The Reading Bug Podcast - Original Adventures, Bedtime Stories and Music for Kids
Love our podcast and bookstore? Get the app — available for Apple or Android. Go to thereadingbug.app 🌟 Let’s fly! ✨ The Reading Bug Podcast is a collection of original audio stories for kids, featuring immersive adventures, cozy bedtime stories, bite-sized story snacks, and curious science questions. Brought to life with original music and vivid storytelling, every episode is designed to help kids fall in love with stories, music, and learning. Perfect for car rides, quiet time, and bedtime! 🚗 📚 What listeners can explore: Reading Bug Adventures: Cinematic, two-part story journeys filled with music and listener participation. Lauren’s Little Bedtime Stories: Calming tales and gentle songs perfect for winding down. Story Snacks with The Book Worm: Short, immersive stories designed for quick listening and big imaginations. Fact Fly’s One Big Question: Fun, kid-friendly science discoveries answering curious “why?” questions. Every episode is proudly created, written, and produced by The Reading Bug, an award-winning, family-owned, independent children’s bookstore. Learn more at: readingbugadventures.com
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October 26, 2026 • 88 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Trick or treat, Reader — it’s time to do the Mummy Wrap! Hop into the Reading Bug’s magic book bag for a spooky trip back 3,000 years to ancient Egypt — land of pharaohs, pyramids, and a very chatty Scarab beetle with a bone to pick.
But before we can explore the wonders of the Nile or King Tut’s legendary tomb, we’ll have to solve the Sphinx’s ...
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October 19, 2026 • 28 mins
Meet our friends from Dorktales!
Dorktales Storytime EP98: That’s A Wrap! | Spooky Halloween Stories for Kids
Jonathan and Redge adventure into The Tomes, the vast desert of Once Upon a Time, when they stumble into a mysterious tomb, and find themselves on a ghoulish (and very goofy) game show. The two must solve haunting riddles, guess what’s missing in an ancient witch’s potion, and test their courage in the c...
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October 15, 2026 • 20 mins
Why do leaves turn red and orange and gold every fall — and where do those colors actually come from? Join Lauren and the Fact Fly (frozen in front of a glowing maple tree, convinced everything he learned about plants needs rearranging) as they investigate the hidden science of autumn color. It turns out the yellows and oranges were there all summer long, hiding behind the green — and fall doesn’t add color to a l...
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October 13, 2026 • 20 mins
Lauren’s Little Bedtime Stories
On a warm Tuesday morning, a tortoise named Humphrey decides to cross the road. That’s the whole plan. He sets off at nine o’clock with the calm certainty of someone who has been taking his time for a very long time and finds it suits him perfectly. Along the way, a rabbit tells him he’s slow, two squirrels debate whether to help, a crow offers directions that don’t app...
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October 12, 2026 • 105 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Full Story. Hark, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag for a legendary trip back in time to the magical kingdom of Camelot — home of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table!
But the road to Camelot is no easy quest. Dangerous trolls and serpents lurk around every corner — and once we arrive, something feels strange. Could the kingdom be...
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October 6, 2026 • 20 mins
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories
Clementine and Blythe are mouse cousins who could not live more differently. Blythe has a cozy home in the roots of an old oak tree, a well-stocked pantry, and a meadow she considers the finest view available to any mouse anywhere. Clementine has a fashionable city apartment, access to extraordinary crumbs, and strong opinions about both. When the cousins visit each other's worlds, the results are e...
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October 5, 2026 • 45 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Part 3 of 3. Hark, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag for a legendary trip back in time to the magical kingdom of Camelot — home of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table!
But the road to Camelot is no easy quest. Dangerous trolls and serpents lurk around every corner — and once we arrive, something feels strange. Could the kingdom b...
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September 29, 2026 • 21 mins
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories
Gerald the frog has formed a committee. Someone, he feels, should really be in charge of when it rains — and that someone is going to be him. The Official Rainstorm Committee convenes on a flat rock beside the pond with five members: Gerald, who has a gavel and an agenda; Dorothy the duck, who votes in favor of rain on every single item regardless of what the item is; Winston the cat, who vote...
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September 28, 2026 • 40 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Part 2 of 3. Hark, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag for a legendary trip back in time to the magical kingdom of Camelot — home of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table!
