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. Low in tension and rich in feeling, these are stories shaped to meet children where they are. The tales aim to nourish empathy, 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 a culturally informed, Waldorf approach to early childhood, 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.

Latest Episodes

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 t...

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 fr...

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 communit...

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. Alongs...

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 kin...

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