Dan Bursch’s 6½ months aboard the International Space Station and Sharon Yencharis’ background in poetry, art, and technology are the anchor of this broader storytelling universe. This rare blend of authentic space experience, visual poetry, and art cultivates imaginative journeys that invite children to explore with a strong sense of wonder. Through the eyes of the characters in the books, children see themselves as explorers in a much larger universe as they go up to the moon, into the ocean, and out to the mountains, among other unforgettable places, meeting friends like the danicus aquatics in the deep sleeping dream sea on the moon and the king crab quartet as they scuba to the ocean floor.

Across the series, the stories weave in environmental themes such as cleaning up space junk and ocean plastics, showing young readers that the worlds they visit are also theirs to care for. Again and again, the books highlight helpers—rescuers, problem-solvers, and friends who step in when things go wrong—so children see that when challenges appear, there are always people working together to make things better.

Inspired by Mr Rogers and Sesame Street, these vividly illustrated bedtime adventures for children 0-7 come with enrichment activities for parents and educators to engage children beyond the text on the pages, providing ideas for key early education pillars: observation, counting, science, language and discussion, social-emotional values, and arts and culture.