Washoe County Library System

The new board book edition of Touch the Brightest Star , the interactive bedtime story that proves nighttime isn't scary at all. This gentle journey from sunset to sunrise shows the very youngest children the magic of the nighttime sky and lets them make that magic happen! What happens while you're asleep? With lush watercolors and cut-paper collage and a soothing text, Christie Matheson takes us on a comforting tour of the nighttime sky using toddler-perfect...

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow a bear that would rather play with his underwear than put it on and get ready for bed.

Persistent young Edward has many questions for his sleepy mother, many of which are answered, "Because it's night time."

Alice wants everything in her bedroom to be blue before she falls asleep.

In a reversal of the classic bedtime story, a child helps her mommy get ready for bed, enduring pleas for one more book, five more minutes of play time, and a glass of water before the lights go out.

Illustrations and rhyming text explain some of the things that different monsters do before they go to sleep.

At bedtime, a mother tells her curious child about the things that fairies do, like hang the stars in the evening sky and care for the toys that children have lost.

Silver mermaids with golden hair go to sleep in the sea, counting fish instead of sheep.

Five quirky little creatures vie to become Ethan's monster, charged with getting him into bed and keeping him there so that he falls asleep.

A young mermaid bids goodnight to all of the objects in her lagoon before falling asleep.