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Koala Moon: Kids Bedtime Stories & Sleep Stories for Kids Podcast
The Yeti the Snowbear 🐻❄️❄️ Soothing Rewind Bedtime Story
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In tonight's specially selected Koko Rewind, we will travel off to a faraway land and meet a little snow bear called Snowbelle. One day, Snowbelle’s grandmother tells her a story about a friendly Yeti who she met years ago but has never seen since. Snowbelle hopes she will be lucky enough to meet a yeti one day, and to her surprise and delight, it’s not long before that happens. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Host 1
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Parents if your kids love magical, silly what if ideas like what if sharks had legs? Or what if I could talk to donuts? They'll love the podcast what if Stories for kids every week, Mr. Eric takes real kids what if questions and turns them into hilarious magical stories packed with wizards, talking animals, robots, and a whole lot of heart. With over 300 episodes, it's the perfect way to spark creativity and unwind at the end of the day. And since each episode sneaks in thoughtful lessons about empathy, empathy, growth and imagination, it's a win for parents too. One episode that our Koala Moon listeners might love is episode 131, what if kids Could Sleep at School. It's a funny, light hearted tale perfect for before bed. Check out what if World on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. That's what if World Stories for Kids. Hey Koala Moon listeners, Ever found yourself scratching your head over a big why or how? Then you'll love who Smarted? One of the top rated educational podcasts for kids and curious grown ups too. In every episode, the trusty narrator takes kids on wild adventures to explore science, history, and all kinds of curious topics from what are marshmallows made of? To why are hummingbirds so unique? You'll discover fun facts, play along with interactive quizzes, and maybe even learn something new. Each episode is only 15 minutes, perfect for car rides, snack breaks, or winding down after school. And if you're looking for a fun bedtime listen, check out the special episodes we created with the trusty narrator called the Story of Bedtime Stories. You'll find it over on their feed. Who Smarted Is available on all major podcast platforms. Search for WhoSmarted on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get podcasts.
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Host 2
Hello Koala Moon listeners. If you have babies and toddlers in your family, then this announcement is for you. I'd like to tell you about my other sleep show, Koala Tots. It's got all the magic of Koala Moon, but it's made especially for the littlest of listeners, babies and toddlers. Koala Tots is packed with soothing stories and calming rhymes perfect for helping babies and toddlers sleep like a dream. Not only are the stories incredibly relaxing, but they have easy to understand language and gentle repetition designed to help with baby's cognitive development as they drift off to sleep. There's even appearances from some of the Koala Moon star favorites alongside the cutest episodes like how to Hug a Hedgehog and Nugget's Cozy Night. So search Koala Tots on your favorite podcast player and hit follow so you can find it easily night after night.
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Host 1
Hello and welcome back to Koala Moon.
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Host 2
A podcast of original children's bedtime stories and meditations designed to make bedtime a dream.
