Why Bear Hibernates

Super Great Kids' Stories

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Scottish storyteller Cara Silversmith shares a How and Why story from the US which explains why bears hibernate. The little animals are going hungry because a big brown bear is rather too fond of food. Happily, a fox, a squirrel, a mouse and a hare team up to solve the problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.
0:17.8	Wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and
0:24.3	sometimes cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. Today we continue with our theme of animal tales and we've got a how and why story
0:42.4	from the United States called Why the Bear Hibernates. It's told by Scottish storyteller
0:50.2	Kara Silversmith. How are you super great kids?
0:55.0	I hope you had a good week.
0:57.0	I had a lovely time visiting the ancient city of Bath.
1:02.0	My highlights included
1:04.0	swimming on a steamy rooftop pool in warm water
1:09.0	which comes from deep under the earth.
1:11.6	And going for a walk with my family and hearing a chif-chaff calling,
1:16.6	which is a little bird whose song sounds like a squeaky wheel.
1:21.6	For me it's the sound of spring arriving.
1:25.6	Spring is in the air,
1:30.7	and on our monthly online show this weekend,
1:32.8	storytellers Amy Douglas,
1:36.2	Jason Buck and Despina Aruh from Greece had great fun telling stories about birds.
1:41.2	Owlats hopped in to listen from all over the world, including Estonia in Northern Europe.
1:47.6	Ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! And hello to you in Estonia. And a special hello to Eric, who celebrated his sixth birthday with us at the show.
1:57.8	I hope you had a happy day, Eric. There were lots of bird stories, happy ones,
2:03.4	sad ones, even sinister, scary ones. We'll be posting some of your beautiful bird pictures
2:09.5	on our Facebook page. And if you enjoy the online shows, there's a scary story show coming up
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