bedtime

Presents a night when imagination takes over and gravity does not work quite as expected.

An unobservant zookeeper, tricked by a key-stealing gorilla, is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left safely locked up at the zoo.

Molly and her father play a bedtime game that shows how much they love each other.

After Cosmo's affection for the Moon causes it to leave its orbit and begin to follow him around, he must reassure the Moon that saying goodbye makes the hello even sweeter.

Mother Earth attempts to put her wild child, Autumn, to bed.

Henry sets out in search of the elusive whippoorwill, whose song can help Henry fall asleep in his noisy village, but every time he thinks he is getting closer to finding the bird, it flies to a new location, leading Henry on a hunt through the streets.

Little Hoot wants to go to bed early, like all of his friends do, and he is hopping mad when Mama and Papa Owl insist that he stay up late and play.

Sleepiness is compared to the actions of a spider, a mouse, a bird, and increasingly larger animals.

As winter approaches, Mother Bear must bring a snack, a drink, and finally the moon to her cub before he can go to sleep in a cave.

The reader is taken on a journey through a neighborhood and shown the sights, sounds, and smells as evening approaches.