Sishu Katha 🤪

Hey listeners!! We are back with a new series - The Spellbound Poetry. We will be listening to some of the famous works of well known poets and poetess and enrich our knowledge through the meanings conveyed. Get ready to be Spellbound!! Do share your suggestions with me at sishu_katha@outlook.com Background Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRNNMEpfYs Episode Art credits: Image by Thought Ca...

The Idea by Sydney Milucky: An inspiring story of a fourteen year old girl, who teaches us, that we only need to take small baby steps in the direction of our Idea, pursue it wholeheartedly, and achieve our dreams. Stay tuned listeners, to get inspired!! Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Deep Inside Poem by: Stephanie Ives Background Music credits: Dreamy Fantasy by Rafae...

The Art Town - A story that explains how to always be optimistic and positive, so that you are capable of even turning a negative situation into a positive one. A story that encourages all to celebrate the festival of colours in its true spirit in a unique virtual manner. Wishing all my listeners a very Happy Holi!!  Story taken from freestoriesforkids.com Background sound credits: Rang Barse...

The Wailing Tree - A story about bad postures: On the occasion of International Forest Day, what better way than to gain some wisdom from the most important element on Earth - The Tree!! Stay tuned listeners to find out what do our trees teach us with regard to postures and adhering to some strict instructions from our well wishers. Story taken from www.freestoriesforkids.com Episode art cred...

Thanks, Y'All!! by Michelle Strauss: A story that emphasizes on the importance of friends, and that we cannot always travel together. So hold on, to all those special, cherished moments with your friends, including the bitter-sweet ones and stay tuned, to travel down the memory lane. Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul 2 Quote by: Tim McGraw Episode art credits: Image by Ge...

The Muddy Road and The Reflection - Two short stories that reminds us to let-go and to view the world from a positive lens. The Muddy Road taken from: https://empirics.asia/3-stories-that-will-change-your-perspective-forever/ Episode art credits: Image by Pexels from Pixabay

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Challenged by Toni-Michelle Nell: A Valentine's Day Special story that implies first impressions do not matter in Love, you just have to hear to the right tune, the right song from that special person. Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Episode art credits: Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

Redsy by Barry Fireman: We can learn wisdom from everyone, and definitely from a boy like Redsy, who has a very positive attitude. Intrigued?? Stay tuned to find out what is the key take away from Redsy's story. Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Quote by: Katherine Mansfield Poem by Meghan Beardsley Episode art credits: Image by Lubov Lisitsa from Pixabay

Just Do It by Son Truong Nguyen - Change is the only constant and we need to take action, to be the change. This is a short and sweet story that explains how we need not worry about the outcome and fearlessly adapt the required change. Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Quote by: Ernest Hemingway Poem by Irene Dunlap Episode art credits: Photo by Chris Lawton on Unspl...

The Forgotten Friend by Judith Burnett Schneider : A sweet story on selfless friendship which re-iterates the quote, "Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life " Stay tuned listeners, to listen to the entire story. Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Quote by: James Francis Byrnes "Count on me" song by Connie Talbot Episode art credits...

Adam's Apples by Kim Aaron - A short story on humanity and how perspective matters Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Quote by: George Moore Episode art credits: Image by Briam Cute from Pixabay

Where is the world is Carmen? by Marieta Irwin: A story about achieving dreams!! Inspite of your inabilities, if you have the will and determination, you can achieve your dreams. Stay tuned listeners, to find out how Ashley with her bear Carmen, fulfills her dream. Story Taken from the book Chicken soup for the preteen soul Quote by: Michael Thomas "This is my Dream" song by Kashy Keegan Episode a...

Hey Listeners!! Wishing you a very Happy New year 2021!! We are starting the new year with our series, "The Magical Crystal Ball". Let's believe in the MAGIC within ourselves and spread magic all around..  Episode art credits: Image by Uki_71 from Pixabay

Chardae's thousand and one nights: The stories famously known as One thousand and one nights/ Arabian Nights were narrated by Scherezade, a Persian Queen. Stay tuned listeners, to find out how she turned an adversity to an opportunity and imprinted her name in History!! This story is taken from the book: Girls to the rescue - tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world by Lansky,...

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No lie, I acted like a beast! : The story of Beauty and the Beast as told by the Beast, by Nancy Loewen, illustrated by Cristian Bernardini Poor misunderstood Prince Elmer! When his acting audition goes wrong, he’s cursed by an evil fairy. Hmm.. this seems to be different from the original story... So stay tuned listeners!! Lets hear what really happened to the Beast from the Beast himself. T...

Let's meet the most famous Fashion Icon - Humpty Dumpty through this story. Like the original rhyme, he did have a great fall, but did he come back stronger or succumbed to it!?? Stay tuned listeners and find out the REAL HUMPTY-DUMPTY STORY!!! Episode Art Credits: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay This story is taken from the book: Twisted tales II: 3 stories by Weiss, Bobbi JG and Humpty...

The Fairy Godmother's Assistant - With the fairy godmother on vacation, the fairy godmother's assistant must use clever ways to help Ella, a king, and two squabbling princes, to solve their problems. Stay tuned listeners!! and find out if she uses MAGIC or some other Secret Weapon!!! This story is taken from the book: Girls to the rescue - tales of clever, courageous girls from around the wor...

The Diwali Gift by Shweta Chopra and Shuchi Mehta: Suno, Dekho & Jaano are 3 monkeys who are eagerly waiting to open the mysterious present Grandma sent them. They take turns guessing about what it could be, and day dreaming about what they want it to be, until they finally get to open their gift.. Are you curious too?? so stay tuned to find out what was Grandma's Diwali gift!!! Episode art cr...

The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst: Let's meet the famous gingerbread boy's smarter and wiser sister - The Gingerbread Girl. Does she also fall prey to the devious fox?? Let's join her in the various adventures and find out what finally happens!! Episode Art Credits: Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

Three Silly Goats Gruffs: Unlike the original story that speaks about not to be greedy, here we twist the story, to understand how less information leads to poor decisions. Listen to the story to understand how misconceptions can be caused. This story is taken from the book: 12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays written by Justin McCory Martin

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South India's Golu Bommai: The little known tradition of festival of dolls, spans over nine days and is full of creativity and community get-together. Listen to the entire episode, to learn more about this festival, its significance and how it is celebrated. Wishing everyone a very Happy Navaratri!! :) References from: https://masalabox.co.in/navratri-golu-dussehra-of-south-india/, https://chaibis...

Queen Midas: Unlike King Midas, Queen Midas doesn't love gold. She is fond of something delicious, something which we all Love!! Stay tuned to find out what happens when Queen Midas receives the same Magic that the King had.. is she happy with her magic power or not!! ;) This story is taken from the book: 12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays written by Justin McCory Martin Episode Art credits: "King...