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Encore: The Little Blue Pebble
Season 7 Episode 55
In this magical story with worldwide roots, Broadway performers Bret Shuford and Stephen Hanna (Broadway Husbands) play farmers who receive a little …
1 year, 8 months ago
Encore: The Bright Yellow Hat
Season 7 Episode 54
Jona Xiao (Raya and the Last Dragon, Hightown) plays a flower peddler who makes gardens and goodness grow in this story with Chinese, Tibetan, Japane…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Crystal Story Box
Season 7 Episode 53
Bashir Salahuddin (Top Gun: Maverick, South Side) plays legendary trickster Anansi in this West African tale about how stories first came to the worl…
1 year, 9 months ago
Encore: The Troupe of Ten
Season 7 Episode 52
Malia Baker (The Baby-Sitters Club), Kelly Jenrette (All-American: Homecoming) and Kenny Leu (Midway) headline a story about a troupe of actors who b…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Long Crimson Thread
Season 7 Episode 51
Jessika Van (Seoul Searching, Awkward) and Mark Pellegrino (American Rust, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley) co-star in a Welsh tale about a girl, a dro…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Snow Eater
Season 7 Episode 50
Cree Summer (Good Times, Abbott Elementary) headlines a Blackfoot legend about fast friends, warm winds, and why bears hibernate during the winter.
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1 year, 9 months ago
The Laughing Bird
Season 7 Episode 49
Kenny Curtis (Greeking Out) stars in a legend from Aboriginal Australia about dark days, light humor, and a little bird with a big laugh.
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1 year, 10 months ago
The Rightful Heir
Season 7 Episode 48
Oliver Stark (9-1-1, Into the Badlands) plays a clever king who concocts the perfect plan for telling a good egg from a bad seed.
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1 year, 10 months ago
Encore: The Friendship Orchard
Season 7 Episode 47
NPR veterans Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg co-star in a Kazakh folktale about lifelong friends whose bond is tested by an unexpected discovery.…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Bee in the Bush
Season 7 Episode 46
Erika Ishii (Worlds Beyond Number, Apex Legends) headlines this Vietnamese tale about getting a bee in your bonnet, buzzing off, and feeling the stin…
1 year, 10 months ago