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He knows where it is. He knows I know where it is. We both know how this ends. #bookishdad #hungrycaterpillar #bedtimestories
Bernie Sanders in a winter coat and mittens, captioned 'My son, every night since March' at the top and 'I am once again asking for the Caterpillar' at the bottom, framing the 4-year-old's nightly demand for The Very Hungry Caterpillar as Bernie's weary recurring plea.
September 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
She whispers hush. She sits in the rocking chair. She has never been introduced. I have questions I can no longer ask. #GoodnightMoon #BedtimeReading #DadLife
Afraid to Ask Andy meme: a nervous man's face with the text 'We've read Goodnight Moon 400 times' on top and 'Who is the quiet old lady' on the bottom, implying he's too embarrassed to ask after all this time.
September 10, 2026 at 7:26 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Goodnight comb. Goodnight brush. Goodnight dad, out cold on page six while the four-year-old is fully awake. #BookishDad #GoodnightMoon #DadLife
Philosoraptor dinosaur in a thinking pose. Top text: 'If Goodnight Moon puts me to sleep first.' Bottom text: 'Who is the bedtime story for.'
September 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
The 9:30pm existential ambush. I answered by saying goodnight to a bowl full of mush. She noticed. She always notices. #BedtimeQuestions #GoodnightMoon #ParentingUnfiltered
This Is Fine meme: a cartoon dog sitting calmly in a burning room. Top text reads 'My daughter asked what happens when we die,' bottom text reads 'Anyway, Goodnight Moon.'
September 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
The cat has read that book more times than either of us wanted to. She did not deserve this. #goodnightmoon #bedtimereading #dadlife
This Is Fine meme: cartoon dog sitting calmly in a burning room. Top text reads 'Son threw Goodnight Moon at the cat.' Bottom text reads 'Goodnight cat,' echoing the book's format as the dad calmly narrates the chaos.
September 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
I have theories. None of them hold up under my daughter's cross-examination. #GoodnightMoon #BedtimeReading #DadLife
Afraid To Ask Andy meme. Top text: 'Four years of Goodnight Moon every single night.' Bottom text, over Andy's panicked face: 'Who is the quiet old lady whispering hush.'
September 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
The cat has learned to read the room faster than my son learned the moon is not a weapon. #bookishdad #goodnightmoon #bedtimebattles
The 'This Is Fine' cartoon dog sitting calmly in a burning room. Top text reads 'MY SON JUST THREW GOODNIGHT MOON AT THE CAT.' Bottom text reads 'GOODNIGHT, CAT.'
September 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
The cat has forgiven us. The cat always forgives us. Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush, goodnight vet bill we narrowly avoided. #bookishdad #goodnightmoon #bedtimereading
This Is Fine meme: cartoon dog sitting calmly in a burning room. Top text reads 'MY SON JUST THREW GOODNIGHT MOON AT THE CAT.' Bottom text reads 'GOODNIGHT CAT.'
September 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
The cat has endured a lot from that kid. Tonight she chose violence, and I chose to let her. #bedtimestories #dadlife #hungrycaterpillar
Roll Safe meme: a man tapping his temple with a knowing smile. Top text reads 'He can't demand The Caterpillar tonight,' bottom text reads 'if the cat is sitting on it.'
September 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Four months of nightly Hungry Caterpillar and I have achieved bookless bedtime. The cat sends her regards. #hungrycaterpillar #bedtimereading #catdad
Roll Safe meme: a man taps his temple knowingly. Top text: 'SON CAN'T THROW THE BOOK AT THE CAT.' Bottom text: 'IF I RECITE IT FROM MEMORY.' The galaxy-brain solution to book-related cat assault.
August 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Read it to my son last night and spent the whole time wanting to hand that tree a self-help book. She gave him her TRUNK, people. #TheGivingTree #KidsBooks #BookishDad
Change My Mind meme. A man sits at a table with a sign reading 'The Giving Tree should have set boundaries.'
August 30, 2026 at 7:36 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
She's just... there. Whispering hush. In someone else's great green room. My daughter says she's the rabbit's grandmother. I no longer feel qualified to confirm or deny. #GoodnightMoon #BedtimeReading #DadLife
Afraid To Ask Andy meme: Andy from Parks and Recreation looks nervous. Top text reads 'Two years of Goodnight Moon every night.' Bottom text reads 'Who is the quiet old lady.'
August 28, 2026 at 1:15 AM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Night 200-something. He knows where the holes in the pages are. He points at them. My wife has left the room. #BedtimeStories #HungryCaterpillar #DadLife
Bernie Sanders in a winter coat and mittens asking for support. Top text: 'My son, every night since February.' Bottom text: 'I am once again asking for the Caterpillar.'
August 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
She saves the existential material for exactly four minutes after lights out. Every time. #bedtimestalling #parenting #kidsbooks
Office Space Bill Lumbergh holding coffee. Top text: 'If the death questions could come before 9pm.' Bottom text: 'That would be great.'
August 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
She caught the symbolism before I did and now I have to reread it out of spite. My bookmark hasn't moved since spring and it knows what it did. #PhantomTollbooth #DadReads #KidLit
Distracted Boyfriend meme: a man turns to look at a passing woman while his girlfriend looks on, offended. The passing woman is labeled 'My daughter's copy of The Phantom Tollbooth,' the girlfriend is labeled 'The novel I've been reading since March,' and the boyfriend is labeled 'Me.'
August 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
She's just... there. In the rocking chair. Whispering hush. Nobody explains her. I'm too deep in to ask now. #GoodnightMoon #BedtimeReading #BookishDad
Afraid to Ask Andy meme: a nervous-looking Andy from Parks and Recreation. Top text: '300 NIGHTS OF GOODNIGHT MOON.' Bottom text: 'WHO IS THE QUIET OLD LADY.'
August 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
She's just... there. Whispering hush. In someone else's house? At night? I have questions I can no longer ask. #GoodnightMoon #BookishDad #KidLit
Andy Dwyer from Parks and Recreation looking nervous and confused. Top text: 'We've read Goodnight Moon every night for years.' Bottom text: 'Who is the quiet old lady.'
August 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
He knows what he wants. He has always known what he wants. My wife left the room when she heard the request. #BookishDad #HungryCaterpillar #BedtimeStories
Bernie Sanders meme. Top text: 'My son, night 143 in a row.' Bottom text: 'I am once again asking for the Caterpillar.' Bernie sits in a coat and mittens looking weary and resolute.
August 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Reviewed the book that made every kid in the 90s pace off the distance to the nearest tree and start planning their escape to the woods.

