Free Bedtime Stories for Children

Here is part one, in case you missed it https://mariamatthewsbooks.com/?p=2586 Meabh loved being in the sky, even if she could not move about in the basket. This was bad, she decided, when she heard Caoimhe crying for help but couldn’t see where her sister was.“I can’t see you, Caoimhe; you need to move to me,”… Read more: The Rescue (Part 2 of Meabh & Caoimhe’s tale)

Tales from a fictional Irish Village – 18 years and upwards. https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Fictional-tales-Village-ebook/dp/B0BW7QH4DX This Collection of Short Stories covers romance and drama, all sprinkled with bits of Irish humour. The tales were spun over a few years and kept in a file. Over time, as the stories emerged, they created a community set in an Irish… Read more: The Other Side

Maybe it was the huge meal or the memory of a baby playing in a plastic round play car, but Betty had a delicious dream. She dreamt she was driving a special car made just for Betty. The car was small and round, like a ball. It was brightly coloured and would fit into any… Read more: Betty’s Dream Car

Chapter 1 Betty is a Grandmother. She looks like a grandmother but doesn’t think like your grandmother or mine. When not cooking or babysitting, she does what she does best—inventing things. She calls them “Gadgets or Do-Wackys.” Betty insists everything will be useful someday, especially the wind-powered dog walker and grass-growing timer. She has a… Read more: Betty Goes Flying

The cloud who learnt to hug Tiny cloud was small and thin. You could see through it and watch the larger, darker clouds high in the sky behind. At first, Tiny Cloud didn’t notice how small he was. He dived and soared. When he tired of this, he stopped and watched the bigger clouds. They… Read more: Short Story For Preschool Children