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Category: Medium (6–20 min)

These bedtime stories have estimated reading times from six to twenty minutes. Choose the time shown on each card to fit your evening, from a short adventure after a busy day to a longer story with room for surprises. Animals, magical visitors and everyday family moments offer different places to begin. Reading aloud, looking at pictures and talking about the story may take longer than the estimate.

Secret of the Parking Lot

Every night, six cars come alive in a supermarket parking lot. In this funny car bedtime story, Engin, Vanny, Fastie, Betty, Electra, and Trunky swap adventures, remember how they outsmarted two thieves, and investigate a mysterious self-driving visitor.

Stompy, the Sorriesaurus

Stompy never means to hurt anyone, but his stomping causes trouble and he is afraid to say sorry. Share this dinosaur bedtime story as he learns that a real apology means helping to put things right, from a spoiled picnic to a pile of crushed berries.

Sammy the Snail

Sammy the snail dreams of going fast, but a garden adventure with Lucy the ladybug helps him discover the gift of his own pace.

Watermelon Duke

Duke is a young watermelon sprout with big plans for Farmer Joe’s garden. In this watermelon bedtime story, hungry rabbits threaten the patch, Duke invents a prickly defense, and a friendship with Clara the cow helps both plants and animals look after one another.

Fairytale Garden

Twelve-year-old Lily discovers a secret garden that appears to people who need it most. When its magic begins to fade, she must follow a map into a dangerous forest and solve a dragon’s riddle in this fantasy bedtime story for older children.