A little rabbit is getting ready for bed. And as the night gets later and his room grows darker, he bids goodnight to everything around him.

When Mr. Putter cannot sleep after eating too many of Mrs. Teaberry's pineapple jelly rolls, he and Tabby take a moonlit stroll that ends with the perfect neighborly gathering.

When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note saying that Gabe has gone fishing and will be back in a week. He tries out several substitute monsters, but finds that none are as perfect as Gabe.

Little Owl enjoys a lovely night in the forest visiting his friend the raccoon, listening to the frogs croak and the crickets chirp, and watching the fog that hovers overhead.

Describes everyday activities and occurrences that can be found from morning to night, at home, at school, and in the natural world.

A lyrical poem describing a northern winter night, including the way the snow falls, the way the stars light up the night, and the way a mother deer leads her fawn.

"Fox overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal animals"--

Katydids, owls, opossums, and other nocturnal animal mothers and babies wake up to a bright moon and a night to be filled with activities.

One dark and noisy night the Fraidy Cats let their imaginations run wild, visualizing scary things from wild elephants to hungry wolves.

A child imagines that the noises he hears at night, from a dripping faucet to the whistle of the wind, are really the sounds of adventures in which he plays a sea captain, a policeman, and various other characters.