Bedtime Stories

Browse our collection of Bedtime Stories kids books, fairy tales, poems, bedtime stories, short stories and novels. Use the filters to narrow your choices, or read our full article for inspiration.

The Unappreciated Fire Hydrant

The Teacher’s Back to School Jitters

Farm Animal Preschool

The Stuffed Animal Club

The End of the Great Treasure War

Alice in Wonderland (Chapter Book)

How the moon got her face

Dreaming of Dinosaurs

Good night, hibernators

The Hedgehog that Forgot to Hibernate

Go Away, Monster!

Lucas and the dark forest

The Tailor Of Gloucester

How the naughty goblin invented Valentine’s Day

The Princess and the Sorcerer’s Spell

Laura Rountree Smith

The Funny Easter Bunny

The Easter Rabbit

Mother’s Day Mayhem

Sunflowers and Strawberry Shortcake For Mother’s Day

The Legend of Oliver’s Adventure

Kees Valkenstein

The Adventures of Kobold and Gnome on Saint Nicholas’ Eve

Saint Nicholas and Pete

Louise M. Alcott

Baa the first

Howard R. Garis

Uncle Wiggily’s Fourth of July

A Kidnapped Santa Claus

Laura Rountree Smith

A Visit To Santa Claus

Laura Rountree Smith

The Christmas Fairy

Laura Rountree Smith

A Christmas Secret

Laura Rountree Smith

Fourteen Bells For Christmas

Laura Rountree Smith

Christmas With Mother Goose

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Chapter Book)

The Christmas Promise

Bunny Don’t Whine

Tales from Mars: Meet Persey, the Perseverance Rover

Abbie Phillips Walker

Mother Turkey And Her Chicks

Space ABC

Little Boy Blue (Nursery Rhyme)

Humpty Dumpty (Nursery Rhyme)

Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Nursery Rhyme)

The Wheels On The Bus (Nursery Rhyme)

Five Little Ducks (Nursery Rhyme)

London Bridge is Falling Down (Nursery Rhyme)

The Muffin Man (Nursery Rhyme)

Little Miss Muffet (Nursery Rhyme)

Old Mother Hubbard (Nursery Rhyme)

Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Nursery Rhyme)

Baa, baa, black sheep (Nursery Rhyme)

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Nursery Rhyme)

Hickory, dickory, dock (Nursery Rhyme)

Jack and Jill went up the hill (Nursery Rhyme)

Little Jack Horner (Nursery Rhyme)

Abbie Phillips Walker

Mr. ‘Possum

Glinda of Oz (Book #14)

The Moon Rabbit (Jade Rabbit)

This Little Light of Mine (Nursery Rhyme)

Three Little Kittens (Nursery Rhyme)

When the Saints Go Marching In (Nursery Rhyme)

To market, to market (Nursery Rhyme)

Rub-a-dub-dub (Nursery Rhyme)

Skidamarink (Nursery Rhyme)

Star Light Star Bright (Nursery Rhyme)

What Are Little Boys Made Of? (Nursery Rhyme)

St. George And The Dragon (Short Version)

All The Pretty Little Horses (Nursery Rhyme)

Jingle Bells (Song)

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

The Birds’ Christmas Carol (Chapter Book)

Elizabeth Harkison

A Story Of The Christ-Child

Winnifred E. Lincoln

Little Girl’s Christmas

John P. Peters, Ririro

The animals’ Christmas tree

Clement Clarke Moore

‘Twas the night before Christmas (A Visit from St. Nicholas)

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Santa Claus

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol (Short Version)

Abbie Phillips Walker

Why Santa Claus Was Late

E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Howard R. Garis

Uncle Wiggily’s Christmas

Ellen Robena Field

The Little New Year

Emilie Poulsson

The Fairy’s New Year Gift

A Valentine’s Gift for the Princess

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Why The Bear Sleeps All Winter

The snowball

The Ambitious Snowflake

Abbie Phillips Walker

Mr. Bear’s Farewell Party

Margery Williams

The Velveteen Rabbit

The Easter bunny’s lost chocolate eggs

Abbie Phillips Walker

The pink and blue eggs

I don’t want to go to sleep!

How do you sleep?

The Strawberry Thief