As a kid , Were you told a bedtime story?

[hbk4894]

If so , which one?

[Mokka]

No....but for my children I did it every night... after we were done with a wide variety of children's books... we read Alice in Wonderland as the first chapter book....then through the looking glass, then all the Harry Potter books....and then The Hobbit and first two Lord of the Rings books.... I made them read the last one on their own at that time lol. But it became a family event as they got older....instead of movies or TV every night

[LukeB]

Yeah, they read me winnie the pooh books :love:

[Marsh.]

Yeah, the read me winnie the pooh books :love:

Still?

Bless you.

[LukeB]

Still?

Bless you.

don't be jealous.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Nope.They shoved a doll in my arms and it did the trick

[Crimson Dynamo]

Yes I got lots of books read to me like animal farm and Charlotte's web and I read to all 3 LT brats till from zero till about 8

[Crimson Dynamo]

In fact reading to my children is probably one of the best things in my life

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

In fact reading to my children is probably one of the best things in my life

this is literally the only sincere thing i have ever seen you post on here lmao

so cute :love:

[Crimson Dynamo]

this is literally the only sincere thing i have ever seen you post on here lmao

so cute :love:

Damned by faint praise

[Amy Jade]

Yeah, Disney books :flutter:

My Nana used to do voices and everything

[Ammi]

Yeah, Disney books :flutter:

My Nana used to do voices and everything

...awww my mum always did the voices as well..:lovedup:..sometimes she would sing the story also...



...it was funny when my OH would read to the boys because reading always makes him sleepy...so sometimes when he had been gone a while, I would go up and he would be asleep with one of the boys reading to him and stroking his forehead.../having taken the book themselves to finish the story...

[kirklancaster]

Yes I got lots of books read to me like animal farm and Charlotte's web and I read to all 3 LT brats till from zero till about 8

Wise, wise parents. Your's and you yourself LT. Admirable.

[kirklancaster]

I cannot remember ever being told bedtime stories, but my mother used to sing to me until I fell asleep.

Both my wife and I, always used to tell our children bedtime stories - traditional, and ones which we'd made up ourselves.

As the children grew a little older, we actually produced a few booklets of original stories which they absolutely loved. I wrote the stories and my wife - who is a very gifted artist - illustrated them superbly.

I had some wonderfully weird characters who were a family of Troll-Dinosaur-Dragon type hybrids who lived in a little village in the Scottish Highlands. There were:

Pissy McWissy - who always had to use the toilet in the middle of running an important errand for his parents/Teachers which meant by the time he had resumed his errand, he had forgotten just what it was that they'd sent him to bring/do, and he would hazard guesses and convince himself that he'd remembered, but then invariably buy the wrong items.

Poopy McDroopy - a lovable little creature who suffered from 'flatulence' problem caused great comical situations due to 'pooping' at the worst possible time.

Sneezy McWheezy, Rosie McNosey etc.

I still have those vividly illustrated booklets - 6 of them - and friends and colleagues have often urged me to publish them through the years, but I have never got around to doing so.

Got me thinking... Might do so now. :laugh:

[jennyjuniper]

I cannot remember ever being told bedtime stories, but my mother used to sing to me until I fell asleep.

Both my wife and I, always used to tell our children bedtime stories - traditional, and ones which we'd made up ourselves.

As the children grew a little older, we actually produced a few booklets of original stories which they absolutely loved. I wrote the stories and my wife - who is a very gifted artist - illustrated them superbly.

I had some wonderfully weird characters who were a family of Troll-Dinosaur-Dragon type hybrids who lived in a little village in the Scottish Highlands. There were:

Pissy McWissy - who always had to use the toilet in the middle of running an important errand for his parents/Teachers which meant by the time he had resumed his errand, he had forgotten just what it was that they'd sent him to bring/do, and he would hazard guesses and convince himself that he'd remembered, but then invariably buy the wrong items.

Poopy McDroopy - a lovable little creature who suffered from 'flatulence' problem caused great comical situations due to 'pooping' at the worst possible time.

Sneezy McWheezy, Rosie McNosey etc.

I still have those vividly illustrated booklets - 6 of them - and friends and colleagues have often urged me to publish them through the years, but I have never got around to doing so.

