Bedtime Stories to read aloud
By (Author) Zanna Davidson
By (author) Kimberley Kinloch
By (author) Mairi Mackinnon
Illustrated by Peep Inside Christmas Emma Allen
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
16th April 2025
13th February 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Giants, trolls and other mythical humanoid
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Dragons
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Hardback
128
Width 196mm, Height 259mm, Spine 16mm
620g
Six snuggly, funny, beautifully illustrated bedtime stories to share
Curl up with these six cosy stories - perfect for reading aloud to little children. Meet the troll who has always wanted to brush his teeth, a naughty bunny who can't get to sleep and a dragon who lights the stars each night. An enchanting collection that will be sure to bring magic to bedtime.
Mairi Mackinnon has lived in England, Scotland, France, Italy and Spain, and worked as a teacher, translator and tour manager before joining Usborne. Over the years she has written and edited Usborne books in sixteen languages, from Arabic to Welsh. She lives in a house full of teenagers, books and curious musical instruments. Zanna writes fiction and non-fiction for Usborne. Her favourite things to write about are small monsters and talking animals. She used to live in London but now lives in a cottage on the edge of some woods. She is only sorry there are no bears or witches in them. Emma Allen was a trained speech pathologist, specialising in early childhood, before she returned to university to pursue a lifelong love of literature. The Terrible Suitcase won the 2013 CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood award. She writes from her Canberra home where she lives with her husband Richard and three young children Harriet, Rupert and Hazel.