The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2026
Agent: Thao Le
From the New York Times bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal Jessie Sima comes a fantastical tale of an elf facing a dangerous dragon was inspired to write The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever to save himself!
Are you ready to hear the GREATEST BEDTIME STORY EVER?
Good, because THE GREATEST BEDTIME STORY EVER came to be written in the most amazing way. It all started when an elf, who happened to be a great writer, stumbled upon his greatest challenge—a sleep-deprived dragon! Nothing could get the dragon to fall asleep. Nothing except…THE GREATEST BEDTIME STORY EVER.
Any other elf would have fled. But not a master storyteller elf! Confident in his skills, he set to work writing a story that was so entertaining, so thrilling, but also so sleep-inspiring it would be forever known as…
THE GREATEST BEDTIME STORY EVER!!
So.
Are you ready to hear it now?
Reviews:
"Pulling out all the "once upon a time" stops, this sideways fairy tale from Sima (Snow Kid) is both dark enough to feel delectably mischeivious and silly enough to remain firmly in the laugh zone."
—Publishers Weekly
"This funny and self-referential greatest story ever plays with picture book conventions and gives young readers an enjoyable twist."
—Shelf Awareness, starred review