If you’re looking for the best story podcasts for kids, the Stories podcast has wonderful re-tellings of fairy tales and folk stories performed with original music. This children’s stories podcast has quickly become one of our family favorites!
Last fall, I wrote a post about the Circle Round podcast as part of their launch, and since then, our family has been rabid fans.
We have listened to every single episode multiple times (in some cases, upwards of 20 or 30 times) and I think they are marvelously done.
It’s just such an excellent example of a kids story podcast done well.
The Best Story Podcasts
But Circle Round only came out just over six months ago, and since only one episode comes out a week, there just wasn’t the backlog of story podcasts we needed for our daily driving.
Plus, because I talked about Circle Round so often on InstaStories, I started getting questions about our other favorite story podcasts for kids and the embarrassing answer was . . . we didn’t listen to any other story podcasts.
Or actually any other children’s podcasts.
We’d tried a few here and there, but none of them really impressed me or captured the attention of my girls like the Circle Round podcast.
A New-to-Us Kids Story Podcast
And then, someone mentioned Stories Podcast, telling me it was one of the best story podcasts for kids out there.
So next time we were in the car, I pulled it up on the Podcast app and opened up an episode at random.
One episode and we were all HOOKED.
The stories are so fun and nearly all of them have an original song.
The best part about Stories podcast?
The backlog is massive.
There are something like 200 episodes, so there is plenty to keep us all listening, and we’ve probably listened to probably 50-70 at this point and loved just about all of them.
They also have some longer original stories broken up into sections, but we haven’t listened to those ones yet.
I only have one complaint about this children’s stories podcast.
One is that they occasionally use the word “butt” which is a word I loathe with all my being and it is never ever used in our house. It’s not often, but it does show up in a few episodes, including the punchline for The Golden Screw, which is one of my girls’ very favorite episodes.
Whenever they repeat the last line, they change it to “bum,” because they still want to be allowed to live in my house.
But other than that, it’s just TERRIFICALLY done and I’m thrilled to have a new stash of stories to listen to as we run errands, including dozens of classic fairy tales and folk tales.
Children’s Stories Podcast
Like most podcasts, you can listen to this one through iTunes or Stitcher or stream it right from their website.
If you’re looking for new story podcasts and want to give this one a try, I highly recommend The Big Scary Cave, Two of Everything, and The Goblin Picnic.
If you liked this post about story podcasts, you might also enjoy these posts:
- Circle Round: One of our favorite podcasts for kids
- Five Fantastic Audio Story Collections for Little Listeners
- How to introduce your preschooler to audiobooks
Photos by Christie Knight Photography
Christine says
We will have to check it out! And I laughed because we do the same thing… we say “bum” or “bottom.” If I’m reading a book out lout to them, I always edit that word. 😉
Laura says
THANK YOU for your comments about “butt.” I hate it too, and my kids picked it up somewhere. I correct it every time, but it still shows up and *pulls hair out*
Anywayyyy… we love Circle Round, too, and I will definitely check out the new one!
Kate @ Mom's Radius / Opinionated Book Lover says
We listen to Circle Round (based on your recommendation) and Stories Podcast too. Have you tried Story Pirates? That’s our other kid favorite. My son is 8.
Janssen Bradshaw says
We haven’t! I’ll check it out.
watoozi says
Perfect timing! We’re (actually, I am) a little sick of Circle Round. Totally checking this out today!
Kayla says
I should probably confess that we do “Guess what? CHICKEN BUTT” at our house like…all the time. It’s 100% my fault. I got so tired of, “Hey mom, guess what?” eighteen thousand times one day and I finally responded, “Chicken butt?” and my kids won’t let it go.
I understand if we’re never invited over again.
Janssen Bradshaw says
Ha! And here dies our decade long friendship. (You can still come over ;)).
Liz says
Thanks for the recommendation! My kids also love circle round–I like it too! My kids also like “But why?” and “Wow in the World”. I’m going to check this out. I also just got the Treasury for Children on CD. I’m so so thankful for these recommendations especially as we head into summer vacation.
