Bedtime stories for 6, 7 and 8 year olds
Stories for six- to eight-year-olds with a real plot: a mystery with clues, a rival, a choice that matters, and an ending that is earned. About ten minutes, narrated with music and sound effects. Play one now, no sign-up.
Stories written for ages 6 to 8
Every story here was written for six- to eight-year-olds. Tap one and listen, no sign-up.
Leo and Buddy Follow the Golden Leaves Back to the Lost Tree’s Grove
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Nora and Grace Rescue the Ghost from the Hiccup Bell
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Their name, the world they love, and choices they make themselves. The first story is free.
What changes between six and eight
Six is the year of starting school and the first words read alone, but listening still goes further than reading: a story told aloud can be longer and more tangled than anything a six-year-old would manage on the page. By seven, fairness becomes a big deal, jokes get better and friends fall out and make up. By eight, many children love a mystery with clues they can follow, and a hero who gets it wrong before getting it right. Ten minutes suits all three ages; for a car journey, fifteen.
Exciting, but still a bedtime story
These are the years of the first truly scary stories, and of the scares that keep them awake afterwards. Our stories for this age have tension, a dark cave or a strange letter at midnight, but the ending always resolves it, and the bedtime mode tells it with a calmer voice and slow, calm music. At night, an adventure works better than a ghost story.
Choices that cost something
Our stories stop at turning points and let your child decide, and at this age the choices can cost something: help the rival or win the race, own up or hide the mistake. It is a good excuse to ask afterwards what they would have done themselves.
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