Bedtime Books for Kids
161 books in bedtime. Every book rated for reading level and content intensity.
Bedtime books for kids span a wider readiness range than parents usually expect. The same genre category contains gentle picture books and high-intensity middle-grade novels — Lexile and grade-level scores measure text complexity, not what's actually in the story. A bedtime title appropriate for a confident 8-year-old reader could still cover themes a sensitive 12-year-old isn't ready for.
Across HootRated's 161 bedtime titles, books span picture books through Grade 7. About 99% are rated Gentle or Mild — safe picks for sensitive readers and kids reading ahead of their emotional readiness. 0% sit at the Intense or Very Intense end. Average content intensity is 1.1/5.
Use the intensity badges (green → red, low → high) to filter by emotional readiness rather than just age. For deeper detail on how we rate, see our rating methodology.
I'm not sleepy!
Robie H. Harris
I'm not sleepy!
Robie H. Harris
Max and the won't go to bed show
Mark Sperring
Max and the won't go to bed show
Mark Sperring
Fraidy Cats
Stephen Krensky
Fraidy Cats
Stephen Krensky
I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Charlie & Lola)
Lauren Child
I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Charlie & Lola)
Lauren Child
The first song ever sung
Laura Krauss Melmed
The first song ever sung
Laura Krauss Melmed
The sandman
Rob Shepperson
The sandman
Rob Shepperson
Hushabye
John Burningham
Hushabye
John Burningham
Sleep Tight, Little Mouse
Mary Morgan-Vanroyen
Sleep Tight, Little Mouse
Mary Morgan-Vanroyen
Good night, Lewis!
Jean Little
Good night, Lewis!
Jean Little
Off to Bed, Little Monster! / a La Cama, Monstruito!
Mario Ramos
Off to Bed, Little Monster! / a La Cama, Monstruito!
Mario Ramos
Babies love a goodnight hug
Harold Roth
Babies love a goodnight hug
Harold Roth
Sleepytime for baby mouse
Margaret Hopkins
Sleepytime for baby mouse
Margaret Hopkins
William, where are you?
Mordicai Gerstein
William, where are you?
Mordicai Gerstein
Tucking Mommy in
Morag Jeanette Loh
Tucking Mommy in
Morag Jeanette Loh
Matty's Midnight Monster
Gene Kemp, Diann Timms
Matty's Midnight Monster
Gene Kemp, Diann Timms
Sleep tight
B. G. Hennessy
Sleep tight
B. G. Hennessy
Little pink pig
Pat Hutchins
Little pink pig
Pat Hutchins
The good-night kiss
Jim Aylesworth
The good-night kiss
Jim Aylesworth
At night
Anne F. Rockwell
At night
Anne F. Rockwell
Nighty night, sleep tight
Michal Sparks
Nighty night, sleep tight
Michal Sparks
Musical beds
Mara Bergman
Musical beds
Mara Bergman
Good night, feet
Constance Morgenstern
Good night, feet
Constance Morgenstern
Zoë's sheep
Rose Bursik
Zoë's sheep
Rose Bursik
Asleep in a heap
Elizabeth Winthrop
Asleep in a heap
Elizabeth Winthrop
Lighthouse lullaby
Kelly Paul Briggs
Lighthouse lullaby
Kelly Paul Briggs
Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night! (Bungalo Books)
Frank B. Edwards
Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night! (Bungalo Books)
Frank B. Edwards
Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night!
Frank B. Edwards
Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night!
Frank B. Edwards
Lullabies
Graham Percy, Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Lullabies
Graham Percy, Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
What is the full moon full of?
Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
What is the full moon full of?
Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Good night, Teddy
Michelle Cartlidge
Good night, Teddy
Michelle Cartlidge
Disney's night-night Roo
P. Kevin Strader
Disney's night-night Roo
P. Kevin Strader
The Bitty Twins' Midnight Secret
Jennifer Hirsch
The Bitty Twins' Midnight Secret
Jennifer Hirsch
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
Jane Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
Jane Yolen
It's Bedtime, Titch (Red Fox Picture Book)
Pat Hutchins
It's Bedtime, Titch (Red Fox Picture Book)
Pat Hutchins
Rabbit Pie
Penny Ives
Rabbit Pie
Penny Ives
It was bedtime in the jungle
Butler, John
It was bedtime in the jungle
Butler, John
Classic Nursery Rhymes II LGBs
Jean Little
Classic Nursery Rhymes II LGBs
Jean Little
Twinkly Night (Baby Dazzlers)
Helen Stephens
Twinkly Night (Baby Dazzlers)
Helen Stephens
Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig?
Mick Inkpen
Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig?
Mick Inkpen
Baby's goodnight book
Kay Chorao
Baby's goodnight book
Kay Chorao
The Very Noisy Night
Diana Hendry, Jane Chapman
The Very Noisy Night
Diana Hendry, Jane Chapman
I hate to go to bed!
Katie Davis
I hate to go to bed!
Katie Davis
Froggy Seva A Dormir
Jonathan London
Froggy Seva A Dormir
Jonathan London
Good Night, Dora! (Dora the Explorer)
Christine Ricci
Good Night, Dora! (Dora the Explorer)
Christine Ricci
Good night, Good Knight
Shelley Moore Thomas
Good night, Good Knight
Shelley Moore Thomas
Tell me what it's like to be big
Joyce Dunbar
Tell me what it's like to be big
Joyce Dunbar
Brave little monster
Ken Baker
Brave little monster
Ken Baker
Kisses
Nanda Roep
Kisses
Nanda Roep
Off to Bed, Little Monster! / a La Cama, Monstruito!
