Once upon a time — Chicken Little — The two little pigs — Small girl, red hood — Goldilocks and the bears — Princess Pea — The little red hen — But in that peaceful little house — David and Goliath — Sleeping Beauty — Jack — Hickory dickory dock — John Jacob — The old lady’s shoe — Hey diddle diddle — Riddle one — Riddle two –And they all lived — A tired father takes only a few sentences to tell a number of classic tales in order to get the persistent listener to fall asleep.

Liz says:

“All parents know the frustration of wanting/needing their children to go to sleep! In this hilarious book we see one father’s bedtime strategy of abridging classic fairy-tales. The willful child and the desperate daddy are sure to delight young and old alike!”

Told by his parents that his light must be out at eight o’clock, a young piglet who is afraid of the dark devises an ingenious solution to the problem.

Liz says:

“This almost wordless picture book is told through a sequence of intricate illustrations. A little piglet is told by his parents that he must shut his light off at 8pm. Needing light on to fall asleep, the little piglet engineers a system to have his light go off at 8:25 by which time he his blissfully asleep.”

Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

Liz says:

“Inspired by a traditional nursery rhyme, this cumulative tale is told simply and beautifully. The text and illustrations are seamlessly intertwined and parents and kids will come away with a safe and cozy sense of home.”

An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals her thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

Liz says:

“This is a very sweet, short book; it’s perfect for bedtime.”

Life is delicious in a town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers–until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Liz says:

“The story starts out in black & white as the grandpa tells his grandkids about the magical town of Chewandswallow. The story itself is in color – very much like the movie,The Wizard of Oz. As tomato tornados move in, see what the people of this town have to do. You may never see the weather in the same way again. This is a terrific book!”