The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories

Puffin, 2019

253pp., hbk., RRP $A29.99

9780143796732

Imagine a compilation of eight favourite stories about bedtime that are just perfect for reading at bedtime.  One a night for a week and a spare, and the sorts of stories that will become favourites so they are asked for again and again.

A companion to Summer Stories. this collection from Puffin comprises full unabridged versions in full colour of these stories by favourite Australian authors and illustrators.

Bed Tails by Meredith Costain and Mitch Vane

Sophie’s Big Bed by Tina Burke

Baby Tawnies by Judy Paulson

It’s Bedtime, William! by Deborah Niland

One Very Tired Wombat by Renee Treml

A Bear and a Tree by Stephen Michael King

Jesse by Tim Winton and Maureen Prichard

Come Down, Cat by Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo

Given that to buy these separately would be about $160, this is value buying and would make the perfect present for new parents and those with little ones wanting a new range of bedtime stories.