“What are the best Children’s books about Bedtime?” We looked at 276 of the top Bedtime books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 32 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Bedtime” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 225+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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While other animals sleep at night, some quietly and others noisily, some alone and others huddled together, a wide-eyed owl watches.
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Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
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When bedtime comes Little Bear is afraid of the dark, until Big Bear brings him lights and love.
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Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
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Tells, in verse, what happens when all ninety-nine zillion nine trillion and three creatures in the world go to sleep.
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Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.
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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Nicholas the bunny describes his activities during different seasons. I am a bunny. My name is Nicholas. I live in a hollow tree. In the spring, Nicholas likes to sniff the flowers, and in the summer, watch the frogs in the pond. In the fall, he watches the animals getting ready for winter, and in winter, watches the snow falling from the sky. This beautifully illustrated, gentle story is one of Goldenb2ss most beloved titles.… (more)
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Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.
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Even after a story, being tucked in, and warm milk, Sam is not ready to go to sleep until his mother kisses him good-night.
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The moon, wind, rain, and a variety of animals celebrate the special occasion that is the birth of a child.
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A pig, a hippo, a moose, and other animals put on pajamas as they get ready for bed, in a book featuring rhyming text.
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A mouse puts a book to sleep by covering it with a blanket, reading it a story, and giving it a big hug.
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At bedtime a young girl asks “Does everything in the world go to sleep?”
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A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.
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Five beautifully adapted stories that encourage a love for reading for the pre- or early reader. In the beloved classic The Napping House, Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap … until a little flea causes a big stir. Somebody’s got an itch! Other stories include Each Peach Pear Plum; Drummer Hoff; Bear Snores On; Wild About Books.… (more)
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From the quiet of being the first one awake in the morning to “sweet dreams quiet” when the last light is turned off, simple text explores the many kinds of quiet that can exist during the day.
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Roger the Rabbit is just like you: he likes playing in the grass, and doesn’t like going to sleep in the evening! With the help of a sleepy snail, a wise owl, and a wizard, he learns the secret of sleepiness… and so can you!
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Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
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On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
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A mother and child discuss how the mother’s love would remain constant even if her child were a stinky skunk, scary ape, or bug-eating green alien.
