Goodnight, Bruce by Higgins, Ryan T.

Mother Bruce's family of mice and geese will do ANYTHING to get out of going to sleep in this hilarious and all-too-relatable bedtime story.

It's bedtime in Soggy Hollow.
But Bruce's family of mice and geese would rather watch late-night monster movies than go to sleep.

There are so many more fun things to do like . . .
build model airplanes
and eat ice cream.
and keep up their correspondence.

Will Bruce ever get them to sleep? What's a tired old bear to do?

Kids and caretakers alike will relate wholeheartedly to this laugh-out-loud story of pre-bedtime hijinx.

Author: Ryan T. Higgins
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Published: 03/03/2026
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 12.26h x 9.26w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9781368108737
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2026

About the Author
Ryan T. Higgins is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling Mother Bruce, which received the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor. In addition to the Mother Bruce series, Ryan is also the author and illustrator of Norman Didn't Do It!, We Don't Eat Our Classmates, We Will Rock Our Classmates, BE QUIET!, and What About Worms!?, an Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! book. He lives in Maine with his wife, children, and a menagerie of pets.