Bedtime Stories for Children
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsBedtime Stories for Children lull kids into dreamland, offering a selection of timeless fables, enchanting adventures, and the stories that inspired Disney animation. Come along as we explore a realm of imagination together.
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Alice in Wonderland
April 27, 2024 21:10 - 7 minutes - 7.61 MB”Alice in Wonderland” is based on an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had a widespread influence on popular culture and literature, espe...
Alice in Wonderland
April 27, 2024 01:55 - 7 minutes - 7.61 MB”Alice in Wonderland” is based on an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had a widespread influence on popular culture and literature, espe...
Olivia
April 15, 2024 20:24 - 2 minutes - 2.09 MB“Olivia” is a fictional pig character in a series of children's picture books written by the late Ian Falconer, the first entry of which was published in 2000. A computer animated television series of the same name inspired by the character premiered in 2009. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop # Aesopsfables #bedtimestories #books #childrensbooks #goldenbooks #kindergarden #preschool #learning...
The Adventures of Peter Pan
March 11, 2024 17:17 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MB“The Adventures of Peter Pan” is based on a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. Bedtime Stories for Children is produ...
The Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh
February 04, 2024 21:31 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MBWinnie-the-Pooh is a fictional teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve 1925. The character is inspired by a stuffed toy that Milne had bought for his son Christopher Robin in Harrods department store, and a bear they had viewed at London Zoo. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House a...
Treasure Island
December 29, 2023 20:29 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MB“Treasure Island” is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, telling a story of "buccaneers and buried gold". The novel was originally serialized from 1881 to 1882 in the children's magazine Young Folks, under the title Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola. It was first published as a book in 1883. It has since become one of the most often dramatized and adapted of all novels, in numerous media. Since its publication, Treasure Island has had significant in...
T'was the night before Christmas
December 23, 2023 17:41 - 3 minutes - 3.95 MBA Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. The poem has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American" and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth cen...
Tommy the Tidy Turtle
November 24, 2023 18:59 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBIn the tale of "Tommy the Tidy Turtle," we follow the journey of a disorganized turtle named Tommy, who, with the assistance of his friends Franklin the frog and Fiona the fish, discovers the importance of maintaining a neat and orderly living space. Through their support, Tommy learns valuable lessons about the true significance of a clean and organized home. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aeso...
The little red hen
November 23, 2023 17:41 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MBThe Little Red Hen is an American fable first collected by Mary Mapes Dodge in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1874. The story is meant to teach children the importance of hard work and personal initiative.
Our little ghost
October 26, 2023 15:57 - 2 minutes - 2.2 MBThe poem Our Little Ghost by Louisa May Alcott is about a ghost of a child who visits the narrator's house each night. The ghost is said to bring comfort to the dark night with her innocence and tenderness. The narrator uses words such as “fearless,” “thoughtful,” and “loving” to describe the ghost's gentle nature
Victor builds a friend (A Halloween Special)
October 11, 2023 18:14 - 4 minutes - 4.21 MB“Victor builds a friend” was adapted for children from the original story of Frankenstein. Frankenstein is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published...
Bonnie the bunny's adventure to find the Fountain of Youth
September 13, 2023 16:45 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MB“Bonnie the Bunny’s adventure to the Fountain of Youth” was written by Steve Adams, based on the tales from explorers who traveled the world in search of the Fountain of Youth. The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring which allegedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted around the world for thousands of years, appearing in the writings back to the 12th century. Stories of similar waters also featured prominently among the peop...
The tale of Samuel Whiskers
August 13, 2023 02:06 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB“The Tale of Samuel Whiskers” is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter in October 1908 as “The Roly-Poly Pudding”. In 1926, it was re-published as The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. The book is dedicated to the author's pet rat "Sammy" and tells of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. The tale was adapted to animation in 1993. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aes...
