Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults

DESIGNED TO CALM YOUR MIND FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP

By: Various

Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jonathan Keeble

THE PERFECT NIGHTTIME READ - DESIGNED TO CALM YOUR MIND FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP

*Introduced by Lucy Mangan* Recommended by RED magazine *

'Dreamy' STYLIST
'Calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep... the most beautiful book that will, without a doubt, put you in the mood for some ZZZZs.' THE SUN

Tales to soothe tired souls. A nighttime companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's sleep. This cheering book of best loved short tales, extracts and poems will calm and restore an anxious mind.

Sleep is essential for our well being and our health, but in our busy lives it is often poor and overlooked. Now is the time to put down your smartphone, stop a while and find consolation and wonder in other worlds where all is well and sleep just a page or two away.

From classic stories by Oscar Wilde, Guy de Maupassant and Katherine Mansfield, to friendly tales of our childhoods and poetry that reminds us of the simple joys of life, this lovingly curated book will soothe a tired mind and gently carry you to the peaceful land of sleep.

So switch off, snuggle down and allow yourself to escape into new worlds and old; magical, mysterious and tender realms that will accompany you to your own sweet dreams.

'Hurrah for a book that draws us away from the cold blue light of the smart phone and into the soothing glow of poems, short stories and extracts' THE SIMPLE THINGS

PICKED FOR WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2020©2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic reviews

"Hurrah for a book that draws us away from the cold blue light of the smart phone and into the soothing glow of poems, short stories and extracts." (The Simple Things magazine)

"Dreamy." (Stylist)

"Calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep...the most beautiful book that will, without a doubt, put you in the mood for some zzzzzs." (The Sun)

not for stressed out adults

it sucks to listen to something that doesnt actually help me distress. im stressed

Skip the Intro

This is a good collection of classic stories but the introduction is terrible. It has the opportunity to be good as it starts off talking about how peacefully children sleep but then it talks about all the reasons you can't sleep, which only serves to remind you of why you can't sleep. Skip it and head to the stories themselves and you'll be out before you can say Wikem, Blinkem and Nod.

False advertising. Don't rely on it to relax.

Not recommended for insomniacs. Fell asleep happily and peacefully in Chapter 4 about the time the trolls were defeated, slipped neatly into deep dream heaven for Goethe, and shot to instant, alarmed wakefulness at the growling, shouting giant's gruff outburst. Nearly jumped out of my skin. Not funny.

Helps me to unwind.

Need to have more stories. Would love to have another book or suggestion of the same type I could download.

I'm more stressed after listening

I was really excited for this title and I had high hopes, but I couldn't make it past a few stories.

The stories themselves are good, but not for bedtime. The delivery pace and tone isn't calming. It left me more stressed than when I began playing the title

boring

boring
it was not my type of book. not a very good read. pass on this

not the bedtime stories I was expecting.

struggled to get thru chapter 1. the British accent kind of gets in the way.

was not theilled

I was not thrilled with this work I found it dry and hard to fallow

Love it

This is a fun little audiobook to just forget and relax when the time comes to go to bed. Makes me smile and just drift off to sleep. One of my favorites so far!

Thought this was meant to help de-stress stressed out adults before bed…

This book actually ratcheted up my cortisol levels before bed- every story was about something stressful. Kept me up at night.