Cover of Half-Past Bedtime by Sir H. H. Bashford

Half-Past Bedtime by Sir H. H. Bashford

When Farmer Sun drives away and the twilight comes, a child slips into a gentle dreamland of adventures between good-night and good-morning.

First published 1921 1920s English FantasyJuvenile

Sir H. H. Bashford's 1921 children's fantasy, illustrated by the author, is a charming Edwardian dream-tale in the cozy nursery tradition. Warm, whimsical, tender juvenile fantasy. Read it for a lovely bedtime fantasy that carries young readers into the soft, magical hours after the lamps go out.

In its time
Published in 1921, during the 1920s, the pulp era proper.
Reading it
2 hr 53 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

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