Hildilid hates the night above all things. "I do not know why nobody has thought of chasing away the night" she says and then proceeds to try to do so. But no matter what she does, whenever she looks out of the window, there it is—until, of course, the sun rises.

Hildilid cannot chase away the night, but bedtime listeners will find her efforts hilarious, and her decision to turn her back on it and go to sleep worth emulating.

Hildilid's activities are cleverly illustrated by Arnold Lobel, whose delightfully amusing black and white drawings end in a burst of sunshine.

From the dust jacket