Go to a library

Have you tried buying a book and reading it yourself to the kids?

Check Anna’s Archive. If you’ve got a story or two in mind you can find almost anything.

I bought one of those “365 bedtime stories” books. They’re pretty nice for bedtime stories. Just the right size, simple and short, and you never have to look for a bedtime story again.

Grimm’s fairy tales- project Gutenberg

In this meme, the cat is reading a book called “Korean cuisine” to a dog. Thats fucked up on many levels.

do we not have millions of bedtime stories written through history at this point? just pick a random book and read that

Much of Robert Munsch’s work is available online for free. His website has recordings of him reading his books to enthusiastic audiences.

Others have said it but if you find AI is fucking something up buy pre 2021 books about it. We must return to the old ways now that model collapse has begun

Nebula has some cozy bedtime stories at I’m pretty sure are not AI.

Go buy a cheap $20 bookcase at $bigboxstore find the nearest thrift store and buy $20 worth of picture books. Read one every time the child is being out to bed and you’ll figure out which ones go back and which ones become favorites pretty quick. It’s one of the best things one can do for their kids (and once they’re in school teachers can immediately tell what kids have parents who read to them and what kids don’t)

The nice thing is that any thrift or second hand store has TONS of children’s books, all for the amount of change you could scrounge up from a couch.

Here’s one from my childhood. Enjoy! Der Struwwelpeter (Project Gutenberg)