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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (also known as Bedtime Stories) is a 1992 American live-action/animated anthology television series that originally aired on Showtime.The series, hosted by Duvall, was a showcase of short animated adaptations of children's books with narration provided by celebrity guests.
A Booklist review found it "a fun book that will remind parents to pass along the golden oldies". [1]Good Night, Sleep Tight has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews, [2] Publishers Weekly, [3] School Library Journal, [4] Horn Book Guides, [5] The New York Times, [6] Reading Time, [7] Educating Young Children, [8] Scan, [9] and Children's Book and Media Review.
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times is a 1994 book written by American writer James Finn Garner, in which Garner satirizes the trend toward political correctness and censorship of children's literature, with an emphasis on humour and parody. [1]
The Brave Little Toaster is a 1980 novella by American writer Thomas M. Disch intended for children or, as put by the author, a "bedtime story for small appliances". The story centers on a group of five household appliances—a tensor lamp stand, an electric blanket, an AM radio alarm clock, a vacuum cleaner and a toaster—on their quest to find their original owner referred to as the Master.
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis.He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. . Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily story every day (except Sundays) for more than 52 years, and published 79 books in his lifetime.
The term "bedtime story" was coined by Louise Chandler Moulton in her 1873 book, Bed-time Stories.The "ritual of an adult reading out loud to a child at bedtime formed mainly in the second half of the nineteenth century and achieved prominence in the early twentieth century in tandem with the rising belief that soothing rituals were necessary for children at the end of the day.
The Best American Short Stories 2023 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor and National Book Award finalist, Min Jin Lee. [1] [2] [3]
First edition cover. Room on the Broom is a British children's story book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, [1] which tells the story of a kind witch and her cat who invite three other animals (a dog, a bird and a frog) to join them travelling on her broomstick.