Books for Bedtime

       Now that the girls share a bedroom at night, I have the glorious opportunity to read aloud to them as they drift off to sleep at night.  I remember my mother reading for hours to us every evening as my siblings and I lay in our beds during my own childhood and I'm excited to repeat that experience for Liliana and Vera Rose.  My mother read through The Chronicles of Narnia, The Little House Series, and many other wonderful books yearly.  Listening to those books formed me as an individual and I am so grateful for it.  The following are the books we are reading or have finished reading during our bedtime booktime. 
       Please feel free to suggest books for our reading pleasure by mentioning them in the comments!  I am using the bedtime reading to get away from all the picture books and tackle some happy "thicker" reading that is at least somewhat understandable for a 1 and a 3-year-old, but feel free to suggest any sort!  Thanks and happy reading!:

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne: the classic story of Christopher Robin and his friends

The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney: the first in its series; a quaint book about 5 children

• Honey Bunch: Just a Little Girl by Helen Louise Thorndyke:  the first in its series; an old-fashioned, out-of-print book about a little girl who plays with her dolls, has tea parties with her Mommy, invites little friends for a dolly tea, and has such a charmingly simple, happy life.
• Honey Bunch: Her First Trip to a Farm by Helen Louise Thorndyke
• Honey Bunch: Her First Days at Camp by Helen Louise Thorndyke
• Honey Bunch: Her First Trip on the Ocean by Helen Louise Thorndyke
• The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley: A collection of stories from 1925 about a darling little girl in the Netherlands who is sweet and helpful and thoroughly fun! She lives with her mother, father, grandma, uncle, and aunt. Her innocent adventures include running errands and deciding how to spend a penny. Beautifully illustrated.

• The Tales of Peter Rabbit and His Friends by Beatrix Potter :  a collection of Beatrix Potter's work which includes the "Tailor of Gloucester" and other gems.
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

After our normal bedtime reading, the girls love to listen to audio books on their bedroom's CD-player.  The following is a list of their favorites: (Please feel free to suggest some good audio books to us because they are such fun!)

• The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, read by Stephen Fry, Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Jane Horrocks, Michael Williams, and more
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, read by Cherry Jones
• Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne, read by Jim Broadbent