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Host 1
Do you like playing hide and seek? I thought so. It's also the game our two main characters want to play when they first meet each other. This is a beautiful story of unexpected friendship, which is full of laughter and fun. Snuggle down and let us travel off now to a faraway land and meet a little snow bear called Snowbelle. One day, Snowbelle's grandmother tells her a story about a friendly yeti who she met years ago but has never seen since. Snowbelle hopes she will be lucky enough to meet a yeti one day, and to her surprise and delight, it's not long before that happens. This is the Yeti and the Snow Bear By Gillian Rogerson In a land far, far away, there lived a family of snow bears. They looked very much like polar bears, but there was something magical about them. The snow bears had black noses just like polar bears, but with a blink of their dark eyes, they could make their noses turn white. And once that happened, the snow bears became invisible. The magical bears loved making themselves invisible, which probably explains why hardly anyone has ever seen them. They weren't the only animals who were hard to find. As the youngest snow bear of the family, Snowbelle was about to find out. The snow bear family had been out swimming all afternoon, and when they returned home, they decided to snuggle up together inside their beautiful snow house and tell each other stories. Snowbelle loved listening to stories, especially ones told by her grandmother because she knew all the best ones. Inside the snow house, Snowbelle's father made everyone a hot mug of cocoa and then asked who wanted to tell the first story. To Snowbelle's delight, her grandmother said she would start the storytelling session. Snowbelle wrapped her paws around her hot drink and waited for her grandmother to begin. Snowbelle's grandmother gazed dreamily out of the window. She said, it was on a day like this when I met a yeti. I was about your age, Snowbelle. The snow was falling in the same fluttering kind of way as it is now, and the wind was brisk and it blew Some of the snow into small hills. As you all know, I love going for a long walk through the snow. I can walk for miles and miles some days. On that day, long ago, my family and I were out for a walk. I saw a snow hill ahead of us, and I just had to run up to it. So up I went. When I got to the top, I sat down and slid down the other side. When I reached the bottom, I saw the yeti. Snowbelle had never heard of a yeti before and asked her grandmother what it was. Her grandmother explained that the yeti looked a bit like a human being, but also like an animal who lived in the snow. He had grey fur and was about her size. He looked so friendly that they started to chat. They played in the snow together for a while, but then her family called out for her from the other side of the snow hill. She ran halfway up the hill and called back to them to let them know where she was. When she looked back, the yeti had gone. He'd left his footprints behind in the snow, but the snow started to fall and quickly covered them up. Snowbelle's grandmother smiled softly at the memory. She said, I'll never forget the yeti and how friendly he was. And. And I'll never forget what his footprints looked like either. They were like ours, but his toes were longer. I look out for them every time I go for a walk, but I've never found them again. Maybe one day I will. Or maybe you will, Snowbelle. The thought of seeing the mysterious yeti made the little snow bear smile. She very much hoped she would see one. She asked the rest of her family if they'd ever seen a yeti. No one had. But little Snowbelle had a feeling she would see a yeti one day. That day came sooner than she thought. Two days later, Snowbelle was out walking with her family. The snow had fallen thickly earlier, and the brisk wind had blown some of the snow into Little Hills. Her family decided to take a rest from their stroll and to enjoy the picnic they had brought with them. Whilst the food was being unpacked, Snowbelle started to explore the nearby area. And she saw a snow hill. She ran up it, and when she got to the top, she sat on her bottom and slid down the other side. It was great fun. Snowbelle was about to slide down the hill again, but then she spotted something peculiar in the snow. Footprints. They were about her size, but the toe prints were longer. Snowbelle looked closer and wondered if they'd been made by a yeti. The Little Bear looked along the snow covered ground and saw more footprints. She followed them and walked towards an oak tree that had branches heavy with snow. When Snowbelle reached the tree, the footprint suddenly stopped. Her little furry face wrinkled up in confusion. A small giggle came from above her. Snowbelle looked up at the tree. There was so much snow on it that she couldn't see past the first few branches. Snowbelle called out a hello. She waited. No one replied. Perhaps she had imagined hearing a giggle. She looked behind her at the unusual