# StoryBeam Kids StoryBeam Kids is a closed-catalog, StoryBeam-first podcast browsing and protected audio player surface for families. Public URL: https://storybeamkids.com Names and entity boundaries: - StoryBeam Kids is the app and website. "Story Beam Kids" is a common spaced spelling of the same name. - StoryBeam is the flagship children's story podcast inside StoryBeam Kids. "StoryBeam Podcast" and "Story Beam Podcast" refer to that show, not to a separate app. Important URLs: - Listening room: https://storybeamkids.com/ - On-site StoryBeam episode archive (latest official releases plus 25 earlier reviewed guides with parent notes and direct listening links): https://storybeamkids.com/storybeam - Reviewed podcast transcripts (read-along pages of the hosts' own words, timed to the recording, with printable discussion guides; each picture book is credited and its text is not reproduced): https://storybeamkids.com/stories/ - Parent Corner: https://storybeamkids.com/parents - Support: https://storybeamkids.com/support - Printables (morning chart, coloring page, lunchbox notes): https://storybeamkids.com/printables - Story School, the human-read learning layer (dialogic prompts, story words, weekly pairing): https://storybeamkids.com/learn - The Reading Nook (48 storybooks to read together, free and with no account: 28 illustrated StoryBeam Originals (two in Spanish, five in the Silly Time row of funny animal books), 9 Book Dash titles under CC BY 4.0, 5 public-domain books word for word, and 6 gentle retellings): https://storybeamkids.com/reading-nook - The Originals art gallery (every illustration from the 28 StoryBeam Originals on one page, each described and linked back to the book it comes from): https://storybeamkids.com/reading-nook/gallery - Blog (8 sourced posts on screens, sleep, algorithms, and privacy research, by Jason and Kat): https://storybeamkids.com/blog - Screen transition guide (for parents adding TV: how to start, a show-picking checklist, 9 curated low-stimulation shows, and 16 click-to-load official episodes): https://storybeamkids.com/screen-transition - Nominated By You (the listener nomination currently documented on the site): https://storybeamkids.com/nominated - Why the catalog is small and how shows are reviewed: https://storybeamkids.com/parents#pc-small-catalog - Sonic logo creative brief (public spec plus a playable 432-tuned warm major-triad reference chime): https://storybeamkids.com/sonic-logo-brief - Send a story (single-episode page for sharing one StoryBeam episode directly): https://storybeamkids.com/send - Privacy and data safety: https://storybeamkids.com/privacy - Sitemap: https://storybeamkids.com/sitemap.xml - Robots: https://storybeamkids.com/robots.txt Core truths: - StoryBeam stays first. - The founder of StoryBeam Kids is a kid; the site is built by her parents. Her dad, Jason, built the app and reviews the catalog; she co-hosts the flagship StoryBeam show with her mom. - The site installs as a web app (manifest + service worker). The service worker caches the same-origin shell plus only the cross-origin episode audio explicitly saved for offline listening; unsaved episode audio is not intercepted or cached. - The on-site StoryBeam guide currently holds 25 reviewed episode entries, including one listener-nominated bonus episode. New releases continue on the official feed, and reviewed guides with direct Apple Podcasts links live at /storybeam. - The approved catalog holds 27 shows total: StoryBeam (flagship) plus 26 curated third-party kids podcasts, each with selected real-audio episodes from reviewed feed-backed entries. Every show is English-language. - The catalog is small on purpose: 27 shows is the size where the two founding parents can genuinely listen to and review everything. Before a show gets in, its episodes are played by the founders, its feed and audio URLs are verified, and its age range, tone, shelf placement, and parent notes are written down. Shows that change or stop fitting come out. - Thomas additions are limited to official Thomas & Friends children's Storytime feeds, including official 80th Anniversary Storytime episodes inside those feeds; fan commentary, documentary, and separate anniversary/history feeds are excluded. - StoryBeam art uses the supplied local logo, forest banner, flashlight mark, and badge files; supporting shelves and non-flagship cards mix in local stock photos. - Search stays inside an approved local catalog. - The page does not expose open podcast search. - The page only loads reviewed HTTPS episode URLs stored in the local catalog. - Curated recommendation spots route listen actions to their own real podcast audio instead of placeholder playback. - Watchlists, playlists, filters, and player state are local to the browser. - The homepage includes a rotating Try this book recommendation star and a grown-up-gated path for nominating future StoryBeam reads. - The listening room reaches the grown-up watch guide through gated links; the guide covers 9 slow-paced shows and exposes 16 official rights-holder episodes through click-to-load YouTube nocookie players. - StoryBeam Kids 1.2 is live on the App Store; the same closed listening room is also free on the web and installable as a PWA. - The public website does not require accounts, does not run ads, and does not load analytics. - The kids' listening room has no direct outbound links. Parent Corner gates its outside destinations; other parent-facing pages clearly mark outside links, and the watch guide uses click-to-load official video embeds. Authoritative external StoryBeam surfaces: - App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/storybeam-kids/id6785347610 - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/storybeam/id6782998002 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Aa0LE2BbCHk2n3ZNEvg - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storybeampodcast/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StoryBeamPodcast Audience: - Parents and caregivers choosing gentle audio for children ages 3-8. - Children using the page with a parent-approved closed catalog. ## Source and citation guide - [AI Instructions](https://storybeamkids.com/ai-instructions): Site identity, authoritative sources and citation guidance.