Comments on: Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories

By: Sandra Nielson

Sandra Nielson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:19:26 +0000

Help–I need to find the story “Is That You God?”. I need it for a lesson I am giving and I remember this from when I was a little girl.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:14:18 +0000

I am looking for an Uncle Arthur story about a little boy getting stung by a bee 2 or 3 times because of his disobedience… I need help locating this volume and story title asap please.

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Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:56:03 +0000

[...] been nearly five years since I posted about Uncle Arthur’s Book of Bedtime Stories. They were a big part of my youth because the books were distributed to pediatrician’s [...]

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:20:11 +0000

Wendy, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Ah, Uncle Arthur. If he only knew how well loved his books would still be all the years after we all grew up having them read to us, reading them by ourselves when we learned to read and then maybe reading them to children too. There is so much now on the Google searches about the books. I just found a website where if you Google a story or a plot, it will give you a site where all the stories are listed according to the character trait it is trying to teach.
My 2 books travelled with me as a 6 year old when I came to Canada with my parents. My favourite story was ‘Grumpy’s Gold Watch’ which was in Vol. 8 on page 25!
The Adventist Church in the UK still publish a series of 5 smaller books which they will mail internationally. Although they are a newer publication of books, the stories are from the original volumes.
Some have been rewritten a little bit but still teach the same wonderful lessons.
I honestly feel that part of who I am is because of the lessons I learned from these stories that my dad (now in Heaven) read to me at bedtime when I was just 2 and 3. By the time I was 4, I could read them myself but he and I shared that time together.
It’s always lovely to share these memories with others on different blog sites
Blessings to you all who have enjoyed these books as I have over so many years. Even now, I sometimes take them out and read them.
Uncle Arthur lives on.
PS If you didn’t know, the stories were ones that he received in the mail each year from everyone around the world who knew to write to him.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:53:54 +0000

My dad sold these books when he was in college in the 50s. We had the full set of 20 plus about 3 of the first volume since that was the one that was most often left in doctor’s offices. The stories were read to my brother, myself, the 40 plus foster children that came through our home, my children and my sister’s children. I need to check with my mom to see if she still has them or if she gave them to my sister. I loved the pictures in them and remember some of the stories vividly. Some have been mentioned here already, the greedy boy who always took the biggest of everything and, my favorite, the girl who was so sweet to strangers and so nasty to her mother. I also remember one about a fire, I don’t remember the details of the story but the picture of the dad in the hospital bed with skin grafts has really stuck with me!

By: Elaine Hines

Elaine Hines — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:14:20 +0000

Volume 1 is the most commonly available one, so it’s not going to be worth all that much. Volume 1 was commonly provided to pediatricians for their waiting rooms. The higher the volume, the rarer and more valuable it will be. I was able to collect all 20 of the 1964 edition that I remember from childhood, but it took a couple of years and about a thousand dollars to do. Check on Amazon and you will see that most sellers who have an Uncle Arthur book have Volume 1.

By: matt martin

matt martin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:33:15 +0000

I actually was looking threw books on my bookshelf to read to my 2 year. Old when I ran accross Uncle Arthurs bedtime stories Vol. 1 and was wondering how much it may be worth

By: kim

kim — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:52:34 +0000

My favorite was Little Miss Grumblestone am tryin to find online to read.

By: Dodie Anderson

Dodie Anderson — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:19:46 +0000

I have been using these in my Sunday school class for many, many years. I’ve been teaching for 33 years and these books are SO valuable as they teach children God’s commands and life lessons on the children’s level. I love telling these stories over and over, always a new lesson to learn! These stories are applicable in real life. My husband and I actually purchased these books from a door-to-door salesman back in 1978. They are a blessing to have and to learn from no matter what your age!

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:57:41 +0000

Angela from Vancouver BC, Canada here….I just bribed my 7 yr old to clean up the toys that the other 4 kids messed up and told her I have a very special book for her to read. It was Grandma’s when she was little! There is no cover but I could see a tiny bit of lettering on the binding that said Unc and Arth and Bedtime. I looked on the net for Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories and here I am and I cannot believe there are so many of YOU out there that enjoyed ‘my’ book from when I was a kid that my mom passed on to me! The one I have has a picture of the Canada/US archway close to my house (pg 333 Frontiers of Peace) I warned my 7 yr old that some of the stories will seem out dated (spankings) but I am super excited to share this with her! I just wish I knew what yr this book is from. The first story seems to be The house that glowed.