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December’s Sneak Attack!!! Robber Crabs and Holiday Buffaloes in Guam

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Guam

Facts: The Mariana trench, Christmas barbecues, boñuelos dagu (yam doughnuts)

Animals: Coconut crabs

Jokes: Veggies and elves!

Links for Kids:

-Cool Guam Facts

-Mariana Trench Facts for Kids

-Christmas in Guam

-Boñuelos Dagu Recipe

-Coconut Crab Facts

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November’s Brain Breather: Feeling Excluded with Frenchy and Spike

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus:

Coping with bullying and feeling left out

Protagonists:

-Spike the Rhinoceros Iguana

-Frenchy the Potato

Setting: Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic

Strategies:

A-Z Awesome Me (affirmations); Find a group with similar interests; Naming feelings

Reso...

Bonus Episode: Storypillar on Big Emotions Endings and Beginnings

We never drop two episodes in one week…but we had a chance to be a part of something special and wanted to share it with our Storypillar family!

Listen on for Endings and Beginnings from Kids Listen Big Emotions Mashups. You’ll hear some great stories–including one from Storypillar–that teach us each chapter we close makes room for another to open. Find the full series here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-emotions-kids-listen-mashups-about-feelings/id1502915722

Happy Listening!

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November’s Full Episode: Batter Beasts Reign Supreme! (The Dominican Republic)

Story: Aspiring pirates, Iggy and Mango, just want to bribe a giant tarantula with cake and swim in a lake of gold. Who wouldn’t!? But will a feathery intruder with a supremely high opinion of himself squash their plans like a moldy papaya??? Only time (and listening to this episode) will tell…

Region: The Dominican Republic

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re feeling excluded, or left out?

Unstick Tricks by: Krish (Age 11), Vivaan (Age 6), and Lorelai (Age 7)<...

November’s Sneak Attack!!! Pirate Birds and Ancient Rock Art in the Dominican Republic

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: The Dominican Republic

Facts: Ancient caves, Taino pictographs and petroglyphs, Lake Enriquillo, bizcocho dominicano

Animals: Solenodons, Magnificent Frigate Birds, Rhinoceros Iguanas

Jokes: Crocs and Cake

Links for Kids:

-Exploring Lake Enriquillo

-Exploring the Pomier Caves

-Great Solenodon Facts for Kids

-Magnificent Frigate Bird Facts

October’s Brain Breather: Feeling Frustrated with Pumpkin and Patch

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus:

Managing frustration; Building stress tolerance

Protagonists: Pumpkin the Goat and Patch the Bandaid

Setting: A magical cave in Ireland

Strategies:

See it before you do it (Step-by-step Visualization); Naming emotions

Resources:

-Helping Kids Manage Frustration

-Fru...

October’s Full Episode: Banana Butt and the Magic Stone (Ireland)

Story: Niamh’s Halloween field trip goes from bad to worse thanks to a squishy banana sandwich and an extra bumpy bus ride. Luckily, she meets a cheeky mermaid and cranky sea turtle who help her flip her frustration into motivation to keep going even when things get tough.

Region: Ireland

Sticky Situation: What do you do when something is really hard and you’re feeling frustrated?

Unstick Tricks by: Henry (Age 9), Charlotte (Age 10), and Summer (Age 11)

Feelings Focus...

October’s Sneak Attack!!! Screaming Rocks, Giant Turtles, and Old School Halloween in Ireland

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Ireland

Facts: Screaming rocks, sharp-toothed mermaids, Halloween’s origins, and goat kings

Animal: Leatherback Sea Turtles

Jokes: Ghosts and Turtles!

Links for Kids:

-Leatherback Sea Turtle Facts

-Samhain: Halloween History for Kids

-Goat King Festival

-Merrows: Irish Mermaids

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September’s Brain Breather: Feeling Grumpy with Fishy and Snug

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Feeling grumpy

Protagonists: Snug the Blanket Octopus and Fishy the Can of Tuna

Setting: An underwater volcano in the Azores Islands

Strategies: Eject and Reset (Emoting and coping through breath work and distraction); Naming feelings

Resources:

-Age-by-Age Guide for Managing Emotio...

