Browse our recommended books to help little ones get to sleep.
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Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob
Huw Aaron
It’s time to go to bed, and whether you are a phantom, a vampire, a Dark Lord or a yeti, you still must brush your teeth, put on your pyjamas, and settle down with a cosy story.
Hide & Seek Bedtime: Baby Dinosaurs
Lilian Rutherford
When Mum calls her babies bed, they decide they’d rather play hide-and-seek instead! Will you spot the dinosaur babies as they hide in each scene, from colourful jungle to fiery volcano, and even inside a T-rex den?
One by one, the baby dinosaurs fall asleep and leave the adventure, until there is only one left to spot in the game – maybe it’s time for bed after all. Luckily, Mum’s nearby to scoop them up and take them home to bed.
Bedtime is Boring!
Georgie Birkett
Cosmo won’t go to sleep! Despite sleeping soundly as a tiny tadpole, he simply won’t go to bed any more. He thinks bedtime is boring!
There’s far too much to do and too much to know. And if he does eventually go to sleep, he will jump into his mummy’s bed at the exact same time each night, without fail, taking up all the mattress and croaking loudly until morning.
Will he ever go to sleep in good time? And stay in his own bed? Will his mummy ever sleep again?
Find Spot at Bedtime
Spot is having lots of fun playing with his toys. But when it’s time to get ready for bed, Spot disappears! Where has he gone?
Toddlers will love searching for Spot and learning all about the bedtime routine along the way!
Time for Bed, Baby Unicorn
Rhiannon Fielding
This adorable bedtime book is perfect for children with new siblings and will calm sleepy unicorns everywhere!
All Twinkle wants is to be a big sister. When her wish comes true and there’s a surprise at the end of the rainbow, Twinkle must get her new baby brother Fizz back home before bedtime. But with the forest filled with so much magic and adventure, will Twinkle and Fizz manage to get to sleep in time?
Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, this heartwarming bedtime tale is perfect for little readers everywhere.
We’re Going on a Teddy Hunt
Martha Mumford
Join the fun as your four favourite bunnies set off on a soothing lift-the-flap bedtime adventure. With four missing teddies to find hidden under the flaps, it’s an interactive and calming treasure hunt, perfect for getting little ones ready for bed.
You’ll need to look out for all the sleepy animals along the way – and help get the bunnies back in time to be tucked up with their teddies for a special bedtime story!
Pip & Posy: Time for Bed
Axel Scheffler
Pip and Posy are going to bed. They need to have a snack, brush their teeth and have a wash before it’s time to read a bedtime story.
This chunky board book is the perfect way to make the bedtime routine fun, with 36 sliders and three games to play but none of the mess of a card game.
The Dreamies
Iona Campbell
Step into the whimsical world of the Dreamies – tiny, playful creatures who live hidden between the walls of your home. As you sleep, they paint your dreams with dazzling colours, filling the night with wonder and adventure.
But sometimes, even the Dreamies lose control, and a dream that starts off fun can twist into something far more thrilling – or even a little scary. Can you help the Dreamies turn a nightmare back into a dream?
Goodnight Digger
Michelle Robinson
Join a little boy as he says goodnight to all of his toys in this playful and soothing story.
Sending little ones to sleep for generations, this beloved story is packed with delightful illustrations, large easy-to-read text and gentle rhymes.
Hello, Sleep!
Ania Simeone
What better way to engage your toddler with bedtime than by making them laugh, then calmly settling them down before sleep?
Kids will love turning the wheel to tidy up the toys, squirting water from a bath toy, squeezing toothpaste from the tube, choosing a book for storytime, picking a bedtime toy, and then gazing at the stars and moon together.
The book encourages hand-eye coordination, motor skills, and knowledge of the world.
20 Dragons at Bedtime
Mark Sperring
What’s the best way to help little ones fall asleep? Introduce them to super sweet dragons, of course!
And with cute, fierce and fire-breathing dragons on every page, and a fun story showing children how to count from one to twenty, this book is set to become every child’s new favourite.
Bunnies Don’t Like Bedtime!
Jonny Leighton
Bunnies really, really don’t like bedtime! Bunnies want to jump and leap, bunnies never want to sleep! But can they learn to see the more positive side of bedtime?
This empowering picture book series will help to encourage children to see the positive side of things they don’t want to do – from getting dressed to going to bed and eating their vegetables?
Moon Bear
Clare Helen Welsh and Carolina Godina
In this enchantingly illustrated, almost wordless picture book, a story of courage and creativity unfolds when a girl who is afraid of the dark meets a magical moon bear who is afraid of the light.
This touching story encourages little ones to be brave, in the dark and beyond, empowering them to face their fears. This beautiful book also teaches them the power of visual communication – it’s a story that says so much with only a few words, and speaks instead with comforting illustrations to soothe and reassure.
It’s Time to Hush and Say Good Night
Chitra Soundar
A dream-ride of a bedtime book, inspired by ancient Indian lullabies. Travel a lush dreamscape world as a father lulls his toddler towards sleep, weaving a quilt of dreams across the roaring seas and through the inky night – and dealing with some big toddler emotions en route.
Sumptuously illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, and infused with the spirit and flora and fauna of India.
Ten Minutes to Bed, Little Dinosaur
Rhiannon Fielding
Muddy puddles, tropical birds, erupting volcanos – the jungle is full of so many exciting things, how can Rumble the dinosaur possibly go to sleep?
Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, the ten-minute countdown to bed is at the heart of this adorable, heartwarming story.
All the Animals Were Sleeping
Clare Helen Welsh and Jenny Løvlie
On the dry, grassy plains of the Serengeti, a little mongoose makes his way home to his burrow.
On his way, the mongoose passes giraffes, zebras, monkeys, elephants, storks, lizards, butterflies and cheetahs, all sleeping in their own unique ways.
The Bear, the Book and the Blanket
Lou Peacock and Ged Adamson
Oh no! Baby is wide awake! Luckily, these ten enthusiastic little bunnies are on hand to search for Bear, Book and Blanket, so that Baby can have the most perfect bedtime ever.
The Yawnicorn
Emily Hamilton
Yawnicorn knows when you can’t get to sleep, and he’s about to sweep you away on a magical nighttime adventure through rainforests, oceans and across the starry skies before bringing you home, nicely worn out and ready to fall into a happy, deep slumber.
Perfect for bedtime, night after night.
The Dream Book
Bia Melo
A fun, wacky dreamworld adventure that makes for the perfect bedtime story from debut talent, author-illustrator Bia Melo!
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