In the 1990s, Grandreams published a number of fairy tales, excerpts from classic literature, and original stories as individual titles, each labelled as a "Goodnight, Sleeptight Storybook" or "Good Night Sleep Tight Storybook". These were colourful hardbacks sized approximately 21 cm by 15 cm and appear to have been published in 4 book sets. At least one book was also published as a book & cassette pack.
I have listed the books I am aware of below. Some are much rarer than others, and not only hard to find, but hard to find out about. I will update this list as needed when I locate more information on individual titles in the series.
Some of the books were republished with a very similar series name (A Good Night Sleep Tight Storytime Book) but by North Parade and International Publishing – some of those republished books just had different covers, and some were republished with entirely different text and illustrations.
Regarding the authors and illustrators, Grace De La Touche and Pamela (Pam) Storey worked together on most of the fairy tale retellings in the Goodnight, Sleeptight Storybook series, as well as others published in the "Bow Wow" series (copyrighted to Grandreams but published by Shooting Star Press). I haven't been able to locate any information about De La Touche, but Pam Storey was a prolific illustrator of children's fairy tales and other picture books in the 1990s, although t appears she has since moved on to other artwork. See Pamela Storey Johnson (at first look, you might think this is a different artist, but the 'Children's' section of her website showcases some of her illustration work from the 1990s).
The Biblical retellings are by Deborah Campbell-Todd, but the artwork for that set appears to be uncredited.
The Water Babies set was adapted from the original by Beryl Johnson, edited by Melanie J. Clayden and illustrated by Dorothea King.
The Wind in the Willows set is retold by Anne McKie and illustrated by Ken McKie. They also worked together on the original stories of the Teddy Bear set.
Fairy Tale set (1992)
Shared ISBN 1-85830-012-6
The Three Little Pigs
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White
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Aladdin
NOTE: There is a variation of this set with alternative covers published by International Publishing, (New South Wales, Australia). Two have cover illustrations that indicate they are the same books as those illustrated by Pam Storey above (Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty), but two have cover illustrations that are definitely not connected to the artwork in the books above (The Three Little Pigs and Snow White). I've been able to confirm that they have entirely different text and illustrations, but I haven't learned the author and illustrator names. This same set was published by North Parade in 2010 and 2014 with the ISBNs 075548603X and 9780755486038.
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Hans Christian Andersen set (1993)
Shared ISBN: 1-85830-113-0
The Tinderbox
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The Princess and the Pea
The Wild Swans
The Emperor's New Clothes
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Fairy Tale set (1994/1995)
Shared ISBN: 1-85830-138-6
The Frog Prince
Pinocchio
The Gingerbread Man
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Fairy Tale set (1997 - 1)
Thumbelina
Beauty and the Beast
Hansel & Gretel
Rumpelstiltskin
Fairy Tale set (1997 - 2)
This set was published in a box set as "My Collection of Good Night Sleep Tight Storybooks" with this cover:
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Shared ISBN: 0-86227-952-6
Cinderella (1997)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1994)
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
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The Ugly Duckling (1993)
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NOTE: There is a set with alternative covers published by International Publishing, New South Wales Australia. The illustrations do not appear to be Pam Storey's. It's not clear if it's just that the covers are different for some reason or if the books themselves are different
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Fairy Tale set (2002)
Rumpelstiltskin
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The Little Match Girl
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Snow White and Rose Red
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Old Mother Frost
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Biblical set (1996)
Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours
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The Story of Moses
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Noah's Ark
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Daniel in the Lion's Den
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The Water Babies set (1993)
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Tom Meets the Water-Fairies
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Tom's Adventures with Ellie
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The Other-End-of-Nowhere
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Down to the Sea
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The Wind in the Willows set (1994)
The Adventures of Mr. Toad
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The River Bank
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The Battle for Toad Hall
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The Wild Wood
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Teddy Bear set (1997)
Teddy on Safari
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| Image credit: ebay Written by Anne McKie, illustrated by Ken Mckie. © 1997 Grandreams Ltd, London & Bath. ISBN 1-85830-367-2. Also published in 1993 as a Grandreams Favourite Tale Storybook. (ISBN 10: 0862279275 / ISBN 13: 9780862279271) |
Teddy and the Fire Brigade
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| Image credit: ebay Written by Anne McKie, illustrated by Ken Mckie. © 1997 Grandreams Ltd, London & Bath. ISBN |
Teddy on Television
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| Image credit: ebay Written by Anne McKie, illustrated by Ken Mckie. © 1997 Grandreams Ltd, London & Bath. ISBN 9781858303673 / 1858303672 Also published in 1993 as a Grandreams Favourite Tale Storybook (ISBN-10: 0862279275; ISBN-13: 978-0862279271) |
Teddy and the Robot
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| Image: My collection Written by Anne McKie, illustrated by Ken McKie. ISBN 9781858303673 |
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