Ginger and Nutmeg

Today's story is an adaptation of a Japanese legend, written for you by Grace Hinds. It's a story about a goddess named Amaterasu and her younger brother Susanoo. She goes to Amanoiwato, Heaven’s Rock Cave, after an argument with her brother. Draw us a picture of what you think a ...  Show more

Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. The Celebrated Jumping Frog! Samuel is looking for information about his old family friend, Leonidas Smiley, and he's convinced that Simon Wheeler can help. Based on the classic ...  Show more

Our story tonight starts our month of Halloween stories. It’s called Grey Cat and Grimoire, and it takes us into the cozy curios shop where a scarf is being knitted and a very old book with a green velvet cover sits on a stand. It’s also about lavender in the mop water, the domin ...  Show more

Tonight, Elizabeth reads "The Tale of Pigling Bland," and "Ginger and Pickles," our last two stories from "The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter," a collection of Potter’s stories and short books from the early 1900s. Listen to the music from The Sleepy Bookshelf in a relaxing ...  Show more

Welcome to another story from the Land of Nod! Today's story is another classic from the brother's Grimm and was collected in the first volume of Children's and Household Tales all the way back in 1812! It was actually the first of three stories about rascals of elves and if you ...  Show more

Read along with Granny MacDuff! You can read along with Granny to this story. Follow this link to get your copy today!  In this story about the importance of gratitude, three unlikely roommates are broken out of their daily routine when, thanks to a nosy interloper, one of them d ...  Show more