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Looking to help bedtime become less of a battle and help your daughter get to sleep? These stories are designed to help relax your daughter into the right frame of mind for bedtime and sleep. The stories feature unicorns, undersea exploration, parties, and stretching and shrinking. These entertaining stories will make your bedtime routine far easier.

If you have a budding ballerina or are simply going to see Swan Lake with your child, this book builds an understanding of the story line and includes the full musical score. This is a great way to introduce your child to the ballet masterwork so they have a better appreciation for the ballet when experiencing it in person. The story is told in synchronization with the music so that the young listener understands the story and how the music reflects the story line.

Sometimes it can be hard to get children to sleep. This set of stories retells the stories of creation, Noah's ark, and Jonah and the whale in a way that is accessible to kids, without being scary, and builds their understanding of some of the important stories of the Bible and the Christian faith.

This books seeks to make your bedtime routine less of a struggle. A collection of five stories designed for children to help them get to sleep. The stories feature techniques that help children relax and get comfortable for bed. The stories feature magic shoes, a pet dinosaur, a hot air balloon ride, and a secret recipe.

This book will increase your child's word power, and you may learn something, too. A love of language is such an important skill, and this book explains the important of picking the right words and broadening your vocabulary with lots of examples. Learn the origins of the words gobbledygook and bop. Learn about compound words, metaphors, riddles, and even creating your own words. You'll also pick up some obscure words along the way from absquatulate to tintinnabulation and learn how lots of different words can describe similar activities.

Introduce your kids to the timeless magic of Shakespeare's writing. Here, we introduce Shakespeare and explain what he did and then tell the story of five of his, perhaps, most important plays in ways that kids can relate to. We stay focused on the narrative, avoiding themes unsuitable for children. The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and Macbeth are all told in a concise way, emphasizing the magic of Shakespeare's storytelling.

Sometimes it can be a challenge to get a six-year-old to go to sleep, and these stories are designed to keep children focused while they lie in bed waiting to get to sleep. The other benefit of these stories is that they are educational, and so over time, young listeners should build up knowledge of, and curiosity for, the natural world. The stories span a range of topics including the planets in our solar system, understanding how animals adapt to desert environments, what lives in our oceans, animals of the forest, and the cities of the world.

Abridged Shakespeare productions written for kids and performed by voice actors. This set includes Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Comedy of Errors, as well as additional content on the life and times of Shakespeare. This is great introduction to some of Shakespeare's finest works, made more accessible for younger listeners.

Introduce your kids to the timeless magic of Shakespeare's writing in an accessible form. Here we provide some context on Shakespeare before showcasing two of his premier plays. We stay focused on the narrative and avoid themes that may be unsuitable for elementary school children. Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night both told in a concise and age-appropriate format. This is the perfect way to build your child's understanding of Shakespeare in a way that is fun and enjoyable.

This audiobook is created with bedtime in mind, avoiding too much drama in the stories, which may prevent kids from relaxing. The stories contain educational elements, so while listening, children will expand their vocabulary and learn about animals. This set of stories covers bedtimes for a set of diverse animals from different environments. In hearing about animal bedtimes, children will be helped in the process of preparing for their own bedtime.

This set of stories tells the important stories of the Bible to younger children in a calming and age-appropriate way, without losing the crucial messages of the stories. Stories are narrated in a calming tone and set to peaceful instrumental music. This makes it easy to use this series as part of your children's bedtime routine.

This set of stories set on the farm in the context of a family explains nature concepts to kids through storytelling. In listening to these stories, children will learn about the role insects, manure, squirrels, and bees all play in maintaining a healthy natural environment. The stories are told from a child's perspective, making concepts accessible and easy to follow. If you want to build your younger child's understanding of the natural world, this is a great place to start.

Important Christian bible stories written and edited for younger children and narrated in a calming way set to soft music. This set includes the stories of David, Joseph, Job, and Daniel. A great way to tell the important Biblical stories to your children in an engaging and enjoyable way. Can be used as bedtime stories.

Sometimes it can be a challenge to get a seven-year-old to go to sleep, and these stories are designed to keep children focused while they lie in bed waiting to get to sleep. Background music as well as a soothing narrative style are used to create a calm bedtime environment. The other benefit of these stories is that they are educational, and so young listeners should build up knowledge of, and curiosity for the world around them. The stories span a range of topics including Earth, space-flight, the planets in our solar system, gravity, and a brief introduction to relativity.

This audiobook introduces younger children to the story of Buddha (Prince Siddhartha) and the teachings of Buddhism. Carefully narrated by a school teacher, the stories explain the principle that life is suffering and how meditation and the practice of tonglen can be beneficial. The stories in the book show Buddha's journey to reach his perspective and share it with others.

Important Christian Bible stories written for younger children. This includes the stories of Adam and Eve, Jesus's miracles, Moses and Sampson, and the Philistines. Jesus's miracles told here include "Jesus Heals the Sick", "Jesus Feeds Over 5000 People", "Jesus Calms the Storm", "Jesus Raises the Dead", "Jesus Gives Sight to the Blind", and "Jesus Walks on Water".

Part of the Christian Bedtime Stories series, the stories in this book adapt the works of the Bible to make them appropriate for younger children so that the books can be listen by them for themselves. This book includes the stories: "Elisha the Prophet", The Story of Angels" and "Elijah the Tishbite".

This audiobook includes a set of bedtime stories that are educational focused on aspects of the natural world specifically space, the desert, the mountains, the deep sea, and some major cities of the world. Sometimes it can be a challenge to get younger children to go to sleep after the excitement of the day, and these stories are designed to keep children focused while they lie in bed waiting to get to sleep. The other benefit of these stories is that they are educational.

This book tells four important stories from the Bible, presented in a bedtime story format that is age-appropriate and easy for younger children to understand and read for themselves as they get older.

Juliet White provides another fascinating overview of the details of the creatures of planet earth, told through accessible stories that younger kids can engage with and relate to. Learn about puffins, bats, hummingbirds, flying squirrels, water bears, and other creatures of the sea. This engaging book will foster elementary school children's interest in the animal kingdom. The stories are narrated by a school teacher and set to calming music so that the stories are educational but can be listened to at bedtime as part of the going-to-sleep ritual.