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Category: Animals

Wildlife, pets and farm animals lead this broad collection of bedtime stories. Visit a zoo, listen to bats inside a cave, follow mice preparing for Halloween or discover what different creatures eat. Some tales introduce simple facts and animal sounds; others give their characters human-sized problems involving courage, sharing or home. Reading times range from brief baby stories to long animal adventures.

Tilly the Copycat Frog: Tilly sits proudly on the prettiest lily pad in the middle of the forest pond.
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Tilly the Copycat Frog

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  • 21 min
Tilly the copycat frog repeats every word she hears, from a duck’s greeting to a bear’s secret plans. In this funny frog bedtime story, a clever fox discovers how far her voice carries, and the forest begins to hear its noisiest neighbor in a new way.
Rosie the squirrel uses soft leaves to help a hedgehog caught under a branch.
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How Rosie Helps the Hedgehog

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  • 2 min
Rosie the squirrel hears a hedgehog calling for help, but his prickles hurt her paws when she tries to free him. In this short hedgehog bedtime story, a few fallen leaves give Rosie an idea. Follow her gentle rescue and the happy roll home that follows.
Nibbles and Skippy: The two squirrel brothers smile together inside their cozy tree hollow.
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Nibbles and Skippy

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  • 5 min
Careful Nibbles gathers nuts while playful Skippy dances through autumn. When winter snow arrives, the squirrel brothers learn that work, play, forgiveness, and sharing all belong in the same cozy hollow.
The Sleepy Yawn: The little yawn curls around the smiling moon in the quiet night sky.
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The Sleepy Yawn

  • Posted byby Fabel
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  • 2 min
A little blue yawn leaves a cloud and visits a cat, a dog, a cow, a duck and even the moon. Read the soft animal sounds aloud in this short baby bedtime story, until Mama, Baby and the whole house settle into silence.
Five Little Friends: Little Tiger, Little Bear, Little Hippo, Little Kitty, and Little Monkey together in a sunny meadow.
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Five Little Friends

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  • 4 min
A tiger, a bear, a hippo, a kitten and a monkey spot a pear that none of them can reach alone. Count from one to five as the friends work together and share the fruit. This short counting bedtime story ends with all five curled up and ready for sleep.
Filip the Little Ant and the Bubble: Filip the little ant rides a glowing bubble beside Junie the bee above a sunny playground.
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Filip the Little Ant and the Bubble

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  • 17 min
Filip the little ant is nervous about collecting food on his own for the first time. In this ant bedtime story, a friendly bee named Junie and a flock of bouncing bubbles turn his difficult job into an unexpected adventure all the way home to the anthill.
Wheels of Wonder: Max in his copper-accented wheelchair with Sara, Luis, and a small brown dog near the magical inventor house.
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Wheels of Wonder

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  • 24 min
A little brown dog brings Max, Sara and Luis together, then leads them to a workshop full of impossible inventions. In this fantasy bedtime story, Max's wheelchair gains a few surprises, and the friends must solve three tests to help a missing inventor. Share the six chapters over several evenings and discover why the final test needs more than a clever machine.