The classics kids can't get enough of.

Reading your child's favourite book and tucking them in at night is a bedtime routine families have been following for decades. And one that works a treat!

Thanks to research by Sleepseeker, we now know exactly which stories kids around the world love to hear right before they shut their eyes for the day.

From picture books to well-loved stories, these are the most popular bedtime stories around the world.

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8. The Tortoise and the Hare

This classic takes third place with over 4,000 searches per 100,000 people in 2021.

2. Where the Wild Things Are

Coming in to second place, it had a search volume of over 4,000 per 100,000 people in 2021.

The book is the most searched for bedtime story in the world, with just under 5,000 searches per 100,000 people in 2021.