September’s Full Episode: Best Day Never (The Azores)

Story: A jolly jellyfish’s perfect day takes a turn for the worse…at least until his exuberant best friend, squeaky new pet, and sting-proof octo-taxi help him flip his thinking.

Region: The Azores (Portugal)

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re having a really, really terribly awful bad day?

Unstick Tricks by: Henry (Age 7) and Ford (Age 6)

Feelings Focus: Coping with frustration and disappointment; thinking positively; flipping perspectives; turning to friends for help

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September’s Sneak Attack!!! Jiggly Jellyfish and Volcano Chefs in the Azores

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: The Azores (Portugal)

Facts: Tall mountains, volcano-cooked meals

Animals: Portuguese Man of War Jellyfish

Jokes: Tentacles and sea cats!

Links for Kids:

-Azores Volcanic Hotspots

-Cool Azores Facts for Kids

-Let Volcanoes Cook for You!

-Portuguese Man of War Jellyfish Facts

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August’s Brain Breather: Feeling Ignored with Squeakachu and Crunch

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Speaking up; Being assertive

Protagonists: Squeakachu the Pika and Crunch the Alpine Toast

Setting: Mount Everest!

Strategies: Mantras, Speaking up, Show Instead of Tell

Resources:

-Teaching Kids to Advocate for Themselves

-Activities to Encourage Assertiveness

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August’s Full Episode: Cheesy McChewy Pants to the Rescue! (Tibet)

Story: With help from an intergalactic snack villain and a pair of cheesy super heroes, an imaginative snow leopard learns to advocate for his wonderfully wacky ideas.

Region: Tibet

Sticky Situation: What do you do when it feels like no one ever listens to you?

Unstick Tricks by: Henry (Age 7), and Jamie (Age 9)

Feelings Focus: Speaking up, advocating for oneself and friends, compromise, considering multiple perspectives

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August’s Sneak Attack!!! Snow Leopards and Yak Cheese in Tibet

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Tibet

Facts: Mount Everest, super high railroads, chhurpi, oxygen-on-demand

Animals: Snow leopards and plateau pikas

Jokes: Cheese and snow leopards!

Links for Kids:

-Snow Leopard Activities for Kids

-Spot the Snow Leopard Challenge (Third image from the top)

-Pika Facts for Kids

-Adorable Pika Calls

-C...

July’s Brain Breather: Feeling Panicky with Pokey and Squirm

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Staying calm; coping with panic and anxiety

Strategies: Mantras and affirmations

Protagonists: Pokey the Spork and Squirm the Worm Lizard

Setting: The Niger River Delta

Resources:

-Helping Kids Cope with Anxiety

-Helping Kids Stay Calm

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4.4 July’s Full Episode: Little Hippo…BIG SWIM!!! (Nigeria)

Story: With help from a squirmy, wormy new friend, a tiny hippo faces her fears and makes a BIG splash…literally!

Region: Nigeria

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re feeling a little panicky?

Unstick Tricks by: Erin (Age 8), and Charlotte (Age 10)

Feelings Focus: Coping with anxiety, managing fear, regulating breath and feelings together, visualization

Check out our fantasterrific pod friends: Modern Dadhood and Natural Nature Youth

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July’s Sneak Attack!!! Giant Masks and Tiny Hippos in Nigeria

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Nigeria

Facts: Igbo culture, Ijele masks, yams

Animals: Worm lizards and pygmy hippos

Jokes: Yams and spots!

Links for Kids:

-Giante Ijele Masks

-Yam vs Sweet Potato

-Pygmy Hippo Facts

-Worm Lizard Facts

-World Wildlife Fund Action Center Link

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Pride Month Bonus Episode: When Webster Ate Through the Candy Castle

Join us for an extra special LGBTQ+ Pride Month Bonus Episode featuring a story written and narrated by Storypillar listener, Izzie, and her dad, Josh…When Webster Ate Through the Candy Castle.

