Who wouldn't want a big bed all their own?



Goodbye, crib. Hello, bed! Baby is happy to move on to the next phase of sleep furniture. There's so much to do on a big, soft bed — lie on it, play on it, bounce on it! At bedtime, Daddy tucks Baby in, Mommy says good night, and there's so much space, and the bed feels so . . . different. What now? Trepidation gives way to a good night's sleep in a celebration of a familiar toddler ritual.

Leslie Patricelli is the creator of a series of best-selling board books starring her beloved bald baby. She is also the author-illustrator of Higher! Higher!, Faster! Faster!, and Bigger! Bigger!, among other books for young readers. She lives in Ketchum, Idaho.