The Childrens Hour
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A delightful series of entertaining children's tales and books from around the world. Your children, their friends and your children's children will pass many happy hours listening to these stories.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Pan - Chapter 17 The Final Chapter | What will happen when the Lost Boys come to live on the mainland, and Peter and Wendy meet again when she is all grown up? | Reader: CC | 00:26:41 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 16 | Wendy and her brothers fly home, but Peter and Tinkerbell have arrived first! Will Peter bar the window to prevent the reunion with their beloved parents? | Reader: CC | 00:22:04 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 15 | The Lost Boys battle against the pirates, and the final fight occurs between Peter Pan and Hook...who will win? | Reader: CC | 00:24:24 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 14 | The Lost Boys and Wendy are held captive on Hook’s pirate ship! Who will save them? | Reader: CC | 00:18:15 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 13 | What happens when Wendy and the Lost Boys are discovered by the pirates... and Hook and Peter Pan come face-to-face? | Reader: CC | 00:22:30 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 12 | What happens to the Lost Boys and Wendy when Hook and his pirates discover them? | Reader: CC | 00:13:08 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 11 | Listen to Wendy's exciting story. Will Peter and the Lost Boys leave Neverland with Wendy and her brothers? | Reader: CC | 00:20:33 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 10 | Enjoy a joyful, cozy adventure in the home under the ground with Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys. | Reader: CC | 00:18:15 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 9 | Will Peter survive on the lone rock in the ocean? Ask the Never Bird! | Reader: CC | 00:11:39 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 8 | Find out what happens when Hook and Peter Pan meet face to face! | Reader: CC | 00:29:16 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 7 | Wendy and her brothers experience what a fun life is like, living under the ground with Peter. | Reader: CC | 00:18:36 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 6 | Wendy and her brothers arrive on the island and meet the Lost Boys. With Peter, they build a new home. | Reader: CC | 00:21:25 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 5 | Neverland comes alive with the arrival of Peter, including his enemy, Hook! | Reader: CC | 00:26:00 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 4 | Join the children and Peter Pan on their memorable flight to Neverland. | Reader: CC | 00:22:24 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 3 | Wendy and Peter's magical meeting, and the first flight of the children ... away! | Reader: CC | 00:30:31 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 2 | Peter's magical shadow ... foreshadows the grand adventure! | Reader: CC | 00:22:53 |
| Peter Pan, Chapter 1 | Join J. M. Barrie's classic story from the very beginning! | Reader: CC | 00:23:22 |
| The Tailor of Gloucester - Part 2 of 2 | The memorable conclusion of Beatrix Potter's tale of how the tailor magically finishes the mayor's beautiful coat. | Reader: CC | 00:10:55 |
| The Tailor of Gloucester - Part 1 of 2 | A touching tale about a poor tailor, and a special coat he wishes to make for the mayor. By Beatrix Potter. | Reader: CC | 00:12:47 |
| The Tale of Mr. Tod - Part 2 of 2 | The exciting conclusion of Beatrix Potter's tale of how Peter, Benjamin and Mr. Tod unknowingly work together to rescue the baby rabbits from the dangerous badger, Tommy Brock! | Reader: CC | 00:21:02 |
| The Story of Mr. Todd - Part 1 of 2 | Beatrix Potter's thrilling tale of Benjamin and Peter's search for the missing baby rabbits! | Reader: CC | 00:19:13 |
| The Tale of Pigling Bland - Part 2 of 2 | The conclusion of Pigling Bland's adventures and how he and a girl pigling outsmart some grown - ups! | Reader: CC | 00:15:11 |
| The Tale of Pigling Bland - Part 1 of 2 | Join the adventures of smart little pigling brothers, and the friends they encounter, on the way to market. | Reader: CC | 00:17:54 |
| The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (Part 2 of 2) | The conclusion of Beatrix Potter's entertaining tale of Tom Kitten and two mice who wish to roll him into a pastry. | Reader: CC | 00:11:45 |
| The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (Part 1 of 2) | A fun, suspenseful tale by Beatrix Potter, of hide and seek between a cat named Tabitha and her children. | Reader: CC | 00:13:47 |
| The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse | Beatrix Potter's enjoyable story of the persnickety Mrs. Tittlemouse. | Reader: CC | 00:12:12 |
| The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse | Adventures ensue when a country mouse and a city mouse visit each other's houses. By Beatrix Potter. | Reader: CC | 00:12:38 |