Because at Storypillar, no matter who you are or who you love, we love YOU! ♥️

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! 🥳🌈

Love telling stories!? Check out guest narrator, Josh R.’s, Tell Us A Story Card Game: https://www.tellusastory.games/home

Celebrating Pride Month With Kids:

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June’s Brain Breather: Feeling Dread with Plumby and Sir Trots-A-Lot

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Feeling dread; not wanting to do something; procrastinating

Strategies: Visualization; Game reframe (coping)

Protagonists: Plumby the Plunger and Sir Trots-A-Lot the Camel

Setting: A house made entirely of tulips…somewhere in Turkey

Resources:

-Helping Kids Combat Procrastination

-Goal La...

June’s Full Episode: Stinky Mutant Ninja Pinecones (Turkey)

Story: Bahar, Gamze, and Zeki would much rather play video games, crawl around with bugs, and train sidekicks than actually do their chores. But with help from some very smart ants–and despite a gaggle of extra gassy ninja bunnies–they team up and come through for their mom in the end.

Region: Turkey

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re having trouble working as a team?

Unstick Tricks by: Jayna (Age 5.5), Erin (Age 8), and Summer (Age 11)

Feelings Focus: C...

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Turkey

Facts: Pink lakes, oil wrestling, camel wrestling, and tulips

Animals: Angora rabbits!

Jokes: Tulips and bunnies!

Links for Kids:

-Camel Wrestling Facts

-Tulips in Turkey

-Angora Rabbit Facts for Kids

-World Record: Longest Rabbit Fur

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May’s Brain Breather: Feeling Sorry With Rainy and Boot-Boot

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Making mistakes, Coping with guilt

Strategies: Apologizing, Making Amends

Protagonists: Rainy the Reindeer and Boot-Boot the…boot

Setting: A rainbow-shaped island near Finland

Resources:

-Helping Kids Apologize

-Apology Activity Ideas

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May’s Full Episode: A Little Dab of Honey and a Squeaky Block of Cheese (Finland)

Story: A cheese-loving wolverine runs away screaming from a ladybug, plays a squeaky, sticky trick on his friends, and discovers that strength isn’t always measured in muscles.

Region: Finland

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’ve done something you regret?

Unstick Tricks by: Rhys (Age 8), Addison (Age 6), and Cam (Age 4)

Feelings Focus: Apologizing, Making mistakes, Making amends, Coping with jealousy and guilt

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May’s Sneak Attack!!! Wolverines and Squeaky Cheese in Finland

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Finland

Facts: Saunas, squeaky cheese, archipelagos, phone-throwing and mosquito-swatting contests

Animals: Wolverines!

Jokes: Claws and cheese!

Links for Kids:

-Unusual Finnish Games

-Saunas in Finland

-Burger King Sauna

-Finnish Squeaky Cheese

-The Archipelago Sea

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April’s Brain Breather: Feeling Scared with Snappy and Crawly

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Join Bean for a silly story that will help us check in with our minds and take care of our feelings.

Feelings Focus: Feeling scared; finding courage

Protagonists: Snappy the Stapler and Crawly the Spider

Setting: A cave in Mexico

Strategies: Mindful Movement

Resources

-Helping Kids Manage Fears

-Strategies for Coping with Fear

Info/Get in Touch:

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April’s Full Episode: Dance Like a Chicken (Mexico)

Story: With help from a fluffy chicken, a drooly dog, and a bubblegum-chomping frenemy, a brave girl teaches her town an important lesson about giving people space to be themselves.

Region: Mexico

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you see someone being unkind?

