Illustrations and text follow a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser in the house.

"A picture book about how the different inhabitants of a city wake up and start their day, from the popular NY1 morning news anchor, Pat Kiernan"--

Various animals greet the sunrise in their own unique voices, except for the owl who welcomes the night.

A dog stays up all night, watching the moon and some bats, and looks forward to the morning when his boy will wake up and feed him breakfast.

Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog waking up, having breakfast, and getting ready to play.

"An energetic young critter tries to coax his dad out of bed in the morning"--

A boy describes his day, from awakening to the sun and attending school to taking a bath and saying good night to the moon.

Bartholomew struggles to get himself ready as the monsters from last night's dreams sabotage the most simple of morning routines. A vast purple monster sits on his chest, making it hard to get up. A slug monster slimes his clothes, so he can't get dressed. Brushing teeth, eating breakfast, and even going to the toilet all present challenges as the monsters mess around at Bartholomew's expense. Will Bartholomew's dad ever manage to get him out the...

As the sun rises, birds, horses, rabbits, flowers, bugs, and finally children get up to start their day.