Bear King & Bobo Chico Stories for Kids

This children's podcast takes place on the Southern Oregon Coast. While vacationing there, Bear King and Bobo Chico meet Pete the Pirate, Squawk the Parrot, and Sailor Dani. Disaster is averted when they rescue the ‘pirate treasure’ ― a birthday present for Ivy (a young member of the Koquille people). Ivy is delighted and wants to pet the mischievous Squawk.

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This children's podcast about kindess and friendship takes place on the Oregon Coast. Bear King and Bobo Chico are flying kites when their young friends, brothers Loar and Roen, come by and save the day. Later, while having lunch in a driftwood fort, they befriend a lost dog and meet its owners Sir Paddy and Lady Poppy Pumpernickel of Peacock Lane in Portland. Bear King grants a special reward to Loar and Roen for their good d...

In this children's podcast, Bobo Chico has an idea for a real crown for Bear King. This special crown is made by Wander the Wizard in his shop under Mt. Tabor. Back in the Sky Cave with his friends, Bobo Chico accidently breaks it.  Bear King becomes fazzled but is calmed by Sacejis the Wise. After bear-hugging Bobo Chico (while wearing his new crown) he gives him one of Bear Queen’s homemade muffins…with jam! 

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This children's story about overcoming uncertainty takes place in Portland, Oregon. Bobo Chico meets Bear King on the Tilikum Crossing Bridge when Loar tells them of his brother Roen’s crisis of confidence. Roen’s fears are justified, and Bear Kings shares his story of how he over came a similar fear.  After Bobo Chico, Loar, and Roen all practice how to overcome the fear of heights, Bear King rewards them with prize of ice cr...

This children's podcast is about kidness and helping others. Bear King and Bobo Chico’s gardening is interrupted when Loar and Roen rush over and explain that their neighbor Margie Ellen MacWaggles has sprained her ankle. When they learn that moles and voles are hurting her garden ― and her grocery budget ― they find a garden gnome. Phineas Phuspott strikes a deal with the moles and voles, who help the garden. Margie Ellen hos...

In this children's podcast about kindess and friendship, Bear King meets Gabarret the Squirrel while bringing a picnic basket with balloons to Lair Bear’s new home. Bobo Chico ties his balloons to the basket, which begins to float away during a housewarming celebration. Both Gabarret and Bobo Chico drift over Portland, but are rescued by Loar and Roen flying their kites on Mt. Tabor.

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This children's podcast takes place on the Central Oregon Coast. Loar and Roen, while doing amazing kite tricks, meet up with Bear King and Bobo Chico on the beach near Waldport. There the meet the talented sisters, Princesses Roarua and Leyneda, visiting from LaLaLand. They all go to the celebration where the young people showcase their talents to great delight and applause. Disaster is avoided when Pete the Pirate is summone...

This children's podcast takes place in Central Oregon. Loar and Roen, while vacationing near Black Butte, meet Rika, a Wildlife Guide and learn about habitat restoration in Deschutes County. Meanwhile, Bear King and Bobo Chico get lost while on a fly fishing trip on nearby Lake Creek. Thanks to Rika’s tracking device, Loar and Roen rescue the lost fly fishermen, Bear King, and Bobo Chico.

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In this children's podcast, Loar observes the loud crows as he and Roen ride their bikes.  They meet Bobo Chico at the boat dock and then sail south to his home on Ross Island. Enjoying a mug of cocoa after dinner, Bear King answers many questions about crows and other birds. That night, while asleep in his bunkbed in Bobo Chico’s cabin, Loar has a vivid dream. He meets Carl the Crow, and is rescued by Thorondor, Lord of the E...

This children's podcast is about being helpful to others. Bobo Chico is excited for the first snow day. Bear King gives him a lift in his snow cart up to Mt. Tabor. Meeting Loar and Roen they enjoy a morning of sledding. After lunch they decide to build a snow palace. The structure is admired by Polly Wanacracker and her dog Trouble. After chasing a squirrel, the dog loses a bootie. Roen, Loar, and Bobo Chico trace the lady’s ...

This children's podcast is about miscommunication that turns out OK in the end. Bobo Chico receives a note and image from Leadranssa, the Wood Elf who lives in an elf watchtower in Sherwood Forest. He and Bear King drive through a snowstorm and search for her home at the bottom of the hill and under the bridge. Loar and Roen, wearing their Cheetah coats, also receive a message to meet in Sherwood Forest. As Leadranssa watches,...

This children's podcast brings together all the characters in the series. Bear King and Bear Queen are hosting a picnic by the Willamette River for all the friends. Everyone is excited and delighted when Gabarret and Bobo Chico arrive in a hot air balloon. But their happiness turns to great concern when the balloon lifts off with Bear King and Bobo Chico inside! Unable to direct the balloon, the two friends are carried eastwar...

This children’s podcast is a continuation of Season 1, Episode 13 that brought together all the friends at a party. This new series, The Farther Adventures of Bear King and Bobo Chico, begins as Bear King and Bobo Chico get lost in the balloon as it floats away from Portland. At the same time, back in Portland’s South Waterfront, Loar and Roen discover Bear King’s backpack under the picnic table. Looking inside, they see Bear King’...

The four friends travel to a new place over the rainbow and through an electrical storm.  Finding Wonderland to be beautiful beyond belief, they soon realize that they will eventually need to find their way back home. But how? As they climb out of the balloon, Bear King mistakenly deflates it and it disappears in a ‘poof’ of pink.  Initially, Bobo Chico is very excited by this magical place where fountains bubble with sparkling, fl...

In this children's podcast, Bear King meets Slogadu, the magical and mystical man of the mountain, who witnessed the arrival of the four friends into Wonderland. Slogadu has an idea of how they could find their way home, but it’ll be a difficult journey. Meanwhile, back home in the Real World, Wander the Wizard meets with Bear Queen and Sacejis the Wise.  Although they’re worried about the four friends, they’re sure that Bear ...

Thanks to Slogadu, Bear King and Bobo Chico with Loar and Roen head down the new pathway which leads eventually home. As they wind their way out of the mountains of Wonderland, they come out to a beautiful, calm ocean. Hiking along the coastal path, kept cool by ocean breezes and swaying palm trees, Roen becomes frustrated by Loar’s subtle put-downs, and sometimes not being supportive. Crossing a lagoon over a rope suspension bridg...

Thanks to Lyrie, the four friends are safe, sound, and well-fed on the Isla de Amigos. After a good night’s sleep, the friends are ready to continue their quest. Lyrie explains that the pathway will lead away from the ocean and eventually take them to an immense forest. Undaunted, Bear King helps the group move confidently onward. Initially, Bobo Chico is excited to go into a forest again but grows hesitant as it's unfamiliar ...

The four friends' journey continues in the high elevation of the Forest of Wonder. But as they follow the path downward, they soon encounter a different landscape of chaparral, vast flat plains, abundant yucca trees, and giant cactus (saguaro). Loar and Roen are surprised and amazed at this new landscape, but it heightens their sense of being far from the lush forests of home. When the friends come to a canyon, they wonder how...

The four friends find themselves in the enchanted castle of Clumenji, the Wizard of the Desert.  Situated among the colorful rocky cliffs, El Castillo Encantado  has wonderful pools with slides.  As the brothers awake, they learn from Bobo Chico that it’s his birthday! A day of revelry ensues, at Bobo Chico’s birthday party they all meet a special friend, Gary the Dragon, who lives under Clumenji’s pool. At the same time, back home...