Unstick Tricks by: Sally (Age 5), Rhys (Age 8), Addison (Age 6), and Cam (Age 4)

Feelings Focus: Setting boundaries; being brave; showing kindness

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Sneak Attack!!! Mighty Monarchs and Cave Bacon in Mexico

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: Monterrey, Mexico

Facts: Underground rivers, cave bacon, pyramids, and the world’s oldest ball game

Animals: Monarch butterflies!

Jokes: Butterflies and bacon!

Links for Kids:

-Matacán Adventure in the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains

-The Great Pyramid of Cholula

-Ancient Ball Games

-Monarch Butterfly Migration Info

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Storypillar Season 4 Sneak Listen! (Bonus Episode)

It’s almost time for Storypillar Season 4!

So grab your ear spoons, and get a little taste of what we have in store for a brand, sparkling new season of Sneak Attacks, Full Episodes, and Bean’s new mini-episodes…Brain Breathers!

See you for Season 4 on Monday, April 7th, 2025!!!

Grownups, know a smart kid with great advice? We’d love to hear from them. Head to storypillar.com/unsticktricks for details.

Info/Get in Touch:

Website: www.storypillar.com

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Season 3 Winter Story Sip 8: Doodle for Strudel (Story Replay)

Grab a fork and hop on a stork! We’re headed back to Hungary for our very last Story Sip of Season 3. We’ll check in with our friends, Margot, Farkas, Petra, and Sandor, drool over a car-sized strudel, and learn how to set boundaries when working with a demanding teammate.

Story: A bossy boar with an ooey-gooey sweet tooth paints with mud, dances like a possessed worm, and–with a little help from some feisty, furry, fluttery friends–finally learns the true meaning of teamwork.

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Season 3 Winter Story Sip 7: Operation Clawzilla (Story Replay)

Story: A little brown duck with big blue feet and a watertight master plan gets a surprising taste of the truth…and a very large new friend.

Region: Acadiana (French Louisiana)

Sticky Situation: What do you do when someone discredits (disbelieves) you when you’re telling the truth?

Feelings Focus: Sticking to the truth, standing firm, speaking up, setting boundaries

Just one more Story Sip, and then…get ready for Season 4 on Monday, April 7th, 2025!!!

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Season 3 Winter Story Sip 6: Dracula Makes Strudel (Sparky Shorts Story Replay)

Grab some strudel and eat a noodle! We’re flapping back to Hungary for this week’s Story Sip from September’s Sparky Shorts Mini-episode! We’ll bake some mint-tastic strudel, learn how to compromise, and bounce all the way to the moon.

Story Description:

Join Sparky and her pet rocks, Pinky and Dinky, for a silly story featuring her two favorite things from September’s episodes. We’ll don our poofy chefs’ hats with Dracula and his little brother, Zacula, cook up an extra ch...

Season 3 Winter Story Sip 5: French Fries and Fur Cakes (Story Replay)

Grab some ketchup and slap on your hiking boots! We’re trekking back to Jamaica for this week’s Story Sip from Full Episode 3.9. We’ll quest after magical acorns with our friends Ruby and Fern, hide from eccentric turtles, and–eventually–bury our faces in a lifetime supply of french fries.

Story Description:

Two adventurous hutias on a quest to track down a magical acorn–and a lifetime supply of french fries–make a cheeky new friend and learn an important lesson about t...

Season 3 Winter Story Sip 4: Rainy With a Chance of Moon Cheese (Story Replay)

Grab a helmet and dust off your jetpack! We’re heading back to Chile for this week’s Story Sip from full episode 3.6. We’ll build a tiny rocket, fix a leaky roof, and even nibble some out-of-this-world-delicious moon-zarella.

Thanks for listening! We LOVE you!

Story Description:

With some help from a tiny, cranky deer and an even tinier wildcat ninja, a pint-sized possum puts their moon-cheese dreams on hold and takes responsibility for a horrible, boring, super soggy...

Season 3 Winter Story Sip 3: The Story Queen (Story Replay)

Bean’s heading back to The Basque Country to hang out with Princess Laia and Stubby the squeaky lizard from Episode 3.5. We’ll swim in the Bay of Biscay, defeat a giant lava-spewing turtle volcano or two, and pick up a few tips for standing firm when someone shoots down your idea.

