Bear King & Bobo Chico Stories for Kids

While on a trip to Northeastern Oregon, during the last week before a new school year, Bobo Chico shares the story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, the Missoula Floods, and how the first people came to the Pacific Northwest.  Bear King brings them all to the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. It's a museum and research institute located on the Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton, Oreg...

Are snakes really mean?  The four friends venture to Central Oregon and explore the Newberry Crater National Monument -- the Lava Cast Forest in particular. They bring Robi-the-Robot to assist them, and ‘he’ ends up greatly helping them. A startled snake (‘Rattle’) reacts to Loar and Bobo Chico, warning and then scaring them with its presence. In his haste to escape, Loar falls and badly hurts his...

While sailing in Bobo Chico‘s catamaran, Bear King, Loar, and Roen learn that there are rules for boater safety. As they navigate the river they see many kinds of boats: canoes to tugboats, jetboats to jet skis, barges to sailboats, paddle-wheelers to paddleboards. Bear King asks the boys to guess what activity each boat is designed for and its purpose.  Later in the day, they come to the rescue o...

Through the fun activity of making a temporary playhouse out of cardboard, Loar and Roen are exposed to the wider world of designing and building. Bear King and Bobo Chico ask Wander the Wizard to share with the boys how houses and housing are designed. Inspired by their curiosity, Wander the Wizard reaches out to his friend who is building a tall apartment tower in Portland and asks him for a tou...

Bear King is riding his e-bike over the Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People. But when the wind blows his cap off his head, it sails into the Willamette River. “Ah nuts!” he exclaims in disgust. As he stands at the belvedere watching his hat float downriver, Loar & Roen come riding up on their bikes. When he points to his cap floating in the river, Loar yells to Bobo Chico to retrieve it as...

Bear King and Bobo Chico are helping repair the trails near the Tillamook Forest Visitor Center and are looking forward to Loar and Roen’s school field trip there.  Loar and Roen are riding to the center on their school charter bus.  Loar is eager to use his magnifying glass but another boy wants to use it to burn insects.  The boys explore the Center with their class and then meet up with Bear Ki...

While Loar and Roen are enjoying Blackberry Crumble, they learn that earthquakes are predicted for the Pacific Northwest.  To calm Bobo Chico and the boys, Bear King pivots, transforming their fear into a learning opportunity. They take a trip to the Mt. St. Helens Visitor Center to learn about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, and the history of the Pacific Northwest – all from the perspec...

The nature that was sacrificed by industrial development now needs to be restored to save all living creatures − humans and other species. Bobo Chico and Bear King know this first-hand. They also know that family ties can become strained, need to be nurtured, and at times, restored. Bobo Chico brings his friends back to his ancestorial land, the Columbia Slough. He shares his family history and re...

Bear King and Bobo Chico have picked up Loar and Roen whoare vacationing with their family in Black Butte. Wearing their space explorer costumes and helmets, the boys are eager to see the Dee Wright Observatory. They travel up the Old McKenzie Highway (OR 242) high into the Cascade Mountains and reach the lava rock structure at the McKenzie Summit. Since it’s summer, it doesn’t get dark until late...

Loar and Roen come to the Sky Cave to help Bear King understand how to use the self-parking feature on his FUV.  Baer King explains how he dented his vehicle at the grocery store when Bobo Chico confused him…which Bobo Chico claims wasn’t his fault. Roen says he’d like to have a robot help him do his chores, which inspires Bear King to connect with his friend, a robotics engineer. The four friends...

Loar and Roen are merrily playing with their Legos, making a complex series of buildings, bridges, and vehicles that crisscross their ’world.’ When Bear King & Bobo Chico visit, they are impressed with the boys' work. Bear King takes a call from Ana, his civil engineer friend, and learns a disaster has destroyed an old bridge, which threatens to impact a sensitive river wetland area. When...

Bear King, Bobo Chico, Loar, and Roar are arriving at Narita Airport in Japan. The boys are excited, but have trepidations about traveling in a strange land. The hosts greet and guide them through the airport to the rail line to Tokyo. Bobo Chico is confident (overly so) that his smartphone will navigate all language, trip, and map challenges. However, he loses this phone on the train and doesn’t...

Bear King and Bobo Chico meet up with Loar and Roen’s bus when they arrive at Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve on the Oregon Coast and help them along the Captain Cook Trail down to the tidal pools. While they’re exploring the tidal creatures at low tide ― learning a LOT from the Reserve’s Marine Biologist ― Bobo Chico becomes distracted. Leaving the safety of the group, he clambers over a rock ledge...

