Sweet Dreams at 12: Bedtime Stories for 12 Year Olds: 15 Calm and Cozy Tales to Read Tonight

A radio dish that listens to a cloud say nothing, forever. A ship that goes into a bottle through the neck, one mast at a time. Northern lights that come at last while you're asleep.Every child in these fifteen stories is twelve - old enough to walk up into the dawn, hear a hundred thousand starlings go into the reeds, and let the back of the head solve the crossword, and still young enough to need someone else to hold the night. Each story starts at ordinary speed and ends with someone asleep, and each one is followed by a short Close your eyes and... line to read last, with the lamp on low.Made for reading alone. You don't have to finish the story. Nobody ever does.The fifteen stories- The Cab- The Dish- The Bat Detector- The Projector- The Ship in the Bottle- The Murmuration- The Dawn Walk- The Lambing Shed- The Night Office- The Crossword- Phone in the Kitchen- The Coastal Path- The Mill Wheel- The Lights- Thirteen TomorrowMade for bedtime- Every story is written for a 12-year-old to read - the child in each one is 12, and so are the things they get to do- Each story slows down as it goes and ends with someone asleep- A short Close your eyes and... line after every story, to whisper once the reading is done- A full-colour pencil illustration for every story- No two books in the series share a story - each age gets fifteen of its ownBook 10 of 10 in the Sweet Dreams at N series - one book for every age from 3 to 12. 80 pages, 6 × 9 inches, full colour.