Locals Jr., Bedtime Stories

Box Of Light
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  • KIDS & FAMILY

Locals Jr. Bedtime Stories is a podcast where, five nights a week (Monday through Friday)  many from our Locals community read stories for children. These readers are parents, grandparents, friends, doctors, lawyers, store clerks, even children  from Columbia County, PA. The voices will be old and young, the stories new and old. Intended age range: 4-12. We'll have mix of stories.  Pull up a cookie and mug of hot cocoa and enjoy. It's Locals Jr. Bedtime Stories, Where a Community Reads to its Children.

  1. 2D AGO

    Elizabeth Dowed, Yurtle the Turtle

    Welcome to the new year! We're kicking it off with a story that is not at all political...

    7 min

  2. 12/24/2025

    A Christmas Carol, Staves 4 & 5, Laurie McCants

    Laurie McCants will finish her reading of A Christmas Carol in today's episode. I won't tell you how it ends but... it's not bad. Locals Jr. will take a break until January 10. We'll be back then with a slightly different format and lots more stories. Have a pleasant holiday break.

    27 min

  3. 12/23/2025

    A Christmas Carol, Staves 2 & 3, Laurie McCants

    When last we left our hero, Ebenezer Scrooge, he had just fallen asleep after meeting the ghost of his dead business partner and visiting his Christmases past. Tonight, more journeys and more ghosts.

    36 min

  4. 12/22/2025

    A Christmas Carol, Stave 1, Laurie McCants

    Welcome to Christmas week on Locals Jr. The next three days will be Locals Jr.'s gift to your family, a reading of Charles DIckens' A Christmas Carol by Laurie McCants. This its a profound story of a man who is led to look into himself, at his life and his impact on the world. This is a journey we all should take (maybe without the ghosts however).  Enjoy.

    24 min

  5. 12/19/2025

    Elizabeth Dowd, The Polar Express

    Christmas is a time of traditions and it is a family tradition for Elizabeth Dowd to hang out between the tree and the fire to read The Polar Express. We're ending this week on Locals Jr. in that way. All aboard.

    9 min

  6. 12/17/2025

    Anne Stephens, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    How could we do a week of Christmas story episodes without this Dr, Seus classic? The answer; we couldn't. Here it is.

    10 min

  7. 12/16/2025

    Susan Schwartz, Lisa Doerschler, Foolishness and permission to be different

    The people of Helm were foolish. They thought hard and came up with foolish solutions, much to our delight. And being different is OK. Just as Lisa Doerschler.

    10 min

  8. 12/15/2025

    Laurie McCants and Carrie Vitko, Jack and Old Tush, George and Martha

    Here's Laurie with another Jack tale and Carrie Vitko with those two wonderful and squabbling friends, George and Martha. Enjoy.

    12 min
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Locals Jr. Bedtime Stories is a podcast where, five nights a week (Monday through Friday)  many from our Locals community read stories for children. These readers are parents, grandparents, friends, doctors, lawyers, store clerks, even children  from Columbia County, PA. The voices will be old and young, the stories new and old. Intended age range: 4-12. We'll have mix of stories.  Pull up a cookie and mug of hot cocoa and enjoy. It's Locals Jr. Bedtime Stories, Where a Community Reads to its Children.

Information

  • Creator
    Box Of Light
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Locals Jr., Bedtime Stories
  • Show Website
    Locals Jr., Bedtime Stories