Latest Childrensstories Podcast Episodes
"The Imaginary Dragon" by Terry Jones
Read Me a Story, Ink - July 12, 2024 22:16 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA dragon, fearing that he doesn’t exist, shares his concern with his friends the griffin, the unicorn and the sphinx. They can offer little to ease his worries but in the end, like Rousseau, he decides, someone imagines, therefore, I am.
"Cinders" by Katherine Gibson
Read Me a Story, Ink - June 11, 2024 22:57 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA “what if” story about one of Cinderella’s coachmen who stays a man rather than regaining his mouse form at the stroke of midnight. Dazed and confused, he finds himself at the gates of a castle and discovers that, upon being given lowly work in the King’s stables, he has a knack as a horse whis...
"The Trouble with Trouble; a Tale from the American South" by Amy Friedman and Meredith Johnson
Read Me a Story, Ink - May 14, 2024 21:26 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe trouble with Trouble was he talked too much, even old skunk told him so. But when Trouble tried to tell everyone old skunk spoke to him, no one ever believed him again.
"Come Again in Spring" by Richard Kennedy
Read Me a Story, Ink - April 22, 2024 20:22 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen death comes for Old Hark, the old man tells him to come again in the spring so he can feed his birds for one more winter. After some argument, Death offers to give him one more winter if he can answer three questions.
"The Hare and the Orphan" by Lynne Reid Banks
Read Me a Story, Ink - March 26, 2024 17:38 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA story from Ms Banks' delightful anthology “The Magic Hare” in which the magic hare is snared by an orphan for dinner. The hare continues to suggest ingredients that would make him taste better but the final one is through the dark forest where the orphan has never gone. The hare leads the way,...
"The Magic Weaver: a Tale from Ireland" by Melissa Shaw-Smith
Read Me a Story, Ink - February 28, 2024 22:44 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen Conal builds his castle on a hilltop he is not aware that he is intruding in the domain of the powerful fairy, Duine Sidhe. Cursed by the fairy, Conal and his family find no happiness until Conal’s son is befriended by a weaver who weaves a magic tapestry that can lift the curse.
"John Robert and the Dragon's Egg" by Thomas N. Scortia
Read Me a Story, Ink - January 21, 2024 23:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAfter John Robert found a dragon’s egg down by the swamp, he and his Grandpa Riley kept it a secret from Aunt Bess whose life was too hard to care about such things. That is until it hatched, grew to 14 feet in two months and drank all the coal oil in the barn. Well, something had to be done. Lu...
In Your Face
Silly and Funny Things - January 09, 2024 18:50 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhat if Ari, the mischievous prankster extraordinaire, wakes up with a mischievous glint in his eye and a master plan to turn Levi's day upside down with a cascade of pranks? Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a word that will...
"The Hare and the Flower" by Lynne Reid Banks
Read Me a Story, Ink - January 02, 2024 23:27 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA story from Ms Banks delightful anthology “The Magic Hare” in which the magic hare hears tiny bells after every good deed and discovers they are applause from a sad, unnamed flower. In gratitude, the magic hare gives the flower a name, ‘harebell,’ or ‘Campanula rotundifolia.’
Tinkle Trowsers
Silly and Funny Things - December 22, 2023 14:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsSpecial guest, Cousin Andrew harbors a secret identity as a superhero, but here's the kicker—he fights crime in none other than his legendary "tinkle trousers." Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a word that will show up in t...
Pig Latin
Silly and Funny Things - December 19, 2023 16:58 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLevi stumbles upon the curious revelation that giving Dada an enormous hug causes peculiar objects to magically pop out of his head! Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a word that will show up in the story. The stori...
"Mistletoe: A Tale of Giving" by Douglas Evans
Read Me a Story, Ink - December 18, 2023 16:16 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen Derek’s kid brother finds bunches of mistletoe on the ground in an orchard, he decides to sell them to earn money to buy Derek a much needed guitar case. Little does he know that Derek is the one cutting the mistletoe trying to earn enough money to buy him the wooden recorder he has always ...
Messi Room
Silly and Funny Things - December 08, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsAri and Levi are having the time of their life playing in their room when Dada comes in to discover that their room is so messy. They get right to work until they discover fishy surprise. Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pi...
"The Magic Spoon: a Tale for Hanukkah" by Eric A. Kimmel
Read Me a Story, Ink - December 05, 2023 00:02 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen a stranger comes to the city of Chelm, he claims that he can make his own latkes with nothing but his magic spoon. To make them even better, the folk of Chelm start to loan him ingredients until they are feasting on the perfect latkes.
Lice Be Gone
Silly and Funny Things - December 01, 2023 14:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsThe boys prepare to go to summer camp but discover that they have lice!!! Desperate for a quick fix, they dashed to a local salon boasting a miraculous lice-eliminating promise within TWO minutes. Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets t...
