

Kids Storytime Favorites
Read Aloud by SWAN and GULL
A heartwarming mother-daughter duo team up to read everyone's all-time favorite kids' books. With page turning cues, intriguing music, catchy sound effects and light-hearted dialogue, these thoughtfully curated episodes will help your little ones discover the true magic of Storytime.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Apr 12, 2025 • 10min
Big Chickens
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. When four fashionable birds of a feather see a wolf sneaking near their coop, they run into the woods to hide. But for a bunch of big chickens, running away from danger leads them from one fearful challenge to the next. Written by Leslie HelakoskiIllustrated by Henry ColeMusical Credit: "A Little Bit Of Fun" by Johnny Boyle

Mar 2, 2025 • 7min
The Mitten
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. Follow along as curious, yet cozy, woodland animals make the best of a little boy's lost and found mitten in this delightful and timeless Ukrainian folktale. Written and Illustrated by Jan BrettMusical Credit: "Eureka!" by Roo Walker

Dec 22, 2024 • 12min
Dasher
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. This is the beautiful story of one brave little doe who seizes an opportunity to follow the North Star... a wishful risk that changes the fate of Christmas forever.By Matt TavaresMusical Credit: "Golden Moments of Christmas" by Vocalista"Winter Wonderland" by Danijel Zambo "Night of Wonders" by Simon Folwar

Jul 18, 2024 • 12min
Oh, The Places You'll Go
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. With his classic tongue-twisting verse, Dr. Seuss helps us maneuver the path of life, complete with the inevitable ups and downs, slumps and bumps. Herein lies a tale every child should take to heart and every parent should hear more often.Written and Illustrated by Dr. SeussMusical Credit: "Mosaic" by Allalo

Apr 30, 2024 • 10min
A Visitor For Bear
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. Bear is quite sure he doesn't like visitors. He even has a sign. So when a mouse taps on his door one day, Bear tells him to leave. But when Bear's relentless house guest refuses to leave, he learns just how pleasant it is to share tea for two.Written by Bonny BeckerIllustrated by Kady MacDonald DentonMusical Credit: "The Funny Bunch" by Giulio FazioBuy the book HERE

Mar 13, 2024 • 5min
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. This story's lyrical text introduces young readers to a distinctively different Arctic culture, as a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. Written by Barbara M. JooseIllustrated by Barbara LavalleeMusical Credit: "Eskiden" by Arnito

Feb 26, 2024 • 15min
Stellaluna
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. Join Stellaluna, a young fruit bat, as she learns her true identity thanks to the help of an accepting family of birds. Written and Illustrated by Janell CannonMusical Credit: "Not That Easy" by Soundroll

Feb 15, 2024 • 6min
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. Rhyming, joyful verse and vibrant illustrations describe young Jesse Bear's activities from morning to bedtime. Written by Nancy White CarlstromIllustrated by Bruce DegenMusical Credits: "Morning Dew" by Arthur Vyncke

Feb 10, 2024 • 13min
Make Way For Ducklings
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. This illustrative masterpiece is especially comforting to children because it shows parents as caretakers, protectors, and teachers. Additionally, by relying on the kindness of others, this family of Mallard ducks eventually finds safety in a prominant Americn landmark. Ideal for reading aloud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf.By Robert McCloskeyMusical Credit: "Excusez-Moi?" by Roo Walker

Jan 24, 2024 • 10min
Hello Lighthouse
Buy the book HERE and we'll earn a small commission through Amazon!Reading along completes the experience! Enrich your child's audible processing skills with a visual understanding of the story as well. Our page turning cues will keep your little one busy and fully engaged. A luminous story that will transport you to the seaside where the daily life of a reliable lighthouse keeper and his family unfolds. This historical story highlights the innerworkings of a steadfast lighthouse and all that was necessary to keep its reassuring light burning bright.By Sophie BlackallMusical Credit: "Stargaze" by The Lakes