Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

It’s all happening in this week’s bedtime story as the children prepare to take Colin out to the Secret Garden for the first time.

There’s a lot of excitement and joy, but there’s an unpleasant surprise towards the end that may mean disaster.

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Find The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396

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We return to some sleepy non-fiction for this week’s bedtime reading. Learning about the erosion caused by various types of glacier gets you off to a boring start, and I’m sure you’ll be fast asleep by the time we get to the subtleties of the wind.

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Find The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40404

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In this strange story we pick up with the Duchess and the Empress building worlds with their minds. They then move on to traveling as spirits to our own world.

I’m fairly sure you’ll be asleep before the strange adventure ends with a court case about Fortune’s treatment of the Dutchess’s husband

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Find The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51783

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This week we continue learning about he actual mechanism of evolution by natural selection.

It’s pretty boring, I can barely remember what I just read, so I’m pretty sure this will help you sleep. :D

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Find On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1228

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We pick up this classic bedtime story as things take a bit of a dark turn. Beth is sick with scarlet fever, and it’s touch and go for a while, but don’t let it prevent your sleep. She’s fine in the end.

The family makes some hard choices and their love is tested, but the fever breaks and all is well.

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Find Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/514

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Find yourself drifting to sleep learning the history of the Italian renaissance in Rome, from Raphael to Titian. Raphael’s great rivalry with Michaelangelo and how art changed over their lifetimes.

Lots of name, dates and jargon are the perfect recipe for your restful repose.

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Find A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25632

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For this week’s sleepy story we return to this mysterious classic to help you sleep.

Walther our protagonist feels out of place in the house of the mysterious and beautiful Lady, who seems both hostile and friendly.

Walther meets the Maid once again, but as he goes hunting he feels like his situation is dangerous.

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Find The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3055

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Hi friends. Unfortunately my chest and voice are still wrecked from having the flu so I can’t record anything that people would want to listen to. So here’s the second part of 2023’s Halloween reading.

Be warned that traditional Halloween traditions may be a bit disturbing, but I left out the nasty stuff. This spooky episode shouldn’t leave you sleepless.

We continue the exploration of how pagan traditions were subsumed into Christianity, and how even some Christian traditions began to be viewed negatively after this association was created.

We also finish off with a few fun traditions of regions like Brittany as we say goodbye to this particular book.

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Find The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20644

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Sorry friends, back to school time means my daughter has brought home a fun new illness which means I have no voice or energy, so I’m pulling this weird one out of the archive.

Be warned that traditional Halloween traditions may be a bit disturbing, but I left out the nasty stuff. This spooky episode shouldn’t leave you sleepless.

Learn some of the traditions and tales of continental Europe, including the surprising revelation that Britain was considered to be the ‘Land of the Dead’ by communities on the Channel coast of France. As the mysterious land they could see on clear days was otherwise unknown to them.

Learn about how pagan traditions became ‘evil’ and which ones were adopted by Christianity.

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Find The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20644

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A century old Astronomy text book is a fascinating thing. It’s amazing to see what was known 100 years ago, and what was still speculation based on very logical application of physics.

As you fall asleep you will learn about how it was believed the sun produces heat, how long it will continue to shine, and about the structure of the solar system.

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

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39142

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