Whether it’s that old faithful, Goodnight Moon, or a newly discovered tale, a book is one of the best ways to bond with your little one at the end of a long and sometimes hectic day. Since many of us here at Petunia Pickle Bottom are parents to small children, I asked around to find out what books PPBers’ babies, toddlers and big kids reach for night after night, and what new stories they might also be working into the bedtime routine.

Click through to find out what bedtime stories are PPB favorites.

Top Row:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Jen Corace
Just One Day by Laura Leuck & Marc Boutavant

Middle Row:
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Trains Go by Steve Light
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle & Jill McElmurry
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Bottom Row:
You Are My Cupcake by Joyce Wan
The Napping House by Audrey Wood & Don Wood
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault & Lois Ehlert
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee