Pocket Tea Tales: Gentle Imaginative Stories for Children
- Episodes
- 11
- Released
- every two weeks
- Latest episode
- Oct 20, 2026
About the podcast
Pocket Tea Tales is a storytelling podcast for children and the folks who love them. These stories come from a practice I’ve carried for years: reaching into my pocket and finding just the right story for the moment. In classrooms, in my rocking chair at home—wherever a child needs something gentle, funny, or healing—these tales are told in that same spirit. Each episode offers a simply told, imaginative story, often filled with animals, nature, small creatures, and a touch of magic. These gentle, low-tension stories are well-suited for bedtime, rest time, or any quiet moment in a child’s day. Rich in feeling, they are shaped to meet children where they are, supporting emotional development, resilience, and a child’s inner life. Some are comforting, some are playful, and all are told with care and deep respect for childhood. Rooted in an imaginatively rich, child-centered approach, Pocket Tea Tales is a place to settle in, listen, and return to often. A world of beloved characters will become living inner companions your child can return to again and again.
Episodes 11
Witch Nittle's Halloween
Meet a new friend from the Fairy Forest, just in time for Halloween: Fairy-Witch Nittle, a wee, hummingbird-quick broom-maker with a big, kind heart who gives every broom she makes away. But on the most magical …
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Meet a new friend from the Fairy Forest, just in time for Halloween: Fairy-Witch Nittle, a wee, hummingbird-quick broom-maker with a big, kind heart who gives every broom she makes away. But on the most magical night of the year for witches, little Nittle can’t find a broom of her own. A cozy Halloween tale about generous hearts, healing tears, and riends who love us back.
New Friends
On the first morning of fall, it still feels very much like summer. Minka Mouse has a long list of Saturday chores to finish before she can go out to play. But by the time the tasks are finished, the sun is …
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On the first morning of fall, it still feels very much like summer. Minka Mouse has a long list of Saturday chores to finish before she can go out to play. But by the time the tasks are finished, the sun is already following the river toward the sea.
There is still time for a little play before the dinner bell rings at moonrise. Down by the river, on Minka’s favorite warm stone, a skippity flutter brings an unexpected gift—and perhaps a new friend?
Skymouse
On the very last evening of summer, Minka Mouse catches sight of a most mysterious creature fluttering before the autumn full moon. But there’s no time to linger. Autumn’s Welcome Party is about to begin, and …
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On the very last evening of summer, Minka Mouse catches sight of a most mysterious creature fluttering before the autumn full moon.
But there’s no time to linger. Autumn’s Welcome Party is about to begin, and Minka must hurry along to welcome the splendor of the new season with all the inhabitants of the fairy forest.
A gentle Fairy Forest tale of changing seasons, a moonlit mystery and the magic that appears when summer turns toward autumn.
Bumbleball--The First Game
Once upon a time in the Fairy Forest, a grouchy gnat received some help from a Bumblebee. By and by a a snowberry was dropped on a friend and that happy accident led to the invention of Bumbleball—the most …
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Once upon a time in the Fairy Forest, a grouchy gnat received some help from a Bumblebee. By and by a a snowberry was dropped on a friend and that happy accident led to the invention of Bumbleball—the most beloved game in the Fairy Forest.
Come wander among the summer flowers with Bombus and Gnat as they discover that some of the best things we can know are never planned at all. A gentle story of friendship, finding our senses with help from a friend, play, and the small moments that become treasured traditions.
Best for ages 3–9, bedtime, rest time, and anyone who loves bees, flowers, and a little fairy magic.
Grandfather Beetle's Summer Vacation
Grandfather Beetle's Summer VacationGrandfather Beetle has never taken a vacation before—and he's not entirely sure he wants to start now.When an invitation arrives from his beloved sisters, Grandfather packs …
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Grandfather Beetle's Summer Vacation
Grandfather Beetle has never taken a vacation before—and he's not entirely sure he wants to start now.
When an invitation arrives from his beloved sisters, Grandfather packs his suitcase, makes endless lists, changes his mind more than once, and discovers that courage sometimes looks like boarding a train and trying something new.
Filled with fairy trains, sunflower souvenirs, fern cottages, summer hammocks, and warm reunions, this gentle children's story celebrates bravery, family, friendship, and the joy of coming home again.
Pocket Tea Tales is a cozy storytelling podcast for children featuring animal characters, nature-inspired adventures, gentle life lessons, and relaxing bedtime stories for families.
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Phillip The Librarian Skunk
In this gentle and heartwarming tale from Pocket Tea Tales, listeners wander into the cozy root-neighborhoods and towering redwoods of the Fairy Forest, where communities are built through friendship, shared …
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In this gentle and heartwarming tale from Pocket Tea Tales, listeners wander into the cozy root-neighborhoods and towering redwoods of the Fairy Forest, where communities are built through friendship, shared spaces, and caring for one another. Nestled among the roots lives Phillip the Librarian Skunk. Phillip is a thoughtful young skunk whose great love of books accidentally creates a very real family problem.
As Phillip learns that even precious things can become overwhelming when they crowd out connection, play, and togetherness. Children are invited into a story about balance, responsibility, creativity, and community care. With the help of his family, a wise walk through the forest, and seven generous redwood trees, Phillip discovers a solution that transforms his overflowing collection into something that belongs to everyone: a library for the entire Fairy Forest.
Filled with cozy woodland imagery, rhythmic language, and the comforting warmth of classic storytelling, this episode gently explores themes of organization, emotional awareness, sharing resources, problem-solving, and creating spaces where community can flourish.
Perfect for rest time, bedtime, homeschooling families, Waldorf-inspired homes, librarians, little book lovers, and anyone who believes stories are meant to be shared
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Sylvie in the Garden
In this cozy springtime tale from the Fairy Forest, listeners meet Sylvie, a gentle Orb Weaver Spider with silver-threaded webs and a heart as warm as sunshine. Alongside her friend Mother Ladybug and seventeen …
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In this cozy springtime tale from the Fairy Forest, listeners meet Sylvie, a gentle Orb Weaver Spider with silver-threaded webs and a heart as warm as sunshine. Alongside her friend Mother Ladybug and seventeen tiny ladybug children, Sylvie helps protect the fairy gardens from nibblers, munchers, and leafy troublemakers.
But when a fuzzy Woolly Bear Caterpillar wanders into the garden in search of a meal, the friends discover that not every hungry visitor means harm. Through kindness, understanding, and a patch of clover grown especially for wandering caterpillars, a new friendship begins — one that will someday fill the night skies with the soft songs of a grateful Tiger Moth.
Filled with hummingbirds, honeybees, moon-silk spider webs, and the comforting magic of the Fairy Forest, this gentle story celebrates friendship, helpful creatures, and finding a place where everyone belongs.
Perfect for cozy listening, rest time, bedtime, or quiet afternoons with tea and blankets.
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Whisk, A Racing Rat!
In this Pocket Tea Tale, we travel to the Fairy Forest, where we meet our first Racing Rat, Whisk.Whisk is one of the fastest among them but more than that, she is kind. On a Mossy Market morning, she arrives …
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In this Pocket Tea Tale, we travel to the Fairy Forest, where we meet our first Racing Rat, Whisk.
Whisk is one of the fastest among them but more than that, she is kind. On a Mossy Market morning, she arrives at the flower farm to find that something is not right. With quick thinking and the help of her friends, Whisk gathers what is needed and brings help just in time.
A gentle, imaginative story about helping others, working together, and the satisfaction of taking care of friends.
Minka Mouse and the Fairy Forest
Minka Mouse introduces me to the Fairy Forest.
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Minka Mouse: How it all began.
This first short story introduces Minka Mouse, the mouse who introduced me to the Fairy Forest when I was a child. From here, oh so many more friends and adventures will be shared.
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