Bedtime Stories for Children

Gentle bedtime stories to read aloud — soft adventures, sleepy animals and calm endings for ages 4–7. Free, printable and personalisable.

BedtimeValues & MannersAnimal TalesEducationalAdventures
BedtimeAges 4–76 min

The Cloud Who Could Not Sleep

Yara is a small cloud with a very big yawn and nowhere to put it, until the valley lends her its softest sounds.

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BedtimeAges 4–76 min

The Pyjama Train

Tillo has three turns of key left and three small passengers to deliver to bed, if the cushion on the track will let him.

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BedtimeAges 4–76 min

The Star in the Fox’s Window

A small star comes to keep Nuri company, and its light is far too bright for sleeping, so they learn to dim it together.

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BedtimeAges 4–76 min

The Slowest Lullaby

The garden will not settle, so Sena the snail sings it one long, slow verse at a time, until every small sound lies down.

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