Children’s Bedtime Stories

  • The Cloud who learned to hug
    Tiny cloud was small and thin. He wished to be big like those giant clouds rolling around the sky.
  • Daily Writing prompt:
    The moment when I realised I was officially an adult is unforgettable. I was eighteen and was on my way to my first official job as a reception/book keeper in a hotel in Southern Ireland. I proudly said goodbye to my mum, hopped on the train with one travel bag in hand and sank into… Read more: Daily Writing prompt:
  • Childhood relived by this question.
    Which author would you love to have dinner with? Roald Dahl, I came to know his work through my children. Bedtime stories were a must back in the 1990’s when tv was a rare treat especially for kids of 6 and 8 years. The copy of, James and The Giant Peach and The Twits was… Read more: Childhood relived by this question.
  • Daily Writing Prompt
    If my future self could send me one sentence, what do I hope it would say? Well done for believing in the power of you, and stepping forward to do the task in hand. I write this as I am watching a baby swallow being encouraged by its frantic parents to take flight. It reminds… Read more: Daily Writing Prompt
  • How Breeze got his name
    “Breeze, is a funny name for an ogre.  How did you get it?” Fairy Tulip asked. A squirrel was hopping over and back across his knees. Breeze made a funny face. The squirrel took fright and ran away. Breeze said, “To answer that, we need to climb Lumpy Sugar Mountain.” He pointed into the distance.… Read more: How Breeze got his name