Popular Bedtime Stories

Every toy in Bell Street’s window makes a different sound—except quiet Pipkin. When the display starts playing by itself after closing, his silence becomes unexpectedly useful. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/corduroy As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Pip cannot wait for the meadow picnic, so he starts carrying things outside by himself. Soon the napkins, carrots, and even the picnic blanket are going in different directions. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-runaway-bunny As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Blue string from a bird’s nest leads three young explorers to a damaged kite whose hidden drawing points toward another backyard secret. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/the-backyard-explorer-kids/the-blue-string-trail Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com As always, visit us at ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Samantha’s birthday kitten hides before the guests even arrive. Finding her means listening carefully—and accepting that the party may not go as planned. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/kitty-for-birthday As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

An old donkey sets out for Bremen and gathers a dog, a cat, and a rooster along the road. Their first performance empties a robber’s cottage—but Bremen may not be where they belong. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-bremen-town-musicians As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Daisy draws a glowing map when hundreds of fireflies gather near camp—but the lines keep changing, and something in the dark meadow needs their attention. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-map-of-fireflies As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

When a pirate captain disappears minutes before Adventure Kingdom’s parade, Emily and Daniel follow a trail of wet footprints, gold paint, and very suspicious popcorn. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/mystery-at-the-amusement-park As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Theo expects a ghost when an empty house begins whistling after dark. With its owner beside him, he follows the strange noises to a much less ghostly—and much more troublesome—cause. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/ghost-buster As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A gingerbread man leaps from the baking tray and outruns everyone who chases him—until a fox offers help crossing the river. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-gingerbread-man As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Goldilocks enters an empty cottage, tastes three bowls of porridge, tests three chairs, and falls asleep in the smallest bear's bed—with consequences when the family returns. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A forgotten fairy curses Princess Aurora to prick her finger on a spindle. A gentler spell changes the curse to sleep, while the kingdom prepares for the day she wakes. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/sleeping-beauty As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A young mermaid longs to understand the human world. She trades her voice for legs, but discovers that love cannot be won by surrendering every part of herself. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-little-mermaid As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Peter Pan teaches Wendy, John, and Michael to fly to Neverland, where the Lost Boys, mermaids, and Captain Hook await—but Wendy begins to notice what Peter refuses to remember. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/peter-pan As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Red carries bread and soup through the forest to Grandmother. A wolf learns where she is going, reaches the cottage first, and tries to fool them both. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/little-red-riding-hood As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A miller's youngest son inherits only a cat. Once the cat receives a pair of boots, his outrageous plan begins with rabbits and ends at an ogre's castle. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/puss-in-boots As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Princess Odette is trapped in the shape of a swan by day. A prince discovers the spell, but defeating it will require listening to Odette instead of rescuing her his own way. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-swan-princess As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Jack trades the family cow for magic beans and climbs into a giant's castle, where stolen treasures reveal an old wrong—but escaping with them is dangerous. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Alice follows a waistcoated White Rabbit underground, where size-changing food, a disappearing cat, and an impossible tea party lead her to the Queen of Hearts. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/alice-in-wonderland As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Seven young goats are warned not to open the door to the wolf. When he disguises his voice and paws, the smallest goat notices one clue too late. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-wolf-and-the-seven-goats As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A magician tricks Aladdin into entering a hidden cave for an old lamp. The lamp's powerful genie can grant wishes, but power does not make Aladdin's choices simple. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/aladdin-and-the-magic-lamp As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

When a shard from a wicked mirror freezes Kai's heart, he follows the Snow Queen north. Gerda crosses gardens, palaces, and snowbound forests to bring him home. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-snow-queen As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A lion laughs when a tiny mouse promises to help him someday. Later, a hunter's net proves that usefulness is not measured by size. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/the-lion-and-the-mouse As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Lost in the forest, Hansel and Gretel find a house made of sweets. Its smiling owner welcomes them inside—but the locked pantry tells a different story. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/hansel-and-gretel As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A tiny wooden whistle imitates a backyard bird, leading Daniel, Luna, and Benny from one careful test toward a blue-string mystery. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/the-backyard-explorer-kids/the-wooden-whistle Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com As always, visit us at ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Nora and Mum make soup together every Saturday. As their lives change, the battered recipe notebook keeps acquiring new ingredients, stains, and handwriting. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/popular-bedtime-stories/love-you-forever Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com