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Browse our recommended books to help you discuss the big issues with your child.

20 Bunnies at Bedtime

Mark Sperring and Tim Budgen - 2023

What's the best way to help little ones fall asleep? By counting super fluffy bunnies, of course! With hopping, jumping and leaping bunnies on every page, and a fun story showing children how to count from one to twenty, this cute and cuddly counting book is set to become every child's new favourite.

All the Animals Were Sleeping

Clare Helen Welsh and Jenny Løvlie - 2022

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.

Baby, Sleepy Baby

Atinuke - 2023

A beautiful and lyrical book that celebrates the warmth and tenderness of wrapping baby in night-time's embrace. Based on a Nigerian lullaby sung to Atinuke by her father, this story delights in the magical moments shared with a whole family and their baby at bedtime.

Goodnight Everyone

Chris Haughton - 2016

A series of exquisitely coloured cut pages of increasing size introduce woodland families - bears, deer, rabbits and teeny, tiny mice - who are all beginning to feel really tired! 'Dear me', says Great Big Bear, 'it must be time for bed!'. But Little Bear is certainly not sleepy - he's wide awake!

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown - 2017

It's time for bed and the little rabbit says goodnight to everything in the room before going to sleep. A charming night time book for the very young, this was first published in the 1940s and has been in print across the world ever since.

Goodnight Songs

Margaret Wise Brown - 2017

A board-book edition of a collection of charming lullabies, gorgeously illustrated by 12 award-winning artists. Soothing words, quiet rhythmic poetry and diverse illustrations create the perfect bedtime-story book.

Goodnight, Mr Panda

Steve Antony - 2018

Mr Panda and his friends are getting ready for bed. But some won't brush their teeth, others won't have a bath, and one won't even wear pyjamas! It's down to Mr Panda to show them how to do bedtime properly.

Once Upon a Bedtime

David Melling - 2019

The sun was setting on Sleepy Street as Rabbit and the others began to yawn. Rabbit helps his friends get ready for bed in this adorable bedtime story. But when a strange noise turns out to be a sad monster they can't go to bed. Will they be able to cheer their new friend up before bedtime?

Silver

Carolina Rabei and Walter de la Mare - 2017

One spring evening, the fairies gather in the woods. Two sleepy children join in the parade to a wonderful, dream-like fairy party. This Walter de la Mare poem is brought to life with shimmery, ethereal illustrations, making it the perfect book for bedtime.

Ten Minutes to Bed, Little Dinosaur

Rhiannon Fielding - 2022

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.