The Garden Under the Snow: A Winter Bedtime Story for Ages 5-7

The Garden Under the Snow is a slow winter bedtime story for children ages 5 to 7 who wonder whether the flower bulbs they planted are cold. You lie in bed while snow falls, then imagine slipping down through the snow into the soil, where seeds, an earthworm and tulip bulbs are resting. Short breathing pauses are written between the scenes, and the story winds down to goodnight.

It gently teaches five true things: snow acts like a blanket and limits how deeply frost reaches; on one cold day, soil a foot down measured much warmer than the air; seeds stay dormant so they do not sprout at the wrong time of year; big earthworms called nightcrawlers dig tunnels a meter or more deep, below the frost; and tulip bulbs need about twelve or thirteen weeks of cool weather before they flower.

What is inside the 6-page PDF: a picture cover (page 1); the story in seven short parts, about 700 words, roughly 6 to 7 minutes read aloud (pages 2 to 5); and a page for grown-ups with each fact and its source from university extension services (page 6).

Print it or read it from a tablet. The text is set large for reading in dim light. Not a custom story: the child is "you", with no name or gender.

This story was written with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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