Ollie and Suzy name their pumpkin Tappy, bake with Grandma Betty and dress up for trick-or-treating. This Halloween bedtime story follows their family from a foggy morning to a quiet night, when Tappy's candle goes out and the children settle down to sleep.
Nina and Timo miss summer until Rusty the squirrel and Roly the hedgehog show them what autumn can do. This playful autumn bedtime story for preschoolers follows a day of leaf piles, puddle splashes, chestnut treasures and kite flying. Read it together, then save the activities at the end for another day outdoors.
At preschool, Miss Hazel gives the children black markers instead of pumpkin knives, and their pumpkins become a funny, spooky, wonderful Halloween family.
Milo, Pippa, and Nibbles turn their tiny oak-tree home into a cozy Halloween hideaway with paper ghosts, pumpkin faces, bats, and cake.
Ela wishes the whole world could bounce like her trampoline—until breakfast, hugs, and bedtime become impossible in a town that never stands still.
Danny's drumming wakes the whole forest until he breaks the tip of his beak. In this woodpecker bedtime story, nutshells and a wooden button lead to a noisy surprise. This is a comic animal fantasy, not advice on caring for an injured bird.
Tilly helps Auntie Kylie care for water stations in an Australian park, meeting kangaroos, koalas, wombats and other wildlife. This interactive animal bedtime story invites children to copy hops, laughs and yawns. A cheeky cockatoo adds a missing-hat mishap before Tilly heads home to bed.
When the Moon begins losing a piece every night, the children of Lakehill try noisy, soggy and smoky cures until Mary's sleepy bean-counting story brings it home.
Batty longs for a soft bed while Ben dreams of flying at night. Their funny bed swap helps both friends discover where they feel most at home.
Snappy the pink hair clip dreams of being a mighty crocodile, then discovers that his snip-snap power is best used for helping Ellie.