“We started listening to podcasts when we were on car trips because they were always asking to watch cartoons, and we only let them watch them on very long journeys. We thought of it as an alternative and looked for children's stories. Now they ask for them themselves, whether it's a short or long trip,” explains Raquel Morta. Although there are increasingly more podcasts dedicated to children, the figures are still far below what is offered to other age groups: only 2% of the podcast programming on the main general audio platforms in Spain is dedicated to children, according to the article. Audio consumption in childhood and adolescence: Radio and Digital PlatformsHowever, it is still unknown to what extent children listen to podcasts because the available data, such as that from the General Media Study (EGM), only includes listeners from the age of 14, which leaves out a whole age group about which almost nothing is known: whether they listen, when they do so, or what podcasts they listen to.

Reading is a journey into an unknown world full of experiences that guide the reader page after page. For children, accompanying them in this reading allows them to open a window to new worlds. "When a child reader receives a message through accompanied reading, they imagine the story through that voice, recreate it, and make it their own. Furthermore, this intervention helps awaken their sense of creativity," observes Margarida Falgàs, a retired teacher, educator, coordinator of children's reading clubs, and member of the Fira organizers.