| The Tale of Ginger and Pickles | Beatrix Potter's joyful tale of dog and cat shopkeepers, and how they cope with credit! | Reader: CC; Engineer: Barry McCarten | 00:12:03 |
| The Tale of Timmy-Tip-Tops | The Tale of Timmy-Tip-Tops: Beatrix Potter's winsome story of conflicts and friendships between squirrels and chipmunks. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Barry McCarten | 00:13:47 |
| The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies | The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. Find out what happens in Beatrix Potter's humorous tale of a family of bunnies outsmarting Mr. McGregor, the farmer | Reader: CC; Engineer: Barry McCarten | 00:11:15 |
| The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck | Beatrix Potter's adventurous story of a courageous duck and a wiley fox. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Joe Jurca | 00:12:44 |
| The Tale of Tom Kitten | Beatrix Potter's story of three kittens in fancy clothes having fun and causing mischief in a garden. | Reader: CC | 00:09:52 |
| The Tale of a Fierce Bad Rabbit | Beatrix Potter's little tale of a memorable, unique meeting between a nice rabbit and a fierce one. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Joe Jurca | 00:06:05 |
| The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | Beatrix Potter's adventurous story about a frog fishing in an unpredictable lake. | Reader: CC | 00:10:35 |
| The Pie and the Patty Pan | Beatrix Potter's enchanting tale of a pie party with Ribby the cat and Duchess the dog. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Joe Jurca | 00:18:17 |
| The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle | Beatrix Potter's sunny tale of a little girl who stumbles upon the delightful creature called Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Kayvan Taherpour | 00:15:18 |
| The Tale of Two Bad Mice | Beatrix Potter's superb and silly tale of two mice stumbling into a dolls' house. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Kayvan Taherpour | 00:12:15 |
| Tale of Benjamin Bunny | Beatrix Potter's Superb tale of two rabbits who meet a cat in Mr. Mcgregor's garden | Reader: CC; Engineer: Kayvan Taherpour | 00:13:55 |
| The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin | The funny tale by Beatrix Potter about a silly squirrel who teases a wise old owl one too many times. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Kayvan Taherpour | 00:15:40 |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | The classic tale of Peter Rabbit's adventures in Mr. McGregor's garden. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Joe Jurca | 00:12:17 |
| Little Monkeys | This fun Brazilian folktale follows two monkeys through the sun and the rain, and a house called Tomorrow. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Kayvan Taherpour | 00:07:44 |
| A Whale of a Tale | Find out how an Eskimo boy tries to fit back into his igloo after eating too much! | Reader: CC; Engineer: Joe Jurca | 00:11:39 |
| Batis! Batis! | In this folktale from France a family and their pig discover creative ways to outsmart a wolf. | Reader: CC; Engineer: Jerry Nankin | 00:16:25 |
| Old One-Eye | In this Southern folktale, how does an old woman trick three robbers with a one-eyed fish? | Reader: CC | 00:12:21 |
| The Rich Man Seeks a Daughter-in-Law | In this folktale from Thailand, the smart young woman who can answer the fish riddle, wins the prince! | Reader: CC | 00:09:02 |
| Coyote's Crying Song | In this folktale with Hopi Indian roots, Little Dove tries to teach Coyote to sing, with funny results! | Reader: CC | 00:11:04 |
| The Girl Who Wore Too Much | What happens when a girl named Aree tries to wear everything she owns to a dance? Find out in this fun folktale from Thailand. | Reader: CC, Engineer: Cagri Ceylan | 00:14:30 |
| Parley Garfield and the Frogs | How does Parley cross the creek to get to the other side? With the help of the frogs of course! | Reader: CC, Engineer: Cagri Ceylan | 00:07:55 |
| Punia and the King of the Sharks | In this folktale from Hawaii, a boy named Punia finds a way to outsmart ten sharks in the Bay of Kohala. | Reader: CC | 00:13:51 |
| Sunshine Stories | This classic by Hans Christian Andersen is about a swan who gives many magical gifts. | Reader: CC | 00:14:49 |
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | Enjoy this classic Christmas tale about a visit from St.Nicholas. | Reader: CC | 00:09:37 |
| The Elephants and the Bees | How did elephants receive their long trunks? Find out in this folktale from Thailand. | Reader: CC | 00:12:25 |
| Roly Poly Rice Ball | In this folktale from Japan, a kind old man discovers a beautiful mouse country underneath the ground. | Reader: CC | 00:14:04 |
| The Hare Who Married a Princess | How does a clever rabbit win a competition of many suitors to marry the princess? Find out in this Fon folktale from Benin, Africa. | Reader: CC | 00:12:51 |
| Udala Tree | Listen to this folktale from Africa about an Orphan Boy who plants a tree that grows higher and higher the more he sings. | Reader: CC | 00:13:28 |
| Groundhog Dance | In this revised Cherokee folktale, a clever Groundhog creates a singing game to try to outsmart a pack of hungry wolves. | Reader: CC | 00:09:28 |
