Can you recommend some best selling bedtime stories?

Some popular best - selling bedtime stories include 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. It's a simple yet engaging story about a caterpillar's transformation. Another is 'Goodnight Moon' by Margaret Wise Brown, which has a soothing rhythm that helps kids relax at bedtime.

Best selling bedtime stories can benefit children in several ways. Firstly, they can improve language skills as kids listen to new words and sentence structures. For example, in 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', there are simple descriptions of food and days of the week.

Another great one is 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. This story is quite thought - provoking. It takes place in a small town where an annual lottery has a very dark and unexpected outcome. It makes you think about the nature of traditions and mob mentality.

One of the great bedtime stories is 'Goodnight Moon'. It has a simple and repetitive pattern that is very soothing for kids. The story takes the reader through a little rabbit's bedtime routine, saying goodnight to various things in the room.

One of the well - known best - selling European short stories is 'The Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant. It tells the story of a woman who borrows a diamond necklace for a party, loses it, and then spends years in poverty trying to replace it, only to find out in the end that the original necklace was a fake. Another is Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', where the protagonist wakes up one day transformed into a giant insect, exploring themes of alienation and family. And Anton Chekhov's short stories like 'The Lady with the Dog' are also very popular, which delves into complex human relationships.

Sure. 'The Time Traveler's Wife' is a great one. It's about a man who time - travels involuntarily and his relationship with his wife. It's a unique and heart - wrenching love story. Another is 'Call Me by Your Name' which portrays a beautiful and somewhat bittersweet love between two young men during a summer in Italy.

Ross Macdonald's 'The Moving Target' is worth mentioning. It has Lew Archer as the detective. The story is set in California and has all the elements of a great 1950s detective story - a missing person, a web of secrets, and Archer's dogged pursuit of the truth. Macdonald's writing style was quite unique for the time.

One great short bedtime story is 'The Little Star'. A little star in the sky felt lonely. It saw a little girl on Earth looking up at the sky. The star twinkled extra bright for her. Every night, the girl would wait for that special twinkle. It's a simple story about connection and the beauty of the night sky.

There's the story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. The three goats try to cross a bridge guarded by a mean troll. They outwit the troll one by one with their cleverness. The dialogues and the goats' strategies are quite funny, making it a great bedtime story for kids.

Yes. Consider the story of a sleepy owl. The owl was supposed to be the wise one in the forest, but this particular owl was always so sleepy. One night, when a little mouse asked for directions, the owl started giving the wrong directions because he was half - asleep. Another funny story is about a curious cat. The cat was always getting into things it shouldn't. It once climbed into a box of feathers and came out looking like a walking cloud. And there's the story of a jolly frog who liked to jump on lily pads but always misjudged the distance and ended up in the water with a big splash.