A good bedtime story is calm, a little magical and ends somewhere safe. This collection gathers the gentlest Storyland Classics read-alouds: soft-spoken narration, warm vintage illustration and stories that wind down rather than wind up.
Alongside the fairy tales and fables, you will find some of the loveliest lullaby poems in English, many of them by Eugene Field, who wrote dozens of poems about the journey to sleep. Each title below has its own page with the full text and a read-aloud.
For the sleepiest listeners, try The Shut-Eye Train or Silver, read softly with the lights down.
Want to press play once and fall asleep? Our Long Listens are classic audiobooks for sleep: 15 to 50 minutes of stories and poems, one after another.
Press Play Once
Watch 11 bedtime stories and poems together in one 50-minute compilation video, from Wynken, Blynken, and Nod to Silver. ✦ Watch on YouTube
Good Places to Begin
Tap a title to read the full text and watch its read-aloud.
- The Princess and the PeaTwenty mattresses, twenty quilts and one pea.
- The Elves and the ShoemakerTiny helpers work through the night.
- The Little Red HenA simple, familiar tale with a warm loaf at the end.
- The Town Mouse and the Country MousePlain food in peace is best of all.
- Wynken, Blynken, and NodA wooden shoe sails a sea of dew into sleep.
- The Shut-Eye TrainAll aboard for Shut-Eye Town.
- The Rock-a-By LadyPoppies full of tiny dreams.
- The Land of NodStevenson’s nightly journey into dreams.
- SilverThe moon turns the world to silver.