In a reversal of the classic bedtime story, a child helps her mommy get ready for bed, enduring pleas for one more book, five more minutes of play time, and a glass of water before the lights go out.
Young inventor Elliot, frustrated by bedtime always stopping his fun, asks the school librarian how day turns to night, then invents a way to stop Earth from spinning.
Continually thwarted in their efforts to escape bedtime and continue playing, a young elephant and three kittens finally find a "perfect late night bedtime-free hideout.".
When Gabe, the monster that lives under Ethan's bed, goes on vacation, Ethan finds that the substitute monsters Gabe has sent just won't do, and wonders how he will ever fall asleep.
Walter lives near the top floor of a tall apartment building, where one night his habit of jumping on his bed leads to a tumultous fall through floor after floor, collecting occupants all the way down.
High in the trees in the middle of the night, all of the pandas are sleeping except for Chengdu, who tries everything and still cannot fall asleep until he finds the perfect spot, atop his brother, Yuan.