Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

For this week’s bedtime story we return once again to the adventures of Lizzie Bennet as she visits her friend Charlotte as the new bride of Mr Collins.

 She gets to know Lady Catherine a bit better and Mr Darcy comes to visit, but things are getting strange. Does he have feelings for her?

 Find Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I don’t know why I dropped this book over a year ago, maybe it was all the French names? So apologies in advance about the pronunciations as you get ready for sleep and we pick up learning about significant French women who were composers in the 19^th century.

We then move on to the USA and learn of the many notable female composers there.

Find Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson

This week as you prepare to sleep, I will tell you all about the moon. Learn about how eclipses work and what it was believed the surface of our celestial neighbour was like in the 1920s.

Find Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd

For this week’s sleepy story we pick up with Bellarion well into the mysterious plot. He finds out what the plot is about, and learns something shocking.

Find Bellarion the Fortunate by Rafael Sabatini

In this week’s sleepy story we finish off Ralph Waldo Emerson’s musings on nature and humanity’s place in the world.

 It’s a relaxing meditation that I’m sure will lead to restful dreams.

 Find Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson