Bedtime History: Inspirational Stories for Kids and Families
288 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsBedtime History is a series of educational, relaxing stories for kids and families. Learn about inspirational characters such as Jackie Robinson, Sacajawea, Neil Armstrong, and Maya Angelou. Other topics include space exploration, current events, and great feats of engineering such as The Transcontinental Railroad.
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Jacques Cousteau
July 21, 2018 23:43 - 13 minutes - 9.12 MBLearn about the childhood of Jacques Cousteau, when he first became interested in the ocean, his later invention of the aqua-lung and his filmmaking adventures across the globe. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Current Events: Thailand soccer team Tham Luang cave rescue
July 15, 2018 17:39 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MBLearn about a current event, the rescue of the soccer team in the Tham Luang Thailand caves; and the brave divers who gave their all to bring the boys to safety. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Computer Science
July 07, 2018 20:55 - 9 minutes - 6.72 MBLearn about the history of computer technology, from the abacus of the ancient world to smartphones of the modern age. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Irving Berlin
July 05, 2018 05:19 - 12 minutes - 8.29 MBLearn about the ambitious young immigrant, Irving Berlin, and his rise from poverty to become one of America's greatest songwriters. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Malala Yousafzai
June 18, 2018 04:17 - 12 minutes - 8.8 MBLearn about the young Pakistani school girl who challenged the Taliban in her quest for womens' rights to education. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Dr. Seuss
May 31, 2018 06:56 - 13 minutes - 9.41 MBLearn about the childhood and career of world famous children's author and artist, Dr. Seuss. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Shirley Temple
May 19, 2018 03:22 - 12 minutes - 8.31 MBLearn about Shirley Temple, the young child star who won the hearts of people everywhere and gave hope to America during The Great Depression. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
J.K. Rowling
May 09, 2018 19:21 - 11 minutes - 7.95 MBLearn about J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who dreamed of being a writer and eventually found great success in her world famous fantasy series. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Buffalo Bill Cody: Showman of the West
April 16, 2018 00:13 - 11 minutes - 7.82 MBLearn about Buffalo Bill Cody, the American West hunter who eventually started his own Wild West Show and travelled the world with his famous band of performers. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bedtimehistory)
Buffalo Bill Cody
April 16, 2018 00:13 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MBLearn about Buffalo Bill Cody, the American West hunter who eventually started his own Wild West Show and travelled the world with his famous band of performers. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Mahatma Gandhi
March 13, 2018 04:33 - 11 minutes - 8.05 MBLearn about India and the brave man who led his people to freedom through his example of non-violence and love. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Nancy Wake
January 29, 2018 13:43 - 11 minutes - 8.09 MBLearn about Nancy Wake, the brave spy and soldier who helped lead the Allies and French Resistance to victory during World War 2. Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
George Lucas: The Star Wars Story
December 15, 2017 23:21 - 9 minutes - 6.8 MBLearn about George Lucas's childhood and imagination that led to the creation of one of the greatest movie franchises of all time. Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Stars
December 02, 2017 18:44 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MBTake a journey to the place where stars are born and learn about the history of stars and our own star, the Sun. Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Newsies Strike of 1899
November 09, 2017 16:53 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBLearn about the newsies strike of 1899, when a band of courageous newsboys took on the most powerful newspaper owners in New York City. Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Paul Revere's Ride: A Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
October 23, 2017 05:58 - 10 minutes - 7.45 MBEnjoy a reading of Paul Revere's Ride, the famous American poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bedtimehistory)
Benjamin Franklin
September 27, 2017 06:20 - 10 minutes - 7.51 MBLearn about one of the most well known Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, who was also a writer, inventor and philanthropist. Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Sandra Porter
August 22, 2017 21:45 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MBLearn about an everyday hero who has changed many lives through her goodness and talents, my wonderful grandmother, Sandra Porter. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Kerri Strug: Olympic Gymnast
August 15, 2017 05:02 - 8 minutes - 5.88 MBLearn about Gymnast Kerri Strug as she started training as a child and improved her skills until winning a Gold Medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
The Navy SEALs
August 06, 2017 21:38 - 8 minutes - 6.14 MBLearn about the specialized military group, what it takes to become a SEAL and some of the missions they have carried out to help others. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
The First Transcontinental Railroad
July 21, 2017 22:18 - 6 minutes - 4.73 MBLearn about the amazing engineering feat of the Transcontinental Railroad and the ingenious and brave Americans who constructed it. 👉 Subscribe to get our free e-book! 📚 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistory.org 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Sacajawea
July 08, 2017 21:54 - 7 minutes - 5.18 MBLearn about the brave young Shoshone, Sacajawea, as she guides Lewis and Clark across the dangerous American wilderness in search of a better path to the West. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Sacajawea: Noble Explorer
July 08, 2017 21:54 - 6 minutes - 4.5 MBLearn about the brave young Shoshone, Sacajawea, as she guides Lewis and Clark across the dangerous American wilderness in search of a better path to the West. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bedtimehistory)
Sylvester Stallone: The Rocky Story
June 26, 2017 04:26 - 7 minutes - 4.94 MBLearn about Sylvester Stallone's childhood, his love of cinema, and the making of his hit movie Rocky. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
The Pony Express
June 18, 2017 00:56 - 7 minutes - 5.17 MBLearn about the adventures of the Pony Express and how mail was once delivered 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Abraham Lincoln: Part 2
June 02, 2017 04:15 - 8 minutes - 5.62 MBLearn about Abraham Lincoln as he enters politics and as President faces the tragedies and challenges of the Civil War. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Abraham Lincoln: Part 1
April 22, 2017 21:54 - 7 minutes - 5.09 MBLearn about the childhood of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky as he learned to work hard and study, preparing to become the President of the United States of America. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
The Rosetta Comet Mission
March 25, 2017 21:18 - 6 minutes - 4.76 MBLearn about the first spacecraft to visit a comet, the Rosetta Mission. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
The Chunnel: The World's Longest Undersea Tunnel
January 31, 2017 04:18 - 5 minutes - 4.14 MBLearn about Eurostar, the underwater tunnel, one of the greatest engineering feats in the history of the world. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Joan of Arc
December 08, 2016 03:32 - 6 minutes - 4.31 MBLearn about Joan of Arc, the young French girl who gave her people hope for freedom during a time of war. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Joan of Arc: Heroine of Hope
December 08, 2016 03:32 - 4 minutes - 3.42 MBLearn about Joan of Arc, the young French girl who gave her people hope for freedom during a time of war. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bedtimehistory)
Bob Feller: The Heater from Van Meter
November 23, 2016 03:12 - 4 minutes - 3.05 MBLearn about Bullet Bob Feller who would grow up to become one of the fastest pitchers of all time. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bedtimehistory)
Bob Feller
November 23, 2016 03:12 - 5 minutes - 4.02 MBLearn about Bullet Bob Feller who would grow up to become one of the fastest pitchers of all time. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Gail Halvorsen: Berlin Candy Bomber
November 02, 2016 03:01 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBLearn about World War 2 pilot Gail Halvorsen, who came up with a creative way to bring hope to the children of war torn Germany. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Sir Edmund Hillary: Knight of Mount Everest
October 19, 2016 03:05 - 7 minutes - 4.9 MBLearn about the adventures of Sir Edmund Hillary as he grew from boy to man and conquered the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. 📢 Donate and get a shout-out from Breck! https://www.patreon.com/bedtimehistory 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Tegla Loroupe: Marathon Hero
October 08, 2016 23:55 - 7 minutes - 5.44 MBLearn about Tegla Loroupe, the little girl from Africa who grew up to be a famous marathon runner and inspiration to her people. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Nellie Bly: Around the World in 72 Days
September 23, 2016 05:16 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MBLearn about the adventurous journalist Nellie Bly and her amazing trip around the world in 72 days. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!
Neil Armstrong: First to the Moon
September 13, 2016 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.38 MBLearn about famous astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to visit the moon. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com 📺 YouTube 👍 Facebook | Instagram 🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia" Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show 📢 Get a shout-out from Breck!