https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sleepytime-stories--6200678enKids & FamilyCopyright Krista Sommercornhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0e6a27417f780175e0c000406e409aa4.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sleepytime-stories--6200678Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:13:12 +0000Krista SommercornKrista Sommercornka.sommercorn@gmail.comStories read aloud in a soothing tone to help those in need get ready for slumber. Dedicated to my daughter in need, Astrid.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-44-the-necklace-part-2--72484738https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72484738Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:12:37 +0000Krista SommercornEnd of the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant.276falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-43-the-necklace-part-1--72484689https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72484689Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:06:47 +0000Krista SommercornThe Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. Written in 1884. For one perfect night, she was the belle of the ball, adorned in a borrowed diamond necklace. But when the necklace is lost, one night of vanity indebts her to a lifetime of hardship. The final cost,...853falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-42-lazarus-come-forth--72463065https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72463065Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:08:20 +0000Krista SommercornPart two of Ray Bradbury's short story.900falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-41-lazarus-come-forth--72462921https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72462921Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:51:55 +0000Krista SommercornThe short story of Lazarus Come Forth by Ray Bradbury. Part one.850falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-40-the-pendulum--71594413https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71594413Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:22:44 +0000Krista SommercornRay Bradbury's first published short story. The pendulum.774falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-39-defense-mech-part-2--71528611https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71528611Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:08:21 +0000Krista SommercornDefense Mech- the tale finishes in part 2 by Ray Bradbury.892falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-38-defense-mech-part-1--71528425https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71528425Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:52:04 +0000Krista SommercornDefense Mech a short story by Ray Bradbury. 1946852falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-37-the-shoemaker-and-the-elves--71498371https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71498371Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:05:50 +0000Krista SommercornAn old German tale from the collection of Kate Douglas Wiggin and Noar Archibald Smith232falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-36-three-little-pigs--71498131https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71498131Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:57:13 +0000Krista SommercornThree little pigs retold by Joseph Jacobs338falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-35-emperor-s-new-clothes--71197579https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71197579Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:19:51 +0000Krista SommercornEmperor's New Clothes by Hand Christian Anderson from the Andrew Lang collection598falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-34-the-red-shoes--71169450https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71169450Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:24:31 +0000Krista SommercornThe red shoes by Hans Christian Anderson. Translated by Paul Leyssac830falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-33-the-lady-of-shalott--71085134https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71085134Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:11:14 +0000Krista SommercornThe Lady of Shalott by Lord Alfred Tennyson514falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-32-the-law-of-the-jungle--71048481https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71048481Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:09:59 +0000Krista SommercornThe Law of the jungle by Rudyard Kipling218falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-31-paul-revere-s-ride--70834775https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70834775Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:32:20 +0000Krista SommercornThe ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow393falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-30-famous-poems--70255539 The road not taken by Robert Frost
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
Invictus by William Ernest Henley
If by Rudyard Kipling
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70255539Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:20:12 +0000Krista SommercornOxymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley The road not taken by Robert Frost Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe Invictus by William Ernest Henley If by Rudyard Kipling In Flanders Fields by John McCrae The road not taken by Robert Frost
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
Invictus by William Ernest Henley
If by Rudyard Kipling
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae]]>461falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-29-the-raven--70255385https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70255385Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:04:49 +0000Krista SommercornThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe486falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-28-little-red-riding-hood-and-the-wolf--70255283https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70255283Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:51:56 +0000Krista SommercornLittle Red Riding Hood and the Wolf as told by Roald Dahl163falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-27-casey-at-the-bat--69536697https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69536697Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:21:09 +0000Krista SommercornRead aloud the poem "Casey at the bat" by Ernest Thayer245falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-26-a-visit-from-st-nicholas--69523069https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69523069Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:15:05 +0000Krista SommercornA reading of the much loved "twas the night before Christmas" poem in all its glory.211falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-25-sleepytime-stories-eugene-field-poems--69522998https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69522998Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:09:12 +0000Krista SommercornFeaturing Wynkin, Blinkin, and Nod; a Japanese Lullaby; and a Norse