place where this child feels safe and warm is with his family at home.

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affection, bedtime, caring, child care, family, love, parents, self esteem, siblings

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