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OUR WEBBY AWARD NOMINATED Podcast matches kids 6-12 with diverse and best-selling children's authors to collaborate and grow their story ideas into original stories! as A COMMON SENSE MEDIA SELECTION, our show is recognized as a great choice for kids and families for its engaging stories, valuable content, and diverse voices, characters, and messages.

 
 
 

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Who's Behind The Seeds

 
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Our creator

Sandhya Nankani

Sandhya is the founder of Literary Safari. She has been producing award-winning kids’ content since 2004, including the literacy game HangArt, which was named a 2016 Best of EdTech app by Common Sense Media. Story Seeds was inspired by her daughter’s creative spirit, and by a project she developed early on in her career—The Weekly Writer, a collaborative interactive writing project between kids and authors, including Stephen King, R.L. Stine, and Walter Dean Myers. She is a member of the Education Committee of the Museum of Arts and Design.

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Our Host

Betsy Bird

Betsy Bird is a powerhouse in the world of kidlit. She is a librarian, blogger with School Library Journal, book reviewer for Kirkus Reviews, and was recently elected to the American Library Association’s Children's Literature Legacy Committee. Betsy is author of the forthcoming middle grade novel LONG ROAD TO THE CIRCUS, author of the picture books GIANT DANCE PARTY and THE GREAT SANTA STAKEOUT, and editor of the anthology FUNNY GIRL: FUNNIEST STORIES EVER.

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Our MusicAndrew VanWyngarden

Our theme song is written, composed, and performed by Andrew VanWyngarden. Nowadays, he is a real-life, Grammy-nominated musician who tours the world with the band MGMT that he co-founded while in college. Andrew started making music as a child in Memphis, Tennessee, using a Tascam four track tape machine to record. For the Story Seeds theme song, he was inspired by the magical and playful theme songs of classic children’s shows he watched as a child such as Reading Rainbow, Maya the Bee, and David the Gnome.

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It's Our theme song. Come sing along!

 

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About

 

Our Webby Award-nominated podcast celebrates young people's imagination and places them at the heart of the creative process. On each episode, kids collaborate with famous, diverse authors to grow their story ideas. Then the author takes those seeds and writes an original story that you get to hear on the show! The Story Seeds Podcast is a Common Sense Media selection and has been featured on Apple Podcasts' Kids & Family curation, Spotify's Family-Friendly playlist, and more! Our companion activity book, IMAGINATION LAB, is a Wirecutter/New York Times "Best Gift for 10 Year Olds" selection.

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