Story Description: With the help of a squeaky lizard, an angry turtle volcano, and two squabbling sisters, an imaginative princess opens her royal father’s mind to the magic and true value of stories.

R...

Season 3 Winter Story Sip 2: Friends Are Not Sweaters (Story Replay)

Get your ear straws ready for this week’s yak-tastic Winter Story Sip! That’s when we play one of YOUR favorite Season 3 stories each Monday we’re on Winter Break.

So…grab a sweater–or twenty–and join Sparky and Meg for another snuggle with our friends Altan, Qara, and Moon in Mongolia.

Take a listen…and let us know what YOU want to hear next week! Grownups, email info@storypillar.com with your or your child’s Season 3 favorites. Use subject line: “Season 3...

Season 3 Winter Story Sip 1: The Bunny and the Crow (Story Replay)

Pull up a bunny-shaped chair, and settle in for our very first SEASON 3 STORY SIP! Each Monday we’re on winter break, we’ll replay some of YOUR favorite stories from Season 3…it’s like a sip of something hot and yumma-riff-a-storypillar-tastic to hold your ears over until Season 4. This week, we’re headed back to the Yukon to chase after cheeky crows and fluffy bunnies with our friends, Quannah and Yakez, and we’re SO happy you’re along for the ride.

Grownups, round up any S...

Sparky Shorts: Santa and Bow-ala the Koala Share a Surfboard! (Mini-episode)

Join Sparky and her pet rocks, Pinky and Dinky, for a silly story featuring her two favorite things from this month’s episodes. We’ll giggle our gizzards off, give our imaginations an extra silly workout, and Sparky’ll even teach us to talk like a chicken…Ba-GAWK!

Sparky’s December Favorites:

-Koalas (From Bean-o-meter Check 3.10)

-Surfing Santa (From Sneak Attack 3.10 and Full Episode 3.10)

Talk Like a Chicken:

Sharing: Ba-ga-a-awk, Bawk, Ba-a-a-awk!

Feelings Focus: Sharing, C...

Storypillar Full Episode 3.10: Hot Fudge Snazzy Pizzazzy with a Cherry on Top (Australia)

Story: A fabulous duck and her silly sister want nothing more than to win Opal Lake’s tree decorating contest. Join them as they make an unlikely new friend, learn an important lesson about sharing, and bury their faces in a triple-chocolate-super-swirl ice cream sundae!

Region: Australia

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you really, really don’t want to share?

Unstick Tricks by: Sullivan (Age 5), Layla (Age 5), Hope (Age 4), and Lodi (Age 5)

Feelings Focus: Shar...

Bean-o-meter Check 3.10: Feeling Left Out With Abbe and Koko from Koala Moon! (Mini-episode)

Figuring out how we’re feeling is hard…but easier with friends. Help Bean check in with her mind and body. Maybe you’ll learn more about how you’re feeling today, too.

Feelings Focus: Feeling Sympathetic; Feeling Left Out

Strategies: Mind and Body Check; Cocoa for Koko (Mindfulness, Coping, Kindness)

Links for Kids and their Grownups:

-Printable Cocoa for Koko Template

-Great Books About Kindness

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Sneak Attack!!! 3.10: Giant Wombats, Surfing Santas, and Pink-eared Zebra Ducks in Australia

Join Sneak for facts about our next Storypillar destination and kid-approved jokes that will make you laugh your face off!

Region: New South Wales, Australia

Facts: Songlines, Giant Wombats, Christmas at the Beach

Animals: Pink-eared Ducks and Little Black Cormorants

Jokes: Kangaroos and Ducks!

Links for Kids:

-Indigenous Songlines

-Cuddie Springs

-Christmas at Bondi Beach

-Australian Twelve Days of Christmas

-Little Black Cormorant Facts