footprints. They had disappeared. Snowbelle shook her head. She said to herself, what is going on here? Footprints don't disappear like that. There was another giggle above her. Snowbelle heard it clearly. Someone was playing a fun game with her. She smiled. She knew a fun game, too. Very loudly, she said, if there's nothing else to see here, I may as well make myself vanish. She turned her black nose white and immediately became invisible. There was a movement in the tree above and bits of snow fluttered down from the branches as if someone was moving along them. Snowbelle stayed as still as she could. She heard a soft thud as someone landed next to her. A voice muttered, where did that polar bear go? She was just here. Polar bears don't disappear like that. Snowbelle tried hard not to giggle, but she couldn't help herself and a little chuckle came from her. She made her nose turn back to black and became visible again. She said softly, boo, I'm right here. In front of her stood a young creature who looked like a human being, but also like an animal. He had pale grey fur and light brown eyes. He had such a kind face that Snowbelle knew immediately that she liked him. She asked, are you a yeti? He nodded and said, how did you make yourself disappear like that? I didn't know polar bears could do that. Snowbelle told him she wasn't a polar bear. She was a snow bear. The little yeti shook his head and said, there were no such thing as snow bears. His granddad had told him once that he'd met a snow bear when he was young. But no one else had seen the bear, and some yetis thought his granddad had made up the story. The yeti said, my grandad loves making up stories. Sometimes they're real and sometimes they're not. I wanted to believe his story about the snow bear, but because no one else had ever seen one, I didn't think they were real. He smiled at Snowbelle and said, I'm glad you are real. My name is Littlefoot. What's yours? Snowbelle told Him. She said her grandmother had met a yeti when she was young. And perhaps she had met Little Foot's grandad. Maybe they did meet each other. Little Foot said with a smile. Snowbelle pointed to the snow and asked why his footprints had disappeared. Little Foot shrugged and said it was just something his footprints did. It happened with all yetis. He asked how she'd made herself invisible and Snowbelle shrugged and said it was just something snow bears did. Little Foot asked her to do it again, so Snowbelle did so. Then she asked him to make his footprints disappear again. Little Foot raced around the oak tree ten times as fast as he could. He left behind dozens of footprints. Snowbelle watched in amazement as each yeti footprint completely vanished and the snow was smooth again. Little Foot grinned and said they should play a game together. And he knew the perfect one. Snowbelle said she did too. At the same time, they both said, hide and seek. They agreed Snowbelle should hide first. Little Foot turned his face to the tree, closed his eyes and began to count. Snowbelle moved over to the snow hill, changed the colour of her nose and made herself invisible. When Little Foot had counted to 10, she saw him walking through the snow and muttering to himself, wondering where she'd gone. She tried very, very hard not to giggle, but she couldn't help herself. Little Foot heard her giggle and ran over to her. She became visible again and smiled at him. He said, found you. You're very good at hiding. My turn now. Snowbelle turned around, closed her eyes and counted to 10. When she turned back around, she saw Little Foot's prints in the snow. He would be easy to find, she thought, but before she could follow his prints, they started to vanish. In seconds, they were all gone. Snowbelle began to search for him. She hadn't been looking for long before she heard Little Foot's giggle. It was a funny giggle and it made her laugh too. She followed the noise and found the little yeti hiding behind a fallen log. Snowbelle said, found you. I don't think we should play this again because we keep laughing. You've got a funny laugh. Little Foot chuckled and said, snowbelle had a funny laugh too. They began to laugh more and more, and hearing the other one laugh made them giggle and chuckle over and over again. They held onto their tummies as they laughed. Little Foot laughed so much that he fell over and landed softly on his back in the thick snow. He kicked his little legs happily in the air. Seeing him like that made Snowbelle giggle more until she fell over too. The snow bear and the Yeti kicked their legs joyfully in the air and laughed and laughed. When all their laughter had come out. For the time being at least, Snowbelle asked Little Foot if he knew any other games. Little Foot asked if she'd ever made rainbow snowballs before. She hadn't. And asked her new friend how to make them. The young Yeti got up. He held his hand out to Snowbelle and helped her to her feet. He said, we have to find the rainbow snow first. When snow falls during a full moon, the moonbeams magically turn it into different