TUCK-ME-IN TALES

BEDTIME STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

By Margaret Read MacDonald

Illustrated by Yvonne Davis
Student: Trina Berishaj
Bedtime stories from around
the world
• SNOW BUNTING'S LULLABY
A folktale from Siberia

• CHIN CHIN KOBOKAMA

A folktale from Japan 

• KANJI- JO, THE NESTLINGS

A mende folktale from Liberia

• THE PLAYGROUND OF THE SUN AND MOON

An Araucanian folktale from Chile and Argentina

• COUNTING SHEEP
An endless tale from the British Isles
SNOW BUNTING 'S LULLA BY
A folktale fr om Sibe ri a

◦ Is told to children in Siberia.

◦ Shows the lengs to which mama and papa Bunting must go to protect their chick children .

◦ They sing a lullaby: Whose little toes are these? Whose little wings are these? Whose little beak is
this? Are… you…asleep?

◦ The lullaby put the chick to sleep.

The story teaches us that children are

always protected by their parents, no
matter what.
CHIN CHIN KOBOKAMA
A folktale from Japan 

◦ Tells the story of a young Japanese girl Mariko who overcomes her fear of the dark when going to
sleep.
◦ Mariko before going to bed every night used to clean her teeth with a tiny toothpick, but she was
lazy to throw it away, so she would hide it under the tatami mat.

◦ After she would se there were hundreds of small samurai warriors charging each other with swords
with her toopthick.

◦ Mariko cleaned her room completely, and she never saw the samurai warriors again.

The story teaches us that we have to

keep our rooms clean.
 KANJI- JO, THE NESTLINGS
A mende folktale from Liberia
◦ Liberian tale which shows that there is no place like home.

◦ A mother bird laid five eggs on the banks of the Kanji river.

◦ Just when the chicks came out, a hunter caught their mother. …that nobody
can replace our
mother.
◦ They looked for their mother everywhere, but couldn’t find her for some time.
◦ After that, The chicks finally heard her calling.

◦ In the morning she woke them up with the song. They sang together, they danced, and in the evening, they
spread their wings and flew.
THE PLAYGROUND OF THE SUN AND MOON
An Araucanian folktale from Chile and Argentina

◦ Chile and American tale exlpains the movement

◦ of the sun and moon.

◦ The sun and the moon talk to each other. When the Moon is nearby it answers to the Sun, and asks
what does it want to play that day.
Its about the beauty and
uniqueness of the day and night,
◦ Moon always chooses night, without hesitating. through the chasing game of the
Sun and the Moon.
◦ The Sun runs happily, but never catches the Moon.
◦ The tale shows that in the daytime sky you might see the Moon, but you will never see the Sun at night.
The night belongs only to the Moon.
 COUNTING SHEEP
An endless tale from the British Isles

◦ The last story in this book is about little shepherdess cared for a large flock of sheep.

◦ Every day she took the sheep to pasture, and back home.

◦ Then it repeats many times in hope that the children will fade away into sleep.

The fifth story teaches us to stay close and

respect our parents, and we will never be
lost.
 CONCLUSION

Bedtime stories create a great bond between children and parents

Reading bedtime stories to a child encourages children's love for reading from yearly age

It is entertaining for the children, and it helps its brains development

Love for reading created many great world famous writers