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Rhyming text explores what would happen if animals kissed like humans do, from a slow kiss between a sloth and her cub to a mud-happy kiss from a hippo calf to his father.
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Willa has trouble falling asleep until her brother reminds her of all the happy things that await her in the morning.
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As darkness falls parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.
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A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
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An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.
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During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even more.
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At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.
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An assortment of animals on a boat take a bath, put on their pajamas, brush their teeth, and exercise before going to bed.
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At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.
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Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss.
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A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep.
# | Book | Author | Lists |
33 | A Bedtime for Bear | Red Tri | |
34 | A Bedtime Kiss For Chester Raccoon (Kissing Hand Books) | Audrey Penn | Baby Sleep Site |
35 | A KITTEN CALLED MOONLIGHT | Martin Waddell | My Kids Time |
36 | A Recipe for Bedtime | Read Brightly | |
37 | A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
38 | A Visit From The Good Night Fairy | Renee Frances | Baby Sleep Site |
39 | A Wrinkle in Time’ | Madeleine L’Engle | Cafe Mom |
40 | ABC | Dr. Seuss | My Kids Time |
41 | ADAM’S AMAZING SPACE ADVENTURE | Benji Bennett | My Kids Time |
42 | ALL THE WORLD | Liz Garton Scanlon | My Kids Time |
43 | AMAZING GRACE | Mary Hoffman | My Kids Time |
44 | Anne of Green Gables’ | L.M. Montgomery | Cafe Mom |
45 | Around the World in a Bathtub | Read Brightly | |
46 | Astronaut Annie | Red Tri | |
47 | B is for Bedtime | Babyology | |
48 | Baby Bedtime | Babyology | |
49 | Bad Dreams Begone! | Scary Mommy | |
50 | BAMBI | Felix Salten | My Kids Time |
51 | BARRY THE FISH WITH FINGERS | Sue Hendra | My Kids Time |
52 | BEAR ON A BIKE | Stella Blackstone | My Kids Time |
53 | BEARS IN THE NIGHT | Stan Berenstain | My Kids Time |
54 | Bedtime | Elizabeth Verdick | Baby Sleep Site |
55 | Bedtime 123 | Chapters | |
56 | Bedtime for Bear | Red Tri | |
57 | Bedtime for Frances | Red Tri | |
58 | Bedtime for Mommy | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Story Berries |
59 | Bedtime Lullabies | The Book People | |
60 | BEFORE YOU SLEEP | Benji Bennett | My Kids Time |
61 | Bella and Monty: A Hairy, Scary Night | Alex T Smith | The Book Bag |
62 | Big Nate’ (series) | Lincoln Peirce | Cafe Mom |
63 | Billy Monster’s Daymare | Alan Durant and Ross Collins | The Book Bag |
64 | Brush Your Teeth, Please: A Pop-Up Book | Read Brightly | |
65 | BUTTERFLY KISSES | Bob Carlisle | My Kids Time |
66 | Canada 123 | Chapters | |
67 | Cassandra and the Night Sky, | Amy Jackson | The Childrens Book Review |
68 | Charley’s First Night | Red Tri | |
69 | Charlotte and the Quiet Place | Happy You Happy Family | |
70 | CHESTER’S MASTERPIECE | Melanie Watt | My Kids Time |
71 | CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM | BILL MARTIN JR | My Kids Time |
72 | CHOCOLATE MOUSSE FOR GREEDY GOOSE | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
73 | CHUGGA-CHUGGA CHOO-CHOO | KEVIN LEWIS | My Kids Time |
74 | CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE | Doreen Cronin | My Kids Time |
75 | Close Your Eyes | Red Tri | |
76 | CURIOUS GEORGE IN THE BIG CITY | Martha Weston | My Kids Time |
77 | Darkness Slipped In | Ella Burfoot | The Book Bag |
78 | Dear Girl, | Chapters | |
79 | DEAR ZOO | Rod Campbell | My Kids Time |
80 | Dinosaur vs. Bedtime | Red Tri | |
81 | DON’T DIP YOUR CHIPS IN YOUR DRINK, KATE | CHERYL HART | My Kids Time |