If you give a Moose a muffin
July 23, 2023 19:05 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MB"If you give a Mose a muffin" by Laura Numeroff is the second book in the series of circular tales. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop
Willie Mouse goes on a journey to find the moon
June 27, 2023 17:07 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MB“Willie Mouse goes on a journey to find the Moon” is based on a story written by Alta Tabor in 1923 Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail Narrated by Steve Adams #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop # Aesopsfables #bedtimestories #books #childrensbooks #kindergarden #preschool #learning #reading
Lily and the Magical Unicorn
June 02, 2023 02:11 - 5 minutes - 4.77 MB"Lily and the Magical Unicorn," is an enchanting story of Lily, a shy and kind-hearted girl, who lives in a lush meadow. One day, she encounters a magnificent unicorn named Stardust who recognizes her hidden potential. Intrigued, Lily follows Stardust on a journey of self-discovery. They arrive at a clearing where a timid squirrel named Timmy struggles with self-confidence. With Stardust's guidance, Lily helps Timmy overcome his fears by encouraging him to play a game of acorn toss. As they ...
How Freckle Frog made herself pretty
May 02, 2023 22:24 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB“How Freckle Frog made herself pretty” was written by Charolette B. Herr and first published in 1913. The story is a tale of Miss Freckle Frog who lived under a big rock. She was ugly, as all frogs are, but she loved pretty things, perhaps because she was not pretty herself. But although she was not pretty, she was a kind-hearted little body, and all her friends liked her. A little girl named Marian had a well-dressed doll called Big Mary which she used to sit on top of Freckle Frog’s rock e...
A collection of Aesop's fables pt.1
May 01, 2023 14:50 - 6 minutes - 6.45 MB“Aesop's Fables” are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. On the arrival of the printing press, collections of Aesop's fables were among the earliest books in a variety of languages. Through the means of later collections, Aesop's reputation as a fabulist was transmitted throughout the world. Initially the fables were addressed to adults and covered religious, social and political themes. They were also used as ethical guides, and from the R...
Bonnie and the butterfly
April 07, 2023 19:53 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MB"Bonnie and the butterfly” is the story of Bonnie, a curious and adventurous bunny who loves to explore the world around her. One day she meets a big, beautiful butterfly and wants to play with it, but it flies away. Determined to catch the butterfly, Bonnie sets off on an adventure to find it Written by Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop
The Emperor's New Clothes
April 07, 2023 17:35 - 10 minutes - 9.67 MB"The Emperor's New Clothes" was adapted from the literary folktale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about a vain emperor who gets exposed before his subjects. The tale has been translated into over 100 languages. "The Emperor's New Clothes" was first published with "The Little Mermaid" in 1837, as the third and final installment of Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. The tale has been adapted to various media, and the story's title, the phrase "the Emperor has no clo...
Bonnie meets a new friend
March 10, 2023 21:42 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MB“Bonnie meets a new friend” is the fourth in a series of stories about the adventures of Bonnie the Bunny. Bonnie was known for her kind and caring nature, and all the animals in the forest love her dearly. Follow Bonnie and all her forest friends as they discover the challenges, perseverance, and success in everyday life. Written by Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop
Bonnie the bunny and her rock garden
February 14, 2023 21:36 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MB“Bonnie the bunny and her rock garden” is the first in a series of stories about the adventures of Bonnie the Bunny. Bonnie is known for her kind and caring nature, and all the animals in the forest love her dearly. Follow Bonnie and all her forest friends as they discover the challenges, perseverance, and success in everyday life. Written by Steve Adams Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #Bedtime #Stories #Children #BeatrixPotter #BrothersGrimm #Disney #Aesop
The House That Jack Built
February 02, 2023 17:32 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MB"This Is the House That Jack Built" is a popular English nursery rhyme. It is a cumulative tale that does not tell the story of Jack's house, or even of Jack who built the house, but instead shows how the house is indirectly linked to other things and people, and through this method tells the story of "The man all tattered and torn", and the "Maiden all forlorn", as well as other smaller events, showing how these are interlinked. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail #...
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
December 24, 2022 03:11 - 8 minutes - 8.09 MB“The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse” is based on a children's book written by Beatrix Potter in 1910. The tale is about housekeeping and insect pests in the home, and reflects Potter's own sense of tidiness and her abhorrence of insect infestations. The character of Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse debuted in 1909 in a small but crucial role in The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies, and Potter decided to give her a tale of her own the following year. 25,000 copies of the tale were initially released in July ...
The Tale of Jeremy Fisher
October 20, 2022 00:29 - 6 minutes - 6.04 MB“The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher” was adapted from a children's book, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was originally published in July 1906. Jeremy's origin lies in a letter she wrote to a child in 1893. She revised it in 1906 and moved its setting from the River Tay to the English Lake District. The tale reflects her love for the Lake District. Potter's tale pays homage to the leisurely summers her father and his companions spent sport fishing at rented country estates in Scotl...
