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The Nightstand
Bedtime stories made on Nightstory, by us and by families who chose to share theirs. Every one was written and drawn for one child — their name is the only thing we changed.
The Little Window in the Snow
On a quiet snowy evening, Posy follows a trail of tiny footprints from her warm window to a small surprise waiting in the garden. A gentle, unhurried story about noticing what is near, perfect for the last minutes before sleep.
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The Super-Tidy Hero and the Cake That Wouldn't Fit
Nell puts on her superhero cape for a birthday party where the biggest, wobbliest cake in the world has other ideas. A funny, cozy story about tidying up, making room, and one very stubborn cake.
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The Fairy Who Lost Her Glitter
When Arlo follows a trail of tiny lights into the garden, she meets a fairy whose wing-glitter has gone missing, and together they wait for the fireflies to return one by one. A soft, drifting bedtime story about small wonders and quiet patience.
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The Mermaid's Comb and the Parrot's Path
Suki sets sail on a quiet pirate adventure to return a lost comb to a mermaid, following the directions of a helpful parrot. It's a gentle, cozy journey with small discoveries and a safe return home.
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The Dragon Who Wanted Tea
Suki, a small princess in a starry nightgown, hears a gentle knock at the castle door and finds a shy dragon who only wants to be invited to tea. Together they set a table under the moon, and the night turns cozy and kind.
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The Octopus's Hat and the Slowest Race in the Sea
Rue paddles out to a sunny kelp cove where an octopus with a favourite hat challenges a turtle to a race — and everything, absolutely everything, keeps going gloriously wrong with the hat. A gentle, giggly seaside story for reading aloud at bedtime.
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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 Rainbow in the Park
Bo follows a rainbow that lands in the park and discovers a unicorn called Marshmallow waiting at the end. It is a gentle, cozy story about kindness and finding magic close to home.
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The Star Who Lost Its Way Home
Elsie drifts through a soft, starry dream to help a small lost star find its constellation. It's a quiet, sensory lullaby of a story, full of gentle drifting and cozy wonder.
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The Polite Brachiosaurus and the Wide Blue River
Bo packs a picnic and follows a long line of footprints to a very tall, very polite guest who cannot reach the other side of the river — until a child notices what the river has been showing her all along.
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The Shell That Fit Like a Whisper
Bram visits the rock pools at the edge of the sea, where the water is glassy and the tide breathes in and out, and a small hermit crab is looking for a shell to call home. A slow, salt-soft story for drifting toward sleep.
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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 Map with the Torn Corner
A gentle space mystery: Nell and a forgetful robot follow a torn map across a quiet moon to find where the rocket is parked, noticing small clues along the way. Cozy, starry, and solved by bedtime.
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The Sound in the Garden Shed at Dusk
When a soft thumping drifts from the garden shed at dusk, Wren takes her sketchbook and follows the clues — a knocked-over paint pot, a trail of leaf prints, and a very polite stegosaurus who only wants a quiet place to draw. A gentle, cozy mystery that ends with everyone tucked in.
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The Hedgehog Who Lost His Hat
Wren meets a shy new neighbour who turns out to be a hedgehog, and together they search for a lost hat. A gentle, cozy story about making a friend and helping someone feel at home.
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Cass and the Kite on the Library Roof
On a breezy afternoon, Cass pulls on her cape and sets off for the library, where her kite has landed somewhere it shouldn't. With a little help from some feathered friends, she finds a quiet way to bring it home — a gentle, winding-down adventure for bedtime.
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The Tiny Door and the Moth Ball
Suki finds a very small door at the bottom of the big tree and, with a little help from the fairies, discovers something soft and glowing waiting under the hedge — a gentle nighttime wander that ends with warm milk, sleepy wings, and bed.
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The Pirates Who Couldn't Find the Treasure (Until Fen Read the Map)
A crew of hopeless pirates needs help reading a map that only a child can understand. Join Fen as she outsmarts a scaredy-captain, giggles at goofy mistakes, and finds treasure that's better than gold.
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The Princess of the Castle Cats and the Missing Moat
Bo is a princess in charge of a castle full of soft, sleepy cats, but one morning the moat has simply gone. A gentle, unhurried tale of noticing small things and putting them right, with warm stone walls, whiskery company, and a moat that finds its way home.
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The Very Soggy Hay Day
Bram helps a sleepy tractor and a cheery dumper truck bring the hay in before the rain — but the hay keeps going somewhere funny. A gentle, giggly farmyard wind-down that ends with everyone tucked in as the first raindrops tap the roof.
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The Whale Who Carried the Moon Up
A sleepy drift across a quiet sea on the back of a gentle whale, where the water rocks like a cradle and the moon rises slow and silver. A soft, hushaby story for the end of a long day.
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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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Elsie and the Shy Unicorn
When Elsie finds a shy unicorn with a tangled mane hiding in her back garden, she knows just how to help it feel safe. A gentle, whimsical bedtime story about kindness, quiet magic, and the softest of friendships.
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The Yellow Digger's Good Night
Ada visits a new playground being built in her valley, where a little yellow digger works one scoop at a time. A gentle, unhurried story about watching something slowly become a place to play, and then going home to bed.
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The Moon Who Needed Checking On
Nell climbs into her small round rocket with the big window seat and flies up past the clouds to visit a lonely moon who has been waiting all night for someone to come and say hello.
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Rue and the Little Triceratops
When Rue finds a lost baby triceratops in a ferny valley, she helps it find its herd before bedtime. A gentle, timeless story about small kindnesses and big prehistoric friends.
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The Meadow of Moonlight and Moss
A gentle bedtime story where a child discovers a unicorn and a dinosaur sharing a quiet friendship under the stars, and together they return a lost star to the sky.
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