Go to Bed, Fred [Book & Puppet] — Alison Inches

As the sun goes down and night falls, in kids' rooms all across the country, the same scene is enacted: settling the children down and reading a story. Combining Alison Inches's crackling language with a new Muppet puppet from Jim Henson Productions, Go to Bed, Fred is a perfect good-night storybook that comes with its own custom-designed Muppet made of blue plush, with white googly eyes and a shock of bright yellow hair, sized to fit an adult's hand -- which means that Fred himself can read and act out the story. Suitable for ages 6 months and up.

Winner of a National Parenting Publications Honor Award. Illustrations by Lauren Attinello; Puppet by Rollie Krewson