Bedtime with a 5 year old often comes with questions, guesses about what happens next and a favorite part to hear again. These stories leave room for all of that and still end calm and quiet.
On a tired night, pick one of our original short stories, about 5 minutes read aloud. On a relaxed evening, try a classic fairy tale, about 7 minutes.
Dragon
Tunde the little orange dragon uses his gentle lavender-scented breath to brew chamomile tea and warm smooth bed-stones for his neighbor Zola before curling into his cozy basket.
4 min readAges 3–7
Unicorn
Aiko joins a gentle cream-white unicorn named Alba in the evening sky to smooth and fold fluffy clouds into cozy blankets for the sleeping countryside.
5 min readAges 3–7
Space
Young astronaut Paloma and her brass lantern helper Bimble sail their cozy wooden star cruiser past humming planets and stardust mist before curling up in their bunk.
5 min readAges 3–7
Mermaid
Diya the mermaid and her sea turtle friend Kavi swim gently through Moonbeam Cove setting out glowing pearl nightlights and humming sleepy seahorses to rest.
5 min readAges 3–7
Princess
Wearing her knitted yarn crown and fuzzy plum slippers, Princess Imani tiptoes through Sunberry Castle with her cat Nutmeg to wish the cozy rooms goodnight.
5 min readAges 3–7
Dinosaur
Samir the little dinosaur takes a slow evening walk through Whispering Fern Valley to say goodnight to the brook, the fireflies, and the moon before curling up in his mossy nest.
6 min readAges 3–7
Gentle retellings of public-domain favorites, each with a short moral to talk about.
Three little pig brothers build homes of straw, sticks, and sturdy red bricks, working together inside the snug brick cottage to outsmart a huffing, puffing wolf before drifting off to sleep.
6 min readAges 3–7
Carrying cake and sweet butter through the forest, Little Red Riding Hood meets a crafty wolf, only for her clever grandmother and a friendly woodcutter to send him trotting away before bedtime.
7 min readAges 3–7
Sent into the quiet woods by a vain queen, gentle Snow White finds a cozy cottage with seven kindly dwarfs and awakens from an enchanted sleep to live happily in peace.
7 min readAges 3–7
Young Jack climbs a moonlit beanstalk into the clouds, outwits a grumpy giant to reclaim his family's lost treasures, and returns safely home to his mother.
7 min readAges 3–7
Carved by kindly Geppetto from a lively piece of pine, little Pinocchio learns honesty and devotion before his loving heart makes him a real boy.
7 min readAges 3–7
Lost in the moonlit woods, young Hansel and Gretel discover a sweet gingerbread cottage, kindly outwit a grumpy old witch, and ride home across a starlit stream to their loving parents.
8 min readAges 3–7
Curious Goldilocks wanders into the tidy woodland cottage of the Three Bears, samples their porridge, chairs, and beds, and scampers safely home through the twilight trees to her own cozy pillow.
8 min readAges 3–7
Teased for looking different from his yellow siblings, a shy grey duckling journeys through the seasons until spring reveals he has been a graceful white swan all along.
8 min readAges 3–7
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