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Popular bedtime stories for kids.
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Yesterday · 6 min
The Halloween Portrait with Two Faces
Leah's folded Halloween portrait looks cheerful to one visitor and furious to another. Nobody admits to changing it. As the porch fills with costumes and competing opinions, Leah discovers that the best clue is where each visitor stands. Read the...
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Thursday · 5 min
The Dinosaur's Tiny Dinner Guest
Luma prepares an enormous welcome for a very small guest. There are flowers, a special seat, and plenty of supper—but while the dinosaurs chat above her head, Dot the beetle is still trying to finish her first sentence. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 5 min
Brindle and the Lamp That Went Peep
When Brindle finds a mysterious piece of glass washed ashore, he thinks his broken lighthouse lamp is fixed. But on the seventh night, the lamp says peep—and a tiny stormbird leaves him with a dark lighthouse and a fishing boat to guide home. Read...
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Thursday · 4 min
A Fireplace Interview with Rapunzel
Rapunzel likes the sound of a door opening. In this fireside conversation, she remembers the window, the unfinished silk ladder, and the song that brought her family together. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 3 min
A Fireplace Interview with Thumbelina
A handkerchief becomes a sofa when Thumbelina visits the fireplace. She describes a leaf voyage, a winter underground, and the swallow who carried her towards the sun. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 4 min
A Fireplace Interview with Snow White
Seven little cups are waiting for Snow White. Beside the fire, she talks about an unexpected home, a dangerous apple, and a question she would have asked the queen's mirror. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 4 min
A Fireplace Interview with Cinderella
Cinderella brings a glass slipper to the fireplace and answers some overlooked questions about dancing, mice, midnight—and six very surprising footmen. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 4 min
A Fireplace Interview with Brindle the Lighthouse Dragon
Brindle keeps a lighthouse lamp burning with dragon fire. But one night his lamp said peep—and the boats still needed a light to guide them home. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 3 min
A Fireplace Interview with Goldilocks
Goldilocks has a parcel on her lap and a reason to be cautious about chairs. Beside the fire, she tells her side of the visit to the Three Bears. Read the full story:...
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Thursday · 3 min
A Fireplace Interview with Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood brings her basket to the fireplace, where a question about a wolf leads to a much harder challenge: getting Granny's voice just right. Read the full story:...
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Wednesday · 4 min
The Little Dinosaur’s Big Shadow
Toby is the smallest dinosaur at the Halloween shadow show, but his shadow is enormous. There is just one problem: most of it won't fit on the rock wall. Can he give everyone a proper look at his pretend monster? Read the full story:...
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Wednesday · 5 min
The Bench Nobody Wanted to Move
Getting ready for Grandma's birthday, Owen finds that everyone has a different place in mind for the garden bench. Before anyone lifts it, he draws a pretend bench—and discovers what the family has been trying to say. Read the full story:...
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Tuesday · 4 min
The School Bell’s Day Off
The little school bell swings without a sound, and lunchtime is nearly here. Leo has an idea for calling everyone in, but his quiet signal needs a little help to travel across the playground. Read the full story:...
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Monday · 4 min
The Costume with the Extra Tail
Lily is ready for the Halloween party until she finds two tails on her fox costume. Dad can fix it, but while she waits, a little music gives her a different idea about her strange new outfit. Read the full story:...
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Sunday · 5 min
The Unicorn at the Laundry Line
A unicorn borrows Maya's laundry to disguise himself for a game among the clouds. But a sheet that looks perfect on the ground behaves very differently in the breeze, and Maya must rethink what he really needs. Read the full story:...
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October 10 · 4 min
The Camping Chair with Three Legs
Nora wants the best seat at her family's campsite, but her little folding chair keeps tipping her sideways. Finding a comfortable spot takes her away from the view she chose—and brings something else into view. Read the full story:...
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October 9 · 4 min
The Pumpkin with the Sleepy Smile
Ruby’s painted pumpkin looks much too sleepy for Halloween. With Dad’s help, she finds a cozy place for it on the porch, where a small mistake becomes part of the evening’s fun. Read the full story:...
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October 8 · 6 min
The Planet with a Crooked Welcome Sign
Ada straightens a welcome sign on a tiny planet, but it refuses to stay straight. The wind is still, the bolts are tight, and someone on the other side thinks Ada has made it worse. Read the full story:...
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October 7 · 5 min
The Pirate’s Borrowed Umbrella
Captain Pip needs something grand to carry in the harbor parade. Mina lends him Grandma’s patched umbrella, but a gust of wind uncovers a problem that a pirate flag cannot quite hide. Read the full story:...
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October 6 · 4 min
The Doorbell That Rang by Itself
On Halloween, June and Max hear a doorbell ring when nobody is at the door. They wait on the porch to catch the invisible visitor—and discover that one of the decorations is busier than it looks. Read the full story:...
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