But the road to Camelot is no easy quest. Dangerous trolls and serpents lurk around every corner — and once we arrive, something feels strange. Could the kingdom b...
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September 21, 2026 • 49 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Part 1 of 3. Hark, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag for a legendary trip back in time to the magical kingdom of Camelot — home of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table!
But the road to Camelot is no easy quest. Dangerous trolls and serpents lurk around every corner — and once we arrive, something feels strange. Could the kingdom b...
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August 17, 2026 • 49 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Ahoy, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag and set sail with Lauren and the Reading Bug to meet some of the nastiest, rowdiest, smelliest, song-and-dance-iest pirates to ever sail the seven seas!
But there's trouble on the high seas — a young girl has been captured by the fearsome Captain Blackbeard and his motley crew, and she needs our help.
To get everyone to safe...
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August 13, 2026 • 33 mins
The Fact Fly's One Big Question
Why does your brain run its most powerful, most emotional, most gloriously illogical show every single night — while your body lies completely still? Join Lauren and the Fact Fly (the proud keeper of forty-seven dream field reports, convinced he's been visiting an alternate dimension) as they investigate the mysterious science of dreams. From a real university sleep lab where scientists watch ...
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August 11, 2026 • 31 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Part 2 of 2. Ahoy, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag and set sail with Lauren and the Reading Bug to meet some of the nastiest, rowdiest, smelliest, song-and-dance-iest pirates to ever sail the seven seas!
But there's trouble on the high seas — a young girl has been captured by the fearsome Captain Blackbeard and his motley crew, and she needs our help.
To get eve...
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August 4, 2026 • 21 mins
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories
Remi runs the finest — and only — delivery service in the village of Bramblewood. She has a leather satchel, a very organized notebook, and a perfect record. By late afternoon on a Thursday in October, she has one package left: a small brown parcel addressed to old Mrs. Thistle-Finch at the top of Wren Hill. The only problem is that somewhere between the post office and the bottom of the...
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August 3, 2026 • 32 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
Part 1 of 2. Ahoy, Reader! Hop into the Reading Bug's magic book bag and set sail with Lauren and the Reading Bug to meet some of the nastiest, rowdiest, smelliest, song-and-dance-iest pirates to ever sail the seven seas!
But there's trouble on the high seas — a young girl has been captured by the fearsome Captain Blackbeard and his motley crew, and she needs our help.
To get eve...
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July 23, 2026 • 26 mins
Book Worm's Story Snacks | One Small Worm, One Giant Universe
What's it really like to float two hundred and fifty miles above the Earth?
Join Book Worm on this out-of-this-world Story Snack and step aboard the International Space Station — the most extraordinary thing human beings have ever built — where everything floats, sixteen sunrises happen every single day, and six astronauts are living and working right now, a...
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July 21, 2026 • 21 mins
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories
Savannah Sprinkles is a light brown puppy with four white paws and a very important list of things to do tonight — and going to sleep is not on it. There's a suspicious smell in the backyard that needs investigating, a food bowl whose status cannot be assumed, a three-week-old mystery behind the couch, and a refrigerator making a sound that frankly nobody has explained yet. The old golden dog ...
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July 13, 2026 • 86 mins
A Reading Bug Adventure with Original Songs
When the other garden bugs tease the Reading Bug for being different, she does what she always does — reads more books! And this time, they inspire the most fantastical adventure yet. Join Lauren, the Reading Bug and the Spelling Bee on a journey over the rainbow to the Land of the Unicorns!
Only, things may not be all rainbows and unicorns. On the other side of the rainbow is a ...
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July 9, 2026 • 30 mins
The Fact Fly’s One Big Question
How do we make sound when we talk — and why does your voice sound so different when you hear it on a recording? Join Lauren and the Fact Fly as they investigate the surprisingly amazing science behind the most incredible instrument ever made: you. From the tiny vibrating vocal folds inside your larynx to the air from your lungs that turns those “little strings” into sound, th...
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July 7, 2026 • 20 mins
Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories | Original Music
Deep in the forest, a tiny seed named Rue falls from her mother's branch and lands in the dark earth below — and immediately runs into a problem: she has no idea how to grow. She knows she's supposed to. She's watched her mother do it her whole life. But what if she grows the wrong direction? What if she gets it wrong? A well-meaning worm stops by, offers what limited advice a...
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