This Q brings back lots of memories.
When I was a very young girl my mom used to read me Curious George, Madeline, and Clifford the Big Red Dog. I also remember the illustrations of Where The Wild Things Are, but I don’t remember the story.
To fall asleep I prefer to listen than read. I have an iPhone, so I can set my phone to turn off what I’m listening to in 30 minutes in case I fall asleep while it’s playing. You could choose almost any book or tv show and just close your eyes and listen.
My girlfriend writes cozy mysteries, I think that could be good. Her stories have some magic. It’s the Widow’s Bay series on this link: https://www.rebeccaregnier.com/books/ She writes other genres too. I’m not big into magic in my stories, but the novels are very light and funny and not very long and are easy to read.