Little Quack's Bedtime by Lauren Thompson, Illustrated By Derek Anderson

Little Quack and his siblings try to fall asleep next to their mother and have a hard time. Every little thing in the night scares them and their mother keeps reassuring them. One by one, each duckling falls asleep after each reassurance and the last one to sleep is Little Quack.

The story is really easy to read and the illustrations are really cute - there really is no other word. So even if your little one asks you to read this book a few times before bed, you won't lose your voice and you won't get tired of reading it.

Ricky really identified himself with Little Quack - so much so that now he quacks all the time whenever he is in a happy mood. Little Quack kind of reminds me of the baby Duck on the Tom and Jerry cartoon - who Ricky loves also.

Ricky has asked me to check out the other Little Quack books. So I guess I am on a Little Quack mission.

Published 2005, Simon & Schuster

Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

This is a really cute book but it has actually caused some problems for me. This is a book about how Baby Llama calls out for his busy mama from bed repeatedly. He keeps calling and when she doesn't come, he pretends that there is something really wrong - needless to say, she leaps upstairs as fast as she can and gets upset when there is nothing wrong afterall.

Ricky used to go to bed and we wouldn't hear a peep from him until the morning. Now, when he gets tucked in, he calls for me repeatedly - at least 4 times before he goes to bed. He wants water, he wants extra kisses, you name it. I would never blame a book for anything but it is quite the coincidence that he started doing this after we started reading this book. I intend to still read it to him until it's time to return it to the library. A cute read

My Big Boy Bed by Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Maggie Smith

Although we moved Ricky into a big boy bed (took one side off his crib) a year ago, I still find this book helpful to remind him that he does have his own big boy bed. Every so often, he goes a few days where he hates his bed and only wants to sleep in mommy and daddy's bed. I found this book at the library just to remind him of all the perks of having your own bed.

The book also mentions how the boy in the story had to give up his crib to his new sibling - so this book may be useful for parents who are also introducing a new family member to the family - and the changes that take place. Easy to read - perfect for a 1 year old but almost too easy for my almost 3 year old. Still, the discussion of the advantages of having your own big boy bed is a concept that he will not out-grow for a long time!

Goodnight Me, Goodnight You by Tony Mitton, Illustrated by Mandy Sutcliffe

I guess I'm on the bedtime book theme lately, but that's because I always end our bedtime reading with a bedtime book so I think I read these type of books more often than any other. But this book is also one that Ricky has memorized. And for that, I just have to include it in my blog. The book is written in the rhyme fashion, and it is so cute. The book shows how everyone and every thing is going to sleep. I think this is one bedtime book we will be checking out of the library several times until Ricky no longer wants bedtime stories read aloud to him.

Shhhhh!! Everybody's Sleeping by Julie Markes

The title of this book caught my eye because it is exactly what my husband tells our son every night when he tucks him in. The book shows precisely that everybody is sleeping - the librarian - among books, policeman- with his whistle, fireman - in a fire truck bed, etc. It really illustrates the point. This is one of the books Ricky asks for by name. I always end our night-time reading with a bedtime book and this is a really good one.