Rune Breinholt Andersen is the creator and primary author behind BestBedtimeStory.com, a website dedicated to calming, imaginative, and engaging bedtime stories for children.
He writes original bedtime stories designed to help children relax, spark imagination, and create positive bedtime routines. His stories focus on gentle storytelling, emotional warmth, and age-appropriate adventures that make bedtime a meaningful daily ritual.
Through hundreds of stories across different lengths, themes, and age groups, Rune helps parents find the right story for every evening — from quick one-minute tales to longer immersive bedtime experiences.
Rune’s work focuses on:
• Bedtime storytelling for children
• Short bedtime stories by reading time
• Sleep stories designed to support relaxation
• Stories that support healthy bedtime routines
• Gentle storytelling that reduces stimulation before sleep
• Imaginative stories that encourage creativity
– Rune Breinholt Andersen
These featured bedtime stories highlight some of Rune’s most loved and widely read stories. Each story is carefully crafted to create calm bedtime moments, spark imagination, and support positive sleep routines for children.
Explore a selection of gentle, engaging stories designed to make bedtime easier and more meaningful.
The platform organizes stories by length, theme, and age group, making it easier for parents to quickly find the right story — whether they have one minute, five minutes, or more time before bedtime.
All stories are written with a focus on emotional safety, gentle pacing, and positive endings that help children wind down before sleep.
Stories written by Rune Breinholt Andersen include:
https://youtu.be/rx2kBEKsDYg Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. Sophie the squirrel had a slightly chubby build. Even though she was a bit round, Sophie had the most beautiful tail and a big, black pair of shiny eyes. Not only that, Sophie had a...
https://youtu.be/iwor5TJejcI Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. Ant Andy had finally grown big enough to become a worker ant and was ready to go hunting for food. Autumn came. The ant colonies went out in search of food to prepare for the winter. Ant...
https://youtu.be/piEedW3ExiM Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. It had really been a bad day for Rollie Rabbit. At work, he made many mistakes, and his boss kept correcting him. Rollie felt sad, and when he finally got off work, he dragged his feet...
https://youtu.be/rwnEm4YsPyg Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. One moonlit evening, a CRACK echoed from the mother penguin’s egg! A tiny beak poked through, then a head, and finally two wings and two orange feet. A baby penguin had hatched. “Ooh, how...
https://youtu.be/4mzTHySTyio Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. Clara was the smallest kitten in the litter. She was grey-striped with pink paw pads and ears that always tilted just a little the wrong way. She lived in the old barn with her mother, her...
https://youtu.be/pAZJmdgzHjI Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. It was spring, and the sun shone brightly over the farm by the river. Vera the duck sat by the riverbank, quacking impatiently. She had been sitting on her nest for several weeks, but none...
Rune’s goal is to make bedtime easier for parents and more magical for children by providing stories that create calm, strengthen connection, and build a lifelong love of storytelling.
Discover Rune’s bedtime stories organised by length, theme, and age to help you find the perfect story for every bedtime moment.
Rune creates stories that match real bedtime routines, whether families need a very short story for busy evenings or longer, immersive stories for slower, more relaxed nights. Every story follows simple language, comforting structure, and reassuring endings that support a safe and peaceful bedtime experience.