Beauty and the Beast
September 21, 2022 20:31 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB“Beauty and the Beast” was adapted from a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740. Her lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 to produce the version most commonly retold. Later, Andrew Lang retold the story in Blue Fairy Book, a part of the Fairy Book series, in 1889. In 1991, Beauty and the Beast was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation as a feature film. Beauty and ...
The Tale of Tom Kitten
August 21, 2022 14:11 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MB“The Tale of Tom Kitten” is based on the story written by Beatrix Potter released in September 1907. The tale is about manners and how children react to them. Tabitha Twitchit, a cat, invites friends for tea. She washes and dresses her three kittens for the party, but within moments the kittens have soiled and lost their clothes while scampering about the garden. Tabitha is "affronted". She sends the kittens to bed, and tells her friends the kittens have the measles. Once the tea party is un...
Adventures of Tom Thumb
July 25, 2022 06:30 - 13 minutes - 12 MBTom Thumb, or Hop o' My Thumb, also known as Little Thumbling, Little Thumb, or Little Poucet (French: Le petit Poucet), is one of the eight fairytales published by Charles Perrault, now world-renowned. The small boy defeats the ogre. This type of fairytale, in the French oral tradition, is often combined with motifs, similar to Hansel and Gretel; one such tale is The Lost Children. The story was first published in English as Little Poucet in Robert Samber's 1729 translation of Perrault's boo...
The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
June 24, 2022 13:20 - 9 minutes - 8.44 MBThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in July 1908. Potter composed the book at Hill Top, a working farm in the Lake District she bought in 1905. Following the purchase, her works began to focus on country and village life, incorporating large casts of animal characters and sinister villains. Jemima Puddle-Duck was the first of her books set wholly at the farm with background illustration...
The Story of Little Sammy
May 26, 2022 02:44 - 8 minutes - 7.81 MBThe story of “Little Sammy” was adapted from a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, the story was popular for more than half a century. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail
Puss in Boots
April 28, 2022 19:36 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MB"Puss in Boots" was based on an Italian fairy tale from the mid 1600’s, which later spread throughout the rest of Europe, about a cat who uses trickery to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless master. Puss in Boots has provided inspiration for composers, choreographers, and other artists over the centuries. The cat appears in the third act of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty. In 2011, Puss in Boots became an American computer-animated comedy f...
Rapunzel
April 08, 2022 20:24 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MBThe tale of “Rapunzel” was published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812. Their source was a story published by Friedrich Schulz in 1790. Earlier variants include "Petrosinella" in 1634, and "Das Mährchen von der Padde" published a few months before Grimm's version. In 2010, Walt Disney Animation Studios adapted the fairy tale into the animated feature film “Tangled”. Bedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail
The Three Little Pigs
March 20, 2022 22:30 - 6 minutes - 5.91 MB"The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses, made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house, made of bricks. Printed versions date back to the 1840s, but the story is thought to be much older. The earliest version takes place in Dartmoor with three pixies and a fox before its best known version appears in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs in 18...
Pinocchio
February 24, 2022 21:44 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MBThe story of "Pinocchio" was adapted from the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883). Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan village. He was created as a wooden puppet, but he dreams of becoming a real boy. He is notably characterized for his frequent tendency to lie, which causes his nose to grow. Pinocchio is one of the most reimagined characters in children's literature. His story has been adapted into many other media, notably the 1940 Disney film ...
The Tale of the Frog Prince
February 08, 2022 21:49 - 7 minutes - 6.46 MB“The Tale of the Frog Prince” was adapted from a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Traditionally, it is the first story in their folktale collection
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
January 12, 2022 00:17 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MB“The Tale of Benjamin Bunny” is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in September 1904. The book is a sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), and tells of Peter's return to Mr. McGregor's garden with his cousin Benjamin to retrieve the clothes he lost there during his previous adventure. In Benjamin Bunny, Potter deepened the rabbit universe she created in Peter Rabbit, and, in doing so, suggested the rabbit world was pa...
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
December 11, 2021 01:04 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MB“The Tale of Peter Rabbit” was adapted from the children's book written by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased around, the garden of Mr. McGregor. The tale was written for five-year-old Noel Moore, son of Potter's former governess Annie Carter Moore, in 1893. It was revised and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers' rejections, but was printed in a trade edition by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902. The ...
