Journey with Story - A Storytelling Podcast for Kids

When a greedy King makes a wish that everything he touches turn to gold, he discovers that there are some things more precious than gold.  A beloved Greek myth that reminds us what is most important …

An original story written by Aaron Shephard about a clever duck who lends the king some money, and when he demands to be repaid, finds himself in a bit of a pickle.  A fun story by author and storyte…

Theseus, son of the King of Athens, sets off to save the youth of Athens from the fierce Minotaur beast, who lives inside a maze on the island of Crete.  A great story to introduce children to Greek …

Enjoy all of our May episodes in this monthly round-up.

E227 - The Fish with Hooked Noses

E228-The Bear's Bad Bargain

E229 - The Boy Punia and the King of the Sharks

(duration - 45 minutes)

If yo…

A Hawaiian folktale about a brave young boy who dares to challenge the King of the Sharks so that he can dive down and take lobsters from the cave the sharks are guarding.  An episode from Journey wi…

An Indian folktale about a woodcutter and his wife who make bargain with a bear who agrees to bring them a huge load of wood in return for a share of their special dinner- kichudee- an Indian dish ma…

Celebrate Mother's Day with these three encore episodes from our our most popular stories about mothers.

The Ugly Duckling

Happy Mamas

Mama Ostrich

An episode from storytelling podcast, Journey with …

 A folktale from Cambodia that explains how some fish ended up with hooked noses as a punishment for what one of their ancestors had done when asked to help a prince and a princess. An episode from s…

Check out all of our April episodes in our monthly playlist.

E224 - Philemon and Baucis

Encore Episode The Bookery

E225. The Lion and the Gnat

E 226 - The Stone Cutter

(Duration - 50 minutes)

A Japanese folktale about a poor stone cutter works hard day after day cutting slabs of stone from the side of a mountain until one day the mountain spirit grants him one wish after another - but eac…

An impudent gnat boasts that he can outwit a lion despite their difference in size, but when he succeeds, his pride leads to his own downfall when he lands in a spider's web.  A fun fable from Aesop …

Celebrate the joy of books with this original tale, written by Kathleen about book lover, Timothy Tuttle, who has to find a way to save his beloved books after a thunderstorm tears a hole in his roof…

An old Greek tale about a kind couple whose generosity and compassion are rewarded by Zeus who grants them their wish never to be parted even by death.  (duration - 9 minutes) An episode from Journey…

Enjoy all of this moth's episodes in our bonus playlist

 Encore - Whoopitie Stoorie

E220 - The Shepherd and the Fairies

E221 - The Pot of Gold

E 222 - The White Hare

E223 The Rabbit and the Crab

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In this fun Mayan folktale, two friends, Rabbit and Crab, have a huge disagreement about how best to divide the crop of carrots they have both grown together.  A great story to teach children about t…

In this old Japanese folktale, a white hare decides he wants to leave his island and cross the sea to the mainland, and so he tricks a group of crocodiles into forming a bridge for him.  But when the…

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this fun folktale about a man who comes upon a leprechaun in a cabbage field, and immediately he demands the leprechaun to show him where his pot of gold is hidden.  …

When a young shepherd boy is lured away to the land of the fairies, he falls in love with lovely fairy lass, but after some time, he is so homesick for his native land, that he tells her he must retu…

Enjoy this ENCORE episode of Whoopitie Stoorie, and find out how a young girl discovers the name of the nasty fairy who wants to steal away their precious pet pig.  A Scottish version of Rumpelstilts…

Enjoy all of our February episodes in this monthly round-up

E216 The Magic Mouthful

E217 Rough-Face Girl

E218 The Princess Who Vowed Not to Marry

'E219 The Three Brothers

(duration -40 minutes)

If …