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The Story Seeds Podcast

Kids EN ↓ 29 episodes

Our Webby Award-nominated show matches kids ages 6-12 and their story ideas with diverse, beloved children's authors. Each episode chronicles the magic that grows through author-child collaboration and features an immersive story time read aloud by the author. Bonus episodes feature author interviews with our host Betsy Bird! As a Common Sense Media Seal Selection, our show is recognized as a great choice for kids and families for its engaging stories, valuable content, and diverse voices, characters, and messages and has received an A+ for educational value. Our show has also been featured in...

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Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Dan Gutman 12.03.2020 18:59

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Dan Gutman (best-selling author of the My Weird Schoo l series). They go behind the scenes and talk about what it was like growing 11 year old Hannah’s story seed in Episode 1 “The Magic Seed.” In this special bonus episode, Dan also tells us the story of how he became a published author, gives us a peek into his writing process,...

Coronavirus PSA: How to Fight the New Bad Guy in Town by Jason Reynolds 09.03.2020 4:11

There's a new bad guy in town and his name is COVID-19, AKA, the novel Coronavirus. Although Coronavirus has already made many, many people around the world really sick, you don't have to feel helpless. Information is power. On this special PSA for The Story Seeds Podcast, Jason Reynolds, National Book Award finalist and the 2020 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, inspires us to...

The Magic Seed with Dan Gutman 05.03.2020 28:35

The Story Seeds Podcast kicks off Season One with a collaboration between our 11 year old creative rockstar Hannah and Dan Gutman, best-selling author of the My Weird School series! On this episode, Dan Gutman helps Hannah grow her story seed: A girl and boy find a magic seed that grows into a plant that sparks whatever they want on command. They wish for small things. They're not greedy. One da...

Introducing The Story Seeds Podcast! 18.02.2020 4:40

Kids are creative rockstars! Introducing The Story Seeds™ Podcast, where we match kids and their story ideas with beloved authors who grow their story seeds into original, short stories! Follow along on each episode as children ages 6-12 and authors go on inspiring field trips in NYC to grow their story ideas (ahem, seeds!) through conversation and collaboration. Hosted by kidlit maven and librar...