Tilibou: Bedtime Stories for Kids

A tender, funny bedtime story for kids about trusting the littlest ones. For the very first time in eleven whole years, Sheriff Lopez has to leave Cactus-Ville for an entire day. But a town can never be left without a sheriff, not even for an afternoon, so somebody simply has to stand in. And to absolutely everyone's great surprise, it is tiny little Pico who gets to pin on the big shiny star. Pic...

A bedtime adventure for kids about believing in yourself. It is a big day in Tournebois: the Little Ones' Tournament has finally arrived, the one and only contest in the whole kingdom set aside for the very smallest knights of all. Leo has been up since dawn, polishing his trusty wooden sword until it gleams in the morning light. Contest after contest, our two heroes make a surprising discovery. T...

A bedtime story for children, and a tender little mystery to solve together. Disaster has struck the tree-house: the goodnight kiss has gone missing! Who in the world could have made off with the most important kiss of all, the soft little one you share right before you fall asleep? Noisette is determined to get to the bottom of it before lights-out. She pulls on her detective hat and follows the...

A bedtime story for curious kids about looking past appearances. The sloth spends its long, slow days hanging upside down from its leafy branch, doing almost absolutely nothing at all. But is it really as lazy as everyone always seems to think? Marin and Plume set off on a careful investigation to sort out, once and for all, the true from the false. Watching the sloth more and more closely, hour a...

A funny bedtime story for kids, full of silly sounds. Down at the famous Echo-Echo-Echo Canyon, it is the day of the great Shouting Contest, where whoever can make their echo last the very longest is crowned the champion. Cassie, all of her friends, and the whole of Cactus-Ville holler, whoop, and warble their lungs right out in one big, joyful, ear-tickling racket. But this is a mischievous old c...

A bedtime adventure for children, silly and tender all at once. Hic! In the kingdom of Tournebois, a poor little cloud has caught the hiccups, and with every single "hic" it lets loose a sudden surprise downpour. Into the brass band's tuba, splash. Onto the basket of warm, fresh croissants, splash. And then right inside a sleepy guard's boot, splash again. Leo and Pistache set off on a hunt for th...

A bedtime story for kids about that big, hot feeling we call anger. Grrr! Tonight Noisette is cross, really, truly cross. It is the kind of anger that rises up fast, makes your cheeks burn, balls up your paws, and makes you want to knock absolutely everything over and stamp your feet on the floor. It feels enormous, like a little volcano grumbling away deep inside her chest. Alongside Noisette, yo...

A bedtime story for curious kids about the busy little builders of nature. Deep in the heart of the forest, right at the quiet water's edge, Marin and Plume stumble upon something very strange indeed: a tall, towering mountain of twigs and branches piled high right across the stream. Who in the world could possibly have built such an enormous castle out of nothing but wood? Our two investigators s...

A funny bedtime story for kids, full of splashes and giggles. At the Rainbow Ranch, an almost impossible mission is waiting for Cassie. She has to give Sheriff a bath, the dirtiest, muddiest, most stubborn little pig in all the West, a pig who has never once had a bath in his entire life and who fully intends to keep things exactly that way, thank you very much. What follows is a riot of flying sp...

A bedtime adventure for kids, and a giggly royal mystery. All hands on deck at Tournebois castle: just before the great feast is due to begin, the king's magnificent cake has vanished clean into thin air! Who on earth could have pulled off a theft as bold, and as delicious, as this one? The whole castle is in an uproar. Leo and Pistache pop on their detective hats and take charge of the investigat...

A gentle bedtime story for children about the feelings that live inside a small tummy. You know that tight little knot that sometimes turns up on the days of a first time, the morning of something new and slightly scary? This morning, Noisette has it too, curled up right in the middle of her belly before a big day ahead. It makes her feel fluttery and a little unsure, and at first she does not eve...

