Another suggestion for bedtime is one of these book treasuries - books that contain many short stories inside them. For Christmas, we gave one to my 10 year old daughter - "Five Minute Bedtime Stories" just for her to read to her younger siblings. She loves the book, and loves having that job! It makes her feel really special to help in this way.

The stories really are just 5 - 10 minutes long, and so they aren't too much to read at bedtime, but you can read several of them if the kids have trouble getting sleepy.