The Book of Goodnight Stories

by Vratislav Št̕ovíček, Karel Franta (Illustrator)

A collection of bedtime stories from different cultures includes fables, folktales, and fairy tales and is arranged in calendar-like fashion to provide readings for every night of the year

Genres: Childrens, Fiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Cyndi McNamara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had this since I was a child and can recall the story for my birthday (multi-parter called The Iron Box). I read some to my kids when they were little, as well. Quick reads and engaging illustrations for most stories.

[Angelique Moulton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very dear to my heart throughout my childhood, my memere and pepere bought it for me, I was probably around 7 but not certain. Well I read some of the stories to my oldest who is turning 22 this month, was going to read it to my youngest but she was only 2 when we had to move and this treasure of mine disappeared. I've searched for 8 years many hours endlessly for this book, I could remember there being a boy on the front but that was all I could remember. Thankfully I was able to purchase one tonight 🩷

[Kayle · Rating 5 out of 5]

My childhood book I would read to myself, biased review negl

[Eric Juneau · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book a long time ago because I had it as a kid and I wanted my kids to have it. There are 365 stories, one for each day of the year, although a lot of them are multi-parters, and each day is only about 250 words.

I have fond memories of this book, but on the re-read, it started becoming hard to get through. The stories I remember as a nine-year-old weren't as full of whimsy and wonder. The tales weren't diverse and magical. They started getting samey (right around August, I believe) and it's not as much a compendium of fairy tales as I thought. Some are downright strange. They're all deeply rooted in Eastern Europeanism. There are no paragraph breaks and little dialogue. I wonder if I returned to my nine-year-old self, reading this volume for the first time, I'd feel the same way. I don't know the answer to that, but I do understand now why my kids haven't cracked it open.

[Theresa · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Book of Goodnight Stories
Št̕ovíček, Vratislav
this is a good reading book for bed time stories, i read it for years to both my children the short stories were great for when they were really tired

[Emilou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for reading to your children.

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

One short fairytale for every day of the year. We love this book!

[Don Gubler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good selection of stories to last a while.