At the stroke of midnight, Jackson and Jelly (pink and green puppets who live in the library and hide in the daytime) come out and are joined by a presenter (one of the members of the Wordsworth family) who recites "The sun is down, the stars are bright, Story Makers come out at night.” as they appear.
The story in the book is then "read out" (although this is replaced on screen by live action or an animation).
Jelly and Jackson hide and the story machine turns back into a computer, but the books produced overnight remain for the librarian and children to find when the library opens at 9am.
Jelly was also a recurring character in Green Balloon Club (another show that aired on CBeebies).
In 2004, two VHS tapes and DVDs containing episodes from the first series were released by the Contender Entertainment Group under license from the BBC.