Latest Childrensstories Podcast Episodes
"Heart's Desire: A Cinderella Tale for Our Times" by Janni Lee Simner
Read Me a Story, Ink - January 01, 2023 23:37 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn a modern day twist on a well known fairy tale, Cinderella can’t seem to convince her fairy god-mother that she just wants to stay home and read a good book.
"Good Neighbors: A Tale from Northern Lands" by Bob Barton
Read Me a Story, Ink - December 09, 2022 22:02 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen a young couple moves into a remote valley, they assure the local trolls that they mean no harm. As the years pass the trolls come to love the couple and they the trolls. Unfortunately the family’s prosperity brings development to the valley and eventually the trolls have to move north, leav...
"A Good Day for Dragons" by Rick Hautala
Read Me a Story, Ink - November 11, 2022 04:20 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt’s always a good day to fight pirates, especially if you’re a dragon and a boy, friends for life. Even if your mother keeps telling you that the is no such thing as “people” and that you must curb your dragon imagination.
"Gyffes Llaw: A Welsh Tale" by Sharon Bailly
Read Me a Story, Ink - October 16, 2022 15:01 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsGyffes Llaw is the finest shoemaker in Wales and the Princess of Wales goes barefoot for lack of good shoes. But it won’t be easy for Gyffes to win her heart. “I will marry, but the man I wed must come to me neither on horse nor on foot. He must welcome me neither inside nor out. He must stand...
"Mountain Medicine" by Rosemary Wells
Read Me a Story, Ink - October 01, 2022 01:50 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe first of three lovely, interconnected stories about nurse Mary Breckinridge who created the Frontier Nursing Service and spent her life riding the isolated hills of Appalachia bringing medicine to their poorest residents and building clinics.
Robot Ari and Miles and Charlie Dog
Silly and Funny Things - September 26, 2022 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhen Robot Ari realizes that his robot job is to pick up the dog poop from the backyard, he jumps into action by building Robot Miles to actually do the dirty work. But what happens when Robot Miles also doesn't like his job?!? Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Ea...
The Instruction Store
Silly and Funny Things - September 19, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhat if Harry the Octopus poops all over the instructions that can tell him what to do if someone poops all over the instructions?!? He goes to the instruction store, of course! Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a word t...
"An Autumn Tale" by Susan Eberly
Read Me a Story, Ink - September 12, 2022 21:32 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsArcite, the coldest queen, feels neither joy nor sorrow. At the suggestion of her High Counselor, Arcite sets out on an adventure in hopes of finding both. In her chance encounter with the great Bully Legged Bogle, she finds, at last, both sorrow and great joy.
Pinata
Silly and Funny Things - September 12, 2022 15:35 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhat if it turns out that Ari and Levi were actually purchased at the pinata store and are filled with candy?!? 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 stories aren't edited (who has time...
"The Breadth of a Whisker" by Janet McNeill
Read Me a Story, Ink - August 12, 2022 17:18 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEach night the alchemist and the mouse meet in the lab to try to make gold. But after so many years, it is as much for friendship as it is for the gold. One night – almost absentmindedly – they succeed with just enough to coat the mouse’s whisker but the Alchemist can’t even remember how he ...
Goat Noodle
Silly and Funny Things - July 25, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsLevi seems to be grumpy and demanding Go Noodle videos on the ipad. Everyone wants to help, so the family jumps into action to find him some goat noodles.... almost what he wants. Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a word th...
"How to Stuff a Rhino" by Gene Twaronite
Read Me a Story, Ink - July 22, 2022 20:55 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJuan had wanted his own Rhino for the longest time. Then, one birthday, his parents gave him a Rhino. But after a short few hours of fun, Juan realized that the Rhino was homesick and Juan had to figure a way to get the Rhino back to the Serengeti. So, Juan stuffed his Rhino into a hatbox…
Firework
Silly and Funny Things - July 21, 2022 18:32 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhat if it was was time for Ari to go to work.... firework?! 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 stories aren't edited (who has time for that) and they include everything from chit-cha...
"Watch: An Ogre's Tale" by J. G. Formato
Read Me a Story, Ink - June 28, 2022 18:50 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt is the Ogres’ sacred trust to watch over human beings, but when Oni’s mother is killed by humans she vows to never help a human again. That is until she begrudgingly saves, then befriends a young woman who is drowning.
"Books of Wisdom" by Michael Caduto
Read Me a Story, Ink - June 11, 2022 20:39 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen an old woman shows up in a prosperous village with twelve beautifully bound books that contain all the knowledge and all the wisdom in the world, the town refuses to buy them for one sack of gold. By the time they realize the true cost of ignoring knowledge and wisdom it is nearly too late.
