Bedtime for Frances (1960)

Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark.

#9 in the list: 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up From 1960 ( )

Frances has troubles going to sleep because of frightening object and sounds she and here that's going to get her. Age 2-3 ( )

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Another one from childhood...

I liked Frances. I really did. Though I was never too sure if Frances was a he or a she.Maybe it was the ambiguity that I liked.

But I remember reading the books over and over, and one time Frances would be a he, and another time she, and it gave the stories different tones I thought. ( )

This is an adorable little story about Frances who finds every reason to not go to sleep. She goes through the alphabet and says something that goes with that letter. She then gets afraid of things in her room and has her parents helping her try to go to sleep.