''Good Night, Alfie Atkins'' () is a 1972 children's book by

Gunilla Bergström Gunilla Elisabet Dukure Bergström (3 July 1942 – 23 August 2021) was a Swedish author, journalist, and illustrator. She is best known for her series of children's books about the character Alfie Atkins (Swedish: ''Alfons Åberg''), which she ...

. Translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard, it was published in English in 2005. As an episode of the animated TV series it originally aired over TV2 on 2 January 1980. It has also been recorded on a 1980 cassette tape with

Alfie Atkins Alfie Atkins () is a fictional character created by the author Gunilla Bergström from Sweden in 1972. Alfie Atkins appears in books and animated cartoons. Alfie plays the role of a normal child, living with his father. During his younger years ...

stories. The book is one of the titles in the book '' Tusen svenska klassiker'' (2009).Gradvall ''et al'' 2009, #332

Plot

It's nine o'clock in the evening, but Alfons doesn't want to go to bed. His father reads a fairytale about a horse. Alfons suddenly realizes he hasn't brushed his teeth and goes up to do that. He then feels thirsty and after drinking he realizes he has spilled, and his father has to clean up. He then needs to pee, and his father has to bring a pot. Alfons then says there's a lion inside the wardrobe and his father has to go looking, and says lions usually aren't in wardrobes. Alfons then wants his Teddy Bear. His father searches the bathroom and then finds it under the couch. When he hasn't come back Alfons finds his father sleeping in the floor with the Teddy Bear next to him. Alfons covers his father with a duvet and then goes back to bed and falls asleep.

References

{{reflist 1972 children's books Rabén & Sjögren books Works by Gunilla Bergström