The Story Seeds Podcast

Story Seeds x Big Emotions

Hello Story Seeds Podcast listeners. It’s been a while! We are excited to share this special episode - a collaboration we have done with Big Emotions: Kids Listen Mashup

Whoa, a Webby Award Nomination for our Podcast!

Since 1996, The Webby Awards have honored the best of the Internet, so it is kind of a big deal that our small and independently produced podcast is nominated for one thi

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Katherine Applegate

Listen along as host Betsy Bird and Newbery Award-winning Katherine Applegate have a fun and heartwarming conversation about what it was like working with 9 year old Joce

A Nose that Knows with Katherine Applegate

This special Story Seeds collaboration brings together nine-year old Jocelyn and Newbery Award-winning Katherine Applegate, author of The One and Only Ivan and Willodeen.

Kids on Air with Friends & Family: Podcasting Camp Showcase

Priyanka and Riya are best friends. Morgan and Mercedes are daughter and mother. They are just four of the voices you will hear in this montage of eight short interviews

Encore Presentation: A Worm's Worth with Jason Reynolds

This specific episode which we released in June 2020 is featured on CBC Podcast Playlist this week in an episode titled "Feel good stories for when you need them most."  

Special Introduction of Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity

Who says podcasts are just for listening? Our activity book is ideal for at home fun, distance learning, or the classroom, and brings together the best of a magazine, wor

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Jason Reynolds

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds (author of Stamped: Racism, Antir

A Worm's Worth with Jason Reynolds

This week’s Story Seeds collaboration brings together 12 year old Irthan and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason Reynolds (poet, storyteller, Nat

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Bil Lepp

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Bil Lepp (five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Competition and author of the 2014 PEN award-w

Look Before You Eat! with Bil Lepp

This week’s Story Seeds collaboration brings together 11 year old Keshav and Bil Lepp (professional storyteller, five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Competitio

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Susan Muaddi Darraj

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Susan Muaddi Darraj (author of the debut middle grade series Farah Rocks and a 2014 AWP Grace Paley Awa

A Girl Who Looks Like Me with Susan Muaddi Darraj

This week’s Story Seeds collaboration brings together 12 year old Sulaf and Susan Muaddi Darraj (author of the new middle grade series Farah Rocks  and a 2014 AWP Grace P

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Tracey Baptiste

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Tracey Baptiste (New York Times bestselling author of MINECRAFT: THE CRASH, as well as the  Caribbean a

Barking up the Right Tree with Tracey Baptiste

This week’s quarantine edition of Story Seeds brings together two super imaginative Jersey girls: Tracey Baptiste (New York Times bestselling author of MINECRAFT: THE CRA

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Carlos Hernandez

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Carlos Hernandez, author of Rick Riordan Presents' Sal and Gabi series and winner of 2020 Pura Belpré

The Paintbrush of Doom with Carlos Hernandez

This week’s Story Seeds collaboration matches Carlos Hernandez (winner of the 2020 Pura Belpré Author Award and author of the Sal and Gabi series from Rick Riordan Presen

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews Rajani LaRocca

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Rajani LaRocca (author of "Midsummer’s Mayhem," a Kirkus Best Book of 2019 and long-listed for the 2020

The Hungry Mirror with Rajani LaRocca

This week’s Story Seeds collaboration brings together 12 year old creative rockstar Liyana and Rajani LaRocca, author of the 2019 middle-grade hit Midsummer’s Mayhem (a K

Bonus Q&A: Betsy Bird Interviews to Aram Kim

Listen along as The Story Seeds Podcast host Betsy Bird chats with Aram Kim (author and illustrator of Bank Street’s Best Children’s Book of 2018  NO KIMCHI FOR ME.) They