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/4mFBCAhLwug Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. Once upon a time, there was a woman who wished dearly for a child. Time passed, but no child came, so she sought help from an old witch. The witch gave her a magical barley grain, which...
https://youtu.be/SoqmCqSB4Zs Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. When the doorbell rings, Henry gets super excited. He already knows who it is—his friend Alice. She’s coming to sleep over tonight. “Hi, Henry!” Alice shouts. “What’s in that big bag?”...
https://youtu.be/utWKv1degEA Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. In the old, abandoned castle of Spookholm, no one has lived for a very long time. No one—except Otto, the little castle ghost. It’s a bit boring to be a ghost when there’s no one around to...
https://youtu.be/biU3kFq-W1Q Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. Every evening, Grandpa Rabbit told the little bunnies a bedtime story about a land where fox and rabbit say goodnight to each other. “Where is that land where we don’t have to be afraid of...
https://youtu.be/HtjFIpYVV3o Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. In a lush and lively jungle, far from the reach of humans, lived a very unusual crocodile named Cody. Cody wasn’t like the other crocodiles who spent their time sunbathing by the riverbank...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nh_mrVWZEk Watch more bedtime stories on our YouTube channel. Oliver was a boy with a sparkling imagination, but sometimes he felt a little lonely. His friends didn’t always understand his imaginative ideas, and his teachers thought he...
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.