"The Going To Bed Book" by Sandra Boynton
This is a Must Have book because it is one of our "routine" books, meaning we read it regularly, usually right before bed or nap and sometimes even in between! Anytime is a good time for this wonderful book!
I was looking for a great book to help settle my kids into bed at night and when I came across this one it was instant love! I know a lot of people will stand by "Goodnight Moon", which is undoubtedly another great book we sometimes read, but my kids really became attached to this one. While rhyming through the book in short sentences on each page, we follow several kinds of cute animals as they get ready for bed. From taking a bath to brushing their teeth
and finally rocking to sleep on the sea in their big ark-like boat, this book takes less than 5 minutes to read which makes it perfect for right before bed. When we read this book at home we always have one of our children in each of our laps so we can "rock, rock, rock them to sleep" at the end. As soon as the last page is read they both know it is time for bed.