Books for bedtime
Books for bedtime to read to children – a selection of books by Jill Murphy, Allan Ahlberg, Maurice Sendak, Michael Rosen, Martin Waddell, Fiona Watt, Claire Freedman, and more; which are ideal for reading to children at bedtime.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Memoirs of a Midget
The Return
Snow
The Listeners and Other Poems
Peacock Pie
The Complete Poems of Walter de la Mare
Come Hither: A Family Treasury of Best-Loved Rhymes and Poems for Children
Out of the Deep: And Other Supernatural Tales
Molly Whuppie
Best Stories of Walter De La Mare
Seaton’s Aunt
The Three Mulla-Mulgars
The Green Room: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Summer Evening
The Collected Poems of Walter de La Mare
Songs of Childhood
Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare
Short Stories 1927-1956 (V. 2)
Silver
Short Stories 1895-1926 (V.1)
The Turnip
The Ride-by-Nights
Strangers and Pilgrims
Told Again: Old Tales Told Again – Updated Edition
Behold, This Dreamer: Of Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death
The Lord Fish
Selected Poems
Down-Adown-Derry: A Book of Fairy Poems
Missing
All Hallows
Books for bedtime to read to children – a selection of books by Jill Murphy, Allan Ahlberg, Maurice Sendak, Michael Rosen, Martin Waddell, Fiona Watt, Claire Freedman, and more; which are ideal for reading to children at bedtime.
Winter themed books for children and teens with titles by Chitra Soundar, Walter De la Mare, Dawn Casey, i-Spy, Abi Elphinstone, Sam Usher, Sue Hendra, Michael Morpurgo, Melissa Albert and Michael Rosen.
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