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Category: Long (21–60 min)

These long bedtime stories have estimated reading times from twenty-one minutes to one hour. Their larger adventures can be shared in one sitting or across several evenings. Follow magical objects, unusual friendships and characters with more than one problem to solve. Use the time on each card as a guide, and stop at a natural break when your child is ready for sleep.

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.
Tick Tock
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Tick Tock’s Grand Adventure

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  • 24 min
A bouncy little wall clock named Tick Tock packs a tiny backpack and zooms off to meet four very wacky clocks who tell him a big secret: time can be a hand, a number, a shadow, or a sandstorm in a bottle!
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.
Big smiling glowing Halloween pumpkin Pippin.
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Pippin’s Magical Halloween Adventure

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  • 24 min
Emma, Jack, and Lily meet Pippin, a pumpkin who can grant wishes. In this Halloween story for children, their magical night takes a dangerous turn when the witch Morwenna tries to steal his power. A wise unicorn may know how to protect their new friend.
Happy young girl Elizabeth dressed in colonial clothes after the successful Boston Tea Party.
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Boston Tea Party Adventure

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  • 32 min
A mysterious cup of tea carries Elizabeth and her cat Puffy to Boston in 1773. Between ships, chases and a new friend named Tom, they must find a way home. This time-travel adventure is fiction inspired by the Boston Tea Party, not a factual account. Share it in chapters with older children; it includes weapons and danger.
Cute small mummy strolling through the streets of New York.
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Mummy the Tutu´s tale

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  • 41 min
Princess Tutu wakes in a New York museum and befriends Jessica. Ice cream and outings turn into a dangerous escape when treasure hunters try to capture her. This long mummy story mixes magic, friendship and suspense. Read it in chapters with older children; it includes pursuit and an attempted kidnapping.