Bedtime Stories for Children

“The Lion and the Mouse” an Aesop’s fableBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic MonorailCopyright Steve Adams 2024

26/11/2024 • 01:16

“The owl and the grasshopper” an Aesop’s fableBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic MonorailCopyright Steve Adams 2024

07/11/2024 • 02:23

“The Blind Men and the Elephant” an Indian fableBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic MonorailCopyright Steve Adams 2024

05/11/2024 • 05:42

“Our little ghost” based on a story by Louisa May AlcottBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic MonorailCopyright Steve Adams 2024

01/11/2024 • 02:24

“The Fox's dinner surprise” based on an Aesop’s fableBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic MonorailCopyright Steve Adams 2024

01/11/2024 • 01:32

“The Heron” based on an Aesop’s fableBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic MonorailCopyright Steve Adams 2024

01/11/2024 • 01:02

“The Rooster outsmarts the Fox” Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

16/10/2024 • 02:15

The Bedtime stories channel is a reading of your favorite bedtime stories, tales, and fables. The "Bedtime Stories" podcast is also available on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

10/10/2024 • 01:45

"The Gift of the Magi" is based on a story by O. Henry. This is a heartwarming story about a young couple, Della and Jim, who are deeply in love but financially struggling. As Christmas approaches, they each secretly sacrifice their most prized possession to buy a gift for the other.

02/10/2024 • 09:16

The classic story of “The Tortoise and the Hare”

02/10/2024 • 01:24

The classic tale of “The Ant and the Grasshopper” adapted from an Aesop’s fable

02/10/2024 • 04:46

“The Greedy Dog” an Aesop’s fable

14/09/2024 • 00:57

“The Crow’s morning breakfast” adapted from an Aesop’s fable

14/09/2024 • 01:55

“The Emperor’s new clothes” based on a story by Hans Christian Anderson

13/09/2024 • 10:04

"Bonnie's act of kindness" by Steve AdamsCopyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

13/09/2024 • 03:15

"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian AndersonCopyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

02/09/2024 • 05:41

"The story of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" a classic fableCopyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

02/09/2024 • 06:23

"Ali Baba and the 40 thieves" is an 18th century folk take and one of the most familiar of the "Arabian Nights" talesCopyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

02/09/2024 • 06:22

Based on the classic 19th-century German fairy tale "Snow White". The Brothers Grimm originally published the story in 1812 in the first edition of their collection Grimms' Fairy Tales.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

02/09/2024 • 06:40

"The kid and the wolf" an Aesop's Fable. Aesop's Fables are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC. Initially the fables were addressed to adults and covered religious, social and political themes. They were also put to use as ethical guides and from the Renaissance onwards were particularly used for the education of children.

01/09/2024 • 02:26

"The story of Cinderella" is based on a folk tale about oppression and triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The protagonist is a young woman living in forsaken circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.The first literary European version of the story was published in Italy by Giambattista Basile in his Pentamerone in 1634; the version that is now most widely known in the English-speaking world was published in French by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697. Another version was later published by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1812.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

01/09/2024 • 08:17

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century to several European folk tales, including one from Italy called The False Grandmother. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers GrimmCopyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

01/09/2024 • 06:19

“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” is based on a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is also a symphonic poem by the French composer Paul Dukas, completed in 1897. The piece was based on Goethe's 1797 poem of the same name. By far the most performed and recorded of Dukas's works, its notable appearance in the Walt Disney 1940 animated film Fantasia has led to the piece becoming widely known to audiences outside the classical concert hall.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

01/09/2024 • 06:59

"The Little Mermaid" is based on a Danish literary fairy tale written by the Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a human soul. The tale was first published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children. There is a statue portraying the mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the story was written and first published.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

01/09/2024 • 06:41

The story of “Jack and the Beanstalk" is based on an English fairy tale. It originally appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 and again as "The History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk" in 1807."Jack and the Beanstalk" is the best known of the "Jack tales", a series of stories featuring the English hero and stock character Jack.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

01/09/2024 • 06:36

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is one of the most popular fairy tales in the English language. The story is a 19th-century British fairy tale of which three versions exist.The original version of the tale tells of a badly-behaved old woman who enters the forest home of three bachelor bears whilst they are away. She sits in their chairs, eats some of their porridge, and sleeps in one of their beds. When the bears return and discover her, she wakes up, jumps out of the window, and is never seen again.The second version replaced the old woman with a little girl named Goldilocks, and the third and by far best-known version replaced the original bear trio with Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

25/08/2024 • 07:40

“Chicken Little” is a European folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes that the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!" features prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. Similar stories go back more than 25 centuries. The story was originally part of the oral folk tradition and only began to appear in print after the Brothers Grimm had set a European example with their collection of German tales in the early years of the 19th century.Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

25/08/2024 • 07:19

"The Princess and the Pea" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her sensitivity. The tale was first published by Andersen in 1835. Andersen had heard the story as a child, and it likely has its source in folk material, possibly originating from Sweden, as it is unknown in the Danish oral tradition. Neither "The Princess and the Pea" nor Andersen's other tales of 1835 were well received by Danish critics, who disliked their casual, chatty style and their lack of moralsCopyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

25/08/2024 • 06:06

"The Elves and The Shoemaker" is based on a set of fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed assistance from helpful elves. The original story is the first of three fairy tales contained in the German Grimm's Fairy Tales under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner"Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

21/08/2024 • 06:44

"The Golden Goose" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. The Brothers Grimm were academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of German (and European) folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tale types such as "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White".Copyright 2024 Steve AdamsBedtime Stories for Children is produced by Magic Monorail

21/08/2024 • 07:20