Sweet Dreams at 9: Bedtime Stories for 9 Year Olds: 15 Calm and Cozy Tales to Read Tonight

A cricket in the wall that slows as the room cools. A foghorn that says the same kind thing every thirty seconds. A chess game sealed in an envelope until morning.Every child in these fifteen stories is nine - old enough to walk eleven miles to a mountain hut, keep still for an hour while the sheep come down, and watch the space station cross the sky, 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, or aloud. You don't have to finish the story. Nobody ever does.The fifteen stories- The Long-Distance Runner- The Cricket in the Wall- The Bell Tower- The Geese- The Foghorn- The Pool at Closing- The Sheepdog- The Mountain Hut- The Satellite Pass- Rain in the Pine Wood- The Adjourned Game- The Harbour Wall- The Piano Next Door- The Frost- The Long ExposureMade for bedtime- Every story is written for a 9-year-old to read - the child in each one is 9, 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 7 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.