Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Tonight, let the gentle world of nature carry you into a deep, restful sleep. In this episode, we are pairing the soft, rhythmic prose of two classic nature books to help your mind unwind and release the day. 

We begin with an evening reading from Mary Howitt’s Birds and Their Nests, focusing on the clever architectures of magpies and the quiet, industrious habits of nuthatches. From there, we drift into the calming, nostalgic pages of Neltje Blanchan’s Bird Neighbors, moving slowly through its thoughtful introduction and foreword.

Find Birds and their nests by Mary Howitt

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68416 

Find Bird Neighbors by Neltje Blanchan

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37735

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Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery – Tantrums, Tears and Joy

Get ready to drift off to sleep tonight with a gentle journey back to the quiet, sun-drenched hills of Avonlea. In this sleepy reading of Anne of Green Gables, we follow our imaginative young friend Anne as she overflows with breathless anticipation for her very first Sunday school picnic—and her long-awaited taste of real ice cream. 

However, the peaceful summer days at Green Gables take a dramatic turn when Marilla’s prized amethyst brooch mysteriously goes missing, casting a shadow of doubt and tears over the little east gable room. But don't worry, dear listener—misunderstandings are softly cleared away, the shadows pass, and our evening ends in pure, restful joy. 

Unwind, let your shoulders drop, and let the comforting world of Prince Edward Island carry you off into a deep, peaceful sleep. 

Find Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

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We come to the end of what is probably Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most well known work. His meditation on nature and science.

But there isn’t much left, so in case you haven’t gone to sleep by that point I start a whole collection of his essays. Although I don’t finish the introduction to that tonight.

Find Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29433

Find Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As you prepare for sleep Bellarion gets more deeply involved in the plot which as it turns out is an assassination plot! He’s in deep water, but he is trying to find a way out for the Lady Valeria.

He also meets the Regent, the Marquis Theodore who is the target of the plot and we go to a party where we meet Valeria’s brother Marquis Gian Giacomo who is a wastrel

Lots of excitement but it won’t keep you awake.

Find Bellarion the Fortunate by Rafael Sabatini

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This week’s bedtime history has to prepare to sleep as we learn about the end of the great people of the Ostrogoths as they leave Italy and recorded history.

The great general Belisarius also sees his life end, as does his Emperor and enemy Justinian.

Find The Dark Ages, 476-918 by Charles Oman

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As you prepare for sleep tonight it’s time to learn about the fallout from Perdita confronting Raymond.

 Things start to go worse for the couple as lack of communication starts to destroy their relationship and events come to a head when they visit their friends in Windsor.

 A bit of a sad note as you get your rest, but you won’t be awake for long.

 Find The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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In this week’s bedtime story prepare to sleep as we leave the train. Instead of riding the rails you are going to learn, for as long as you stay awake, about the various industries of Birmingham. Including, glass, guns and swords. This one is sure to be a recipe to help you count sheep.

Find Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney

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Sleep is your friend tonight as you learn about many women of the 19th Century who were notable composers. Starting with America and moving on to the rest of the world including eastern Europe and Scandinavia.

 The abilities of the subjects are beyond a doubt, but the dry facts and the well I tell them will see you fast asleep very soon.

 Find Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson

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As you settle down to sleep tonight, I will be continuing the story of Lizzie Bennet. It starts with Mr Darcy confessing his love to her and take a turn when she rejects him because of his interference in the romances of the Bennet sisters and his general unpleasantness, so he defends himself petulantly and leaves.

 The next day while out walking he gives her a letter with the truth behind his actions, and while he still a rude and unpleasant person maybe he isn’t quite the villain he appears?

 Find Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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In this week’s sleepy science reading we turn to the mysteries of the Solar Eclipse, learn about how predictable the phenomenon is, then move on to how astronomers discovered the solar corona and tried to learn what it was.

 It’s interesting stuff, but you will be sleeping soon.

Find Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd

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