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'Fresh Off the Boat' star Constance Wu can be heard reading ‘LMNO Peas’ by Keith Baker on Facebook.
'Game of Thrones' star Jerome Flynn reading ‘Sacred New Zealand’ by Candace Rardon is available to listen to on the Calm app.
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As part of "Save with Stories," Eddie Redmayne can be heard reading ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson.
Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child fame reads ‘Myth of the Baby Dragon,’ a sleep story by Calm available on their app.
Lucy Liu narrating ‘Festival of the First Moon,’ a sleep story by Calm, is available on the Calm app.
You can listen to Natalie Portman read ‘Is Your Mama A Llama?’ by Deborah Guarino on Facebook and Instagram.
Reece Witherspoon reading 'Uni the Unicorn' by Amy Krouse Rosenthal is available to watch on Instagram and Facebook.
During the lockdown, actor Josh Gad started streaming himself reading bedtime stories for children on Twitter. In one stream, he read one of his favorites, ‘Olivia Goes to Venice’ by Ian Falconer.
American actor Tony Shalhoub reading the bedtime story ‘A short Account of the History of Mathematics’ by W. Rouse Ball, is available to listen to on Audible.
Chris Evans fittingly read ‘Even Superheroes Have Bad Days’ by Shelly Becker for 'CBeebies Bedtime Stories' in 2017.
Matthew McConaughey reading ‘Wonder’ by Chris Advasun is available on the Calm app.
You can listen to Idris Elba read ‘Kingdom of the Sky’ by Faith Adiele for free on the Calm app.
Kevin Jonas helped children get to sleep with his weekly read-aloud to celebrate ‘Thomas & Friends’' 75th anniversary in 2020. It's all available on the Caribu app.
Keanu Reeves narrated episode five of HBO Max's 'A World of Calm' series called 'Living Among Trees,' which aired in October 2020.
Tom Hardy read ‘Under the Same Sky’ by Robert Vescio and Nicky Johnston and ‘There’s a Tiger in the Garden’ by Lizzy Stewart on Cbeebies, a children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. The latter can be seen on the Cbeebies' YouTube channel.
Jennifer Garner helped launch "Save With Stories" in partnership with Save The Children and No Kid Hungry.
Lovable actor, comedian, and writer Stephen Fry reading ‘Blue Gold’ by Phoebe Smith is available on Calm's channel in full on YouTube.
Jimmy Fallon got on board with the “Save with Stories” initiative, too, reading his New York Times number one best seller ‘This Is Baby.’
French actress Eva Green narrating ‘The Natural Wonders of the World,’ a story by Calm and Novotel Hotels, is available on the Calm app.
Priyanka Chopra narrated episode nine of HBO Max's 'A World of Calm' series, called 'The Gift of Chocolate,' which also aired in October 2020.
Amy Adams was also heavily involved in the "Save with Stories" initiative, which has seen many celebs reading bedtime stories for kids. These are available to stream for free on Facebook and Instagram. Hugh Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emilia Clarke, Rita Ora, and many more stars can all be seen reading children's stories on Save The Children's YouTube channel.
Irish actor Cillian Murphy can be heard reading ‘Crossing Ireland by Train’ by Phoebe Smith on the Calm app.
Kate Winslet’s narration of ‘Thomas and the North Star’ by Christina Yang and Ian McCue is available to listen to on Calm.
Nick Jonas narrating ‘The Perfect Swing’ by James McGirk is available on the Audible app.
Leona Lewis reading ‘Song of the Sunbird’ by Chris Advansun is available on the Calm app.
Natalie Dormer read ‘The Love Monster and the Scary Something’ by Rachel Bright on 'CBeebies Bedtime Stories' in 2018.
‘Game of Thrones’ star Nathalie Emmanuel narrates ‘The Cloud Mountain,’ a sleep story by Calm, on the Calm app.
Beloved comedian and author David Walliams can be heard reading his story called ‘Sienna the Sleepy Sloth’ on the Calm app.
Dolly Parton started a foundation called Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a book-gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income. As part of this, there is a 10-part bedtime story series available on YouTube, all read by Dolly.
Harry Styles can be heard reading ‘Dream with Me’ by Steve Cleverley and Sanj Senon on the Calm app.
Finding it difficult to get to sleep? Is putting your children to sleep difficult at night? Don’t worry. These celebrities are here to help. Online and on various apps, these stars help children and adults alike sleep by reading some of our favorite bedtime stories. Really, what’s better than hearing the soothing voice of Natalie Portman read to you while you drift off to sleep?
To find out which celebrities you can listen to read bedtime stories, click through this gallery.
Celebs who you can listen to read bedtime stories
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Finding it difficult to get to sleep? Is putting your children to sleep difficult at night? Don’t worry. These celebrities are here to help. Online and on various apps, these stars help children and adults alike sleep by reading some of our favorite bedtime stories. Really, what’s better than hearing the soothing voice of Natalie Portman read to you while you drift off to sleep?
To find out which celebrities you can listen to read bedtime stories, click through this gallery.