 Hi! Welcome back to preschool storytime with the Long Beach Public Library. My name is Ms. Shayna and today we're going to sing a song called Well Hello Everybody. Well hello everybody and how are you? Thank you! It's a storytime basket by Storytime Fairy. This basket looks like it might have something very snugly inside of it. I don't know about you but I love snuggling with my teddy before bedtime. Today's storytime is about bedtime? Yes? Okay well snuggle up with your favorite stuffed animal and grab your favorite blankier pillow and let's have a cozy bedtime storytime. Tonight's bedtime story is called I Dare You Not to Yon. This story is written by Helene Boudreaux and the pictures are by Serge Bloch and we're reading this with permission from Candlewick Press. I dare you not to yon. Yons are sneaky. They can creep up on you when you least expect them. There you are minding your own business, building the tallest block power in the history of the universe, or dressing up the cat when suddenly your arms stretch up, your eyes squish tight, your mouth opens wide and your tongue curls back and pops out. Next thing you know you're being sent upstairs to get your pajamas on. Pajamas lead to bedtime stories. Bad time stories lead to sleepy time songs and sleepy time songs lead to good night hugs and kisses. Before you know it you're tucked into bed snug as a bug and wondering how did I get here? So if you're not ready to go to bed follow these tips and do not yawn. If someone else yawns like your baby brother or your big sister or the dog, look away! Yons are like colds. They spread. Stay away from huggable stuffed animals, soft cozy pajamas, and your favorite blankie because those can make you feel snugly. Avoid bedtime stories about sleepy baby animals like tiger cubs arching their backs in one last stretch, their eyes squish tight, and their tongues curl back. Or you might start to feel stretchy too! Don't sing sleepy time songs about twinkling stars or buying sheep. Especially the counting kind. One sheep, two sheep, ba, ba, ba. And whatever you do don't think of droopy-eyed baby orangetangs holding their long arms out for a hug from their mommas. Their little mouths forming perfect. Oh, oh, oh. Uh-oh! If you try all these things but a yawn still creeps up and grabs a hold of you to keep it from escaping because if your arms stretch up and your eyes squish tight, rar, rar, rar, and your mouth opens wide, ba, ba, ba, and your tongue curls back. Oh, oh, oh, and a yawn pops out. Then off to bed you'll go. See, I told you, yawns are sneaky. This rhyme is called Five Colorful Quilts Galore. Will you help me count the quilts? One, two. Now will you say the colors of the quilts with me? Purple, blue, green, yellow. Very good. Five Colorful Quilts with patches galore. One covered, there were four. One, two, three, four. Four Colorful Quilts as pretty as can be. One covered, one, two, three Colorful Quilts with patches pink and blue. One covered, two. Two Colorful Quilts made just for fun. One covered, my teddy bear. Then there was one. One Colorful Quilt left out in the sun. That one covered my dolly. Then there were none. The end. Before I wish you all a very good night, I want to sing you a lullaby that I sing to my son every night and he'll pick out three different animals and we'll put the animals into the song. It's a really silly and really sweet song that you can sing with your family at home and feel free to put in mommy, daddy, sister, brother, auntie, whoever is tucking you into bed that night. You can put them into the song as well. It goes like this. It's called The Good Night Song. It's by Laurie Berkner and our first animal I think is going to be, well, you'll see. See if you can recognize what animal this is. It hangs upside down from its tail and makes silly faces. A monkey, that's right. I'm a little monkey and my daddy loves me. I'm a little monkey and my mommy loves me when they just say good night. It actually doesn't sleep. It's an owl and owls are usually awake at night, huh? But since it is daytime, we'll go ahead and sing good night to the owl, okay? Here we go. I'm going to sing good night to the piggy.