colours. But when the sun shines on the snow in the morning, the snow turns back into its normal colour. Snowbelle said, oh, I didn't know that. Can you only find the magic snow at night time? Then? The Yeti whispered, sometimes the rainbow snow gets covered up with other snow before the sun reaches it. If you're quick enough and know where to look, you'll find it. I know where to find some. Would you like to see it? Snowbelle didn't know why Little Foot was whispering, but she felt like she should too. In a low whisper, she said, I would love to see the rainbow snow. Little Foot told Snowbelle to follow him. As they walked along, Snowbelle stepped in the Yeti's footprints. Their feet were the same size, but their toes were different. Snowbelle pointed the double prints out to her new friend and they stopped for a moment to look at them. The Yeti's prints disappeared, leaving only snowbells behind. Little Foot smiled at the snow bear and said, my prince will always be there with yours, even if we can't see them. Snowbelle smiled and said, that was a lovely thought. They reached a large rock, Little Foot now next to it, and began to scoop some of the top snow away. Snowbelle knelt next to him and did the same. As they scooped the snow away, the little bear started to sing a song her grandmother had taught her. The Yeti looked at her in surprise and said, he knew that song too. His granddad had taught him it. They decided their grandparents must have met all those years ago and imagined them singing together as they played in the snow. Little Foot and Snowbelle sang together happily and continued clearing the snow away. Snowbelle was having such a good time and she quite forgot what they were looking for until Little Foot started to whisper again. Snowbelle, look. There it is. Snowbelle gazed down in wonder at the rainbow snow. Beneath her paws. A wide line of snow was coloured in bright shades of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Snowbelle said, it Looked like a rainbow had drifted from the sky and was having a peaceful sleep in the snow. Little Foot said he'd never thought about the rainbow snow that way before, but agreed with Snowbelle that it did look like a sleeping rainbow. Snowbelle gently put her paw into the multicolored snow. She giggled and said, if this is. Is it supposed to do that? Little Foot nodded. He said, you should see what else it does. Let's make some rainbow snowballs together and I'll show you what to do with them. The friends made as many snowballs as they could carry. The little yeti covered the special snow back up in case they needed some more later. Little Foot walked away from the rock and asked Snowbelle not to move. He said he was going to throw a rainbow snowball at her tummy, but she wasn't to worry because it wouldn't hurt at all and something magical would happen when the snowball landed on her. Snowbelle nodded, put her snowballs down and said she was ready. Little Foot threw his first rainbow snowball. It arced gracefully through the air before flying towards Snowbelle. The snow landed gently on her tummy and began to pop like bubbles in a bath. Pop. Pop. Pop. With a giggle, the snow bear said, he tickles. Throw another one. Little Foot did and every time a magical snowball landed on Snowbell, she chuckled and chortled because it tickled so much. When Little Foot had thrown his last snowball, the little snow bear said she would throw one at him. Snowbelle threw her first one. It soared towards Little Foot and knocked him over. He fell backwards onto the soft snow and started to laugh. Snowbelle ran over to him and said sorry. She didn't know she was so strong. The Yeti said there was no need to apologize because it didn't hurt at all and it was fun to fall onto the snow. He told her to throw more at him and see if she could knock him over again. Snowbelle did knock him over again and again and every time he fell down. Little Foot would laugh loudly because the popping snow would pop and tickle his tummy. Hearing him laugh made Snowbelle giggle too. The little snow bear soon ran out of rainbow snowballs, so she returned to the big rock with her friend, gathered more snow and made plenty more. Little Foot said they could do more amazing things with the magical snow. He stood away from the bear and told her to watch him. He collected a handful of snowballs and began to juggle them. As he did so, tiny rainbow coloured snowflakes drifted from the snow and floated upwards when they got higher, the snowflakes joined together and made a huge floating rainbow. Rays of sunlight shone down through the rainbow and made it glimmer and shimmer. The colours slowly faded from it and the snowy rainbow turned silver before completely disappearing. Little Foot told Snowbelle to do some juggling too. She said she'd never done it before and wasn't sure she'd be any good. Of course she will. Little Foot said. I wasn't very good when I first started, but I kept practicing until I could do it. Watch what I do again and copy me. Snowbelle watched the Yeti carefully. When she