A Halloween story that isn’t scary
The loudest week of the bedtime year. How to keep the holiday gentle for a small child — and end the night the same way it always ends.
Notes from the shop
On bedtime, and the stories that close a day
A welcome home story for the night the door opens
The homecoming is the easy part; that first quiet night isn't. How a story gives the family back their old shape, with room for the person who just walked in.
A Christmas gift that isn't a toy
For the child who already has everything the toy aisle sells: what kind of gift survives January, and how to give one that still means something in ten years.
Preparing a toddler for a new sibling
When to tell them, what to change early, and what the first weeks home tend to look like for the new big one.
A bedtime without screens
The tablet was meant to make bedtime easier. What a screen does to the last hour of the day, and what replaces it.
When bedtime takes an hour
Why the last hour of the day drags, and what shortens it without an earlier bedtime you will not keep.
A story with their name in it
Why their own name holds a child's attention, and how to tell a keepsake from a novelty.
A story for the nights apart
When a parent is away, bedtime is where a child feels it most. A count, a voice and an ending the child already knows.
A small light against the dark
Fear of the dark arrives around age 3 and leaves by 7 in most children. What helps in the meantime.
If tonight needs a story
The Bedtime Adventure Edition is written for one child, with their name carried through every page.
See it with your child’s name