"The Pirate Who Tried to Capture the Moon" by Dennis Haseley
Read Me a Story, Ink - May 17, 2022 00:14 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA pirate has captured everything but the moon. After many attempts, he finally comes up with a plan to own the moon but in the end, it is the moon that captures the pirate’s heart.
"Critch: a Witch's Tale" by Judith Gorog
Read Me a Story, Ink - April 27, 2022 02:48 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsCritch, an old witch who is living in a time past the time of witches is befriended by a strange young girl who helps her with her failed spells and keeps her house entirely too clean. When the girl brings her brothers, sisters and friends, Critch finds she has a place after all, as a storyteller.
"The Contests at Cowlick" by Richard Kennedy
Read Me a Story, Ink - April 04, 2022 20:04 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhen Hogbone and his gang ride into town, the sheriff and his men are just a holler up the creek fishing. Unfortunately everyone is too scared to holler and saving the town is up to young Wally who tricks Hogbone into a hollering contest.
Hippo Pie
Silly and Funny Things - March 28, 2022 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsSee what happens when the brothers, plus special guests Sabine and Ethan, all head to camp for the summer, but not just a regular camp.... Hippo Camp. 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....
Queen Princess Cupcake
Silly and Funny Things - March 24, 2022 18:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsWhen Miles wants a "queen princess cupcake", Shmuley gets to work to make an "invent-o-nator" to make it for him. Listen in to see what this magical machine creates for each of the boys. Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets to pick a ...
"All the Cats in the World" by Sonia Levitin
Read Me a Story, Ink - March 20, 2022 16:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOld Mikila came each day to feed the wild cats at the base of the light house, all the while ignoring the teasing of the lighthouse keeper. But when she fell sick, it was the very same keeper who fed her beloved cats thus starting a friendship that brought warmth to their aged lives.
"The Leprechaun's Story" by Richard Kennedy
Read Me a Story, Ink - March 03, 2022 03:33 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAccording to legend, if you see a leprechaun and don’t take your eyes off him, he must take you to his pot of gold, which is just what a traveling tradesman does. But in the end, he is outwitted by the leprechaun’s sad but clever story.
"New Day Dawning" by Joyce Hansen
Read Me a Story, Ink - February 09, 2022 02:22 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsOn the day of their emancipation, field hands on George Thomas’ plantation threaten to leave unless he builds a school to educate their children. Young Sarah, the mistress’s personal slave, is conflicted between taking her freedom and dedication to her mistress but decides to stay on awhile if s...
"Reading to Matthew" by Jackie Vivelo
Read Me a Story, Ink - January 20, 2022 00:13 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJohn had been reading to his younger brother, Matthew, his entire life. Early on they discovered that something happened when the two of them read together, they found themselves IN the story. When Matthew was knocked out by a baseball and lay in a coma in the hospital, all John could think to d...
"The Creature in the Doorway" by Jackie Vivelo
Read Me a Story, Ink - December 29, 2021 22:25 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat Jeff mistakenly thought was a black velvet rope in the doorway to his classroom turned out to be the tail of a huge black panther - a panther that no one else saw, and it had clearly chosen Jeff. But why?
“The Gift Givers: An Appalachian Christmas Tale” by Jack Stillman
Read Me a Story, Ink - December 06, 2021 18:58 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsElderly best friends living at the Feldon’s Downs Nursing Home always look forward to Christmas when they can exchange their precious whittling knives…until one Christmas when neither knife can be found, but snow falls gently for the first time in 100 years.
"Skivvy and Cuttle" by Joan Lennon
Read Me a Story, Ink - November 10, 2021 01:24 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSkivvy and Cuttle the Dragon, team up with Robin’s merry men to save Robin Hood from the Sheriff of Nottingham’s dungeon.
Cliffhanger
Silly and Funny Things - November 01, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsCliffhanger after cliffhanger - this story will have you by the seat of your pants. 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 stories aren't edited (who has time for that) and they inc...
Make-up Artist
Silly and Funny Things - October 25, 2021 15:43 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsShmuley always thought that Mama's make-up was too understated. He wants the chance to wear make-up too! Wonder what he will transform into?!? Silly and Funny Things are our family's bedtime stories. Each boy (Miles, Ari, and Levi) gets t pick a word that will show up in the story. The...
“Four Dollars and Fifty Cents: An Almost-a-Ghost Story” by Eric Kimmel
Read Me a Story, Ink - October 21, 2021 02:30 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsShorty Long took pride in his reputation for never paying anybody the money he owed them, but Widow McCrae, who ran the Silver Dollar Café, was determined to ruin his reputation, and get back her four dollars and fifty cents.
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