A little girl and her brother encounter fireflies, frogs, and bats as they wonder about things like the sky, moon, sun, and stars while they are exploring their nighttime surroundings.
Lonely and afraid of the dark in her new room, Poinsettia Pig is comforted when she discovers that the fire fighters are awake and keep watch during the night.
Mr. Putter and Tabby find they are not the only ones awake when they go for a walk at midnight to cure Mr. Putter's pineapple-jelly-roll-induced insomnia.
A little rabbit cannot fall asleep because he finds the night dark and scary, but when he watches it with his grandfather he sees it full of stars and crickets and moon.