Levi Eats Pea
Silly and Funny Things - November 24, 2023 14:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLevi, eyeing the lone (and perhaps magical) pea on his plate, decided to forgo eating it and instead magically shrank himself, diving into a microscopic world to see what's inside. Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a wor...
Don't Press The Button
Silly and Funny Things - November 17, 2023 19:59 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhat will the boys do when they wake up one morning and in the middle of their room was a large red button with a sign saying "DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON!"? Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a word that will show up in the st...
Kotoshi the Dragon Doctor
Read Me a Story, Ink - November 11, 2023 22:27 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsYoung Kotoshi is supposed to be the yearly sacrifice to appease the local dragon. But when she finds the dragon grief-stricken over her dying pup, she uses her healing skills to save the pup. In gratitude, the dragon promises that no harm will ever come to the village.
"Kotoshi the Dragon Doctor" by Phillis Gershator
Read Me a Story, Ink - November 11, 2023 22:27 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsYoung Kotoshi is supposed to be the yearly sacrifice to appease the local dragon. But when she finds the dragon grief-stricken over her dying pup, she uses her healing skills to save the pup. In gratitude, the dragon promises that no harm will ever come to the village.
"The Entrance Exam: A Young Witch's Tale" by Mary Carey
Read Me a Story, Ink - October 14, 2023 16:22 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsYoung Kate Fotheringay is refused entrance to Miss Perkle’s School for Young Witches, until one of her spells saves the school and causes Miss Perkle to reconsider.
"The Magic Carpet" by Sophie Masson
Read Me a Story, Ink - September 20, 2023 17:19 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsYoung Hamid, is bound as a servant to rug merchants that he believes are his aunt and uncle, until one day a beautiful but ghostly figure hands him an old carpet. Both the woman and the carpet seem remotely familiar and, indeed, they lead to Hamid being reunited with his father, a prince, while...
"Katya and the Goat with the Silver Hoof: A Tale from the Ural Mountains" by Bob Barton
Read Me a Story, Ink - August 25, 2023 15:35 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen a young orphaned girl comes to live with Old Vanka, he tells her of his yearly search for the goat that leaves jewels wherever he stamps his silver hoof.
"A Kindness: From an Arkansas Boyhood" By Robert D. Culp
Read Me a Story, Ink - July 29, 2023 21:15 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRooster is wondering how to untangle his lucky bobber when mean Old Man Bockenweiler comes strolling down the path. While Rooster hides, his dreaded enemy stops, untangles the bobber, neatly rolls the line and leaves Rooster’s fishing pole by his can of worms, showing Rooster a surprisingly kind...
"Three Foots: A Tale from Down South" by Nancy Van Laan
Read Me a Story, Ink - July 04, 2023 23:41 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA lovely verbal rhythm develops as three squirrels, foot, foot-foot and foot-foot-foot, attempt to eat all the nuts on the tangliest ol’ giant of a nut tree in the bottom of the holler.
"Who Owns the Moon?" by Sonia Levitin
Read Me a Story, Ink - June 08, 2023 14:31 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFarmers Abel, Nagel and Zeke could argue about anything, and did. But when they started to argue about which of them owned the moon, their wives said enough was enough and demanded they go into town and talk to the Teacher who settled their argument in a very clever fashion
"The Magic Kerchief" by Kirby Larson
Read Me a Story, Ink - May 15, 2023 18:37 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA grumpy and friendless old woman begrudgingly gives a weary traveler a bed for the night. In exchange the traveler gives the old woman a magic kerchief. Wearing her new kerchief, the old woman’s curt and hateful words come out compliments as warm as sunshine, bringing with it the riches of new ...
"Above the Classroom" by Douglas Evans
Read Me a Story, Ink - April 14, 2023 17:52 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFor a minor crime, Howard and Francis must stay at their desks for recess. Left to their own devices, they climb through the trap door above the cloak room only to find W. T. Mellon, founder of their school and dead these many years, living in a room filled with books and overflowing with infor...
"Si-Ling and the Dragon" by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Read Me a Story, Ink - March 16, 2023 14:19 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen the emperor dies, no man in the kingdom is brave enough to be tested by the great dragon. It is only the emperor’s daughter Si-Ling who has the courage to face the dragon and test her skill against his riddles. Solving the three riddles she ascends the throne with the dragon’s best wishes a...
"Tremble with Fear" by Will Rawson
Read Me a Story, Ink - February 21, 2023 19:17 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhile eating his morning cereal, Jamie is confronted by two 5 centimeter aliens named Zzyxc and Xthyyz. Jamie suggests that there lives would be a lot simpler if they had names like Alan. The aliens think this a brilliant idea, give up their plan of conquest and head home to rename their planet,...
"Wizard's Apprentice" by Delia Sherman
Read Me a Story, Ink - January 25, 2023 17:43 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDahoe, Maine boasted its very own evil wizard—it said so right on the sign over his door, "Evil Wizard Books, Z. Smallbone, Prop." But Mr. Smallbone’s apprentices never stayed long, that is until young Nick Chanticleer arrived.
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