Terms and Conditions of Use

These terms and conditions apply between you, the User of this Website (including any sub-domains, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions), and BedtimeStory.kids, the owner and operator of this Website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as they affect your legal rights. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should stop using the Website immediately.

In these terms and conditions, User or Users means any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by BedtimeStory.kids and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to BedtimeStory.kids and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.

1. The Service

1.1. Service Options
BedtimeStory.kids provides free access to a variety of content including stories, nursery rhymes, and fables for children.

1.2. Access to the Service
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you have permission to use BedtimeStory.kids for personal, non-commercial use. This access shall remain in effect unless and until terminated by you or BedtimeStory.kids. As part of this agreement, you agree that you will not download, redistribute, or transfer any of the content from BedtimeStory.kids.

1.3. Intellectual Property Rights
The BedtimeStory.kids software and the Content are licensed to you, BedtimeStory.kids does not sell or transfer ownership to you. BedtimeStory.kids retains all copies of the BedtimeStory.kids software and Content.

2. Use of the Website

2.1. Intellectual Property and Acceptable Use
All Content included on the Website is the property of BedtimeStory.kids, our affiliates, or other relevant third parties. By continuing to use the Website, you acknowledge that such Content is protected by copyright, trademarks, database rights, and other intellectual property rights. You may, for your own personal, non-commercial use only, retrieve, display, and view the Content. You must not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute, or use for commercial purposes any Content without the written permission of BedtimeStory.kids.

2.2. Prohibited Use
You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:

• In any way which causes, or may cause, damage to the Website or interferes with any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Website;
• In any way which is harmful, unlawful, illegal, abusive, harassing, threatening, or otherwise objectionable or in breach of any applicable law, regulation, or governmental order;
• Making, transmitting, or storing electronic copies of Content protected by copyright without the permission of the owner.

3. Service Limitations and Modifications

3.1. General Limitations
Any online facilities, tools, services, or information that BedtimeStory.kids makes available through the Website (the Service) is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We give no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we provide no warranties (express or implied) of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility, and satisfactory quality. BedtimeStory.kids is under no obligation to update information on the Website.

3.2. Service Modifications
BedtimeStory.kids reserves the right to alter, suspend, or discontinue any part (or the whole of) the Website including, but not limited to, any products and/or services available. These terms and conditions shall continue to apply to any modified version of the Website unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

4. Links to Other Websites

This Website may contain links to other sites. Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under the control of BedtimeStory.kids or that of our affiliates. We assume no responsibility for the content of such Websites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them. The inclusion of a link to another site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.

5. Privacy Policy

Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference. To view the Privacy Policy, please click on the following link.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, BedtimeStory.kids accepts no liability for any of the following:

• Any business losses, such as loss of profits, income, revenue, anticipated savings, business, contracts, goodwill, or commercial opportunities;
• Loss or corruption of any data, database, or software;
• Any special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage.

7. General

7.1. Transfer of Rights
You may not transfer any of your rights under these terms and conditions to any other person. We may transfer our rights under these terms and conditions where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

7.2. Changes to Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions may be varied by us from time to time. Such revised terms will apply to the Website from the date of publication. Users should check the terms and conditions regularly to ensure familiarity with the then-current version.

7.3. Entire Agreement
These terms and conditions together with the Privacy Policy contain the whole agreement between the parties relating to its subject matter and supersede all prior discussions, arrangements, or agreements that might have taken place in relation to the terms and conditions.

7.4. Third Party Rights
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these terms and conditions and no third party will have any right to enforce or rely on any provision of these terms and conditions.

7.5. Severability
If any of these terms and conditions are found to be unlawful, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed from these terms and conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

Last updated: May 2024

Where to go from here

If you were checking what you may do with the stories, the short answer is on the copyright notice, and how the stories are written and checked is on the editorial policy page. If something here is unclear, or you think we have got it wrong, tell us through the contact page.

Otherwise, the library is through here: all 319 bedtime stories, sorted by age and by collection, with one picked for you each day at tonight’s story.