{"podcast":{"title":"The Reading Bug Podcast - Original Adventures, Bedtime Stories and Music for Kids","slug":"the-reading-bug-podcast-original-adventures-bedtime-stories-and-music-for-kids-590759","podcast_index_feed_id":590759,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML4367050167","website_url":"http://www.thereadingbug.com/adventures","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/eafbefea-648f-11ee-a501-67c7bb4c65b5/image/3db44b1230b54616a841582e2585d333.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Brandon Savage","episode_count":267,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T22:20:37.365265+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reading-bug-podcast-original-adventures-bedtime-stories-and-music-for-kids-590759"},"episode":{"title":"Bedtime Stories: Opal and the Song She Didn't Know She Had","slug":"bedtime-stories-opal-and-the-song-she-didn-t-know-she-had","published_at":"2026-06-09T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reading-bug-podcast-original-adventures-bedtime-stories-and-music-for-kids-590759/bedtime-stories-opal-and-the-song-she-didn-t-know-she-had","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reading-bug-podcast-original-adventures-bedtime-stories-and-music-for-kids-590759","url":"https://thereadingbug.com/podcasts/bedtimestories","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML5332937171.mp3","summary":"Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories In the Meadow of Starfall, every unicorn's horn does something magical — sparks, light, warmth, blooming flowers. Every unicorn's except Opal's, whose horn plays music when she touches things. Just a few soft notes. Just a song. When the whole herd gathers for the Grand Gleaming, the annual celebration of horn magic, Opal's melody gets polite smiles and moves on. Her enthusiastic hedgehog friend Thorn keeps rolling into things and insisting she's wrong about herself. Then a baby bird falls from its nest and every dazzling horn in the meadow only frightens it further — and Opal discovers, in the quietest possible way, that making something feel safe is the most powerful magic there is. Every Lauren's Little Bedtime Story includes: Calming Relaxation: Gentle breathing exercises to help your body relax. Original Bedtime Lullaby: Wind-down time as Lauren sings you to sleep. A Full Original Bedtime Story: A whimsical story read aloud by Lauren.","meta_description":"Lauren's Little Bedtime Stories In the Meadow of Starfall, every unicorn's horn does something magical — sparks, light, warmth, blooming flowers. Every un…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1448,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reading-bug-podcast-original-adventures-bedtime-stories-and-music-for-kids-590759/episodes/bedtime-stories-opal-and-the-song-she-didn-t-know-she-had/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reading-bug-podcast-original-adventures-bedtime-stories-and-music-for-kids-590759/bedtime-stories-opal-and-the-song-she-didn-t-know-she-had.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}