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.

"A clever picture book about a multi-level apartment building's occupants and their many nighttime noises"--publisher.

When the power goes off one night, Nina conquers her fear of the dark by going out and trapping one of the fireflies lighting up the sky, and she has fun playing with him until she realizes his light is growing ever dimmer and she must set him free.

In this house, when everyone stays awake at night, things get very strange, what with Mom on the roof, and Grandma playing cards with the ghost of long-dead Grandpa Paul, and even the dog and cat are acting weird; as the family's doings become more and more bizarre, the narrator starts to wonder--what on earth will happen when morning finally comes.

Owl takes drastic measures to have a good night's sleep.

An assortment of animals on a boat take a bath, put on their pajamas, brush their teeth, and exercise before going to bed.

After attempts by his mother, his father, his brothers and sisters, and even two policemen, Mortimer finally goes to sleep.

At bedtime, Principal Fred's wife, son, and dog help him search for his missing teddy bear so that he can go to sleep.

Norm worries that he will not be able to go to sleep when his class wins a sleepover in the Monster School library.

A parent's ode to everything their child is, and will be, capable of doing as they grow. Includes American Sign Language Glossary.