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Let’s fly! ✨ The Reading Bug Podcast is a collection of original audio stories for kids — featuring immersive adventures, cozy bedtime stories, bite-sized story snacks, and curious science questions — all brought to life with original music, original characters and vivid storytelling. Listeners can: Travel anywhere imagination can take them in Reading Bug Adventures — cinematic, two-part story journeys filled with characters, music, and audience participation Wind down with Lauren’s Little Bedtime Stories, calming tales and gentle songs perfect for bedtime and quiet moments Enjoy Story Snacks with The Book Worm — short, immersive stories designed for quick listening and big imagination Explore the world through Fact Fly’s One Big Question, where curious “why?” questions lead to fun, kid-friendly science discoveries
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- Yesterday26 min
Story Snack: The Bear Who Learned the Ice
Book Worm's Story Snacks | The Bear Who Learned the Ice Can a Book Worm who's never left the warmth of a bookstore survive at the very top of the world? Join the Book Worm on this Arctic Story Snack and step onto the frozen ocean at the top of our planet — where the sun never sets in summer, the ice groans beneath your feet, and the most extraordinary animals alive have decided that brutal cold is, actually, completely fine. Meet Nanuk, a two-year-old polar bear who left his mother four months ago and is still working out the map she gave him. Discover why the Arctic ice is Earth's own air conditioner, learn how polar bears can smell a seal through three feet of solid frozen ocean, and travel alongside Siku — an Arctic tern who has crossed the entire planet twenty-seven times and still notices exactly where the seals are. Then, when the ice begins to crack beneath your feet, you and Nanuk will need to run. Together, you'll discover that the top of the world isn't empty at all — it's full of creatures learning the same ice, in completely different ways.
- 3 days ago17 min
Bedtime Stories: Mabel Goes Honk
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories Mabel is a duck on Puddle Pond with one small problem: she cannot quack. No matter how hard she tries, what comes out is a tremendous, fully committed HONK — the kind that sends the lily pads wobbling and makes the frogs blink very slowly. Her patient frog friend Gerald thinks it's perfectly fine. The opinionated goose Constance has notes. When an autumn fog rolls across the pond and six ducklings go missing, every duck quacks as loud as they can — but quacking is everywhere, and the ducklings don't know which way to go. It turns out there is exactly one sound on all of Puddle Pond that cuts right through the fog, impossible to miss or ignore or confuse with anything else. Every Lauren's Little Bedtime Story includes: Calming Relaxation: Gentle breathing exercises to help your body relax. Original Bedtime Lullaby: Wind-down time as Lauren sings you to sleep. A Full Original Bedtime Story: A whimsical story read aloud by Lauren.
- 4 days ago1h 13m
Adventure Encore: A Circus Adventure
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs Step right up! The Reading Bug has run off and joined PT Barnum's circus - and she's got a terrible case of stage fright. Join Lauren to follow her under the Big Top, and discover that the Reading Bug isn't the only ones with butterflies: Jumbo, the most magnificent elephant in the show, is refusing to budge from his crate, and without him, the whole parade comes to a halt. With a cast of rhyming, Dr. Seuss-inspired performers - a fire horse rider, a human cannonball, and a daring trapeze artist - we must find a way to help a giant elephant and a tiny bug find the courage to step into the spotlight. Because sometimes the greatest show on earth needs a little help from its friends. Explore the Magic: Check out the books featured in this adventure at: www.thereadingbug.com/adventures/circus
- 2 weeks ago24 min
Bedtime Stories: The Dragon Who Whispered Fire
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories Deep in Fernhollow forest, a tiny shy dragon named Pip has always believed her fire isn't real fire at all — just small, soft sparks that float gently on the air and quietly go out. When the big dragons all fly off to their annual Night Gathering and a lost fox kit is left crying alone in the fog, Pip and her fearless salamander companion Nessa venture out into the dark to help. What follows is a gentle, funny journey across slippery stones and past a family of very opinionated glow-beetles — and a quiet discovery that sometimes the smallest, steadiest light is exactly the right kind. Every Lauren's Little Bedtime Story includes: Calming Relaxation: Gentle breathing exercises to help your body relax. Original Bedtime Lullaby: Wind-down time as Lauren sings you to sleep. A Full Original Bedtime Story: A whimsical story read aloud by Lauren.
