Storypillar

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 taking advice.

Region: Jamaica

Sticky Situation: What do you do when it feels like everyone’s telling you what to do?

Feelings Focus: Taking advice; Compromising; Setting boundaries

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Story by:

Phill Bechtel and Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: The_Mountain, FaeSpencer, Space Elevations, Cosmic_os_studios, UNIVERSFIELD, Keyframe_Audio

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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.

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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 chore.

Region: Chile

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you really, really don’t want to do what your grownups have asked you to do?

Feelings Focus: Taking responsibility; following through; managing dread and frustration

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Story by:

Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras, Musictown, Nerdyboyz, Jacobsapp, Justincallaghan, MomotMusic

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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.

Region: The Basque Country

Sticky Situation: What do you do when someone shoots down your idea?

Feelings Focus: Speaking up, resilience, setting boundaries, keeping an open mind, respecting perspectives

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Story by:

Megan Cahill-Assenza and Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Niamh McAuliffe

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: -Pixabay Artists: Chillmore, Sonican, Hot_Dope, Luminous Presence, Ahmad MousaviPour, Ahmad MousaviPour 1, Ahmad MousaviPour 2, SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras

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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 [email protected] with your or your child’s Season 3 favorites. Use subject line: “Season 3 Story Replays.”

Story Description: A golden eagle with dreams of being a cowboy learns a valuable lesson about showing appreciation…and how to differentiate between friends and sweaters.

Region: Mongolia

Sticky Situation: What do you do when you’re feeling unappreciated?

Feelings Focus: Feeling unappreciated and taken for granted; showing appreciation; saying thank you; speaking up; setting boundaries

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Sound Design by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: Music_Unlimited, Moodmode, Qube Sounds, NourishedByMusic, SiddharathJi, NourishedByMusic, SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras

© 2025 PowerMouse Press, LLC

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 Storypillar fans you can find and head to storypillar.com to take our listener feedback survey! Tell us what you love, what you think we should change up, and help shape our first steps into 2025. As always, thanks for listening, and…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Story Replay: The Bunny and the Crow (Full Episode 3.4)

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Story Written by:

Denise Florez

Sound Design by:

Meg Lewis and David Wilson

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: KelCraft, PianoAmor, JuliusH, Alinhwalker, SergeQuadrado, Chillmore, Mapa Music,

© 2025 PowerMouse Press, LLC

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, Compromising, Considering others’ perspectives

Helpful Resources:

-Age-by-Age Strategies for Helping Kids Share

-Great Books About Sharing

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Additional Music and Sound Effects:

-Suzanna Bridges as Sparky

-www.freesound.org

Talk Like a Chicken Song:

Music For Video

Surfing with Santa Song:

Pavetraxx

Sparky’s Favorite Things Song:

GeoffHarvey

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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: Sharing; Reciprocating; Setting boundaries

Add our Ninja-Monkey-Christma-Kwanz-akuh Bacon Day Puzzle to your gifting list!

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Sound Design/Audio Editing:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art

Mackenzie Allison

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-Suzanna Bridges (As Sparky)

-Pixabay Artists: FaeSpencer, SoundDelicious, AlanaJordan, Folk_Acoustic, SAMusic, Chill_Background

Know a kid with great advice for Sticky Situations? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/unsticktricks.

© 2024 PowerMouse Press, LLC

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

Check out our sleepy-tastic pod friend, Koala Moon!

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Website: www.storypillar.com

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Created, Written, Edited, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis, Jenna Clarke, Suzanna Mcloughlin, Sokratis Seirlis, and Abbe Opher

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis and Koala Moon Staff

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

Chill Mindfulness Song: https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/670039/

Feeling Left Out Song:

Music_for_video

Cocoa for Koko Song:

NourishedByMusic

Storypillar STORE Promo Song:

Maksym Malko

Know a kid with cool facts, great jokes, or who wants to share how they’re feeling? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/contact.

© 2024 PowerMouse Press, LLC

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

-Pink Eared Duck Facts

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Mackenzie Allison and Meg Lewis

Sound Effects and Additional Music:

-https://freesound.org/

-Joke Time Song: https://freesound.org/people/BlondPanda/sounds/659889/

-Pixabay Artists: FaeSpencer, Good_B_Music, Purple Planet Music

© 2024 PowerMouse Press, LLC

We Need Your Thumbs Today, 11/25/24!

Follow Us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and Help Us GROW!

If you LOVE Storypillar (and happen to have thumbs 😆), please follow Storypillar on Apple Podcasts and Spotify sometime today, Monday, 11/25/24.

Here’s how on Apple Podcasts:

1. Sometime today, Monday, 11/25/24, open this link on your phone or tablet.
2. Tap “follow” in the upper right hand corner.

And to hop over to Spotify…

1. Open this link on your phone or tablet.
2. Tap the “follow” button just under our show art.

Troubleshooting: If the provided links don’t work, simply open Apple Podcasts and Spotify on your phone or tablet, search for “Storypillar,” and follow the rest of the instructions above.

If you’re already following us in both apps: Hooray! Thank you! Please send our show to a friend and ask them to follow us as well. Simply find the three dots to the right of our show art (that’s upper right in APC and lower right in Spotify) and tap “share.”

A giganterrific thank you for helping us GROW!!!

We love you…and your thumbs! 👍🤗

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Created, Written, and Produced by:

Meg Lewis

Storypillar Theme Song:

Lyrics by Meg Lewis

Music by Meg Lewis, Andy Jobe, and Suzanna Bridges

Produced by Andy Jobe

Episode Cover Art:

Meg Lewis

Additional Music and Sound Effects:

-Pixabay Artist: Music_for_Videos

Know a kid with cool facts, great jokes, or who wants to share how they’re feeling? Tell us! Details at www.storypillar.com/contact.

© 2024 PowerMouse Press, LLC