Two Part Tales offers new, original stories, split into two parts. Check in every Tuesday and listen to the newest episode. Our kids stories are safe for bedtime, car rides, and the classroom. Two Part Tales makes any time story time! Fans of action, mystery, fantasy, and sci-fi will find characters and tales to enjoy from the imaginations of Alisha and C. J. Claypool.
We don't have a story this week, but we do have a couple of announcements covering birthday news and our back-to-school schedule.
World famous treasure hunter Talia Ridley and her number one fan Jewel are searching for the Ocean's Call. The only thing standing between them and their prize is a treasure filled cave full of backstabbing pirates. But what other mysteries is this cave hiding?
What started out as a lazy beach vacation turns into a pirate-filled, treasure hunting adventure when Jewel runs into Talia Ridley. The heroine from Jewel's favorite book series is searching for the Ocean's Call, but she'll need Jewel's help to stay one step ahead of a crew of double crossing pirates.
Zac has been waiting all year for his alien friend to return. When he finally does, he offers to take Zac on a summer vacation he'll never forget.
Zac has been waiting all year to hear from the alien that landed in his back yard last summer. Today, the first Saturday of Zac's summer break, he finally gets the message he's been waiting for.
With his season, his team, and maybe even his job on the line, Slider Pearson needs to catch a break in the next game against the Wildcats. Fortunate for him, his biggest fan Bella and now Lucky, the orange and white kitten from the park, are rooting for him.
Guy "Slider" Pearson is in a slump. His baseball season is in the dumpster, but with the help of his dog Bella, he's doing his best to keep spirits high. Slider decides to go for a walk in the park after a tough game, but little does he know that life is about to throw him a tiny, furry curveball.
When Claudia finds a mysterious feather that finally lets her cast magic like everyone else in town, a new world of possibilities opens up before her. But when that feather goes missing after a run in with the Larson brothers, Claudia realizes that there's a lot more at stake than she could have ever dreamed.
Even though she knows every spell by heart, Claudia is the only girl in town who can't actually cast one. But that all changes one morning when a mysterious white feather appears on her desk. With The Arca's magic test only a few days away, Claudia starts to see a magical new future for herself.
Elliot is the only sasquatch in the forest, but today he made a new friend, Ember. They traveled together all day, and found Ember's swarm before nightfall. But the next morning, Elliot woke up alone, with no sign of his newest friend.
Elliot is the only sasquatch in the forest. Everyone around him seems to have a group or family. One day, he meets a butterfly with one big wing, and one small wing who can't keep up with her swarm. Can this bigfoot provide some big help?
When Lily accidentally shows Tara some top-secret information about her parents' plan to kidnap the mayor, Tara's routine babysitting job is about to get a lot more interesting.
Tara gets a last-minute offer to babysit Lily, a younger classmate on her gymnastics team, but things get complicated when Tara learns what Lily's parents are really up to tonight.
Tensions are running high on Captain Avery's ship. Scout is working to find out more about how the moon dragons' crystal works and Marlow isn't making life any easier for him. When Scout finally makes a scientific breakthrough, he may have broken more than he bargained for. The ship is offline, and speeding out of control into uncharted space.
Revisit Captain Avery, Marlow, and Scout on their return trip to the Moon Dragons' home planet of Perilune. Scout is busy trying to figure out how the Moon Dragons' crystals work, but he discovers a lot more than he ever dreamed.
After a frightful day at the pool, Chris spends the rest of the afternoon hiding under the covers. But with running water in almost every room of his dad's apartment, can he ever truly escape the drain monster?
Chris is excited to take one last trip to the public pool for the summer. This time, nothing can stop him from finally working up the courage to jump off the diving board...or can it?
After Jason and Todd wake up from the same dream, the boys follow the sound of water deeper and deeper into the forest. When they find a bridge over a stream that wasn’t there the day before, the boys cross it and find themselves in an entirely different kind of forest.
A late-night campfire story leads to a shared dream between Jason and Todd. But when the twins wake up and take off into the woods, the line between reality and fiction begins to blur.
After Fizzle makes it safely back beneath the bed, the Wiffle Tuffs think they’re in the clear. But when Lucy sees her favorite rainbow colored sock mysteriously sliding under her bed, she starts to investigate, finding the sock and a whole lot more!
Fizzle, Pixi, and Pop are Wiffle Tuffs: small, fluffy, magical creatures live beneath Lucy's bed. One day Fizzle, the oldest Wiffle Tuff sister, pushes her luck, winding up face to face with five-year-old Lucy. To make matters worse, she quickly realizes that her Wiffle magic doesn't work when humans are watching.
Guy "Slider" Pearson is having the time of his life. He's living his dream, pitching for the South Central Strikers, and just found Bella, a new four-legged friend living behind the ballpark. But when Bella gets picked up by animal control, Slider's season is up in the air.