Bear King, Bobo Chico, Loar, and Roen enter the tunnel leading to the ‘other world.' Full of excitement, but not saying a word… further, further, and farther they advance. Meanwhile, in the ‘other world’…the real world…Bear Queen, Lair Bear, Wander-the-Wizard, and Sacejis-the-Wise all gather in the Sky Cave. They share their own stories about having a dream about Bear King and Bobo Chico.  Ga...

Previously, the Pirate Map revealed the secret passageway back to home, friends and family.  Excited to return, Bobo Chico sings a song “When I Get Home” about all the little things he’s going to enjoy. The pathway leads to the Great River of Wonderland. On the far shore, they see the door guarding the tunnel through the mountain. That's the way to the ‘other world’ that keeps Wonderland safe...

Cart Benright warns Bear King that they’ll be heading into a region that was used by pirates. He’s concerned about a possible dangerous portion of the pathway known as the pirate bridge.  Loar and Roen are both excited and nervous to go into ‘pirate country’ and are hoping they might find treasure.  Bear King tries to calm their fears by saying nobody would dare mess with a ‘tried and true’, brave...

After a couple of days rest in Treemania, the four friends are ready for the next leg of their journey. Bobo Chico’s ankle is much better and they’re eager to get back onto the pathway, riding on electric scooters. They journey through meadows of colorful orange poppies and Loar begins a song about his favorite things with Roen joining him.  They come to a large lake, with a sailboat ready to carr...

The four friends in the Dragon Boat finish their water travel when they arrive at the dock with the ‘Farther Adventures Await’ sign.  After a brief lunch, they continue their journey back on the pathway. All use mountain bikes, but Bobo Chico sprints ahead with Loar closely following him. Bobo Chico inspires young Loar with a song about being an adventurous, daring, daredevil. At the summit, Bobo...

Heading away from Clumenji and the Wizard of the Desert’s wonderful El Castillo Encantado, the four friends merrily follow the pathway toward the Great River of Wonderland. They paddle down the river in a Dragon Boat, enter a great canyon, and marvel at its rugged beauty. After an exciting journey through the rapids, they take a midday break. The brothers and Bear King enjoy a well-deserved nap, b...

The four friends find themselves in the enchanted castle of Clumenji, the Wizard of the Desert.  Situated among the colorful rocky cliffs, El Castillo Encantado  has wonderful pools with slides.  As the brothers awake, they learn from Bobo Chico that it’s his birthday! A day of revelry ensues, at Bobo Chico’s birthday party they all meet a special friend, Gary the Dragon, who lives under Clumenji’...

The four friends' journey continues in the high elevation of the Forest of Wonder. But as they follow the path downward, they soon encounter a different landscape of chaparral, vast flat plains, abundant yucca trees, and giant cactus (saguaro). Loar and Roen are surprised and amazed at this new landscape, but it heightens their sense of being far from the lush forests of home. When the friend...

Thanks to Lyrie, the four friends are safe, sound, and well-fed on the Isla de Amigos. After a good night’s sleep, the friends are ready to continue their quest. Lyrie explains that the pathway will lead away from the ocean and eventually take them to an immense forest. Undaunted, Bear King helps the group move confidently onward. Initially, Bobo Chico is excited to go into a forest again but grow...

Thanks to Slogadu, Bear King and Bobo Chico with Loar and Roen head down the new pathway which leads eventually home. As they wind their way out of the mountains of Wonderland, they come out to a beautiful, calm ocean. Hiking along the coastal path, kept cool by ocean breezes and swaying palm trees, Roen becomes frustrated by Loar’s subtle put-downs, and sometimes not being supportive. Crossing a...

In this children's podcast, Bear King meets Slogadu, the magical and mystical man of the mountain, who witnessed the arrival of the four friends into Wonderland. Slogadu has an idea of how they could find their way home, but it’ll be a difficult journey. Meanwhile, back home in the Real World, Wander the Wizard meets with Bear Queen and Sacejis the Wise.  Although they’re worried about the fo...

This children’s podcast is a continuation of Season 1, Episode 13 that brought together all the friends at a party. This new series, The Farther Adventures of Bear King and Bobo Chico, begins as Bear King and Bobo Chico get lost in the balloon as it floats away from Portland. At the same time, back in Portland’s South Waterfront, Loar and Roen discover Bear King’s backpack under the picnic table....