Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to all of his familiar possessions as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens.

"When a boy can't find his favorite stuffed bunny, he heads into the woods to find it" -- Provided by publisher.

"When a boy can't fall asleep, he asks the animals--including giraffes, koalas, and humpback whales--for their help"--

A gentle, dreamlike tale about heading home in the night. A mother rabbit carries her young bunny home through the dark, quiet streets. The lights are on in many of the animal neighbors' windows, so the bunny can see, hear and smell what's happening inside: a pie being pulled out of the oven, a party, a goodbye hug. When they reach home, the father rabbit tucks the bunny into bed. But the bunny continues to wonder about the neighbors' activities....

The alligator under his bed makes a boy's bedtime hazardous operation, until he lures it out of the house and into the garage.

When a newspaper headline says that bedtime is canceled, children everywhere rejoice.

In this house, when everyone stays awake at night, things get very strange, what with Mom on the roof, and Grandma playing cards with the ghost of long-dead Grandpa Paul, and even the dog and cat are acting weird; as the family's doings become more and more bizarre, the narrator starts to wonder--what on earth will happen when morning finally comes.

Busy Lizzie claps her hands, pulls her ears, and rubs her belly in preparation for climbing into her warm bed and going to sleep.

Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time--but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake.

Little lambs, chicks, ducks, and pigs change places and try other ways to delay going to bed.