Hansel and Gretel
November 26, 2021 04:15 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MB"Hansel and Gretel" was adapted from a fairy tale collected by the German Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Hansel and Gretel are a brother and sister abandoned in a forest, where they fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread. The cannibalistic witch intends to fatten the children before eventually eating them, but Gretel outwits the witch and kills her. The two children then escape with their lives and return home with the witch's tre...
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
November 12, 2021 03:34 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MB"Three Billy Goats Gruff" is adapted from a Norwegian fairytale by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844. It has an "eat-me-when-I'm-fatter" plot. The first version of the story in English appeared in George Webbe Dasent's translation of some of the Norske Folkeeventyr, published as Popular Tales from the Norse in 1859. The heroes of the tale are three male goats who need to outsmart a ravenous troll to cross the bridge t...
Thumbelina
October 20, 2021 22:12 - 7 minutes - 7.21 MBThumbelina is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen first published on December 16, 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the second instalment of “Fairy Tales Told for Children.” Thumbelina is about a tiny girl and her adventures with marriage-minded toads and moles. She successfully avoids their intentions before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size. Thumbelina is chiefly Andersen's invention, though he did take inspiration from tales of mini...
Sleeping Beauty
September 29, 2021 02:38 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MB"Sleeping Beauty" or "Little Briar Rose", also titled in English as "The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods", is a classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed to sleep for a hundred years by an evil fairy, to be awakened by a handsome prince at the end of them. The good fairy, realizing that the princess would be frightened if alone when she awakens, uses her wand to put every living person and animal in the palace asleep, to awaken when the princess does. The earliest known version of the...
How the Leopard got his spots
August 31, 2021 22:01 - 6 minutes - 5.96 MB"How the Leopard got his spots" was adapted from a classic children's story
The Gingerbread Man
August 17, 2021 21:58 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MB“The Gingerbread Man” was adapted from a folktale about a gingerbread man's escape from various pursuers until his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox. "The Gingerbread Boy" first appeared in print in the May, 1875, issue of St. Nicholas Magazine in a cumulative tale which, like "The Little Red Hen", depends on repetitious scenes featuring an ever-growing cast of characters for its effect.
Rumpelstiltskin
August 01, 2021 19:07 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MB"Rumpelstiltskin" is based on German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. The story is about a fairy who spins straw into gold in exchange for the Queen’s firstborn. The same story pattern appears in numerous other cultures including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, South America, Hungary, Japan and France. The Cornish tale of Duffy and the Devil plays out an essentially similar pl...
The Golden Goose
July 16, 2021 20:24 - 7 minutes - 6.72 MB"The Golden Goose" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. The Brothers Grimm were academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of German (and European) folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tale types such as "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sleep...
The Elves and the Shoemaker
July 02, 2021 16:35 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MB"The Elves and The Shoemaker" is based on a set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed assistance from helpful elves. The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner"
The Princess and the pea
June 25, 2021 02:51 - 6 minutes - 5.59 MB"The Princess and the Pea" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her sensitivity. The tale was first published by Andersen in 1835. Andersen had heard the story as a child, and it likely has its source in folk material, possibly originating from Sweden, as it is unknown in the Danish oral tradition. Neither "The Princess and the Pea" nor Andersen's other tales of 1835 were well received by Danish critics, who ...
Chicken Little
June 06, 2021 17:36 - 7 minutes - 6.71 MB“Chicken Little” is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes that the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!" features prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. Similar stories go back more than 25 centuries. The story was originally part of the oral folk tradition and only began to appear in print after th...
Goldilocks and the three bears
May 26, 2021 21:18 - 7 minutes - 7.02 MB"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language. The story is a 19th-century British fairy tale of which three versions exist. The original version of the tale tells of a badly-behaved old woman who enters the forest home of three bachelor bears whilst they are away. She sits in their chairs, eats some of their porridge, and sleeps in one of their beds. When the bears return and discover her, she wakes up, jumps out of the window, and is never...
Jack and the Beanstalk
May 17, 2021 13:50 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBThe story of “Jack and the Beanstalk" is based on an English fairy tale. It originally appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 and again as "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1807. "Jack and the Beanstalk" is the best known of the "Jack tales", a series of stories featuring the English hero and stock character Jack.