Bedtime Stories for Kids
A calm story before bed is one of the easiest ways to help a child slow down, settle in, and drift off happily. Every story in this collection was written for exactly that quiet moment: soft rhythms, gentle plots, and warm illustrated pages with nothing scary hiding in them.
Pick a story below and read it free online tonight — most take five to ten minutes. Many also have a free audio version on our YouTube channel, lovely for car rides and lights-off listening.
53 stories in this collection
Albert's Little Leaf Blanket3+ · 4 min read
Barnaby's Blue-Striped Search3+ · 7 min read
Barnaby's Bumbling Bakery of Bubbles3+ · 6 min read
Danila and the Floating Lantern Bridge5+ · 17 min read
Dino Friends and the Soft Sunbeam3+ · 6 min read
Fanny and the Moss-Coat Visitor3+ · 16 min read
Jensina and the Great Pebble Dam3+ · 12 min read
Lily's Quiet Night Watch3+ · 8 min read
Maggie the Moonlight Sedan and the Lost Glow5+ · 9 min read
Marlo and the Great Winter Potato3+ · 25 min read
Nuru and the Shivering Star-Note5+ · 12 min read
Pip's First Starry Night3+ · 11 min read
Ralvin and the Midnight Shadows3+ · 16 min read
Sable and the Low Branch3+ · 16 min read
Samantha And The Missing Moonbeam3+ · 7 min read
Sigmund and the Bread of Giggle-Light3+ · 10 min read
The Acorns That Whispered the Way Home5+ · 16 min read
The Amber Anchor5+ · 7 min read
The Apprentice Who Lit the Stars Alone5+ · 23 min read
The Boy Under the Dry Sky5+ · 19 min read
The Boy Who Kept the Moon Awake5+ · 19 min read
The Brine And The Bloom5+ · 11 min read
the cloud knitting class of nimbus peak5+ · 10 min read
The Clumsiest Octopus in the Reef5+ · 20 min read
The Duckling Who Swam the Wrong Way5+ · 20 min read
The Dune That Kept a Lullaby5+ · 16 min read
The Girl Who Knew the Names of Waves5+ · 22 min read
The Great Big Earth Hug5+ · 4 min read
The Honey-Heart Feast3+ · 25 min read
The Jelly That Wanted to Dance5+ · 6 min read
The Man Who Sold Tuesday5+ · 7 min read
The Map on Her Shell5+ · 19 min read
The Moon Whale Who Gathered Stars5+ · 12 min read
The Pebble That Warms With Honesty5+ · 24 min read
The Pulse of the Velvet Dar5+ · 9 min read
The Record That Played Forgotten Days5+ · 22 min read
The Room of Unfinished Dreams5+ · 15 min read
The Room That Became a Garden5+ · 18 min read
The Salt-Scourge Of Saccharia5+ · 20 min read
The Seed That Grew One Wish5+ · 22 min read
The Silver Spoon Kingdom of the Blue Rug3+ · 7 min read
The Snowflake That Lost Its Way Home5+ · 23 min read
The Sock Singularity Of Apartment 4b5+ · 8 min read
The Staircase That Feared Morning5+ · 7 min read
The Station Not on Any Map5+ · 21 min read
The Symphony Of The Slant And The Sphere5+ · 10 min read
The Third Wish for the Girl Next Door5+ · 14 min read
The Tiny Dragon Who Lost His Light5+ · 21 min read
The Tree with the Golden Scar5+ · 19 min read
The Wall Marks That Led Home5+ · 10 min read
Three Jumps Before Dusk3+ · 18 min read
Torbjorn and the Sky-Stitch Lullaby3+ · 10 min read
Yara and the Ink-Butterfly of the Chromatic Rainforest3+ · 8 min read