A pig, a hippo, a moose, and other animals put on pajamas as they get ready for bed, in a book featuring rhyming text.

"A sweeter-than-pie 'bedtime recipe' helps walk baby through his bedtime routine"--

A little boy, hearing noises at his window at bedtime, calls forhis mother. His worst fears are realized, but he learns that monsters have mothers too.

Monster needs to go to sleep but keeps finding things to stay awake for until, finally, he admits that he is afraid of the dark and gets help with his bedtime problem.

Jake has trouble falling asleep, so his mother and father suggest that he count sheep, pretend he's a bear, a mouse, and other animals, but nothing he tries seems to work.

When Aunt Nina's nephews and nieces spend the night, they find amultitude of excuses for not going to sleep right away.

Small bear uses every excuse to avoid going to bed much to the exasperation of Big bear.

At bedtime, a young girl and her father compete in saying how much they love one another.