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Fun, magical or adventurous bedtime books to read to your children.
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items The time you get to read to your children is such a small snapshot and it’s so precious. Unfortunately It’s over before you know it but I hope these book recommendations give you and your children hours of wonderful memories like they have me and my ...
This whole series is wonderful. Sweet and funny, one of my favourite series to read to my daughter at bedtime.
Dave pigeon, Books
Wonderful book series, packed full of memorable characters. The writer does a great job of bringing the colourful world to life. My daughter couldn’t wait for the next bedtime.
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt
This series explores slightly more complex emotions and motivations while keeping it exciting and adventurous. It’s a great opportunity to explore a folk story from Slavic folklore.
The House With Chicken Legs|Paperback
You NEED this book in your children’s life. It’s fun, exciting, it’s got tension and it’s naughty. You’ll find yourself just as excited as your children for the next evenings reading.
The Boy Who Grew Dragons|Hardcover
One for children who like a bit of mystery and are excited to guess what’s going to happen.
Max the Detective Cat: The Catnap Caper|eBook
This series has just about everything, adventure, intrigue, colourful and varied characters. A magical world, well pictured in your imagination. The differing characters make it a fun book to read out loud if you enjoy doing the voices and making it ...
Voyage of the Frostheart|eBook
Magic and imagination collide. If you’re not familiar, there’s a film with Brendon Fraser.
Inkheart (Inkheart Trilogy Series #1)|Paperback
Book 1 of the series, for children who would appreciate a more pointy toothed heroine. Fun and diverse characters who you fall in love with straight away.
Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball|Paperback
Written in 1939 this book is an absolute classic and if you’ve never heard of it then I envy the incredible journey you’ll be on if you read this to your children.
Step into the magic of the Faraway Tree! When Joe, Beth, and Frannie move to the coun...
The Enchanted Wood (Faraway Tree #1)|eBook
My daughter loves elephants and this book was perfect, of course you can’t bring an elephant home, or can you?
Erica's Elephant
One of many David Walliams books we’ve read.
Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunder...
The Blunders|Paperback
A heartwarming story that helps us remember the important people in our lives.
Grandpa is Jack’s favorite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t r...
Grandpa's Great Escape|Paperback
If you’re a fan of Roald Dahl then you’ll love David Walliams.
Something strange is happening in Alfie's town. Instead of shiny coins from the Tooth Fairy, kids are waking up to dead slugs, live spiders, and other dreadfully icky things under their...
Demon Dentist|Paperback
Who doesn’t like midnight adventures?
Tom lands in the hospital with a nasty bump on the head after a gym class accident. And things only get worse when he meets the hospital staff, including the wicked matron of the children’s ward.. But luckily, T...
The Midnight Gang|Paperback
For the younger children, this is where we started our bedtime stories. You can’t go wrong with Julia Donaldson and I think we had them all. Room on the broom was a firm favourite. Also, if you’ve never heard can, try and film the animated film that ...
Room on the Broom|Paperback
This one was our favourite if my daughter was feeling poorly or even just a bit snuggly. I could still read it off by heart now all these years later. Cherished memories.
The Gruffalo|Paperback
My daughter loved Zog, we had to find a Zog teddy bear.
A Gold Star for Zog|Paperback
An example of, your gender doesn’t limit your career. Do what you love and love what you do.
Zog and the Flying Doctors|Hardcover
There’s a reason this book has won awards. Who couldn’t fall in love with a dragon following their heart.
The Bakery Dragon|Hardcover
A very funny book that we all enjoyed reading together.
Aldrin Adams and the Cheese Nightmares|Paperback