Lullaby.406falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-24-little-red-cap-little-red-riding-hood--67798238https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67798238Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:52:50 +0000Krista SommercornLittle Red Riding Hood as told by Brothers Grimm493bedtime,brothersgrimm,fairytales,kidstoriesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-23-mother-holle--65139008https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65139008Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:30:15 +0000Krista SommercornStory of brothers Grimm "Mother Holle" a tale of two sisters, one industrious the other lazy and their otherworldly adventures with old Mother Holle480falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-22-the-valiant-little-tailor-pt-2--64439763https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64439763Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:55:53 +0000Krista SommercornFeatures the end to the story of the Valiant Little Tailor as told by Brothers Grimm385falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-21-the-valiant-little-tailor-pt-1--64439686https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64439686Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:42:50 +0000Krista SommercornThe first part of the Valiant Little Tailor by Brothers Grimm.870falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-20-rapunzel--64256369https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64256369Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:50:07 +0000Krista SommercornRapunzel as told by Brother's Grimm547falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-19-the-goose-girl--64214036https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64214036Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:50:43 +0000Krista SommercornThe Goose Girl by Brothers Grimm809falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-18-the-frog-prince--64213512https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64213512Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:31:21 +0000Krista SommercornThe frog prince as written by the brothers Grimm463falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-17-the-twelve-dancing-princesses--64178418https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64178418Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:06:08 +0000Krista SommercornThe Twelve Dancing Princesses by Brothers Grimm619falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-16-briar-rose--63971681https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63971681Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:59:43 +0000Krista SommercornThe original Sleeping Beauty story as told by the Brothers Grimm627falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-15-jorinda-and-jorindel--63942381https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63942381Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:25:47 +0000Krista SommercornA tale by Brother's Grimm of a lad who ventures to save his maiden love from an evil fairy.474falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-14-the-golden-bird--63821315https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63821315Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:25:41 +0000Krista SommercornThe Golden Bird by the brothers Grimm894falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-13-brittle-legs--62148609https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62148609Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:23:03 +0000Krista SommercornBrittle legs or Rumpelstiltskin as it's more commonly known. As told by Katharine Pyle697falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-12-beauty-and-the-beast-pt2--61149915https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61149915Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:55:45 +0000Krista SommercornBeauty and the Beast part 2491falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-11-beauty-the-beast-pt1--61149880https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61149880Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:44:53 +0000Krista SommercornThe first part of a retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast as written by Katharine Pyle815falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-10-jack-the-beanstalk-pt2--61142456https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61142456Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:24:01 +0000Krista SommercornThe ending to Jack and the Beanstalk.354falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-9-jack-the-beanstalk-pt1--61142387https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61142387Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:16:29 +0000Krista SommercornJack and the Beanstalk part one.876falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-7-traveling-poems--60389303https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60389303Fri, 14 Jun 2024 20:07:06 +0000Krista SommercornFeaturing "poor wayfaring stranger", a viking prayer, and "the road not taken" by Robert Frost294falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-6-the-young-british-soldier--60375952https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60375952Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:48:42 +0000Krista SommercornThe young British Soldier by Rudyard Kipling. Done by request for my husband, Chris.233falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-5-paul-revere-s-ride--60375891https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60375891Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:40:08 +0000Krista SommercornPaul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "One if by land, two if by sea". Hear the rest of the classic in dulcet tones of a mama reading aloud to her child.390falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-the-highwayman--60367855https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60367855Thu, 13 Jun 2024 01:27:31 +0000Krista SommercornThe Highway Man by Alfred Noyes393falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-sleeping-beauty--60351512https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60351512Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:23:46 +0000Krista SommercornSleeping Beauty as written by Katharine Pyle858falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-the-three-little-pigs--60324511https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60324511Sat, 08 Jun 2024 21:47:50 +0000Krista SommercornThe three little pigs as told by Katharine Pyle.859childrensstories,fairytales,sleepytimefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-goldilocks-and-the-three-bears--60324363https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60324363Sat, 08 Jun 2024 21:21:14 +0000Krista SommercornRead aloud without editing! In a resonant tone comes the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as told by Katharine Pyle in her book Mother's Nursery Rhymes.546falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/intro-to-boring-bedtime-readings--60324262https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60324262Sat, 08 Jun 2024 21:09:43 +0000Krista Sommercorn19falsefull