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Lost bones, enormous sneezes, mixed-up costumes and characters with terrible timing drive these funny bedtime stories. The humour comes from misunderstandings, wordplay, repeated sounds and plans that go pleasantly wrong. Halloween tales share the category with farm mishaps and magical nonsense. Most keep the conflict light, making them useful when children want one last laugh before the story slows toward sleep.

Tappy the Pumpkin

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.

The Magic of Golden Autumn

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.

Bounceville

Ela wishes the whole world could bounce like her trampoline—until breakfast, hugs, and bedtime become impossible in a town that never stands still.

The Woodpecker Who Broke His Beak

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 the Little Ranger in Australia

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.