The World Is Quiet Now — Bedtime Stories

At Grandma's house, the dough rises on its own, and an old drawing turns up in a drawer. The day is behind you now. There is nowhere to be. Slow is allowed.

A slow bedtime story for children ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

In the morning, color the sea picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

Far from home, in a little ship that creaks like a boat, Lina finds a group of floating stones with tiny green leaves on them. She watches for a long time. Then she draws one more place on her map.

A slow bedtime voyage for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and a small song Lina hums to herself. The pauses are part of the story.Lina sets off every other Wednesday. Roa comes every other Friday, and Vega comes every Sunday.

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Lina's song "A Whole Little Sky": words by Tahi Nia-Ra.

Daddy plays the piano, and Vega’s pencil begins to move — across, around, and back again. A slow bedtime story for children ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

In the morning, color the sea picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

Vega looks through a book about the sea. The deeper she goes, the darker the pages become — until there is almost nothing to see. But Daddy says something is there. So Vega decides to make something that could live in the dark, with a little light of its own.

A slow bedtime story for children ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKXJZ829

In the morning, color the sea picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/#the-sea

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

Vega sees the sea for the very first time. She listens to the waves, feels the sand move beneath her feet and watches her footprints disappear one by one. A gentle bedtime story about meeting something vast and new, slowly, one wave at a time. A slow bedtime story for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

In the morning, color the sea picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/#the-sea

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKK52F7J

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

Vega and Daddy and Mama make a kite. It is a little crooked, and the tail is too long. On a grassy hill, Vega holds the string. The kite is very high, and it moves. Every time it moves, the string moves too. A slow bedtime story for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKDPWR41

In the morning, color the kite picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/#the-kite

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

Vega takes three books at once. The pieces end up on the floor. Some pictures come back. Some don't. A slow bedtime story for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKCM7ZG9

In the morning, color this story's picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/#the-empty-pictures

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

After the rain, Vega sees something standing in the sky. It has colors. And it moves away every time she runs to it.

A slow bedtime story for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJMN9YM4

In the morning, color the rainbow picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/#the-rainbow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

One sound comes through the window, and Vega goes out to find the rest of them. A slow bedtime story for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJN88N9X

In the morning, color the grasshopper picture with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/#the-grasshopper

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.

Vega goes looking for Mama and finds her working at the big table. Soon, Vega wants to try too. A slow bedtime story for ages 3–6. A voice, a story, and quiet piano. The pauses are part of the story.

Also a picture book, with a few quiet pages left open for drawing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJDFH74M

In the morning, color Vega's pictures with a finger: https://www.tahiniara.com/color/

Watch Vega's stories with pictures on YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@theworldisquietnow

I'm Tahi Nia-Ra. Good night. The world is quiet now.

Original music composed by Michael Tjanaka.