Bear Island

When it's Gem's time to leave for Alien School, Evie needs to learn how to say goodbye. Exploring the mixed feelings of seeing someone you love leaving for a new adventure without you and some strategies for how to say goodbye. Bear Island is a children’s podcast exploring the life and times of talking bears. The podcast is hosted, produced, and written by me, a stay-at-home father. Every story is...

When Tank's friend Sparkle is having a case of the grumpies, he needs to learn to let her feel her feelings. This episode explores how sometimes there is nothing a friend can do when someone is feeling grumpy except give them the space they need to feel their feelings.  Bear Island is a children’s podcast exploring the life and times of talking bears. The podcast is hosted, produced, and writ...

When Tank is told he needs to wait to visit the licorice fields again, he doesn't know HOW he'll be able to stand it! This episode explores the all-too common feeling of not being able to stand waiting for someone or something to come. From road trips to ice cream Sundays, waiting can be hard! And that's OK. Bear Island is a children’s podcast exploring the life and times of talking bears. The pod...

Gem, Evie, Tank and Sparkle experience their first Halloween dressed up as... themselves! This episode explores the fun and adventure of doing something on your own for the first time. Bear Island is a children’s podcast exploring the life and times of talking bears. The podcast is hosted, produced, and written by me, Tim Lane. I’m a stay-at-home father and every story is inspired by the bedtime t...

Remember when I said I was the only one who knew about Bear Island? Well, I fibbed. Here's the story of two boys, discovering it on their own. This episode explores what it means to make friends with people who are different from you and how sometimes, those are the best friendships there are! Bear Island is a children’s podcast exploring the life and times of talking bears. The podcast is hosted,...

Come and join Loman for stories about Bear Island.  Way up north, where the fog is as thick as cotton candy there's an island with black sand beaches and steep, craggly cliffs. Meet all the bears, who can talk, dance, and laugh just like humans can. There's: King Kucaroo: the leader of all the bears. Loy: the strongest bear on the island. Dish: a clever inventor bear. Ralph: a mushroom farmer...

Ever wonder how the bears of Bear Island learned to talk? Well, let's find out!

When the grown-ups start to seem worried about something big that the cubs can't understand, Sparkle and her friends want to fix it for them.

Welcome to Bear Island. Here's how Kucaroo became king and Bear Island the place we know it to be today.