"There once was a very sleepy penguin, who was best friends with a not-so-sleepy lion... A pitch-perfect comedy for anyone who has ever craved sleep -- and anyone too full of energy to settle down." --

"An anti-bedtime book about a mermaid who is definitely NOT your typical mermaid!"--

While reading a bedtime story starring sleepy animals dozing off, the unflappable narrator, distracted by nocturnal animals who have anything but sleep on their minds, improvises the nocturnal brood into the verse.

Nighttime. That means it's time to go to bed. Tutti did not like to go to bed. So, he did not like nighttime... This is how begins not only the tale of Tutti the raccoon but almost every evening in a family with a preschool child. Oh, those "I'm thirsty," "I'm hungry," "I'm not done playing" - every time we say it's time to go to bed! What is the real reason kids don't want to go to bed? And how can we help make it easier for them to do that? Beautiful...