The South Central Strikers' new pitcher, Guy "Slider" Pearson, is winding up for a great season, but nothing can prepare him for Bella, the four-legged curve ball he meets after practice.
Here are the last two stories to round out all four tales in our first Two Part Tales Puzzler! Listen carefully, because they all share something in common. Can you figure out what it is? Be sure to talk it over with your family and friends. **Spoiler Warning - The answer is at the end of this episode. Don't skip ahead!**
We're doing something different this week! Instead of one story, we'll be telling FOUR shorter tales over the next two episodes. Listen carefully, because they all share something in common. Can you figure out what it is? Enjoy our first Two Part Tales Puzzler episode!
When Jewel slips away from the group of tourists and heads into the jungle, she feels like she’s taking a page right out of Talia Ridley’s newest book. Imagine her surprise when she finds herself at the foot of an ancient stone temple, exactly like the one she’s been reading so much about.
Jewel and her mom are in the middle of a crowded bus tour through the tropical rain forest, but Jewel doesn’t mind. She has the newest book in the Talia Ridley series, where adventure meets reality in the most remote locations...especially when you know where to look.
When Jace can't find the answers to his questions about Cirrus' mysterious past, he convinces his childhood friend Kyra to venture to the off-limits, lowest floor of the library archives.
Jace and Kyra grew up together in the underwater city of Cirrus. But when Jace starts to ask questions that his teachers won't answer, he decides that it's up to the two of them to uncover the truth.
When Evan's sister breaks the TV remote causing Polly, their favorite cartoon character to pop out of the screen and into their lives, Evan learns that cartoons are people, too. Can he find a way to help Polly get back to her cartoon home?
Cartoons are Evan's only escape from the real world, but when his favorite cartoon character is suddenly standing in his living room, Evan finds out that there's more to being a cartoon than bright colors and silly songs.
It's easy come, not so easy go, as Jenny loses the time-bending watch her grandma gave her for her ninth birthday. Will she find it before it's too late? Or will she run out of time?
Jenny's ninth birthday party isn't turning out like she hoped. But when she opens a gift from her grandma to find a strange antique watch, Jenny realizes she's about to have the time of her life.
When Zac realizes that the alien communicator is also a tracking device, he runs outside to meet whoever, or whatever, is speeding towards Earth.
When a mysterious piece of alien technology falls from space and lands in Zac's back yard, he thinks it's his lucky day. But it may not be the only thing coming from beyond the stars...
Time is running out before the Candy Capital Bake Off, but Sandy is cooking up a plan that will put Luke Rish in his place.
While Sandy is busy perfecting her newest recipe for the Candy Capital Bake Off, Luke Rish parades into town, promising to steal the show. But when her recipe book goes missing, Sandy learns the dirty secrets behind Luke's success.
Katsu and Miu found an armband from a rival clan in the forest on their way back from a training mission. When Master Hotaka tells them to ignore it, the two young ninjas decide to patrol the woods outside their village by the light of the moon.
Miu and Katsu are returning home from a training mission when they find proof of a nearby rival clan in the forest. Soon, they'll get a chance to put all of their training to the test.
Kalea climbed Fire Mountain to get a gift for her baby brother Jak, but there's still one more item on her list. To get it, Kalea will need the help of the Forest King, but first she'll need to find her way through his maze.
Kalea wants to find the perfect gifts for her family, and she won't let little things like crossing the ocean or climbing volcanoes stop her.
Prince Elan rushes towards the castle, thinking about tomorrow's winter celebration, but his dreams are close on his tail. It looks like the prince still has a few lessons to learn before his big day.
The young unicorn Elan is set to receive the title of Finest Prince in the Kingdom, and he's bragging to anyone who will listen. But a certain lion has other plans in mind for the prince, and turns his world upside down.
After Xantha, Brando, and Thane are pulled into a virtual game world, they find themselves in the belly of an ancient spaceship, low on resources and without an escape plan.
When three friends find an unmarked video game and decide to try it out, they're pulled into a universe unlike any they've ever imagined.
The chase is on! While Jade darts across the river and towards the nearby pyramids, Chigaru tries to catch up and keep the royal cat safe and sound.
When Jade, the Queen's prized cat, decides to see what life is like beyond the palace walls, she meets Chigaru, a humble merchant's dog. But can Chigaru keep Jade out of trouble long enough to return her safely to the palace?
The kids of Scare Valley were enjoying the annual Fright Free Festival, but the party comes to a screeching halt when a human girl named Sadie shows up unexpectedly.
It's the annual Fright Free Festival in Scare Valley; the one night per year when scaring is against the rules. How will a town of monsters react when a human girl invites herself to their party?
It was another normal day for Milo and Quinn. But when a storm scares their dog Toby into the oldest house in the neighborhood, they suddenly find themselves trapped in the basement of House 19.
Quinn and her little brother Milo were walking the dog one autumn afternoon. Little did they know that they'd spend the rest of the day in the creepiest house in the neighborhood, House 19.