Mario Ramos
Off to Bed, Little Monster! / a La Cama, Monstruito!
Mario Ramos
Share in the Fun (Care Bears Friendship Club)
Nancy Parent, Quinlan B. Lee
Share in the Fun (Care Bears Friendship Club)
Nancy Parent, Quinlan B. Lee
Goodnight Billy
Katherine Lodge
Goodnight Billy
Katherine Lodge
What Is the Full Moon Full Of? (Picture Yearling Book)
Shulamith Oppenheim
What Is the Full Moon Full Of? (Picture Yearling Book)
Shulamith Oppenheim
The vegetables go to bed
Christopher King
The vegetables go to bed
Christopher King
Panda whispers
Mary Beth Owens
Panda whispers
Mary Beth Owens
Bedtime with Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
Bedtime with Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
Bedtime Is Canceled
Cece Meng
Bedtime Is Canceled
Cece Meng
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Anna Dewdney
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Anna Dewdney
A bedtime kiss for Chester Raccoon
Audrey Penn
A bedtime kiss for Chester Raccoon
Audrey Penn
Bedtime for Peppa
Barbara Winthrop
Bedtime for Peppa
Barbara Winthrop
Five Ugly Monsters
Scholastic
Five Ugly Monsters
Scholastic
Browse all 161 bedtime books
- CAN'T SLEEP
- Tucking Mommy in
- Ten Out of Bed
- Froggy Goes to Bed (Froggy)
- Up All Night (Ready-To-Read)
- The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories
- Goodnight Richard Rabbit
- Dream Child (Book and Cassette)
- It's Your Bed Fred
- This Little Piggy
- Time for Bed Ned
- Lullaby & good night
- Good night, sleep tight
- Here Comes the Night
- Pajanimals
- Guess How Much I Love You with DVD & CD
- Goodnight Everyone/Bonne Nuit a Tous
- Bedtime for Kittens
- Sweet Dreams
- Barney Bedtime Songs
- Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One
- Good Night, Fred
- Mungo and the spiders from space
- My Go to Bed Book
- It's time to sleep, it's time to dream
- Time for bed, baby Ted
- What's under my bed?
- A Fright for Max
- Wake Up and Good Night
- Bedtime (Butterscotch babies)
- Max and the moon
- Good night, Teddy Bear
- The Sleepytime Ponies Trick a Trickster
- Bedtime on safari
- Dream You'll Be
- Peppa's First Sleepover
- Beasties
- My bedtime book
- A Goodnight Kiss
- Little Elephant and Friends
- Goodnight Igglepiggle
- Maisy Goes to Bed
- Nighty night
- Guess How Much I Love You
- Bears in beds
- Fabulous Flapdoodles
- Baby's Very First Bedtime Book
- Baby's night-night storybook
- Ssshh, Tigger!
- Sweet dream kisses
- Elmo Good Night Stories
- Nightie Night, Lucy
- Bedtime for Tiny Mouse
- Recipe for Bedtime
- Who Woke the Animals?
- Sleep Sheep Story
- Daniel Tiger's Day and Night
- Where's Patchy-Patch?
- Little Rabbit couldn't sleep
- Geena Giraffe Gets Tucked In/Board Book and Puppet (Sleepytime Gang)
- Sleep Rhymes Around the World
- Good night, baby!
- Bedtime for Baby Bop
- Sam's Scary Night (Chompers)
- Bedtime (Baby's World)
- Bunny's Night Out
- Wake Up, Night (A Glow-in-the-Dark, Lift-the-Flap Book)
- I Don't Want to Go to Bed!
- Pirates in Pajamas
- Amazing Baby
- Over my head
- Good Night Texas
- Bedtime for Rex
- The littlest werewolf's story
- Who's There? Beware!
- Mr. Winston, Go to Bed!
- Illustrated Treasury of Bedtime Stories
- Bedtime tales
- Bedtime, Mummy!
- I Want My Light On!
- Bedtime Without Arthur
- It's Your Bedtime
- When I'm Big
- In My Little Pink Bed
- Starlight Sailor
- مين سونى جانا نهين جاهتا
- Best bear
- Night Night
- Bunny and Bee can't sleep
- The Boy Under The Bed
- The Nights Of The World
- A Smickmackamookum Drinks Belly
- Bedtime monster
- Star
- Black & white nighty-night
- Goodnight Baby
- Caillou
- The Shaggy Little Monster
- Somebody's Sleepy
- Ba Ba Sheep Wouldn't Go to Sleep
- Tucking Mommy in
Questions parents ask about bedtime books
- What are the best bedtime books for kids?
- HootRated catalogs 161 bedtime children's books spanning picture books through Grade 7. Each is rated on reading level and content intensity. The picks above are sorted by quality signals — hook factor, discussion potential, and content appropriateness.
- Are bedtime books appropriate for sensitive readers?
- 159 books (99%) are rated Gentle or Mild — safe for sensitive readers. 0 (0%) are rated Intense or Very Intense. Average intensity is 1.1/5. Filter by intensity badge to match your child's emotional readiness.
- What reading level are bedtime books?
- Bedtime books in our catalog span picture books through Grade 7. The typical reading level lands around Grade 2. Reading level measures text difficulty — separate from content intensity, which measures emotional weight. The two often don't track together for gifted readers — the Gifted Kid Paradox.