What to Expect at Bedtime
Every child is bound to fight the inevitable--bedtime--once or twice (or  perhaps a few thousand times...) in her or his life: It's not fair, Mommy and  Daddy get to stay up later. What if I'm not sleepy? Why does it have to be dark  in the bedroom? There are all sorts of reasonsnotto go to bed; what  about all the reasonsforgoing to bed? Well, here's Angus, the beloved  narrator of Heidi Murkoff and Laura Rader's other wonderful titles in the What  to Expect Kids series, includingWhat to Expect When Mommy's Having a  BabyandWhat to Expect  When You Go to the Doctor. Angus is a friendly, sympathetic dog who  provides answers to questions about growing up. Depicted in playful  illustrations by Rader, he gently guides kids through the answers to such  questions as "Why do I have to go to bed?" "What happens when I'm sleeping?"  "What if I wake up during the night?" As Murkoff says in her "Word to Parents,"  knowing why sleep is so important "may not make bedtime your child's favorite  time of the day, but it may help him or her understand why it's an essential  part of the day." And of course there's nothing better than a bedtime story to  ease that transition... (Ages 2 to 5)--Emilie Coulter