82 | Don’t Turn the Page! | Red Tri | |
83 | Dragons Love Tacos | Scary Mommy | |
84 | Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey | Red Tri | |
85 | DUCK IN THE TRUCK | Jez Alborough | My Kids Time |
86 | E.t. The Extra-terrestrial: The Classic… | Chapters | |
87 | Edgar Gets Ready For Bed | Jennifer Adams | Baby Sleep Site |
88 | Emily Brown and the Thing | Cressida Cowell | The Book Bag |
89 | Even Superheroes Have to Sleep | Read Brightly | |
90 | FABLEHAVEN | Brandon Mull | My Kids Time |
91 | FIVE ON TREASURE ISLAND | Enid Blyton | My Kids Time |
92 | Freckle Juice | Chapters | |
93 | GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE By Giles Andreae | My Kids Time | |
94 | GO DOG GO | Phillip Eastman | My Kids Time |
95 | Go to Sleep, Jessie! | Babyology | |
96 | GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS retold | Candince Ransom | My Kids Time |
97 | Good Night Beach | Thrift Books | |
98 | GOOD NIGHT LARS | Hans de Beer | My Kids Time |
99 | Good Night Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Bedtime Story | Red Tri | |
100 | Good Night, Sleep Tight | Red Tri | |
101 | GOODNIGHT DIGGER | Michelle Robinson | My Kids Time |
102 | Goodnight Goodnight Sleepyhead | Red Tri | |
103 | Goodnight iPad | Babyology | |
104 | Goodnight Yoga – A Pose | Pose Bedtime Story | Story Berries |
105 | Goodnight, Already! | Babyology | |
106 | GREEN EGGS AND HAM | Dr. Seuss | My Kids Time |
107 | Harold and the Purple Crayon | Red Tri | |
108 | Heartwood Hotel Book 1: A True Home | Chapters | |
109 | HOME BEFORE DARK | Ian Beck | My Kids Time |
110 | Hop into Bed! | Chapters | |
111 | HORTON HEARS A WHO | Dr. Seuss | My Kids Time |
112 | HOW ROLAND ROLLS | Jim Carrey | My Kids Time |
113 | How to Put Your Parents to Bed | Happy You Happy Family | |
114 | Hush Little Baby | Red Tri | |
115 | Hush Little Ones | Red Tri | |
116 | I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed | Red Tri | |
117 | I Love You As Much… | Thrift Books | |
118 | I Love You Stinky Face | RD | |
119 | I Love You, Good Night | Thrift Books | |
120 | If I Were a Kangaroo: A Bedtime Tale | Read Brightly | |
121 | In a Blue Room | Red Tri | |
122 | In the Night Kitchen | Red Tri | |
123 | INCY WINCY SPIDER | Keith Chapman | My Kids Time |
124 | Ira Sleeps Over | Red Tri | |
125 | It’s Time to Sleep, My Love | Thrift Books | |
126 | It’s Only Stanley | Scary Mommy | |
127 | It’s Time To Sleep, My Love | Nancy Tillman | Baby Sleep Site |
128 | JACK AND THE BEANSTALK | Stephen Tucker | My Kids Time |
129 | JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH | Roald Dahl | My Kids Time |
130 | Junie B. Jones’ (series) | Barbara Park | Cafe Mom |
131 | Just Go to Bed | Red Tri | |
132 | Just Like Tonight | Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow | The Book Bag |
133 | KIPPER’S SNOWY DAY | Mick Inkpen | My Kids Time |
134 | Kitten’s First Full Moon | Red Tri | |
135 | KOALA LOU | Mem Fox | My Kids Time |
136 | Ladybug Girl Says Good Night | Read Brightly | |
137 | Let’s Go to Sleep | The Book People | |
138 | Little Blue Truck’s Springtime | Chapters | |
139 | LITTLE BOOK OF BEDTIME STORIES | My Kids Time | |
140 | Little House on the Prairie’ (series) | Laura Ingalls Wilder | Cafe Mom |
141 | Llama Llama Nighty-Night | Read Brightly | |
142 | LOST AND FOUND | Oliver Jeffers | My Kids Time |
143 | LOST IN THE SNOW | Ian Beck | My Kids Time |
144 | LOVE YOU FOREVER | Robert Munsch | My Kids Time |
145 | Mae Among The Stars | Chapters | |
146 | MAISY’S MORNING ON THE FARM | Lucy Cousins | My Kids Time |
147 | Mama Saurus | Scary Mommy | |
148 | MATILDA | Roald Dahl | My Kids Time |
149 | Max and Ruby’s Bedtime Book | Red Tri | |
150 | MIAOW SAID THE COW | Emma Dodd | My Kids Time |
151 | Monkey: Not Ready for Bedtime | Read Brightly | |
152 | Monster & Son | Scary Mommy | |
153 | Mortimer | Thrift Books | |
154 | Mother Goose’s Pajama Party | Danna Smith | Baby Sleep Site |
155 | MR MEN and LITTLE MISS books | Roger Hargreaves | My Kids Time |
156 | Mr. Popper’s Penguins’ | Richard and Florence Atwater | Cafe Mom |
157 | MRS ARMITAGE QUEEN OF THE ROAD | Quentin Blake | My Kids Time |
