Simple Stories in English
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Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 8
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 8! Zunzuncito and...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 7
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 6! Zunzuncito is on a ...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 6
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 6! Zunzuncito is a tin...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 5
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 5! Zunzuncito is done ...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 4
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 4! It’s not easy bei...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 3
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 3! Zunzuncito, a ti...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 2
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this third season, I am sharing chapters from my short novel “Zunzuncito’s Adventure”. This week is chapter 2! Zunzuncito, one ...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Chapter 1
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textChapter 1: The Smallest HummingbirdZunzuncito is one of the tiniest hummingbirds in the world. Some might think he spends all his time h...
Zunzuncito's Adventure Intro
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe island nation of Cuba is full of amazing animals. One of the most fascinating is the tiny bee hummingbird, also called the zunzuncit...
My Trip to the Galapagos Islands
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI love to travel and today I am sharing one of my favorite travel stories. When I went to Ecuador twelve years ago, I had the opportunit...
My Mental Health
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I believe that mental health ...
My Language Journey
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I teach Spanish, but I am not...
Life on Stage
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I love the theater. I love ac...
What Was My Childhood Like?
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I have very fond memories of ...
What Is My Family Like?
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I love my family. I have two ...
Where Do I Go?
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. In today’s episode, I expla...
Where Do I Live?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I love where I live. I have a...
What Do I Eat?
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. Today’s story is all about ...
What Do I Want?
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. I am lucky that I get to do m...
What Do I Do?
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. Many of my activities are rel...
How do I Feel?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. Many of my activities are rel...
What Do I Like?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. We all have different likes a...
What am I like?
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. This second episode presents ...
Who am I?
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to season 2 of Simple Stories in English! In this season, I will be telling you more about myself. In this first episode you wil...
The Brave Little Kitten
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJack is a little cat. He thought today would be like any other day exploring with his family, but instead he woke up to discover that is...
An Accident in the Mountains
03 Feb 2025
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Send us a textJulio loves winter because winter means skiing. He makes sure to wear all the right clothing: hat, scarf, gloves, and - most importantly...
The Monster
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textArthur the monster lives alone in the mountains. He is tired of being alone in his cave and decides to go to the city to make some anima...
Merry Christmas
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIsabel wishes she were home for Christmas instead of all alone in a big city. She knows that other people in her apartment building are ...
The Lazy Turkey
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTom Turkey is a lazy turkey. He lives in the woods and just wants to eat all day. The other woodland animals are worried about Tom. They...
The Receptionist
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLatriz has a very important job. She is a receptionist in a clinic. The people who come to the clinic talk to her before they talk to th...
A Visit to the Dentist
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSilvia loves sweets a bit too much. Her love of sugar catches up with her in the form of a toothache. Now she must visit the dentist. Fi...
The Car Accident
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLuis just wants to dance the night away, but a car accident lands him in the emergency room with his date. Now, instead of salsa, he mus...
Worried
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPaloma is a near perfect child. She just has one problem that threatens to take over her life - Paloma is a worrier. She worries about E...
Under the Sea
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe Mesoamerican Reef system is the second largest in the world. Located in the Caribbean Sea, the most beautiful section of this reef i...
Dinosaurs
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBrandon and Julia love dinosaurs. They have a bunch of plastic toy dinosaurs that they play with together. There is only one problem. Ju...
The Color of the Crow
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday’s story was originally written by Scott WyattWhy is the raven black? 7-year-old Agapita has created a series of drawings to expl...
Monarch Butterflies
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHannah is a curious girl. When a butterfly lands in her back yard, she wants to learn all about it. After visiting the library, she lear...
Dayana's Wool
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDayana the alpaca is surprised to learn that her wooly coat is going to be sheared. She loves her wool, so she runs away. While she is a...
Let's Go Fishing
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJayden, Charley and Theo love fishing with their mom. One Saturday they grab their fishing poles and head to the lake. Find out what the...
See you later!
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt is the end of the school year for Imani and many others. She shouts “See you later!” to those she meets in the hallway. But what ...
Little Victoria
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textVictoria is feeling nervous and scared about leaving her small town and going to university in a big city. Her friend Piper doesn’t se...
The Great Ronaldo
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRonaldo comes from a family obsessed with football (or soccer), so it is no surprise that he wants to be a famous football star like his...
Miguel's Music
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textToday’s story connects to episode 9. Perhaps you will remember “Miguel’s Little Lie”. Miguel wanted to go to a rock concert with...
A Winter Story
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLuisa loves winter. She likes the cold because it means snow and ice. She skates on the ice and plays in the snow. There is only one pro...
Time For Bed
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLife with a toddler can be fun and difficult. That is why routines are so important. When Lily doesn’t take her nap, the rest of the d...
The Magic Notebook
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSome students feel that they just don’t know anything, so why even try? Perhaps they just need a little bit of motivation and confiden...
I Love You, Mom
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMothers often need to have patience as children learn and grow. Nadia is mother to Luisa and Perla. Luisa loves her family and she loves...
I'm Bored!
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe all get bored. Georgie has a room full of things, but he still gets bored. When he tells people he is bored, they just send him away ...
Ramona on the Beach
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWho doesn’t enjoy a day at the beach? Ramona certainly does. She goes to the beach every day and watches the tourists as they take pic...
The Lost Cows
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPaula enjoys living in the mountains with her dog Bobo and her one hundred and fifty cows. But sometimes her cows wander off and need he...
The Boots
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLuis enjoys his life as a rancher. He likes taking care of animals. Being on a ranch requires boots. Luis has a special friend that he w...
The Busy Mom
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen things get lost, the logical solution is to look for them. Sometimes we are so busy looking that we don’t see what is right under...
Miguel's Little Lie
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMiguel just wants to go to a concert, but his mom says no, even when he begs. So, Miguel and his friend come up with a plan that involve...
The Curious Bear
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMost people know the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, but what if the bear is the intruder? Barry is a curious bear. He just wan...
Cake for Breakfast
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBirthdays are a special time, especially for young kids. Ruthie wakes up on her birthday wanting something special to eat for breakfast:...
The Girl is Sick
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen a child is sick, they should stay home. However, some kids pretend to be sick to get out of schoolwork. Jessica has a test. She pre...
The Animal Band
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe world is full of musical styles and instruments. Some people like to sing, others like to play, and even more just like to listen. M...
Felix's Birthday Party
01 Nov 2022
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Send us a textEvery party has potential for fun and for disaster. Ed the elephant wants to create a perfect birthday party for his friend Felix. He in...
Ed is Fat
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFriends can be similar and also very different. Some friends say exactly what they are thinking while others have tact. In today’s sto...
Ed Wants a Girlfriend
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt can be hard to wander through life alone, especially on Valentine’s Day. Ed the elephant is searching for the perfect girlfriend. H...
The Elephant and the Mouse
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFriends can be similar and also very different. Some friends say exactly what they are thinking while others have tact. In today’s sto...