Kelli says
We love Stories podcast! Another good one is Little Stories for Tiny People; I just love the narrator.
Janssen Bradshaw says
Oh I’ve never heard of that one! I’ll definitely check it out – thank you!
Crystal says
We just discovered Little Stories for Tiny People and we love it! I will often stop what I am doing (usually dishes or cleaning) and listen in with my twins!
shannon zierden says
“wow in the world” is fantastically fun with science. so well done. we are circle round and stories podcasts.
Lacey says
Hilarious – it could be a cultural divide, but when I was growing up (here in Australia), the word ‘bum’ was considered FAR ruder than the word “butt”. We were not allowed to say ‘bum’ at all.
Janssen Bradshaw says
That is so funny!
Christine says
I agree. To me “bum” is far more vulgar than “butt”. Maybe because when I hear the word “bum” that is the image my mind conjures,. However we use the word ‘but” all the time so my mind doesn’t think anything when It is not set in reference to our hind end.
Gretchen says
Two of Everything is the best! We love that little song 🙂
Janssen Bradshaw says
It’s SO catchy!
Ramya Rajiv says
Do you think stories podcast is a good idea for bed time ?
Janssen Bradshaw says
They’re really fun and would be perfect for bedtime – you just might want to make sure it doesn’t keep advancing and play episode after episode!
Kirsten says
This is too fun! We LOVE circle round and stories podcast. Our newest fun podcast is Noodleloaf! It’s a darling podcast that features singing,laughing and has everyone (including me) smiling. The silly voices, songs and play along activities are too much fun. Check it out!
Janssen Bradshaw says
Oh, I’ve never heard of that one! Thank you!!
Xochi says
My girls love Story Pirates, they are 4 and 5. It was recommended by John and Sherry from the YoungHouseLove podcast
Ms. Swanson says
Thank you for all the comments about podcasts. Would like to try them with my 4-and 5-year old preschool children. You have all given me some great ideas!
Lindsey says
We love Reading Bug Adventure! Great for younger listeners! For a little older we love Purple Rocket Podcast!
Kristin Cole says
Also highly recommend Big Life Podcast. It is SO AMAZING and has a great storytelling aspect to it. Great for kids!
Mike says
We love kids story podcasts. So much so I made one of my own. It´s a new children´s story podcast featuring a shark detective. Kids can listen along and try and guess who did it.
https://www.lightfincasefiles.com
Hopefully people will enjoy it.
Sarah Hogan says
Your oldest might like the Six Minutes Podcast by BestRobotEver. I use it with my fourth grade class and they LOVE it! It’s about a family who is on a cruise and they find a girl in the water. The girl doesn’t remember who she is or how she got there. There are over 200 episodes and they are still releasing them, so lots to listen to. Plus, they are only six minutes so they are perfect for a short car ride 😉 BestRobotEver has a few other great podcasts, although I haven’t listened to them so I can’t speak to them. Definitely worth checking out.
Amanda says
We have been listening to Circle Round ever since I found out about it from you. My kids love them and I’ve been telling every mom I know about them! Look forward to checking these ones out too. Thanks Janssen!
Janssen Bradshaw says
Oh yay!
Carol says
Thank you! I’m like you – I enjoy audiobooks and was looking for an option for my four year old. We have a 15 minute drive to preschool and I’m getting sick of the Casper BabyPants Pandora station… Checking them out from the library seemed overwhelming but THIS is perfect!! We will be starting today!
Allison says
The Reading Bug is another good one. They are longer, so great for quiet time or a drive.
Regan says
Have you listened to ‘But Why: A podcast for curious kids’? https://www.npr.org/podcasts/474377890/but-why-a-podcast-for-curious-kids
There are some really interesting topics – we enjoy as a whole family!
Amy Carr says
Our 2 absolute favorites are “Little Learner’s Storytime podcast” from Orem Library which are interactive storytimes with stories, songs, games, etc., and “Who Smarted?” which focuses on really fun science and history topics for kids.
Laura says
We love Circle Round and Stories podcast, but our absolute favorite is Sparkle stories! They’re so calming and teach great lessons.