158 | Mrs. Biddlebox | Happy You Happy Family | |
159 | MUMMY DO YOU LOVE ME? | Jeanne Willis | My Kids Time |
160 | My First Little House Books | RD | |
161 | My Side of the Mountain’ | Jean Craighead George | Cafe Mom |
162 | Night Animals | Scary Mommy | |
163 | Night Knight | Red Tri | |
164 | Night Lights | Red Tri | |
165 | NIGHT MONKEY DAY MONKEY | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
166 | Night Night, Jungle | Red Tri | |
167 | Night Night, Sleepytown | Amy Parker | The Childrens Book Review |
168 | Nighty-Night | Read Brightly | |
169 | No Go Sleep! | Red Tri | |
170 | NOISY NORA | Rosemary Wells | My Kids Time |
171 | Nursies When The Sun Shines | Katerhine C. Havener | Baby Sleep Site |
172 | Oliver Who Would Not Sleep | Mara Bergman and Nick Maland | The Book Bag |
173 | Once Upon A Cloud | Scary Mommy | |
174 | One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish | Dr. Seuss | Parents |
175 | One More Hug For Nutmeg | Caroline Jayne Church | The Book Bag |
176 | Orion and the Dark | Happy You Happy Family | |
177 | Owl Babies | The Book People | |
178 | PADDINGTON BEAR | Michael Bond | My Kids Time |
179 | PANTS | Giles Andrae | My Kids Time |
180 | Peek-a-Boo! | Red Tri | |
181 | PEEPO | Janet and Allan Ahlberg | My Kids Time |
182 | PETER PAN | J.M. Barrie | My Kids Time |
183 | Pillowland | Red Tri | |
184 | Pinkalicious | Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann | Parents |
185 | PIPPI LONGSTOCKING | Astrid Lindgren | My Kids Time |
186 | PLEASE BE QUIET | Mary Murphy | My Kids Time |
187 | Polar Bear Night | Thrift Books | |
188 | Princess Cora And The Crocodile | Chapters | |
189 | Putting The Monkeys To Bed | Scary Mommy | |
190 | Rock-a-Bye Room | Red Tri | |
191 | ROOM ON THE BROOM | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
192 | RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE | Giles Andrae | My Kids Time |
193 | Russell the Sheep | Sleep | |
194 | SALLY AND THE LIMPET | Simon James | My Kids Time |
195 | Shhh! I’m Sleeping | Babyology | |
196 | Simpson’s Sheep Won’t Go To Sleep! | Bruce Arent | Baby Sleep Site |
197 | Skippyjon Jones | Judy Scachner | Parents |
198 | Sleep Is For Everyone | Paul Showers | Baby Sleep Site |
199 | Sleep My Bunny | Red Tri | |
200 | Sleep Solutions | The Book People | |
201 | Sleepy Little Yoga | Happy You Happy Family | |
202 | SLINKY MALINKI | Lynley Dodd | My Kids Time |
203 | Small Billy and the Midnight Star | Nette Hilton and Bruce Whatley | The Book Bag |
204 | Snappsy The Alligator | Scary Mommy | |
205 | SnoozeFest | Scary Mommy | |
206 | SNUG AS A HUG | Marcia Vaughan | My Kids Time |
207 | Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems | The Book People | |
208 | SOPHIE’S ADVENTURES | Dick King-Smith | My Kids Time |
209 | Spot Loves Bedtime | The Book People | |
210 | STICK MAN | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
211 | Stop Following Me, Moon | Scary Mommy | |
212 | Summer at Forsaken Lake’ | Michael D. Bell | Cafe Mom |
213 | TABBY MCTAT | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
214 | Teach Your Child to Sleep | The Book People | |
215 | Tell Me A Tattoo Story | Scary Mommy | |
216 | THE AMAZING MRS PEPPERPORT | Alf Proysen | My Kids Time |
217 | The Bad Guys #1 | Chapters | |
218 | The Bad Seed | Chapters | |
219 | The Berenstain Bears: In the Dark | Red Tri | |
220 | The BFG’ | Roald Dahl | Cafe Mom |
221 | The Big Red Barn | Red Tri | |
222 | The Book of Three’ (series) | Lloyd Alexander | Cafe Mom |
223 | The Bridge to Terabithia’ | Katherine Paterson | Cafe Mom |
224 | THE CAT IN THE HAT | Dr. Seuss | My Kids Time |
225 | The Chronicles of Narnia’ (series) | C.S. Lewis | Cafe Mom |
226 | The Darkest Dark | Chris Hadfield | Story Berries |
227 | THE ENCHANTED WOOD | Enid Blyton | My Kids Time |
228 | THE FEARSOME BEASTIE | Giles Paley-Phillips | My Kids Time |
229 | The Gentle Sleep Book | The Book People | |
230 | The Girl Who Got Out of Bed | Happy You Happy Family | |
231 | THE GRUFFALO | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
232 | THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
