Bedtime Stories for Children

“The Lion and the Mouse” an Aesop’s fable Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Copyright Steve Adams 2024

“The owl and the grasshopper” an Aesop’s fable Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Copyright Steve Adams 2024

“The Blind Men and the Elephant” an Indian fable Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Copyright Steve Adams 2024

“Our little ghost” based on a story by Louisa May Alcott Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Copyright Steve Adams 2024

“The Fox's dinner surprise” based on an Aesop’s fable Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Copyright Steve Adams 2024

“The Heron” based on an Aesop’s fable Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Copyright Steve Adams 2024

“The Rooster outsmarts the Fox” Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

The Bedtime stories channel is a reading of your favorite bedtime stories, tales, and fables. The "Bedtime Stories" podcast is also available on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

"The Gift of the Magi" is based on a story by O. Henry. This is a heartwarming story about a young couple, Della and Jim, who are deeply in love but financially struggling. As Christmas approaches, they each secretly sacrifice their most prized possession to buy a gift for the other.

The classic story of “The Tortoise and the Hare”

The classic tale of “The Ant and the Grasshopper” adapted from an Aesop’s fable

“The Greedy Dog” an Aesop’s fable

“The Crow’s morning breakfast” adapted from an Aesop’s fable

“The Emperor’s new clothes” based on a story by Hans Christian Anderson

"Bonnie's act of kindness" by Steve Adams Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

"The story of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" a classic fable Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

"Ali Baba and the 40 thieves" is an 18th century folk take and one of the most familiar of the "Arabian Nights" tales Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

Based on the classic 19th-century German fairy tale "Snow White". The Brothers Grimm originally published the story in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms' Fairy Tales. Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

"The kid and the wolf" an Aesop's Fable. Aesop's Fables are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC. Initially the fables were addressed to adults and covered religious, social and political themes. They were also put to use as ethical guides and from the Renaissance onwards were particularly used for the education of...

"The story of Cinderella" is based on a folk tale about oppression and triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The protagonist is a young woman living in forsaken circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage. The first literary European version of the story was published in Italy by Giambattista Basile...

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century to several European folk tales, including one from Italy called The False Grandmother. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is based on a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is also a symphonic poem by the French composer Paul Dukas, completed in 1897. The piece was based on Goethe's 1797 poem of the same name. By far the most performed and recorded of Dukas's works, its notable appearance in the Walt Disney 1940 animated film Fantasia has led to the...

"The Little Mermaid" is based on a Danish literary fairy tale written by the Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a human soul. The tale was first published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children. There is a statue portraying the mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the sto...

The story of “Jack and the Beanstalk" is based on an English fairy tale. It originally appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 and again as "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1807. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the best known of the "Jack tales", a series of stories featuring the English hero and stock character Jack. Copyright 2024 Steve Adams Bedtime Stori...