American
Audie Murphy, the Farm Boy Who Went to War
A poor sharecropper's son, small and underage, who kept getting turned away — and then became one of the most decorated soldiers of the whole war.
This Week · Courage
Courage: where do you think courage comes from?
For littler ones: Where do you think being brave comes from?
This week we're wondering about courage — not the loud kind, but the quiet kind that shows up when it's needed. Where do you think it comes from? Are you born with it, do you learn it, or does it find you in a hard moment and surprise you? Turn it over in the car or at the table — nobody at your house will be quite sure of the answer.
This week's stories
American
Ida Lewis and the Light on the Rock
A lighthouse keeper's daughter who rowed her little boat out into freezing water, again and again, to pull drowning strangers from the waves.
American
Sacagawea and the Long Road Home
A young Shoshone woman, taken from her people as a girl, who guided strangers through a wild country with her baby on her back — and kept going.
Talk about it
- Where do you think courage comes from — is it something you're born with, something you learn, or something that finds you?
- Audie was turned away, Ida was cold and tired, Sacagawea was far from home. What do you think they were feeling right before they did the brave thing?
- Can a person be scared and brave at the same time? What do you think?
A new question every week.
Listen together in the app — short audio stories for kids 4–10, at bedtime, on the drive, in the drop-off line.
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