A Bedtime Prayer

A Bedtime Prayer is a padded board book designed to do one thing well: help very young children settle into sleep with a simple, grateful prayer. The text thanks God for the gifts of each day — sunshine, songbirds, food, friendship, home — and reassures little ones that God loves and watches over them. Sanja Rescek's soft, jewel-toned illustrations of baby animals make the whole book feel like a warm blanket. For Christian families looking for a faith-forward bedtime ritual for toddlers and preschoolers, this is a genuinely useful find. Kirkus did note that the verse can get clunky and may be a touch long to hold a squirming two-year-old's attention, and the book is brief and devotional rather than story-driven. But for the specific purpose it serves, it serves it well.