Books like Just Go To Bed
By Mercer Mayer
For the kid who negotiates every single step between playtime and pajamas, this is the bedtime standoff played out on the page. Familiar, funny, a little defiant, and warmly resolved.
A little pea faces every kid's nightmare in reverse: his parents won't let him have his beloved vegetables for dessert until he finishes five pieces of candy for dinner.
A boy races home from shopping and slams the front door shut, accidentally locking his mom and baby sister outside without a key — but he's got a plan.
A bossy big sister bunny plans an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing for Grandma's birthday, but her little brother Max keeps trying to add his own messy touches instead.
A frog who can't wait to play in the snow keeps bounding outside half-dressed, and his mother calls him back again and again to put on everything he forgot.
A boy who refuses to behave gets exactly what his mother threatened: an enormous pet blue whale he must haul everywhere, including school, with predictably disastrous results.
A bus driver puts the reader in charge of making sure a stubborn pigeon goes to bed on time, but the pigeon has endless excuses for why it should stay up.
A cookie-loving boy named Alfie tries grabbing, fishing, and even dressing up as a cookie inspector to get one of his mommy's cookies — but the trick turns out to be much simpler than any of his schemes.
Five little puppies dig a hole under the fence to explore the wide world, but the pokiest, slowest puppy keeps falling behind — and keeps missing out on dessert.
A parade of baby animals learns words for everyday things — a ball, a dog, a moon — but every single one insists on calling it all MAMA instead.
A determined toddler named Kelly explains, item by item, exactly why red mittens, red boots, and a red cup are better than any other color — no matter what Mom says.
When the bus driver steps away and puts a young reader in charge, a persistent pigeon begs, bargains, and pleads for one thing: a turn behind the wheel.