thought she was ready, she began to juggle the snowballs. She dropped a few at first, but she soon got better and before long, tiny rain coloured snowflakes drifted upwards from the snow and made a snow rainbow in the sky. Little Foot told Snowbelle she was an excellent juggler and she replied he was an excellent teacher. The Yeti had something else to show Snowbelle. He took her over to the oak tree and showed her how to throw the special snowballs onto the branches so that they would stay there and not fall off again. She copied his movements exactly. The snow bear and the Yeti concentrated on throwing the snowballs up onto the tree where they rested lightly on the branches. When all the snowballs had been thrown, Little Foot took Snowbelle by the paw and asked her to stand beneath the tree with him. The two friends stood under the tree. Little Foot looked up through the branches as if waiting for something to happen. Snowbelle looked up too, even though she didn't know what they were waiting for. A few seconds later, something magical happened. Rainbow coloured snowflakes began to fall from the tree. And not just from the branches where the snowballs had landed, but from every branch on the tree. Down and down, the flakes fluttered silently. They fell from every twig and branch and surrounded the tree like a rainbow waterfall. Snowbelle looked at the falling flakes in complete wonder. Each snowflake was different to the one next to it. The bright colours sparkled in the light of the sun. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Snowbelle turned slowly around and watched the flakes falling like a sparkling curtain of colours. She said to Little Foot, I feel like I'm inside a magical rainbow. He's beautiful. Thank you for showing me this. Little Foot smiled and said she was very welcome. They watched the falling snow in silence. As the flakes landed on the ground, they sparkled brightly and then turned into white snowflakes. The last of the rainbow snow fell. Snowbelle yawned and said watching all those beautiful snowflakes had made her tired. She said, I might have to go back to my snow house soon and get into my bed. Little Foot gave her a puzzled look and asked what a snow house was. It's where I live, Snowbelle explained. Don't you live in houses? Little Foot shook his head and said he lived in a cave at the top of the mountains. All the Yetis lived in caves. He asked more about her snow house and what it looked like. Snowbelle said, would you like to make one with me? We can make a small one and it won't take long. Little Foot said he would love that. And together, the snow bear and the yeti built a cosy snow house, complete with two windows and an open doorway. They snuggled down inside it and smiled at each other. Snowbelle said, I'm glad we met. Me too, little Foot replied. The two new friends smiled again and then closed their tired eyes. The youngsters fell asleep. A minute later, another snow bear slid down the same hill that Snowbelle had gone down earlier. It was Snowbelle's grandmother. She was looking for her granddaughter. When she saw Snowbelle and her new friend fast asleep in the little snow house. Her heart filled with love. She was glad Snowbelle had met a Yeti. She gazed at them with love. Someone moved over to her and looked at the sleeping infants, too. It was Little Foot's grandfather. He smiled at Snowbelle's grandmother and said it was wonderful to meet her again after all these years. The rest of Snowbelle's family slid down the hill and the other members of Little Foot's family walked out from behind the trees. Once they'd made sure the little ones were sleeping soundly, they introduced themselves to each other and began chatting about many things. The Yetis told the snow bears about the magical rainbow snow and showed them what it did. The snow bears talked about their snow homes and then helped the Yetis to make some. The families chatted happily with each other, and whilst they had their differences, they had lots in common, too, especially how much they loved their children. The sky grew darker and stars appeared. The families talked a bit more quietly and said now that they'd met each other, they would make sure they would meet again very soon. They placed some markers on trees and rocks so that they would know where to find each other in the future. The full moon appeared and dancing sheets of green, blue, and purple weaved back and forth across the dark sky. The two families sat down in the snow together and watched the magical dancing lights. One by one, they began to yawn. They decided a night under the stars with their new friends would be quite wonderful. The snow bears and the Yetis lay down on the snow, said good night to each other, and fell into a peaceful slumber. Nearby, Snowbelle and her new friend, Little Foot, were still fast asleep. The little snow bear dreamed about her new friend with the kind face. Little Foot dreamed about the smiling snow bear who could make herself invisible. The two friends sighed happily and drifted into a deeper sleep.