The Fire On The Other Side Of The World feat. Yeardley Smith

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this Cherokee story, Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons) plays a feisty, creative spider who proves that power and strength aren't always about physical size.

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0:00.0	Is that a lion?
0:04.6	I think he's saying our fourth picture book, The Lion's Whiskour, hits shelves this spring.
0:12.4	And on Saturday, June 17th, we're throwing a party at WBUR's city space in Boston to celebrate
0:18.6	and you're invited.
0:20.5	Find more details and get your in-person or virtual tickets at WBUR.org slash circle
0:26.1	round.
0:30.0	Produced by the iLap at WBUR Boston.
0:42.8	Think about a time you faced a challenge.
0:46.6	Did you think you would overcome that challenge?
0:48.9	Or did your faith in yourself start to slip a little?
0:52.0	Well, we're about to meet a tiny character who believes in herself big time, even when
0:58.4	others don't.
1:02.1	I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle round.
1:05.2	Where story time happens all the time.
1:07.7	Today our story is called The Fire on the Other Side of the World.
1:13.4	Versions of this tale come from the Cherokee people, Native Americans who originally lived
1:17.9	in the southeastern woodlands of the United States.
1:22.5	Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including
1:27.5	Yardley Smith.
1:29.4	Yardley is the voice of Lisa Simpson on the Fox animated comedy The Simpsons, now in its
1:35.3	31st season.
1:37.6	So circle round everyone.
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