Original bedtime stories for children — written by our kids, and told by two small birds on a branch.
We went looking for bedtime stories for our own children and could not find enough of the ones we wanted.
There is no shortage of children's content. There is a shortage of children's stories that are actually about something — where a character feels a real feeling, it gets named out loud, and somebody is kinder at the end than they were at the start. Most of what we found was loud, fast, and about nothing in particular. Very little of it was any good to fall asleep to.
So we started writing our own. Except we did not write them. Our kids did.
Every story on this channel was made up by a child. We keep what they invented — the names, the jokes, the odd details, the moral they landed on themselves — and we build the episode around it.
Every story is told twice, because a story you put on at bedtime should not be the same as one you watch in the middle of the day.
For falling asleep to
The gentle cut. Quiet, slow, and built to a locked set of rules so a child can put it on every night and know exactly what they are getting.
For watching together
The full adventure, told the way the child actually told it. Louder, funnier, with the scary bits left in and the plot holes left in too, because those are usually the best part.
Every story we have made, free to play right here. No adverts, no sign-in, nothing that plays automatically afterwards. Put one on and let it finish.
Always commercial free
Episode 10
Story by Gianna
A mermaid at the bottom of the sea, a clam locket, and a whole other world.
Bedtime12:21
Pearl and the Shining Locket
Family10:31
Pearl and the Shining Locket
Episode 9
Story by Adam
A quest across Legoland, a stolen dog, and a twist you will not see coming.
Bedtime17:12
The Wizard Who Wanted to Be a Lego
Family15:41
The Wizard Who Wanted to Be a Lego
Episode 8
Story by Dylan
Six dragons, five magic powers, and a wall that none of them can open.
Bedtime13:13
Sunny and the Door in the Wall
Family10:32
Sunny and the Door in the Wall
Episode 7
Story by Gianna
A fairy, a fight about nothing at all, and somebody who came and knocked.
Bedtime11:14
Pixie and the Knock at the Door
Family9:01
Pixie and the Knock at the Door
Episode 6
Story by Gianna
A princess the whole kingdom loved, and not one person knew she was lonely.
Bedtime13:60
Violet and the Lonely Castle
Family11:03
Violet and the Lonely Castle
Episode 5
Story by Gianna
A girl who could not say three words out loud, and the dog who changed that.
Bedtime16:02
Skippy and the Shooting Star
Family13:09
Skippy and the Shooting Star
Episode 4
Story by Gianna
A hungry dog with nobody to feed him, a farm, a storm, and the same sky.
Bedtime19:39
Spark and the Same Stars
Family18:06
Spark and the Same Stars
Episode 3
Story by Adam
Three puzzles, a pirate, a lion in a tangle of rope, and a dance battle.
Bedtime23:14
The Puzzle Map
Family22:37
The Puzzle Map
Episode 2
Story by Dylan
A wobbly tooth, a map, and a treasure that turns out not to be treasure.
Bedtime12:07
The Treasure Map
Family15:42
The Treasure Map
Episode 1
Story by Gianna
Two sisters, a birthday, and a wish that came true in a way nobody expected.
Bedtime9:08
Lily's Birthday Wish
Family9:34
The Great Balloon Rescue
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The videos live on YouTube. This page is audio only — which is usually what you want at bedtime anyway.
When the children finish a new one, we will send it to you — the bedtime cut and the family cut, free to play, with no adverts on either.
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Every episode is credited to the child who made it up. They are not helpers on this — they are the authors, and the best ideas in every episode are theirs, not ours.
Producer & storyteller
Smart, artsy, and never happier than when she is performing on a stage. Gianna is the epitome of a kind soul — she knows right from wrong, and it comes through in everything she writes. She also produces the episodes.
You can hear it in: the way her stories keep arriving at the same idea — somebody is alone, and then somebody knocks on the door. She has written it three times now, and it works every time.
Adventure & pirates
Athletic, fast, and a baseball star in the making. Dylan tells his stories exactly the way a seven-year-old boy sees the world — at full speed and with enormous excitement. Give him a pirate or a quest and he is away.
You can hear it in: six dragons, five elements, and a wall that nothing will open. He also wrote his own safety line into that story without being asked — the water dragon puts the fire out before anybody gets hurt. That was his idea, not ours.
Heart & imagination
The old soul of the family. Adam is deeply empathetic and tells his stories straight from the heart, with an imagination that goes further than anybody expects from someone his age.
You can hear it in: his wizard — who does every wrong thing in the story, and turns out to have done all of it because he only ever wanted to belong. A five-year-old wrote that.
