We asked SpringfieldMoms readers for their favorite “goodnight” books for their little ones.
By far (and no surprise), most people listed as their favorite: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Many readers liked these books:
- Go Dog Go! by P.D. Eastman
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld
- I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa Mccourt and Cyd Moore
- I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak and Caroline Jayne Church
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw
- The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Barn and Felicia Bond
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
Other books that are favorites with SpringfieldMoms families:
- The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can’t-Sleep Blues by Deborah Diesen
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- Are You My Mother by P.M. Eastmand
- Barbapa by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor
- Bears in the Night by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr, John Archambault and Lois Ehlert
- Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
- Daddies Do It Different by Alan Lawrence Sitomer and Abby Carter
- Daddy Snores by Nancy Rothstein and Stephen Gilpin
- Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
- Goodnight, Beach by Adam Gamble and Cooper Kelly
- Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
- Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- Goodnight Johnny Tractor by Andrew Pinder
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
- I Am Loved by Nikki Giovanni
- I Know A Wee Piggy by Kimberly E. Norman and Henry Cole
- I Love You As Much… by Laura Krauss Melmed and Henri Sorensen
- I Love You More by Laura Duksta and Karen Keesler
- I Love You This Much by Lynn Hodges, Sue Buchanan and John Bendall-Brunello
- I Love You Through And Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak and Caroline Jayne Church
- I Love You to the Moon by Melissa Staehli and Melissa Ivey Staehli
- Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino and Steven Kellogg
- Je t’aimerais toujours by Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw
- King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bently
- Knuffle Bunny by Mo Williams
- Little Bitty Bakery by Leslie Muir and Betsy Lewin
- Moon, Gorgeous Moon by M. H. Bradford
- Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? By Dr. Seuss
- My Go to Bed Book by Hildegarde Ford and Mary Win
- My Goodnight Book by Eloise Wilkin
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
- Olivia by Ian Falconer and Dame Edna
- On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
- One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen and Dan Hanna
- Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz
- Sesame Street’s Sleep Tight by Constance Allen and David Prebenna
- Shark vs Train by Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld
- Six Bears Get in a Pickle – in Gordon Dioxide’s Book Of Slightly Odd Bedtime Stories
- Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
- Snuggle Puppy! by Sandra Boynton
- Snuggle Up Sleepy Ones (about animals in Africa going to sleep as the sun sets) by Claire Freedman and Tina Macnaughton
- Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
- 10 Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth and Laura Huliska-Beith
- 10 Minutes till Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann
- The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
- The Blah by Jack Kent
- The Flea’s Sneeze by Lynn Downey and Karla Firehammer
- The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
- The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
- The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town by Judy Sierra and Melissa Sweet
- The Three Little Pigs by Golden Books
- The Tickle Tree by Parragon Books
- The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss and Joe Mathieu
- There’s a Wocket in My Pocket! by Dr. Seuss
- Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett and Kevan J. Atteberry
- Time for Bed by Mem Fox and Jane Dyer
- Where Does God Live? by Holly Bea and Kim Howard
- You Are My I Love You by Maryann Cusimano Love and Satomi Ichikawa
Some families prefer book series for bedtime:
- American Girl Doll books
- Berenstain Bear books
- Llama Llama books by Anna Dewdney
- Dr. Seuss books
- Fly Guy books by Tedd Arnold
- Junie B Jones series by Barbara Park and Denise Brunkus
- Pete The Cat Series by James Dean
- Sophia the First
- The Never Girl Series books
- 39 clues Series by Rick Riordan
- Tiger books, like Tiger Can’t Sleep and Read to Tiger by S. J. Fore and R.W. Alley
Some families prefer songs:
- You Are My Sunshine
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Some people have made bedtime extra special:
- We watch daddy’s video of Mr. Brown Can Moo? Can You? Daddy’s deployed and videoed himself reading our little guy’s fave book.
- Love You Forever and Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You. When I was deployed I recorded them for my boys.
- The Kissing Hand We love it so much and my son gives me a ‘kissing hand’ (and I give him one!) before I leave for work everyday, too! Such a sweet book!
- I wrote an original poem for my children.
- My Daddy and Me by Tina Macnaughton. His dad is a truck driver and is out on the road a lot so I want to make sure he knows his daddy loves him.
