Henry Carter Hull

Rhyming text describes a young girl's efforts to put her unruly stuffed animals to bed.

An expedition under the bed reveals a variety of creatures--hairy green, spiny red, warty and winged--that are not scary, but they are all afraid of the newest arrival.

Hoping to get some sleep, Little Runt boots his hog family out of bed one by one, but then finds that he needs them back again.

"When his three rambunctious robots give every possible excuse not to go to sleep, what's a little boy to do?"--

Snuggleford Cuddlebun, the sleepiest sloth in all of Snoozeville, attends the annual Snoozefest, where she gets free pajamas and other gifts, listens to bands and haiku, and, mostly, sleeps.

Baby Doug and his Laborador Sophie will everything to avoid going to sleep, but somehow play time always leads to bed time in the end.

When her little chicks refuse to settle down for the night, Mama decides to surprise them with an unusual request.

A group of animals, afloat on an ark, go through their nightly bedtime rituals of exercising, toothbrushing, and so on, until two rabbits sing them a lullaby and the sea rocks them to sleep.