Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

You retrieve your book from your overnight bag and set it up on your bunk bed.

You retrieve your book from your overnight bag and set it up on your bunk bed.

Your fellow diners sip tea, read books, and engage in conversation with their companions.

When you reach the theater, a young person is sitting inside the booth reading a book.

To read a book that she couldn't put down.

She was only a few sentences in.

Down in the library, Poppy carefully dusted each book on every shelf. There were hundreds and hundreds of hardbacks, each one with a story inside it.

Anna reaches for a book on the coffee table. She has been meaning to read it for a while.

The pages pull her in, and for a long time, Anna sits there, reading by the fire with no other thought than how pleasant it feels to sit there, enjoying a book, comfortable and relaxed in her own home.

Or you could sit quietly in another room, reading a book or jotting down a few thoughts on a notepad, whatever you're naturally inclined to do.

he points out that peatlands have long been a setting for stories of the supernatural providing the perfect eerie backdrops for masterpieces such as Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights or the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

This autumn, I'll be reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, a gothic romance set on the wild and mysterious Yorkshire moors.

This autumn, I'll be reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. A gothic romance set on the wild and mysterious Yorkshire moors.

If you're interested, I'd love to have you join me. Just search The Sleepy Bookshelf in your favourite podcast player and go to the most recent episodes to find this new season.

providing the perfect eerie backdrops for masterpieces such as Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights or the Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

although the legend of foolish fire lives on in the eerie dead marshes of J.R.R. Tolkien or in the comical fire swamps of the Princess Bride they would be tough to find in a real life setting anymore

This autumn, I'll be reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, a gothic romance set on the wild and mysterious Yorkshire moors.

This autumn, I'll be reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. A gothic romance set on the wild and mysterious Yorkshire moors.

If you're interested, I'd love to have you join me. Just search The Sleepy Bookshelf in your favourite podcast player and go to the most recent episodes to find this new season. I hope to see you there, to put down your worries from the day and pick up a good book.

As it is today. That way. She can feel the sea breeze on her skin. And hear the rhythmic crashing of the waves. As she reads a novel. Sips a drink. Or sketches.

Then she turns her head, reaching for her book.

Today's book is one that she's read before. It's a novel. A tale of mystery, romance, and heartwarming epiphanies.

221B Baker Street - the home of the famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.

The room is lined with shelves filled with leather-bound books.

This was where Sherlock used to sit and explain how he solved yet another case with the words, 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'

I'm dropping by here just to let you know that I'm starting a brand new season on The Sleepy Bookshelf right now. This time I'll be reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

We have read one Dickens novella before but this is our first full novel and I'm so excited to get started.

I'm dropping by here just to let you know that I'm starting a brand new season on The Sleepy Bookshelf right now. This time I'll be reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

We have read one Dickens novella before but this is our first full novel and I'm so excited to get started.

Perhaps the most famous literary teddy bear was the creation of author A.A. Millen.

The friendly yellow bear, who stars in Millen's whimsical books and in a host of cartoons and movies based on them, was inspired by a real teddy bear belonging to Millen's only child.

His son Christopher Robin.

The bear was purchased from the famous Harrods department store in London as a gift for Christopher's first birthday.

You can see clearly Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, a teeny tiny little piglet, Kanga and Tigger.

These are the original playmates of Christopher Robin Milne, who inspired the classic stories with his playtime adventures.

It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy-hearted and crestfallen, pursued his travels homeward along the sides of the lofty hills, which rise above Tarrytown, and which he had traversed so cheerily in the afternoon.

as Ichabod approached this fearful tree, he began to whistle. He thought his whistle was answered.

It was but a blast, sweeping sharply through the dry branches.

in one part of the road leading to the church was found the saddle trampled in the dirt. The tracks of horses' hooves deeply dented in the road and evidently at furious speed were traced to the bridge, beyond which on the bank of a broad part of the brook, where the water ran deep in black, was found the hat of the unfortunate Ichabod and close beside it. A shattered pumpkin.

