Arthur S. Maxwell, 1896-1970.

Arthur Maxwell had six children who begged him for stories, but he found few books that he could “read to his children without some qualms of conscience.”

So he started writing his own stories. He put two wholesome ingredients in each story. Moral values and real-life adventures. These books became the original Bedtime Stories.

“When the first little book came from the press,” he recalls, “the original publisher said he didn't think it would be a success . . . " Like a good many others he thought that the only stories children wanted were fairy stories, make-believe stories, and comics. The Bedtime Stories proved that children love truth and reality and they want stories about other boys and girls like themselves.”

The Bedtime Stories often featured a story from the Bible. Eventually, Maxwell expanded the number of Bible stories to cover the entire Old and New Testaments and The Bible Story set was born.

Where the Bedtime Stories came from—"Uncle Arthur" telling stories to his four oldest children; Maureen, Graham, Mervyn, and Lawrence.		To date, over 42 million volumes by “Uncle Arthur” have been sold. Clearly, this man had a genius for telling children's stories. Uncle Arthur's warmhearted style and flair for storytelling were apparent in every line. These stories entertained us, but they did much more. They helped us learn the basic values we needed to make right decisions. Values such as truth, honor, respect, integrity, self-discipline, and faith in God. The core values we call “good character.” “The basic purpose of my books,” he said, “is to present great character-building lessons in stories so simple and true-to-life that children cannot help understanding and loving them.”