Dragon bedtime stories
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Length
2–120 min
4 spreads, written as you read
Mood
gentle third-person narration, a timeless setting, a small kindness at its heart. Unhurried and warm, like a story that has been told for years.
Pictures
Drawn as you reach each one, in the cover's style.
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Free to start. Just a first name, no card. Or read one first
Made on Nightstory
Real stories, written and drawn the way yours will be. The child's name has been changed in each.
The Dragon Who Could Not Count to Sleep
Nell climbs the old stone stair to a cave where a great gentle dragon sits awake beside a mountain of treasure, because he cannot finish counting it and cannot sleep until he does. It is a quiet, warm story about small hands helping with a very big number, and about how the best sleep begins when the counting stops.
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The Lantern Match
When a shy dragon peeks over the garden hedge wanting to play football, Fen teaches him to kick, dribble, and wait for the perfect moment — and together they discover that the best games are the ones played by lantern light.
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The Little Dragon Who Couldn't Light the Lanterns
Posy meets a small green dragon in the fern-filled valley who is worried because his fire won't light the lanterns for tonight's festival. Together they find a gentle way to help him glow in his own time.
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Every child who asks for a dragon story wants the same thing: to be the one who is not afraid. The dragon looks enormous, and then it turns out to have a cold, or to be scared of the dark, or to have lost its favourite rock. The child helps. The dragon is grateful. Everyone goes to sleep warm.
Ours are written fresh for your child, and they are never frightening. Tonight's dragon might be a small green one who cannot get its fire to light, or a grand old one who needs help counting its treasure. Your child's name is in every page, and tomorrow the dragon remembers them.
Written by the people who make Nightstory.
What makes it work at bedtime
Make the dragon the one who needs help
A dragon with a problem is a friend; a dragon with a plan is a villain. Ask for one that has lost something and the story becomes a rescue rather than a battle.
Use the fire for warmth
Dragon fire toasting marshmallows, warming a cave, lighting a lantern. It is the cosiest thing in the story if you let it be.
End in the cave
Dragons sleep in caves, and caves are wonderful last pages: dim, warm and quiet, with a child tucked under a wing.
Questions parents ask
- Will a dragon story keep my child awake?
- Not the way we write them. Every story keeps to the same rules: no fear, no villains, no cliffhangers, and an ending where the child is safe and sleepy. The dragon part is the adventure; the last page is always the wind-down.
- My child is a bit scared of dragons. Is this a good idea?
- Often it is exactly the right idea. The dragon in these stories is never the danger; it is the one who needs help, and by the last page it is a friend. A story where your child is the brave one is how a lot of dragon worries end. Read it first if you want to be sure.
- What does it cost?
- The first page is free, with no account. A free account finishes that story and brings one more free story. After that, a story costs 20 stars, and Nightstory Plus brings 840 stars a month, enough for a story every night.
Make tonight's for your child
Their name is all it takes. The first page is free, with no account.
Create tonight's story