Bedtime Stories: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 83

By Gwen Glazer, Librarian
March 22, 2018

Welcome to The Librarian Is In, the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.

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Gwen and Frank share books recs for bedtime—good reads for kids of all ages, and one read that's definitely for grown-ups only. Plus, if you're at the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia (March 22-23), come find Frank and Gwen for even more talk about reading recs, pick up some podcast swag, and share what books are stacked up on on your bedside table!

Friday, March 23 at 11am and 2pm
In the PLA Press Room in the Convention Center, 3rd level, Room 303A

Bedtime books stacked

Bedtime Reading Recommendations

The Way Home in the Night

The Way Home in the Nightby Akiko Miyakoshi 

The House in the Nightby Susan Marie Swanson

An Arnold Lobel Treasury -- Owl at Home  

What Do You Do with a Problem? by Kobi Yamada

And a few more favorites in Gwen's house:

A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na​

The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton​

In the Night Kitchen

Corduroy by Don Freeman​

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney​​

The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken​

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

and for the adults...

The Monk by Matthew Lewis

Tell us your favorite bedtime stories in the comments section below!

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