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WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103. Each 15 to 25-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.

Circle Round

Vanessa Aspillaga (Dora Saves the Snow Princess, Leave the World Behind) stars in this Puerto Rican and Chilean tale about baby basil, cuddly kittens, and how two heads can be better than one.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on April 2, 2024.

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Encore: The Cleverest Person in the Room

Recorded live at Tanglewood with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians and a star-studded cast, this Afghan tale follows a savvy seamstress and her chatty kitty on a royally epic adventure.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Aug. 5, 2025. 

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Encore: The Seamstress and the Deev

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Tatyana Ali (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Abbot Elementary) and Jack De Sena (Lego Monkie Kid, Avatar: The Last Airbender) headline this Filipino story about getting the upper hand by taking the lower half.

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Summer Camp: Top Banana

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Jacob Laval (The Unbreakable Boy, John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch) and Amanda Warren (The Night Agent, East New York) headline a Sicilian tale about sowing the seeds of kindness, compassion and crocuses.

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Summer Camp: Crocus-Pocus

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Recorded live at The Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR, this high-flying tale explains how the islands of the Philippines came to be.

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Summer Camp: The Salmon Famine

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Recorded live at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, this African tale explains how the guinea fowl got its distinctively speckled feathers.

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Summer Camp: The Bird of a Different Feather

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Recorded live at Symphony Hall with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians and a star-studded cast, this indigenous Pacific Northwest tale follows a wily coyote on a daring rescue.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Feb. 18. 2025.

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Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Cree Summer (Good Times, Abbott Elementary) headlines a Blackfoot legend about fast friends, warm winds, and why bears hibernate during the winter.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on May 7, 2024.

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Summer Camp: The Snow Eater

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Jessika Van (Seoul Searching, Awkward) and Mark Pellegrino (American Rust, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley) co-star in a Welsh tale about a girl, a drought, and a mouse with a life-saving secret.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on May 14, 2024.

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Summer Camp: The Long Crimson Thread

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Comedian Alonzo Bodden (Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Heavy Lightweight) headlines this African legend about how one animal’s mischief created the savanna’s most majestic, magical trees.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Summer Camp: The Upside-Down Tree

Dyllón Burnside (POSE, Prideland) and Tony nominee Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice, School of Rock - The Musical) co-star in this Australian story from the archives about small critters, giant egos, and why frogs croak.

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Encore: Little Frog’s Big Voice (feat. Alex Brightman & Dyllón Burnside)

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