Bedtime & Night
Nighttime changes everything in nursery rhymes. The ordinary house grows quiet, clocks tick a little louder, and the moon becomes a watchful companion. These verses were written for the hush between playtime and sleep, where stories drifted through dim hallways and children slid under warm blankets.
Some rhymes offer comfort — the steady rocking in Rock-a-bye Baby or the soft chorus of Sleep, Baby, Sleep. Others bring a touch of magic: the moon giving instructions in Bedtime, or a star shining like a lantern in Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
Whether soothing, whimsical, or quietly adventurous, these rhymes all belong to the hour when the world slows down and the night asks everyone — even the restless — to close their eyes.
