Bedtime Stories

Gentle tales to read aloud at the end of the day — fairy tales, fables, and the quiet classics of the nursery.

For the last half-hour of the day

In this collection

• The Little Blue Bag
• The Soothsayer's Son
• Yes or no?
• Little Jack Janitor
• Captain Eli's Best Ear
• The Story that Never Ends
• The Wasp and the Snake
• The Rook and the Sparrows
• On St. Crispin's Day
• When we First Played "Show"
• O. T
• Out Shopping
• Cross Purposes
• The Adventures of King Brian Connors
• Punchkin
• Little Joe Gander
• An Airship Ride
• Conclusion
• The Lion and the Mouse
• The Dove of Peace
• Balloons on the Beach
• Baby
• How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear!
• The Ridiculous Wishes
• The Journey to the West
• A Day with a Courteous Mother
• Googly-Goo
• Jack Pumpkinhead's Ride to the Emerald City
• Joseph the Dreamer
• A Dream Lesson
• Child or Fairy
• Karl and the Dryad
• The Balloon Boy
• The Green Cap
• The Indian Fairy
• The Star Jewels
• Balow, my Bonnie
• Heigho, my Dearie
• Medieval Eventide Song
• So, so, Rock-A-By so!
• The Rock-A-By Lady

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