One of our favorite books to read at bedtime
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One of our favorite books to read at bedtime. Quick stories with enough excitement to keep my 5 year old's attention.
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This was one of my toddler's favorite  The rhyming text has a wonderful rhythm and the story encourages thinking "outside the box," or as the author puts it "departing from the text." Opus wonders in the story what would happen if he decided to "depart from the text" one night while grandma is reading him his favorite bedtime story.  Even though I had it memorized by the time my daughter was a year old, I never mind reading it again and again. It also makes a great gift bundled with Margaret Wise Brown's "Goodnight Moon," for a first time parent, since it cleverly refers back to it in the text.
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One of the very favorite bedtime books of all our grandchildren.  The artwork is really good also. Now, they read it to us!
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My 2 year old absolutely adores this book.  We read it for bed time every night and between the interaction parts and the beautiful illustrations it keeps her interest from start to finish. (Which as parents know isn't easy for a book they can't play with!)  I am so glad to have this book as part of our nighttime routine and plan on ordering more of Nancy Tillman's books for when I get tired of this one!
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My daughter and I checked this book out years ago when she was in grade school and we both loved it. Years pass and we both all but forgot about it. Her younger brother and I found it at the library and rediscovered it all over again. It has become a bedtime favorite. The story is interesting with lots of misadventure leading up to an ending that surprises and delights. Highly recommended!!
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What a cute little bedtime book--and about just the perfect subject for bedtime, too. I have to confess that Green Eggs and Ham is my all-time favorite, followed by The Cat In The Hat. But this one is quickly becoming a favorite with my 3-year old granddaughter and even my 6 month old granddaughter (who probably just likes the attention instead of the subject matter.) Like all Dr. Seuss books, it is illustrated with fantastical imagery in unrealistic but bright colors.

In his typical rhythmic rhyming style (which I just found out is actually anapestic tetrameter) Dr. Seuss recounts how all kinds of weird characters are preparing for bed and succumbing to sleep. It's the perfect book to read to children who understand the humor and fantasy of the story. It is even babies who can't understand what you're saying but will be lulled by the predictable rhythm of the speech pattern and the comfort of your voice. After a particularly busy or stressful day (such as getting-a-shot-day) my granddaughter loves to have a familiar voice read to her in the semi-darkness. As she begins to unwind, I just slow down the pace and tone down the volume and keep going until she's fast asleep.
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We love Sandra Boynton in general and this is one of my favorite books by her.  For the most part, it follows our bedtime routine, which is nice.  My 3 and 1 year old daughters love it.
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We love this book for our son! It's very sweet, especially if there is a new baby on the way and your little one is nervous or feeling insecure.  One of our go-to bed time books!  Esy to read and the illustrations keep our 5 month old engaged.
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This is one of our family's favorite books! We have read it countless times to our 4 and 6 year old and they are always wanting to read it.
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This book is so fun and has a great rhythm. I love how it shows a little fox being good and bad, but at the end of the day, he's still his mother's boo. Very sweet and the illustrations are charming. This is one of our new favorite bedtime books.
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We love all of the Snowmen books by Caralyn Buehner. This one is our daughters favorite. She has a great time pointing out the ducks and small snowman hidden in every scene. It's beautifully illustrated.

The words themselves are written with a lovely flow. It's one of our favorite books at bedtime. So much so that after our daughter damaged our first copy, we purchased a second one.
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Although this book is supposedly for the 4 and up set, my 2 year old absolutely loves it! The rhyming text realy holds her attention and makes her giggle, and the illustrations are really great. We checked this book  out of the library on a whim, and now it's one of our favorites. Mrs.  McNosh hangs all kinds of crazy things on her clothesline, including sleepy  bats, the turkey she's roasting that night, and Grandpa McNosh's removable  teeth. She gets a wrong number and hangs up the phone(on the clothesline  that is), and when she's all done, she hangs herself up in a comfy chair  for a nap. A truly whimsical book that your little ones will enjoy, and you  will love to read to them again and again.
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I actually bought this book because I thought it was amusing but both my husband and (dog loving) 2yo daughter love it too.  It is the book that our daughter picks out every night as her main bedtime story.  Sometimes we read just the text and sometimes we read bits of Martha's monologues as well.  As for teaching young children bad language, our daughter did start saying 'Shut up' after the first couple of readings of this book but we just change that bit to 'Be quiet!' when we read the book out loud to her.
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Always a classic from the time we were kids to reading it to my child now. Our toddler always knows that bedtime is next with this book, which means he's either ready to go to sleep or wants to read another book, and hold off on bedtime. Little fingers eagerly point while a voice works on saying the words for the light, balloon, fireplace, clocks, kittens, toy house, young mouse, stars, and of course, the Moon.
A great bedtime, and nap time book.
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My 3-year-old always selects this book as one of the 5 books we read each night before bedtime.  The illustrations are beautiful and colorful and the story is well-written without being too long and drawn out.

My son loves books, but has a short attention span (as 3-year-olds do) and has, in the past, preferred books with only a sentence or two on each page.  The Rooftop Rocket Party is so engaging that he pays close attention to the story, even though there are several small paragraphs on some pages, and asks a lot of questions about what's going on.  There are enough fun characters and memorable lines that we act out parts when we read it together.  We borrowed this from the library but he loves it so much I will have to buy it for him!
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I am a school librarian and book lover, and I've been reading out loud to my little guy since we brought him home from the hospital. He loves being read to, and these are a few of the books that I don't mind reading over and over again. The words have such great rhythm, and the pictures crack both of us up. "The Going to Bed Book" is a favorite right before bed.
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My two-year old requires that this book is read every night in preparation for bedtime. The illustrations and lines are so memorable that she almost reads the book to herself. If she falters, I can say a few words and she will pick up where I leave off and say the rest of the words on the page before turning it. (She is not reading yet.) But this book as definitely snagged her attention and it's a fun, enjoyable way for us to get ready for bed.