A nurse with a soft spot for picture books.

The curator

The Bedtime Basket is run by a nurse in Salt Lake City who has always loved finding children’s books. The shop is a way to put a little structure around that habit: go looking, keep the copies worth passing on, and show them in one place.

What tends to come home are books made to be read aloud — board books, bedtime stories, vintage gold-spine picture books, and the occasional collectible or out-of-print title. Bundles are part of the idea too, so a new baby or a family bookshelf can get a small, considered stack instead of a single leftover paperback.

This page will be a better portrait once there is a real photograph and any details she wants to add in her own words. For now, it is here so the site has a clear, honest center.

Based in

Salt Lake City, Utah

The work

Nursing by profession; book hunting as a side project

The stock

Used and vintage children’s books, sold as singles or small bundles

The aim

A fun, modest shop that showcases the finds — not a high-volume store