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These pages contain narrations by Barry Carl. Keep checking back here for more stories. Feel free to download them and make a "Beary Tales" compilation of your own.

This story is called "The Girl Who Helped Thunder", and it's a Native American tale. I don't have a pic for it yet. It's one of the stories I read to my daughters. [more]

Runaways is the fourth in a series of 'real-life kid stories', tales from my childhood. They're all true. [more]

Stolen $$ is the third in a series of 'real-life kid stories', tales from my childhood. They're all true. [more]

The Cactus is the second in a series of 'real-life kid stories', tales from my childhood. They're all true. [more]

The Coffee Grinder is the first in a series of 'real-life kid stories', tales from my childhood. They're all true. [more]

Christmas Every Day was originally written in 1892 by William Dean Howells. This is a wonderful story of Christmas run amok. It's a funny story with a point. I hope you enjoy it. [more]

Unanana and the Elephant is from "Hey! Listen to This," an anthology of read-aloud stories selected and annotated with commentary by Jim Trelease. It is specifically for kids, and is one of the stories I recorded for my kids to listen to when I'm out on the road. I hope your children enjoy it as much as mine have. - Barry [more]