Good-Night, Owl!

How was Owl to sleep, with the bees buzzing, the crows creaking, the starlings chittering, the jays screaming -- and all the other inhabitants of the hollow tree pecking, calling or crunching? Owl tried to sleep, but it was impossible.

Pat Hutchins has written a bedtime story with a switch; a surprise ending that will send the youngest child off to sleep laughing.