Literary enthusiasts may point to an even earlier hint at the use of the jack-o'-lantern, citing Washington Irving's story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which was published in 1820.

The original tale says only that Ichabod Crane awoke next to a shattered pumpkin after being chased by the infamous headless horseman.

She whispered the title of the book as though it were a secret - The World Above - and as she said it, a smile touched her lips.

Frederick asked if she was in a rush, and Clementine nodded. He told her that she could have the book, provided she answered one question. Do you believe in magic?

Do I believe in magic? A long time ago, Clementine had believed ardently. She believed the authors of her bedtime stories to be historians rather than fiction writers. She believed in the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny and Father Christmas. That was until she had The Talk with her parents.

And in that moment, Clementine had done something she thought she would never do again. Believe.

And of course, the same words were written across the front of it.

It was a thick, heavy, hardback book.

The cover was brown with deep indents, forming a collection of swirls and shapes that seemed to find homes in the leather.

She hesitantly stroked the cover with one finger before tracing the outlines of the shimmering golden words once upon a time.

Once upon a time said the book, there was a girl called Alice and then with a whoosh,

Once upon a time, and just like that, the ocean was gone and the caterpillar had vanished.

With nearly 40 seasons readily available right now, there's something for everyone. Along with Andrew's relaxing voice, he also composes original background music for the show, so each book is a truly unique experience.

If you prefer to listen without music,

This season, I'll be reading The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson-Bennett.

It revolves around the life of a little girl born in India under the British Empire.

Mary's life is turned upside down when she's forced to move to the care of her extended family, finding solace in nature.

If you know this story, you know it will be a wonderful way to fall asleep, so I do hope you join me.

Jules Verne elevated this seafaring type of ignis fatuous to science fiction in his 19th century novel journey to the center of the earth during the onset of a storm his narrator related it on the mast already I see the light play of a lambent Saint Helmuz fire the outstretched sail catches not a breath of wind and hangs like a sheet of lead

already I see the light play of a lambent Saint Helmuz fire the outstretched sail catches not a breath of wind and hangs like a sheet of lead

This season, I'll be reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Treasure Island follows the story of a young boy who happens upon a pirate's treasure map.

I've tried my very best to make sure it's a wonderful way to fall asleep, so I do hope you'll join me.

This season, I'll be reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Treasure Island follows the story of a young boy who happens upon a pirate's treasure map.

The great Grecian philosopher Plato wrote extensively about this concept of soulmates and how Apollo created this gift.

He described the moment when two soulmates meet, saying, The one of them meets with his other half, the actual half of himself.

The great Grecian philosopher Plato wrote extensively about this concept of soulmates and how Apollo created this gift.

He described the moment when two soulmates meet, saying, The one of them meets with his other half, the actual half of himself.

The colors in this piece are a feast for the eyes. It could easily be the most sumptuous book you've ever seen.

The title is Birds of America by John James Audubon.

Audubon had wanted to draw every bird species in North America. This book was a bold effort to show them to scale.

There are many scientific journals and books on psychology and anatomy that you might find interesting.

There isn't much else in this room other than a soft armchair, a bookshelf filled with paperbacks and a lit grey stone fireplace.

There are many scientific journals and books on psychology and anatomy that you might find interesting.

You smile, thinking of the enchanting land of Narnia as you stand on the silent path.

You remember reading about William Wordsworth

the 18th century poet

who was enamoured by the falls.

So a Oxford at the time was the novelist Evelyn War.

Becheman and Archibald were certainly a source of inspiration for the character of Sebastian Flight in War's novel Brideshead Revisited.

Sebastian is a notorious standy among his class at Oxford, known for his flamboyant style of dress and his many eccentricities.

One of his most notorious quirks is that he carries his childhood teddy bear aloicious everywhere he goes.

You smile, thinking of the enchanting land of Narnia as you stand on the silent path.