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Mar 2025
9m 2s

The Moonlight Muralist

MAKED UP STORIES (KIDS STORIES)
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In today's story, brothers Caspian and Silas stay up late to try to solve the mystery of the murals that appear overnight at the football field every year before the big game, as if by magic.

Some themes from today's story: conservation, redwood trees, friendship, and teamwork.

Maked Up Stories is a daily children’s bedtime stories podcast. Perfect for your bedtime routine, your commute, or for some high quality screen-free entertainment at home. Our interactive format will ignite your imagination. Rich vocabulary with plenty of context clues supports your child’s language development.

To submit an intro, outro or story request visit www.makedupstories.com.

For questions, feedback or to submit your child’s answer to a question we ask in the show email us at makedupstories@gmail.com.

Check out our sister podcast Maked Up Clubhouse, where all the storytellers are kids! https://open.spotify.com/show/1DJIjGsPGXvUi4Qmcima0K?si=8cb76c3e21b248d0

Love our intro and outro music? We do do! The song is Hishtadlus by Batya Levine and you can find more of her work on Spotify.

The children's story referenced in today's episode is The Night Gardener, by Terry and Eric Fan.

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