'Every night at bedtime, millions of children - pyjamas on, teeth reluctantly brushed - curl up to read or listen to a Donaldson story.' - Guardian Perfect for bedtime reading and early independent reading, these five short and highly-illustrated stories by Julia Donaldson the UK's no.1 bestselling author of all time, will enchant and delight young readers. Adventure together to the Land of Nod with a little fox cub that loves exploring; a wriggly puppy that visits the classroom for the very first time, a clever spider with a passion for football, a friendly swallow that soars across land and sea and a pair of cheeky monkeys - one who loves the loves the daytime, and one who adores the night. Newly illustrated by Thomas Docherty, these gentle and delightful adventures are perfect for for sleepy times, quiet times and reading aloud together times! The stories in this gorgeous bedtime collection are: Follow the Swallow Night Monkey Day Monkey Quick Brown Fox Cub Spinderella Wrong Kind of Bark Julia Donaldson is the internationally renowned author of the best-loved picture books in the world, including The Gruffalo, Jonty Gentoo, Room on the Broom, The Baddies, Tales From Acorn Wood and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. A funny, magical story collection for young readers from the UK's all-time bestselling author A collection of Julia's classic early reader stories, perfect for children moving on from her picture books Newly illustrated by the illustrator of her recent hit picture book, Thomas Docherty In 2025 Julia was confirmed as the UK's top-selling author of all time, overtaking JK Rowling The new Gruffalo book publishes in Sep 2026, and Farshore will publish a new picture book of The Wrong Kind of Bark in 2027 Competition: The Gruffalo; Granny; Five-Minute Stories; Stories for Bedtime; Disney Bedtime Stories; 365 stories; Jonty Gentoo; Stick Man; secrets of the forest; The Snail and the Whale; stories for 7 year olds. enid blyton; disney; axel scheffler; tom fletcher; dr seuss; fiona watt; rod campbell; nick butterworth; alice leipis.