Podcast

Stories for Kids – Bedtime tales for toddlers (ages 2–5)

Kids & Family

A magical world of calm, wonder and adventure — just before bedtime.

Each story follows four playful toddlers, Ziggy, Lily, Skye and Dash, as they hop aboard Toby the Magic Train and explore new worlds, solve gentle challenges, and make heartwarming discoveries.

Crafted for children aged 3 to 5, these bedtime tales are filled with mild suspense, soothing sounds, simple language and clear morals — perfect for winding down the day. Parents will love the cozy, kind stories that encourage imagination, empathy and restful sleep.

Episodes
475
Releases
Daily
Typical length
14 min
On air since
2025
Latest episode
21 hours ago

Episodes

475 episodes, newest first

  1. The Dancing Little Boats

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    Dash and friends go to Singing Seashell Beach for a boat race, but the sea is flat. With clumsy fish Gaspare, they beat their fear and find new friends.

    12 min
  2. The Song That Makes Winter Bloom

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    Skye, Ziggy, Lily, and Dash help shy little Snowy, a messenger bird, sing a gentle song that blooms warm flowers and saves the cold animals by the frozen lake.

    13 min
  3. The Seahorse Who Spoke Softly

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    Ziggy and friends fly with Toby to the Island of Whispers. They listen to shy seahorse Fili and with magic shell-goggles find a hidden harbor, bringing a lost boat home.

    12 min
  4. The Secret Under the Castle

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    Lily and friends take Toby the Magic Train to Flowerstone Castle, where the fountain went silent. Below, with courage and kindness, they free the clogged spring and the water returns.

    13 min
  5. A Thousand Colors for a Friend

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    Toby takes the children to the Bubble Slalom. Dash is about to win but gives up the race to help Flick, a lost grey fish, find his colors again.

    12 min
  6. The Greatest Gift Is Being Together

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    Toby the Magic Train takes Skye, Ziggy, Lily and Dash to the Garden of Gentle Minutes, where they help a lost puppy and learn shared time is the greatest gift.

    12 min
  7. The Bubble That Wouldn't Fly

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    Toby takes the kids to the Land of Sweets, where Caramella can't sleep. Bubbles keep popping, until Ziggy finds dew makes them strong, and a dream-bubble brings her peaceful sleep.

    13 min
  8. The Kitten Who Learned to Feel

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    Lily and friends visit the Somersault Circus with Toby. Kitten Fluff tips over the music box and the gnomes get hiccups. Lily teaches Fluff about feelings; his purrs heal everyone.

    15 min
  9. The Night the Colors Came Back

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    Skye and her friends ride Toby the Magic Train to the Midnight Bedroom and help a frightened pot: making peace and warming up together, they rekindle the clothes' faded colors.

    13 min
  10. The Phoenix Who Was Afraid to Fly

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    Lily and friends ride Toby the Magic Train into the Velvet Sky, where the Night Rainbow lost a color. A shy golden Phoenix must find courage to sing it back.

    14 min
  11. The Great Sparkling Relay

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    The children ride Toby the Magic Train to the Cave of the Glittering Echo. With a relay all together, they free the water spring and quench the thirsty mountain animals.

    13 min
  12. The Spoon Who Was Afraid to Dance

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    Skye and her friends ride the magic train to the land of sweets, where salt rains down. They help a shy Spoon dance again and bring the candy back.

    14 min
  13. The Path of Moonlight

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    The children climb Mount Moonsilver with Toby to help Nino, a forgetful rabbit, building a path of moonlit stones that guides lost baby animals home to the warm lodge.

    13 min
  14. The Riddles of the Forest of Whispers

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    The children ride Toby to the Forest of Whispers, where colors are fading. With Lalla the frog and lots of curiosity, Lily solves the riddles and brings the butterflies back.

    13 min
  15. The Trampoline of Hands

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    Children ride Toby the Magic Train to the Valley of a Hundred Bounces. With a trampoline of hands they send star Stella back to the sky, relighting the Leaping Fawn.

    15 min
  16. The Little Light That Was Afraid of the Dark

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    Children dive under the sea with Toby, finding a grey, sleeping seabed. Skye conquers her fear of the dark to comfort Lumina, a shy jellyfish, relighting all the sea's colors.

    14 min
  17. Kindness Lights Up in a Chain

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    The children fly with Toby to misty Mistlong Castle. Guided by a shy gnome's whisper, they return the memory-lights with a chain of kindness, relighting the castle under starry skies.

    15 min
  18. The Lighthouse of Laughter

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    Dash and friends visit a seaside castle with a dark lighthouse. In a silly staircase race, Dash learns to run his own way, relights it, and guides lost boats home.

    15 min
  19. The Promise Stitched in the Sky

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    Skye, Ziggy, Lily and Dash ride the rainbow with Toby the Magic Train to meet Iris, a shy dragonfly who finds courage to keep her promise and light the stars.

    14 min
  20. The Circus of the Dancing Knot

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    Ziggy and friends fly with Toby to a foggy seaside town where boat ropes are knotted. A cat circus act and Trillina the alarm clock's brave trill undo the knot.

    14 min