https://bookishdad.com/reviews/my-side-of-the-mountain-jean-craighead-george/

#kidlit #booksky #chapterbooks #MySideOfTheMountain
Cover of My Side of the Mountain: The Book That Made Every Kid Look at a Tree and Think, Maybe
August 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Night 134. The caterpillar is still hungry. So is my soul. #bookishdad #bedtimestories #hungrycaterpillar
Bernie Sanders in a winter coat and mittens, captioned 'My son, every night at 7:58' on top and 'I am once again asking for the Caterpillar' on the bottom, referencing The Very Hungry Caterpillar being demanded nightly.
August 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Is she a grandmother? A ghost? A landlord? Four years in and I've stopped asking questions out loud. #goodnightmoon #kidlit #bedtimereading
Andy from Parks and Recreation looking nervous. Top text: 'We've read Goodnight Moon 1,000 times.' Bottom text: 'Who is the quiet old lady whispering hush.' The joke is being too far in to admit you don't know who that rabbit lady is.
August 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Is she a grandmother? A landlord? Why is she in the room? Why is there a bowl full of mush? I have questions I can no longer respectfully ask. #GoodnightMoon #BookishDad #KidLit
Andy from Parks and Recreation looking nervous. Top text: 'I've read Goodnight Moon 400 times.' Bottom text: 'Who is the quiet old lady whispering hush.' The meme confesses that after hundreds of reads, the dad still doesn't know who the mysterious old lady in the book actually is.
August 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Made it 41 years without reading The Cricket in Times Square. Turns out a cricket, a mouse, and a cat running a newsstand in 1960s New York is charming beyond reason.

https://bookishdad.com/reviews/the-cricket-in-times-square-george-selden/

#kidlit #booksky #ChapterBooks #GeorgeSelden
Cover of The Cricket in Times Square: Charming Beyond Reason, Which Is Apparently a Technical Term
August 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
Is she a grandmother? A landlord? Why is she in the room? It has been three years and I cannot ask anyone. #GoodnightMoon #PictureBooks #BedtimeReading
Andy from Parks and Recreation looking nervous with a forced smile. Top text reads 'WE'VE READ GOODNIGHT MOON 300 NIGHTS STRAIGHT.' Bottom text reads 'WHO IS THE QUIET OLD LADY WHISPERING HUSH.'
August 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
bookishdad.bsky.social
At eight I skipped Danny because it had no magic. At forty I reread it because it has no magic. Just a dad and his kid and poaching pheasants and a genuinely beautiful father-son r…

https://bookishdad.com/reviews/danny-the-champion-of-the-world-roald-dahl/

#kidlit #booksky #ChapterBooks #RoaldDahl
Cover of Danny the Champion of the World: The One Where Dahl Puts Down the Magic and Writes About a Dad
August 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM