It's Nighttime
Create your own storytime at home or in the classroom using this thematic starter. You'll find links to selected books in our catalog on this page and a downloadable PDF that includes additional elements like songs/rhymes and suggested materials.
A storytime about winding down, looking at the moon and stars, and getting ready for sleep.
Books for babies
- Baby Dream. Sunny Scribens.
- Bathtime for Little Rabbit. Jorg Muhle.
- Good Night, Gorilla. Peggy Rathmann.
- Goodnight Rainbow Cats. Barbara Castro Urio.
- I’m Still Up! Antoinette Portis.
- The Night is Deep and Wide. Gillian Sze.
Books for toddlers
- After the Moonrise. Rich Lo.
- Bedtime for Sweet Creatures. Nikki Grimes.
- Good Night Little Man. Daniel Bernstrom.
- The House in the Night. Susan Marie Swanson.
- It Is Night. Phyllis Rowand.
- Kitten’s First Full Moon. Kevin Henkes.
- Kitten and the Night Watchman. John Sullivan.
- Like the Moon Loves the Sky. Hena Khan.
- The Moon Remembers. E.B. Goodale.
- Night Lights. Susan Gal.
- Star Fishing. Sang-Keun Kim.
- What Color is Night? Grant Snider.
Books for preschoolers
- A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Grace Lin.
- At Night. Jonathan Bean.
- Everybody in the Red Brick Building. Anne Wynter.
- I’m Not Sleepy! = No tengo sueno! Angela Dominguez.
- Max at Night. Ed Vere.
- Night Animals. Gianna Marino.
- No puedo dormir. Garcia Iglesias.
- The Night World. Mordicai Gerstein.
- Sleep Like Me. Tatia Nadareishvili.
- The Stack. Vanessa Roeder.
- Too Early. Nora Ericson.
- Windows. Julia Denos.
Books for school-age
- Bedtime Bonnet. Nancy Redd.
- The Cot in the Living Room. Hilda Eunice Burgos.
- Owl Moon. Jane Yolen.
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Playing with Lanterns. Wang Yage.
Not in Kit, But More Options!
- Lola Sleeps Over. Anna McQuinn.
- Max and the Tag-Along Moon. Floyd Cooper.
- Moonlight. Helen V. Griffith.
- The Night Worker. Kate Banks.
- The Paperboy. Dav Pilkey.
- It’s So Quiet. Sherri Duskey Rinker.
Bedtime stories are a treat! End your child’s day with a story. Use your time spent reading aloud together as an incentive for your child to go to bed.
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