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Bedtime Stories

Soft, sleepy stories for the last few minutes before lights out.

Each of these stories moves at a slower, quieter pace, a rabbit counting stars outside his burrow, a moon noticing one small cloud drifting away from the rest, made for reading in a dim room right before sleep. Continue the wind-down with our Rhymes.

High above the sleeping village, a tiny star named Tira slipped from her place in the sky while chasing a passing comet, tumbling lower and lower until she landed softly in a meadow of tall grass. She looked up and...

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As autumn leaves began to fall, a young bear cub named Bruno felt his eyes growing heavier with each passing day, but he was determined to stay awake and see what winter looked like, since he had never experienced one...

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Every night, the moon rose high above the world and watched over the sleeping towns below, but one evening she noticed a small grey cloud drifting alone, far from the other clouds who had floated off toward the mountains. The...

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In a warm corner of the jungle, a baby elephant named Lulu tossed and turned every night, unable to fall asleep no matter how hard she tried. Her mother tried humming soft songs and gently swaying her trunk like a...

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Animal Stories

Among a cheerful swarm of fireflies that danced over the pond each evening, one small firefly named Glimmer noticed one night that her light had grown dim, flickering weakly while her friends glowed bright and golden around her. Worried, she...

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Every night before sleeping, a small rabbit named Pip would sit outside his burrow and try to count every single star scattered across the sky, determined to know exactly how many there were before morning came. He counted one, two,...

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At the edge of the village stood an old willow tree whose long branches swayed gently in the evening breeze, and the children who lived nearby believed that if you sat beneath it at dusk, the willow would whisper you...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of stories are told under Bedtime?
These are soft, animal-centered stories built for winding down — a rabbit named Pip trying to count every star before falling asleep, a firefly named Glimmer whose light has dimmed, a baby elephant named Lulu who can't settle no matter how her mother tries to soothe her. The pacing is gentle and the stakes stay small.
Why do parents look for bedtime stories instead of bedtime rhymes?
A story gives a child a character to follow into sleep, like Lulu slowly calming down, which holds attention differently than the shorter, rhythmic format of Rhymes. Both serve the same wind-down purpose but at a different pace.
What's happening with the firefly named Glimmer?
Among a cheerful swarm of fireflies dancing over a pond each evening, Glimmer notices one night that her own light has grown dim, flickering weakly while her friends still glow brightly. The excerpt introduces her worry over her fading light, without yet showing what causes it or how it resolves.

More gentle animal tales wait in Animal stories, and daytime reading in Kids stories.