Mimi wants to wear her flower-trimmed straw hat to the fair. But a little bird has settled inside it, and Mimi must choose something else before her family is ready to leave.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/mimis-hat-with-a-tenantAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Today’s poem–a masterclass in subtlety and imagery–makes you feel the scale of the farewell before it arrives. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Energetic Orange arrives in Colourland. Learn about the colour orange with the Colourblocks.

At a picnic in Brightsville, Timmy wants to blow one perfectly round bubble. When a falling branch meets a strange clear shield, his ordinary bubble wand suddenly leaves him with questions.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/bubble-boy/the-discoveryDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

Marina and Coralina each think the festival model should follow her own plan. A sticky tangle makes them stop moving each other's work and decide where the lights and ribbons can both go.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/marina-the-mermaid/episode-4-the-tides-of-friendshipDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

The friends find the Codex's classroom blocking a forest bridge. It wants to step aside, but its open door keeps its roots still—and visitors are still leaving.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/wonderschool-wizards/the-enchanted-forest-expeditionDiscover hundreds of free bedtime stories:https://www.readthetale.com

Maya's paper pumpkin lantern is ready for the Halloween walk—until the wind carries it away. She and Dad follow its bright orange face through the neighbors' decorations, trying to bring it home before dark.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/halloween-stories/the-halloween-lantern-that-would-not-stay-putAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Isn't it time for... Spooooky! We've got a Hey Duggee Halloween Song for you and your little Squirrels to dance along to!

All Bible verses are from the NKJV.Podcast Producer: Katie ChitwoodSound Engineer: Dillon AustinConnect with us:Email: seedpod@startingwithjesus.com Website: https://startingwithjesus.comStarting With Jesus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/StartingWithJesusSeedPod for Kids YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvU2FBPEL5-Zi2QW0STVLg  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startingwithjesusFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/startingwithjesus

Today’s poem, translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney, delivers precisely what the title promises. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Kit is ready for a puddle walk, but one yellow boot has vanished. A trail through the garden leads to a goose who has found a very strange place to put it.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/bedtime-stories-by-age/5-year-old/the-goose-and-the-yellow-bootAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

The dinosaurs follow the safe new route toward the greener basin. At a rest clearing, Danny takes a small tumble, and the friends he has traveled with help him rejoin the herd before their journey's end.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-10-the-great-migrationAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Danny joins Patty and the adult scouts beyond the familiar valley. A path used by quick raptors is too narrow for the whole herd, so they search for a wider way around the blocked volcanic pass.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-9-dino-safariAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Danny plans one last dance in the old valley while scouts search for a new migration route. When the party drum cracks, the dinosaurs find a beat among their own footsteps, tails, and wings.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-8-dino-dance-partyAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

When the mountain Danny nicknamed Friendly begins to rumble, the dinosaurs gather at a distant lookout. Leo spots a family still behind, and the adults find a safe path to bring them to the others.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-7-the-friendly-volcanoAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Danny and his friends turn a fallen tree into a castle and invent a quest to free a golden phoenix. Their make-believe dragon guards the way, but the real challenge is reaching the bright leaf that plays the phoenix.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-6-imaginary-adventureAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

A sudden rainstorm sends Danny's picnic under a rocky overhang. When pterosaurs move the covered snack basket into a tree to shelter it from the rain, the friends turn the wet afternoon into a very different celebration.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-5-the-rainy-picnic-dayAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Danny finds a blue-green egg beneath a root after wind has scattered a nest. He and his friends keep watch while the grown dinosaurs search for the parent who is looking for it too.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-4-the-lost-eggAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

At the Dino Olympics, Danny cannot catch the runners or balance like his friends. Then Patty points him toward Rock Rolling, where one stubborn boulder demands more than a hard shove.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-3-dino-olympicsAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

When Danny follows a bright bird around one bend too many, he loses sight of his family. An old Ankylosaurus helps him make a call they can hear—and Danny glimpses a trail beyond the shrinking river.Read the full story:https://www.readthetale.com/series/t-rex-danny/episode-2-dannys-great-adventureAs always, visit us at www.ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.