What's the Story? with Gillian and Shana

Joe per usual is a terrible dog owner and forsakes Wishbone's health and safety for a new mountain bike. Shana gets really into the story of Silas Marner and author George Eliot.

The boys are flummoxed when Sam spends her free time teaching bumbling classmate Nathaniel how to play roller hockey. Wishbone reminds us of the power of kindness in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo.

The kids compete in a spelling bee and Sam, David, and Joe are up for the challenge. Wishbone tells us what seems like a completely unrelated story, the tale of the knight Ivanhoe, by Walter Scott.

Joe is enamored with the Wish-o-matic, a virtual reality helmet that helps you visualize your wildest desires, while Wishbone and Wanda continually find themselves at odds. Along the lines of wish fulfillment and empathy... Wishbone tells Goethe's version of the legend of Faust.

Joe tries his best to achieve a world record. Wishbone tells us about the imaginative hero Don Quixote and his quest for fame on his own terms, in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes.

Sam steels herself to save Joe and David's soccer team during the championship game, which reminds Wishbone of the story of Joan of Arc, as written by Mark Twain.

Wishbone is accused of vandalizing his neighborhood, and his friends must help show he's innocent of all charges. We learn about the curse of The Hound of the Baskervilles, in the Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The kids try their hand at poetry and David gets a little nudge. Wishbone tells us about another wordsmith who shared their words, Cyrano de Bergerac in the play by Edmond Rostand.

David's uncle is in town to lead a performance of West African storytelling. David learns how to use his imagination to problem-solve his way past embarrassment, with a little help from Wishbone and Anansi. This episode features our guest Mike!