- 2 weeks ago42 min
Adventure Encore: A Circus Adventure, Part 2
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs Part 2 of 2. Step right up! The Reading Bug has run off and joined PT Barnum's circus - and she's got a terrible case of stage fright. Join Lauren to follow her under the Big Top, and discover that the Reading Bug isn't the only ones with butterflies: Jumbo, the most magnificent elephant in the show, is refusing to budge from his crate, and without him, the whole parade comes to a halt. With a cast of rhyming, Dr. Seuss-inspired performers - a fire horse rider, a human cannonball, and a daring trapeze artist - we must find a way to help a giant elephant and a tiny bug find the courage to step into the spotlight. Because sometimes the greatest show on earth needs a little help from its friends. Explore the Magic: Check out the books featured in this adventure at: www.thereadingbug.com/adventures/circus
- 3 weeks ago20 min
Fact Fly: Why Do We Have to Sleep?
The Fact Fly's One Big Question Why does your body force you to shut down for eight hours every single night — and what happens inside your brain while you do? Join Lauren and the Fact Fly (fresh off an accidental cold brew catastrophe) as they investigate the surprising science of sleep! From the "Reading Bug Bookstore" analogy that explains memory consolidation, to the brain's nighttime power-wash system called the Glymphatic System, this episode reveals that sleep is far more than just rest. You'll discover exactly how caffeine tricks your brain with a chemical con, why your brain cells actually shrink while you sleep, and what REM's "Movie Remix Mode" is really doing while you dream of cheese-drum solos. Whether you're following along with the Power-Down Protocol to become a Sleep Hero or marveling at the brain-gunk-flushing Cerebrospinal Fluid, this adventure makes the science of snoozing genuinely fascinating. Perfect for night owls, curious dreamers, and anyone who's ever wondered why the "bean juice" always wears off at the worst possible moment!
- 3 weeks ago22 min
Bedtime Story: Rosie Waits for Her Pitch
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories On a warm summer evening at a little league field, a nine-year-old girl named Rosie steps up to bat in the bottom of the last inning — down by one, two outs, championship on the line — and everything she's worked for comes down to a single pitch. She loves baseball with her whole heart, but she hasn't gotten a hit all season. Her grandfather Granpa Lou, a former minor leaguer, gives her the one piece of advice she's been missing: the best pitch you ever see is the one you wait for. With her sunflower-seed-eating teammate Benny cheering from the dugout and Granpa Lou still and steady in the bleachers, Rosie finally learns the difference between trying hard and being patient — and discovers that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is let a pitch go by. Every Lauren's Little Bedtime Story includes: Calming Relaxation: Gentle breathing exercises to help your body relax. Original Bedtime Lullaby: Wind-down time as Lauren sings you to sleep. A Full Original Bedtime Story: A whimsical story read aloud by Lauren.
- 3 weeks ago41 min
Adventure Encore: A Circus Adventure, Part 1
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs Part 1 of 2. Step right up! The Reading Bug has run off and joined PT Barnum's circus - and she's got a terrible case of stage fright. Join Lauren to follow her under the Big Top, and discover that the Reading Bug isn't the only ones with butterflies: Jumbo, the most magnificent elephant in the show, is refusing to budge from his crate, and without him, the whole parade comes to a halt. With a cast of rhyming, Dr. Seuss-inspired performers - a fire horse rider, a human cannonball, and a daring trapeze artist - we must find a way to help a giant elephant and a tiny bug find the courage to step into the spotlight. Because sometimes the greatest show on earth needs a little help from its friends. Explore the Magic: Check out the books featured in this adventure at: www.thereadingbug.com/adventures/circus
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About The Reading Bug Podcast - Original Adventures, Bedtime Stories and Music for Kids
Let’s fly! ✨ The Reading Bug Podcast is a collection of original audio stories for kids — featuring immersive adventures, cozy bedtime stories, bite-sized story snacks, and curious science questions — all brought to life with original music, original characters and vivid storytelling. Listeners can: Travel anywhere imagination can take them in Reading Bug Adventures — cinematic, two-part story journeys filled with characters, music, and audience participation Wind down with Lauren’s Little Bedtime Stories, calming tales and gentle songs perfect for bedtime and quiet moments Enjoy Story Snacks with The Book Worm — short, immersive stories designed for quick listening and big imagination Explore the world through Fact Fly’s One Big Question, where curious “why?” questions lead to fun, kid-friendly science discoveries
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