Bedtime Science

Fairy Story Shorts offer beautiful retellings of traditional tales, and are especially suitable for listening at bedtime! This tale is taken from the collection Fairy Stories and Fairy Stories: Traditional Tales for Children, Contemporary Tales for Adults by Clive Johnson, also published by Labyrinthe Press.

Fairy Story Shorts offer beautiful retellings of traditional tales, and are especially suitable for playing for children at bedtime! This tale is taken from the collection Fairy Stories & Fairy Stories: Traditional Tales for Children, Contemporary Tales for Adults by Clive Johnson.

Losing a tooth is an exciting and notable event in the life of a child - what will the tooth fairy bring? You've been planning night and day, and finally you've created the perfect trap! Now all you need to do is wait. Is this the night you'll finally catch the tooth fairy in action? Parents and children will love this engaging and entertaining story!

O Weia - Mama muß arbeiten und Kiara soll nach dem Kindergarten zu Oma und Opa um dort zu übernachten. Kiara hat schon den ganzen Tag schlechte Laune und meckert jeden an. Die Großen sagen, wenn sie damit nicht aufhört, kommt das Schimpfmonster. Aber Kiara glaubt nicht daran, bis sie in der Nacht tatsächlich von ihm besucht wird. Als das kleine Monster sein großes, wichtiges Geheimnis mit ihr teilt, beschließt Kiara ab sofort nicht mehr zu schimpfen.

Primavera is one of the four Princess Fairies. They are four best friends that live in a magical forest. Each fairy has a special magical power! For Primavera, that meant making sure that the seasons changed on time. Since there are four season changes in a year, Primavera was always quite busy. But she enjoyed her job - except for the one time when it seemed that the magical forest would be stuck having winter forever!

Ever wondered where some writers get their characters? Just maybe they come from Mack's One Stop Character Shop, where grumpy wizards, weeping dragons, singing chestnuts, arguing lemons, miniature lady vampires, giant flies, slippered frogs, knighted ogres and creatures there aren't even names for await your discovery. You'll be so dazzled by the amount of oddities that you'll be wanting to make your own trip to Mack's asap... particularly if you also like to pen the odd tale.

Sparkly is a beautiful unicorn. When she was born, her fairy godmother promised to give her a wish one day. When Sparkly's grandmother becomes sick, she decides to ask the fairy godmother for that wish. Find out what happens next!

Oh oh! esclamò Go-Ghi-Gò quando la luna cadde improvvisamente sulla terra. Era una grande palla bicolore, per metà bianca e per metà d'argento. Quando cadde a terra, miracolosamente non si ruppe, né fece rumore. Rimbalzò appena, prima di iniziare a rotolare di qua e di là senza una meta precisa.

In this inspiring magical bedtime story, a young boy named Pip finds himself surrounded by mysterious gold ribbons, symbols of strength, hope, and courage. But when Gazer, the Lord of Darkness, appears to feed on Pip's fear and despair, it feels like all hope is lost. Enter Kid and Tata, two brave superhero ribbons, ready to fight for Pip’s life. Armed with unshakable belief and inspiring courage, they stand by his side, battling the darkness with everything they’ve got. In this short story, Pip learns that he’s not fighting cancer alone.

A Gift from Tata is a heartwarming bedtime story filled with mystical characters and heroic adventure. Follow Lily, a young girl whose mother is battling breast cancer, as she receives a magical visit from Tata, a pink ribbon hero with the power of healing and strength.

In the bustling City of York, two heroic Ribbons, Kid and Vlad, stand guard against the forces of evil. Known for his quick thinking, Kid teams up with the mighty Vlad, the strongest Ribbon of all. When the villain Grim hatches a new plan to steal Knox, a powerful hammer said to grant unimaginable strength, danger looms on the horizon.

Have you ever met someone - in your dreams? Embark on a whimsical journey beyond bedtime with us as we go on limitless adventures together in our dreams. "Meet Me in My Dreams" is not just a book; it's an invitation to create cherished dreams together. Authors Kelly and her daughter Bailey began meeting in their dreams when Bailey was five, and the idea for this book was born after Kelly started writing down all of the creative places and details Bailey had come up with.

Join young Leo on an extraordinary journey filled with magic, adventure, and self-discovery in "The Boy Who Ran Faster Than the Wind." This enchanting children's bedtime storybook weaves a captivating tale that will transport listeners to a world where dreams take flight and the wind whispers secrets.

Dive into an enchanting underwater world where adventure awaits at every turn in "The Lost Mermaid: A Seafoam Mystery." Join Sarah, a brave and determined mermaid of Seafoam Bay, and her loyal companions Finn and Captain Seashell on an epic journey to uncover the secrets of the ocean and save Triton's Kingdom from darkness.

Join young Oliver, a curious and courageous explorer, as he discovers a mysterious golden box hidden away in his grandmother's attic. What begins as a simple curiosity soon turns into an epic quest that will take Oliver to the farthest reaches of his imagination and beyond.

Join your child on a journey through magical realms as they drift off into a peaceful slumber. Meet a friendly polar bear who will guide you through a snow-covered wonderland, swim with mermaids in a sparkling underwater kingdom, and attend an underground garden party with a ladybug and a friendly mouse.

Blue Fur is a little bunny who loves to have fun, maybe a little too much fun.

Join Solus, the Lonely Alien, on his journey through the stars and universe in search of a new home. Explore the entire Solar System through interesting facts on what makes each planet so special.

Bedtime stories are a great way to connect with your child and live adventures with them. Also you won’t have to worry about nightmares ever again since all your child will dream about are fairy tales. Take your little one to the magical land of unicorns and be amazed by their magical powers and enjoy living the adventures with them!

In Modern Families, Joshua Gamson brings us extraordinary family creation tales - his own included - that illuminate this changing world of contemporary kinship. Combining personal memoir and ethnographic storytelling, Modern Families tells a variety of unconventional family-creation tales - adoption and assisted reproduction, gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families - set against the social, legal, and economic contexts in which they were made.