I now have pictures of all my girls falling asleep with a book - to which both of their parents plead guilty on multiple occasions - and now one of Lily's favorite bedtime "necessities" is a book. And, yes, she hugs it as if it were one of her precious stuffed animals (the other necessity), after lying on her pillow with it propped open on her tummy "reading" it out loud as if it were her bedtime story, complete with the rise and fall of voice cadence and intonation. I LOVE IT!!! I'll post pictures as soon as I figure out how