Bedtime stories for four-year-olds.
Four-year-olds vary a lot: some love repeating every line, others want a dragon. These four free stories each have one clear thing happening, a small number of characters and a calm, finished ending. Here's what each one offers, so you can pick tonight's.
4 complete storiesabout 2 minutes eachfree to read
Four stories, four kinds of night
dinosaurs · about 2 minutes to read aloud
Clover Tiptoes Home
Clover has one job: get home without waking anyone. She does, and curls up beside her mother.
For a listener who enjoys imagining big feet moving very quietly.
Read Clover Tiptoes Home
dragons · about 2 minutes to read aloud
Moss, the Smallest Dragon
A rabbit, some mice and a wren knock at Moss's cave, and he keeps them all warm with glowing stones.
For a listener who likes friendly fantasy creatures, with nothing scary about them.
Read Moss, the Smallest Dragon
forest animals · about 2 minutes to read aloud
Bramble the Fox Says Goodnight to the Wood
Bramble greets Badger, the rabbits and Old Owl by name on his way home, then curls up in his den.
For a listener who enjoys joining in with each goodnight.
Read Bramble the Fox Says Goodnight to the Wood
trains · about 2 minutes to read aloud
Tuffin's Goodnight Run
A little engine makes one run past familiar places, saying goodnight to each, and ends in his shed.
For a listener who likes trains and repeated phrases.
Read Tuffin's Goodnight Run
How to choose between them
If your child loves joining in, choose Bramble or Tuffin: both repeat a goodnight your child can say along with you, or simply listen to.
If they love animals, Clover and Bramble keep things close to home. If they love make-believe, Moss is a dragon so small and kind he fits in a teapot.
These are our suggestions from reading the stories, not an assessment of what every four-year-old needs. You know your child best; a favorite story read again is always a good choice too.
Tomorrow, the story continues
A story can be written anywhere. Pimlo remembers the world.
Four-year-olds often ask for the same friends again. In Pimlo, your child's own stories can bring back the characters and places they love.
Parents set the age band and what to avoid, and stories are checked before playback.
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