| The Magic Fox | A boy named Zuiten discovers a fox with magic powers in this folktale from Japan. | Reader: CC | 00:12:54 |
| Little Boy Frog and Little Boy Snake | This Ekoi folktale shows how two known enemies become memorable friends. | Reader: CC | 00:10:55 |
| Hide and Seek | Listen to this story about wonderful winged creatures in the forest as they play this fun familiar game with a twist! | Reader: CC | 00:06:38 |
| Pickin' Peas | This folktale from Alabama is about a Little Girl and Mr. Rabbit who try to outsmart eachother. Who will win? | Reader: CC | 00:11:59 |
| The Ghost with One Black Eye | Enjoy this silly, spooky Halloween tale about a baby who scares a ghost! | Reader: CC | 00:09:48 |
| The World's Biggest Pizza Pie from Blinkety Blye | Barney Marcello and his town work together to make a 50 foot pizza filled with all their favorite things. | Reader: CC | 00:10:30 |
| Little Sparky | What is it like being a sparkly girl, in a sparkly world? | Reader: CC | 00:07:16 |
| A Dog's Day | Join Ben and his dog Molly for a magical summer day of adventures! | Reader: CC | 00:08:55 |
| Nathan's Wish | Carol Henault from Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California is a surprise guest! Today's story is about a special boy named Nathan who makes a wish come true. | Reader: CC | 00:17:15 |
| Pricilla the Pirate Princess | What happens when an independent princess makes her own rules, and inspires all the girls in the kingdom to do the same? | Reader: CC | 00:09:21 |
| The Magical Tree and Musical Wind | A touching tale about how the tree and the wind make beautiful music together. | Reader: CC | 00:10:05 |
| Boogaloo, Fifi and the Fairies | How will two trolls befriend the fairy sprites? What is the magical key to their friendship? | Reader: CC | 00:13:45 |
| Grandfather Bear is Hungry | Discover how Chipmunk receives the stripes on his back in this friendship folktale from Siberia. | Reader: CC | 00:09:16 |
| Anansi and the Turtle | Anansi the spider tries to trick Miss Turtle, but has found his match when she teaches him a valuable lesson. | Reader: CC | 00:15:25 |
| Marshall and His Green High-tops | Marshall the mouse finally receives the shoes he has always wanted... with surprising results! | Reader: CC | 00:09:45 |
| The Squeaky Door | Find out how Grandma creatively helps her grandson from becoming scared in the dark. | Reader: CC | 00:10:44 |
| "The Miss of Wish" | Join the journey of little Frances and Corky as they visit the magnificent Miss Wish! | Reader: CC | 00:10:13 |
| Baby Rattlesnake's First Rattle | Find out what happens in this fun Pawnee folktale when Baby Rattlesnake wants his prized present too early, learning a valuable lesson from the Chief's daughter. | Reader: CC | 00:11:18 |
| Jack and The Robbers | A folktale about how Jack and his tribe of animal friends outsmart a few robbers and find their fortune along the way. | Reader: CC | 00:10:45 |
| "The Big Man Drum" | A Dai folktale from China about how a man makes his dreams come true with the help of a few creative monkeys. | Reader: CC | 00:12:08 |
| The Barking Mouse | A folktale from Cuba - "The Barking Mouse". Find out what makes a mouse act like a dog in this silly story. Some Spanish words too! | Reader: CC | 00:12:01 |
| El Conejito | An interactive folktale in English with a few Spanish words, "El Conejito" (The Little Bunny Rabbit). This musical tale reveals how El Conejito discovers a creative way to outsmart larger animals with his imagination on the way to visit his Auntie Monica. | Reader: CC | 00:14:36 |
| Tom Kinney Reads a SpongeBob SquarePants and a Dr. Seuss Story | "Trouble at the Crusty Crab," a SpongeBob Story and "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins," by Dr. Seuss. Ages 5 to 11. | Reader: Tom Kinney, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants | 00:40:34 |
| The Happy Lion | A friendly lion walks out of his cage to an adventure in the town. Ages 4 to 10. | Author: Louise Fatio, Reader: Peter Husmann | 00:08:45 |
| Bouncin' Bobby | Bobby finds he doesn't need his great bouncing skills to be liked by the other children. Ages 4 to 9. | Author: Julie Williams, Reader: Julie Williams | 00:07:24 |
| Amos and Boris | A mouse and a whale rescue each other from danger and become the best of friends. Ages 5 to 10. | Author: William Steig, Reader: Tamara Zook | 00:15:23 |
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | I'll bet you've never had a day as bad as Alexander, even if you live in Australia! Ages 4 to 10. | Author: Judith Fyorst, Reader: Bob Beuth | 00:05:23 |
| The Story of Ferdinand | Ferdinand, the bull, just loves to sit under his cork tree and smell the flowers, but some men from the big city have other plans. Ages 3 to 9. | Author: Munro Leaf, Reader: Scott Lawrence | 00:05:26 |
| The Naughty Shoes | Did you ever wonder what your shoes do after you've gone to sleep? Find out how naughty they can be in this charming story, translated from the Dutch by Celia Amidon. Ages 3 to 9. | Author: Paul Biegel, Reader: Annie Potts | 00:06:49 |
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