Pond Palace - Part 1

How do you gain the respect of others?

In this episode, Beaver is feeling insecure, so he decides to imitate humans, building an enormous lodge to impress his friends.

But chewing down so many trees causes problems for the wetland ecosystem. Grandmother Turtle teaches Beaver the importance of caring for the community as a whole and taking only what he needs.

Bonus Activity

Our friends at the Sierra Club put together an activity just for listeners of Once Upon a Meadow!

Sierra Club is a grassroots environmental organization in the United States working to defend everyone’s right to a healthy world. Through its Outdoors for All campaign, Inspiring Connections Outdoors program and Outdoors Alliance for Kids partnership, fighting for universal access to nature for children and youth is one of Sierra Club’s priorities.

This episode features

Delancey and Savannah Czerw

White Plains, New York

Credits

Story & Narration by Jeff Lockwood

Music by Nadav Amir-Himmel

Editing & Production by Willow Belden

Illustrations by Gracie Canaan

Activity Design by Cara Schaefer & Sierra Club

Story Consulting from Tracey Owens-Patton, Forrest Wood, and Melvin Arthur