"More Bed-Time Stories" by Louise Chandler Moulton is a compilation of stories from the late 1800’s that looks into the lives of young people and the tough lessons they face as they grow up. One particular story focuses on Jack Ramsdale, who is struggling with his reputation as a "bad boy" because of his difficult home life marked by the loss of his mother and his father’s struggle with alcohol; but everything changes when a new teacher, Mr. Garrison, sees Jack's potential and encourages him to be better. This story introduces themes of hope, the ability to bounce back from adversity, and how important it is to have someone who believes in you, showing how Jack could turn his life around.

More Bed-Time Stories
By Louise Chandler Moulton
Witness a young boy's journey from being known as a troublemaker to discovering his inner strength with the help of a caring teacher.
Summary
About the AuthorLouise Chandler Moulton was an American poet, story-writer and critic.
Contributing poems and stories of power and grace to the leading magazines, Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic, The Galaxy, the first Scribner's, she also published a half-dozen very successful books for children, Bedtime Stories, Firelight Stories, Stories Told at Twilight, and others that were considered popular in their day. She collected a few of her many adult tales into volumes, Miss Eyre of Boston and Some Women's Hearts. It is in Boston that she did the greater part of her work, including her books of travel, Random Rambles and Lazy Tours, published her four volumes of poetry, and edited and prefaced biographies, A Last Harvest and Garden Secrets, and the Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston, as well as a selection from Arthur O'Shaughnessy's verses.
Louise Chandler Moulton was an American poet, story-writer and critic. Contributing poems and stories of power and grace to the leading magazines, Harper's Magazine, The Atlantic, The Galaxy, the first Scribner's, she also published a half-dozen very successful books for children, Bedtime Stories, Firelight Stories, Stories Told at Twilight, and others that were considered popular in their day. She collected a few of her many adult tales into volumes, Miss Eyre of Boston and Some Women's Hearts. It is in Boston that she did the greater part of her work, including her books of travel, Random Rambles and Lazy Tours, published her four volumes of poetry, and edited and prefaced biographies, A Last Harvest and Garden Secrets, and the Collected Poems of Philip Bourke Marston, as well as a selection from Arthur O'Shaughnessy's verses.