Scaredy comes up with a Bad Dream Action Plan to avoid sleep but between counting stars, playing cymbals and making scrapbooks, disaster still strikes and exhaustion takes its toll. Will Scaredy survive this ordeal? Will he find sweet dreams?

In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

Tells, in verse, what happens when all ninety-nine zillion nine trillion and three creatures in the world go to sleep.

Bear and his friends at the Big Blue house talk about sleep.

Rhyming text explores different places a kitten might sleep, finally settling on a best friend's feet.

In the quiet of the night, a sleepy sleepy boy awakes to find the dishes, chairs, and clocks enjoying themselves.

"The only thing Duncan does not like to do at bedtime is go to sleep, and he knows all the tricks for avoiding it. Until one day, his mom has had enough, and leaves Duncan in his room to figure it out on his own. Left with no other choice but to take his mother's advice, Duncan tries counting sheep to get to sleep. It all goes well for a while, but then Sheep #68 is a bit apprehensive about taking his turn ... And suddenly, the tables have turned--Sheep...

Rhyming text and pictures introduce the reader to a variety of animals as they try to snuggle in to sleep.

In this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep.

When Copycub cannot get to sleep, his mother tells him a story about how other animals rest "safe and sound."