Once Upon A Bedtime Story

Sixteen traditional stories retold by award-winning author.

Hannah Farley believes adults need a good night "fairy tale" just like children do. Her magical book Once Upon a Time, Bedtime Stories for Adults will give you just that. While comforting her neighbor when his dog dies, The Lady in White learns she can talk to children and that it isn't time for her to die. In "A Make-Believe Story" Sandra loses her temper with a dangerous driver but comes to see him in a new light. All ends well. Sylvia sees a tiny round mirror in her cereal after she defeats a monster and ignores Jason, the snooty butler. Mom finds a way to help Camilla, her daughter, get along with her lawyer boss, Blair. With the tenderness of sympathetic children the aging kite decides she can fly once more. In "Family Talk" Babs discovers her family's real love for her, jumps out of bed and back onto the stage. In the almost fifty stories Farley's unusual skill with dialogue, the concise, quirky turn of phrase, her affection for her characters whether animal, child, teen, adult or senior, and the dependable can do outcome of their dilemmas will warm your heart and help you sleep. This special book is one you'll return to many times.

The perfect bedtime story by the bestselling author and illustrator of the Hugless Douglas series, David Melling. The sun was setting on Sleepy Street as Rabbit and the others began to yawn . . . Rabbit helps his friends get ready for bed in this adorable bedtime story. But when a strange noise turns out to be a sad monster they can't go to bed. Will they be able to cheer their new friend up before bedtime?

In this choose-your-own adventure novelty book, each double spread has six different cutouts to choose from, so that children can create their own story over and over again.

Once Upon a Northern Night has received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal. In this exquisite lullaby, the beauty and wonder of a northern winter night unfold, with images of a soft snowfall, the wild animals that appear in the garden, the twinkling stars, the gentle rhythm of the northern lights and the etchings of frost on the window pane. As the young child sleeps, wrapped in a downy blanket, a snowflake falls, and then another and another. The poem describes the forest of snow-covered pines, where a deer and fawn nibble a frozen apple, and a great gray owl swoops down with its feathers trailing through the snow. Two snowshoe hares scamper and play under the watchful eyes of a little fox, and a tiny mouse scurries in search of a midnight feast. When the snow clouds disappear, stars light up the sky, followed by the mystical shimmering of northern lights - all framed by the frost on the window. Jean E. Pendziwol's lyrical poem reflects a deep appreciation of the magic of a northern winter night where, even as a child slumbers, the world outside does not rest but continues its own natural rhythms. Isabelle Arsenault's spare, beautifully rendered illustrations, with their subtle but striking use of color, make us feel that we too are experiencing the enchantment of that northern night. They simultaneously evoke winter's nighttime life and the cozy warmth and security of a beloved child's sleep.

Once upon a time there was a grown-up looking for a book with very short bedtime stories for a kid who wouldn't go to sleep. So the grown-up picked up this book and read this flap and took the book home and read it out loud and they both laughed and fell fast asleep fast. Just like you. The end.

From Beatrice Blue, author of the Waterstones Children's Prize-shortlisted Once Upon a Unicorn Horn, comes a beautiful, vibrant story about friendship and protecting our oceans. Theodore has a little boat and a big passion: collecting fish. He loves nothing more than discovering a new fish for his collection. But one day, he finds something he's never seen before: a tiny creature in a beautiful shell. Ignoring the voice that tells him to leave her alone, he takes her home and puts her in a tank, where she gets weaker and weaker. Can Theodore learn that the creature belongs in the ocean before it's too late? Drawn in bright yet soothing, whimsical mermaid colours, this is a bright and beautiful keepsake and a kind reminder to kids to let nature be and look after our oceans. It’s a dazzling and sparkling story of magic, friendship and environmental conservation. This heartwarming story is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed and bestselling Once Upon A Unicorn Horn and Once Upon a Dragon's Fire.

The Big Bad Wolf has escaped and our new superheroes, the Three Little Superpigs, must save Fairyland before it is too late. After defeating the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Superpigs spend their days fighting crime and enjoying their newfound fame. But one day, the Big Bad Wolf escapes from prison and plunges Fairyland into fear. Our curly-tailed friends soon discover that bricks are missing all over town. The Superpigs return to their homes to solve the mystery when they realize it has all been a trap!Join our new superheroes as they escape from the evil clutches of the Big Bad Wolf and save Fairyland in this first Superpigs adventure. Readers will huff and puff and laugh and laugh.