For many parents, the day’s most special moment comes when the wee ones are cleaned up, tucked in, and read a bedtime story as a prelude to sweet dreams. For millions upon millions of American children who grew up from the 1920s through the 1950s, their day ended, happily so, with one of Thornton Burgess’ famous bedtime tales about his menagerie of colorful creatures from the Green Meadows, Laughing Brook, and Briar Patch. Because today’s children are no less deserving of Burgess’s special gift, we’ve republished 10 of his revered adventures – each one is beautifully written, wholesome, and teaches a lesson – in The National Review Treasury of Classic Bedtime Stories, and we most heartily recommend it to you, especially as a Christmas present. A big book with dozens of drawings by the amazing Harrison Cady (below is a typically charming picture – this one of Danny Meadow Mouse and Peter Rabbit), it’s an ideal gift for beginning readers (K through 2nd grades). You can get this fine book, and our other wonderful children’s titles, here. (Don’t forget: you’ll receive a free copy of L. Frank Baum’s classic story, Queen Zixi of Ix, with any NR kid’s book purchase!)