A bedtime story for curious kids about animals and their hidden superpowers. How in the world does the penguin manage to live out on the frozen ice, all day long, without ever once shivering or catching a chill? Marin and Plume are absolutely determined to find out, so they set a course straight for the far-off land of the great cold. Out there, among the penguins all huddled tightly together in o...

A bedtime adventure for children about courage that has nothing to do with size. Disaster strikes Tournebois: one night, for no reason at all that anyone can see, Pistache begins to shrink. Smaller and smaller and smaller he goes, until he fits entirely inside Leo's coat pocket! A pocket-sized dragon, now that is something the whole kingdom has never, ever seen before. What follows is a whole nigh...

A funny bedtime story for kids about big ideas and glorious flops. Cassie the cowgirl has had another one of her brilliant ideas, and when Cassie has a brilliant idea, all of Cactus-Ville had better hold on tight to their hats. Today, she is one hundred percent, absolutely certain that she can lasso a big fluffy cloud right out of the wide blue sky. What follows is a whole long day of gloriously h...

A bedtime story for kids about stormy nights and big scary noises. Boom! Outside the tree-house, the thunder rumbles and the whole bedroom seems to tremble with every clap. The window rattles, the rain drums on the leaves, and Noisette pulls the covers up high, makes herself very small, and feels her heart thump along with the storm. On nights like these, maybe your child feels just as little. The...

A bedtime story for curious kids about the tiny, secret world all around us. When night falls over the garden and everything goes still and quiet, where on earth do all the butterflies go to hide themselves away and sleep? That is the question buzzing softly around the minds of Marin and Plume tonight, as they sit together aboard the Boat-Cabin watching the day slowly fade away. So begins a gentle...

A funny bedtime story for kids, and a deliciously sticky mystery. Disaster has struck Cactus-Ville. The big jar of strawberry jam, the prized one set carefully aside for the famous Sunday toast contest, has vanished clean off the saloon shelf. All that is left behind is a sad, jar-shaped gap in the dust. Cassie pulls on her deputy sheriff's hat and sets out to crack the stickiest, most finger-lick...

A bedtime adventure for kids about empathy and big hearts. The rivers are spilling over their banks all around Tournebois, the green meadows are flooding, and nobody can work out why. Leo and Pistache decide to follow the rushing water all the way up into the high mountains, and there, at last, they discover the cause of all the commotion. High above them, an enormous giant is sitting and crying g...

A bedtime adventure for children, full of courage and friendship. In the kingdom of Tournebois, Leo the little knight and Pistache the timid little dragon have an important mission: to cross a great bridge so they can carry on with their quest. There is just one small problem standing in their way. This particular bridge is afraid of heights. There is simply no crossing it while it shivers and swa...

A bedtime story for children about the little worries that grow big at night. It is time for sleep in the tree-house, and something is terribly wrong. Calinou, Noisette's favourite cuddly rabbit, has gone missing. No soft little ear to hold, no familiar friend to tuck under her chin, no warm shape to fall asleep against. How on earth do you close your eyes without him? Noisette searches under the...

A bedtime story for curious kids about the secrets of the deep sea. Aboard the cosy little Boat-Cabin, Marin finds himself wondering about something truly enormous: why do whales sing their deep, mysterious songs, all the way down at the very bottom of the wide ocean? Together with his feathered friend Plume the bird, he decides to slip beneath the waves and find out for himself. Down they go, dee...

A funny bedtime story for kids, straight out of the Wild West. In the dusty little town of Cactus-Ville, everybody dreams of being the very fastest. Every cowboy and every cowgirl, that is, except Cassie and her trusty pony Tornado, officially the slowest pair in the whole West, and, would you believe it, really rather proud of the fact. Instead of getting cross about all the teasing, Cassie has o...

In the Cosy Forest, the day is winding down and little Noisette the bear cub is tucked up in her round bedroom, high in the family tree-house. But tonight, when she peeks through her little porthole window, the moon has gone dark. There is no soft glow left to keep the shadows company, and the whole forest feels a touch too quiet. So Noisette gathers up her courage, slips out of her warm bed, and...