Got me thinking... Might do so now. :laugh:

Go for it Kirk. From things I have read of yours you are a talented writer and it would be a shame if other children didn't get the pleasure of your stories that your children got. Hope you do it.:wavey:

[kirklancaster]

Yeah, they read me winnie the pooh books :love:

I've just finished writing a bedtime story for LT to read to Marsh. It is about a henpecked little husband who is forced to always wear an apron and do all the household chores - cleaning, cooking, washing up etc - but what his monstrously overbearing wife doesn't know is, that her hen-pecked, timid little husband is leading a double life. Behind her back, he goes online onto 'sexual dating' sites and meets up with loads of different women who he makes love to like a super stud.

I've called it;

Pinnie The Woo :laugh: Sorry.

[kirklancaster]

Go for it Kirk. From things I have read of yours you are a talented writer and it would be a shame if other children didn't get the pleasure of your stories that your children got. Hope you do it.:wavey:

Thank you Jenny love. I might well fish them out, upgrade them, and try to get them published.

[Natalie.]

Sometimes

[caprimint]

Nah, stories didn't really help me to fall asleep.

[Liam-]

My mum read me a book called Guess How Much I Love You every night, it was my favourite as a child and it actually inspired my first tattoo I got this year :love:

[jennyjuniper]

I wasn't told bed time stories, but as soon as I could read I always took a book to bed and read myself. I always told stories to my children though. Mine and their favourites were
The Wind in the Willows
All of Beatrix Potter
The Water Babies
Anyone remember the wonderfull illustrations of Winifred Lucy Atwell?

[Niamh.]

Not that I can remember but I'm not a 100% sure

[kirklancaster]

I wasn't told bed time stories, but as soon as I could read I always took a book to bed and read myself. I always told stories to my children though. Mine and their favourites were
The Wind in the Willows
All of Beatrix Potter
The Water Babies
Anyone remember the wonderfull illustrations of Winifred Lucy Atwell?


Do you mean Mabel Lucie Attwell Jenny?

I know you didn't mean the wonderful Winifred Atwell:

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[Josy]

No I read my own

[Jessica.]

No, never.

[Babayaro.]

Instead of a story i'm pretty sure my mum sang 'Any Dream Will Do' to me and my Brother lmao :flutter:

[Mokka]

Instead of a story i'm pretty sure my mum sang 'Any Dream Will Do' to me and my Brother lmao :flutter:

That's beautiful.... why lmao???

I sang Paul Simon's St.Jude's Comet to my kids.... still my favorite lullaby song :love:

[Babayaro.]

no reason


lmao

[Maru]

My mother gave me Disney sing-a-long tapes and tapes with stories on them, so I guess that counts. :laugh: Most were the popular cast at the time (in the 90's), but I had some Chipmunk ones too...

[jennyjuniper]

Do you mean Mabel Lucie Attwell Jenny?

I know you didn't mean the wonderful Winifred Atwell:

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You are right Kirk:laugh: Mind you, Winifred was great too.

[Vicky.]

'It was a blustery day in the hundred acre wood, and whinnie the pooh was sitting in his thoughtful spot. This was his special spot for sitting and thinking.'

I don't remember anymore. But this was like every night and I always have a clear vision in my head of my dad saying these words :laugh: Apparently they stopped reading to me when I was like 5 too..so weird that I remember this. My dad remembers the first 6 pages of the book

[Niamh.]

'It was a blustery day in the hundred acre wood, and whinnie the pooh was sitting in his thoughtful spot. This was his special spot for sitting and thinking.'

I don't remember anymore. But this was like every night and I always have a clear vision in my head of my dad saying these words :laugh: Apparently they stopped reading to me when I was like 5 too..so weird that I remember this. My dad remembers the first 6 pages of the book

My daughters favourite was........

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood,
A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.
“Where are you going too little brown mouse?”
“Come and have lunch in my underground house!”
“It’s terribly kind of you fox but no,”
“I’m going to have lunch with a Gruffalo!”

[Rob!]

Yes I got lots of books read to me like animal farm and Charlotte's web and I read to all 3 LT brats till from zero till about 8

You had Animal Farm read to you as a child?

Another piece of the puzzle..