Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Mortimer | by Munsch, Robert

It is Mortimer's bedtime but he just will not stop singing. Everyone has yelled at him, even the police. What will make him stop singing?

Keywords: bedtime, family, frustration, music, night, noise, nonverbal communication, parents, siblings, song, sounds, stress management, time

Moonlight | by 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.

Keywords: 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 | by 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.

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

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

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

There's something in my attic | by 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.

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

I've got chicken pox | by 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.

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

If you want to find golden | by Spinelli, Eileen

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

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

Father's rubber shoes | by Yeo, Yumi

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.

Keywords: assertiveness, bedtime, careers, challenges, change, conflict resolution, coping, differences, family, feelings, food, friendship, homesickness, korean, listening, loneliness, loss, love, memories, multicultural, nutrition, parents, responsibilities, sadness, siblings, storytelling, understanding, verbal communication

The lost and found house | by 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!

Keywords: bedtime, bicycle, challenges, change, community, comparisons, conflict, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, decision making, diversity, family, feelings, food, friendship, happiness, moving, neighbors, nonverbal communication, parents, resolution, sadness, school, sleep, soccer, sports, stress management, transportation, truck

Sweet dream pie | by 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?

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

Ant plays bear | by 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.

Keywords: 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! | by 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.

Keywords: 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 | by 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.

Keywords: 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 | by 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.

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

Earthlets -- As explained by professor xargle | by 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.

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

Putting the world to sleep | by 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.

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

I walk at night | by 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.

Keywords: 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? | by 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.

Keywords: 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 | by 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!

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

Snowball | by 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.

Keywords: 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

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