My boys are now (nearly) 7 and 9 and the nightly ritual of reading bedtime stories has pretty much gone out the window!
They either read their own books, or push the bed time limit so far that it’s an immediate ‘lights out’ as soon as their heads touch the pillow.
The other day I got to thinking that I really should continue to embrace reading stories to them while they are young enough to enjoy it, particularly for my younger one. I decided to find a decent sized story book that we’d all enjoy reading over a month or two. One that I could read a couple of chapters from each night. A story that was nice to listen to before falling asleep (rather than Boy Versus Beast as the boys would choose). This is what I came up with…
It’s such a joy to be reading Enid Blyton again after all these years. Next I’m hoping to get the box set of Secret Seven that I saw at Big W the other day.
What’s your favorite bedtime story?
For some reason my favourite has always been Red Riding Hood, I don’t know why. xD But Blyton’s books are truly great.
Oh yes. I have been doing this for about a year with my 8 year old. I get big books from the library like a Pinocchio story which took us a month. It was fantastic to get him interested and wanting more. I also found a set of 4 books that were written in NZ and was like we would have grown up; playing in the neighbourhood and doing stuff with your family and friends. So refreshing from killing the beast type stuff. I also read one to him that was about 50 years old (from the 2nd hand shop) and he loved the mystery of it. Once they get hooked on reading it’s good to expand their range.