The Sandman's Hour: Stories for Bedtime

One short story for every night of the year, told by Daddy to Jack and Evelyn. Animals, fairies and the seasons fill these two-minute tales, first published in 1923.

Mary Graham Bonner

Five funny, slightly absurd bedtime stories, from a submarine full of bees to toothpaste at the centre of the Earth. Each one takes about ten minutes to read aloud. Ages 5 to 10.

Neil McFarlane

More than a hundred very short stories and rhymes, each written to be read aloud in about five minutes. Includes the original illustrations.

Laura E. Richards

Short goodnight stories about animals, dolls and fairy folk, each one brief enough for a single bedtime. A companion to The Sandman's Hour, with illustrations.

Abbie Phillips Walker

Sixteen short tales of the Green Meadows, with Reddy Fox, Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk and the Merry Little Breezes. The 1910 classic that started the Burgess bedtime stories.

Thornton W. Burgess