Captain Wobble and the Bath-Time Storm
Captain Wobble the rubber duck sails the fiercest sea in the house every night, which is Noor's bath, right up until the plug comes out.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Funny Bedtime Stories for Kids
Funny bedtime stories have a strange job: make a child laugh, then let the laughing stop. The tales here put the silly part in the middle and end somewhere soft, so you get the giggles without the bouncing.
Each of these takes about five minutes to read. The app writes a silly one about your child in 15 seconds.
Granny Lotta's Trampoline Tea Party
Granny Lotta insists on having tea on the trampoline, and the cups, the cake and the cat all have opinions about that.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Gus the Giraffe and the Very Long Goodnight
Gus cannot sleep until he has said goodnight to every single leaf on his tree, and his tree has a great many leaves.
- about 4 min
- ages 4–7
Hilda the Hippo Has the Hiccups
Hilda's hiccups make waves across the whole pond, and every animal has a cure, none of which involves sitting still.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Octavia and the Eight Pyjama Legs
Octavia the octopus has eight legs and eight favourite pairs of pyjamas, and tonight she cannot choose just one.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Olwen the Owl Who Did Not Like the Dark
Olwen is an owl, so she is supposed to love the night, but she would much rather it had a little more light in it.
- about 6 min
- ages 4–7
Pom, the Elephant Who Could Only Whisper
Pom has the biggest trunk in the herd and the smallest voice, which is a problem at a party and perfect at bedtime.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Sir Rattle and the Terrible Spoon
Sir Rattle the mouse knight fears nothing in the world, except spoons, and tonight there is soup for supper.
- about 6 min
- ages 4–7
The Day the Shadows Swapped
Kai wakes up with his dog's shadow, his dog has his, and the whole mixed-up day only sorts itself out when the lights go off.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
The Great Pea Escape
Three peas roll off Rafi's plate at dinner and go looking for adventure in the kitchen, which turns out to be enormous when you are a pea.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
The Mayor Who Banned Bedtime
Mayor Croak of Puddleton passes a law that nobody has to go to bed ever again, and by midnight the whole town has learned why bedtime existed.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
The Parrot Who Only Said Pardon
Pedro the parrot can say one word, and it is the most annoying word in the world, until the night it turns out to be the perfect one.
- about 4 min
- ages 4–7
The Sheep Who Counted Children
Everyone knows children count sheep to fall asleep, but what does a sheep count? Shona is about to find out.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Walter the Walrus Brushes His Tusks
Walter has two very long tusks and one very small toothbrush, and bedtime cannot start until both tusks are clean.
- about 5 min
- ages 4–7
Questions parents ask
Everything on this page is original and written by the My Baby is Hero team. The minutes on each card come from the word count.
- What makes a bedtime story funny for a small child?
- Something slightly wrong, repeated: a goose in one boot, a dog that says moo, an elephant who can only whisper. Small children laugh at the same joke three times and then settle, as long as the ending is calm.
- Are funny stories a bad idea right before bed?
- Not when the laugh comes in the middle. Keep the voices for the silly part and read the last paragraph slowly; the tales here are shaped that way on purpose.
- Can I make up my own funny story?
- Take one ordinary thing and let it go slightly wrong, then let a child fix it. Or pick "funny" as the theme in the My Baby is Hero app and get an illustrated one with your child in it.
These are stories, not sleep advice. If bedtime is a nightly struggle, your pediatrician is the right person to ask.
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