233 | THE HIGHWAY RAT | Julia Donaldson | My Kids Time |
234 | The Hobbit’ | JRR Tolkien | Cafe Mom |
235 | The House in the Night | Red Tri | |
236 | The Hundred Dresses’ | Eleanor Estes | Cafe Mom |
237 | THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM | Norman Hunter | My Kids Time |
238 | THE JUNGLE BOOK | Rudyard Kipling | My Kids Time |
239 | The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles’ | Julie Andrews Edwards | Cafe Mom |
240 | The Library Card’ | Jerry Spinelli | Cafe Mom |
241 | THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE | Enid Blyton | My Kids Time |
242 | THE MOON IN MY ROOM | Annette Morris | My Kids Time |
243 | The Night Knights | Red Tri | |
244 | The One and Only Ivan’ | Katherine Applegate | Cafe Mom |
245 | The Phantom Tollbooth’ | Norton Juster | Cafe Mom |
246 | The Princess In Black | Chapters | |
247 | The Sleep Book | Dr Zeuss | Story Berries |
248 | THE SUPERMARKET ZOO | Caryl Hart | My Kids Time |
249 | THE TEAR THIEF | Carol Ann Duffy | My Kids Time |
250 | The Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust’ | Eve Bunting | Cafe Mom |
251 | THE THREE LITTLE PIGS | Stephen Tucker, illustrated | My Kids Time |
252 | THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA | Judith Kerr | My Kids Time |
253 | The Trumpet of the Swan’ | E.B. White | Cafe Mom |
254 | THE UGLIEST DOG IN THE WORLD | Bruce Whatley | My Kids Time |
255 | THE VELVETEEN RABBIT | Margery Williams | My Kids Time |
256 | The Very Hungry Bear | Chapters | |
257 | THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR | Eric Carle | My Kids Time |
258 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ | Christopher Paul Curtis | Cafe Mom |
259 | THE WAY BACK HOME | Oliver Jeffers | My Kids Time |
260 | THE WHALES’ SONG | Dyan Sheldon | My Kids Time |
261 | The Wolf, The Duck, And The Mouse | Chapters | |
262 | The Wrong Side Of the Bed | Scary Mommy | |
263 | There’s a Nightmare in My Closet | Red Tri | |
264 | Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave, | Jessica Hische | The Childrens Book Review |
265 | Too Busy Sleeping | Babyology | |
266 | TOPS & BOTTOMS | Janet Stevens | My Kids Time |
267 | Touch and Feel: Bedtime | Read Brightly | |
268 | Touch the Brightest Star | Red Tri | |
269 | Toy Academy: Some Assembly Required | Chapters | |
270 | Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | Red Tri | |
271 | WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT | Michael Rosen | My Kids Time |
272 | When Dragons Are Dreaming | James Mayhew and Lindsey Gardiner | The Book Bag |
273 | WHERE ARE YOU, BLUE KANGAROO | Emma Chichester Clark | My Kids Time |
274 | Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night? | Brianna Caplan Sayres | Baby Sleep Site |
275 | Where the Sidewalk Ends’ | Shel Silverstein | Cafe Mom |
276 | Whose Moon is That?, | Kim Krans | The Childrens Book Review |
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Baby Sleep Site | 15 Bedtime Story Books You Can Turn Into Sleep Training Tools |
Babyology | 10 best bedtime books for babies, toddlers and children |
Cafe Mom | 25 Top Chapter Books to Read With Your Child at Bedtime |
Chapters | Best Bedtime Story Books |
Fatherly | 5 Best Bedtime Books That Help Baby Sleep and Really Work |
Happy You Happy Family | 10 Calming Bedtime Story Books for Kids Who Fight Sleep |
My Kids Time | The 100 Best Ever Bedtime Stories for Kids Recommended by Parents |
Parents | Sweet Dream Reads: The 11 Best Bedtime Books |
RD | bedtime books to help your child fall asleep |
Read Brightly | Sleepytime Stories: Books to Help Children Build a Bedtime Routine |
Red Tri | 56 Best Bedtime Books for Kids |
Scary Mommy | Here’s A List Of Bedtime Books You Actually Won’t Mind Reading |
Sleep | Five Bedtime Books to Help Kids Fall Asleep |
Story Berries | 10 Best Books for Helping Kids Sleep |
The Book Bag | Top Ten Picture Books For Overcoming Bedtime Woes |
The Book People | Top 10 Best Books for Bedtime Routines |
The Childrens Book Review | Bedtime Books : The Childrens Book Review |
Thrift Books | Top 15 Bedtime Stories |
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