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  • Coyote and Bluebird

    Coyote and Bluebird
    Feb 28 2025
    In this story from the US, Coyote is not happy. He keeps changing colour which is sometimes confusing, often embarrasing. Then one day, Coyote has a little accident which changes everything. Have a listen to Nick Hennessey tell this lively, fun story and find out what happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 min
  • The Tiger's Whisker

    The Tiger's Whisker
    Feb 28 2025
    This tale from Indonesia is about patience, and giving people space to recover. It's told by the inimitable Tuup along with his drum and some realistic tiger sound effects. It's aimed at a slightly older age group 7 – 9. If you have younger children, we have an imaginative second story this week told by Nick Hennessey: Coyote and Bluebird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 min
  • Masha and the Big Brown Bear

    Masha and the Big Brown Bear
    Feb 21 2025
    When young Masha goes into the woods to pick mushrooms, she gets lost. As if that’s not bad enough, a bear takes her to his home and insists she stay there forever to clean his house. Masha comes up with a clever escape plan which involves baking some delicious cherry pies. Listen to storyteller Cat Weatherill tell this fun song-story from Russia and find out if the plan works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    27 min
  • The Slippers That Make No Noise

    The Slippers That Make No Noise
    Feb 14 2025
    Yeh-Hsien, an orphan with shiny black hair and skin as soft as silk wishes to go to the lunar new year celebrations with her sister and step mother. She’s told to stay at home and cook, but with a little help from a magical fish, and a pair of slippers that make no noise, her wish just might come true. Listen to Kim telling this ancient Chinese version of a Cinderella-style love story to find out what happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 min
  • Rumplestiltskin

    Rumplestiltskin
    Feb 7 2025
    Listen to Jason Buck tell his gripping version of the European story, Rumplestiltskin – complete with a nasty little goblin, a frightfully greedy King, and a clever girl who gets herself out of a tricky situation. It’s a little bit scary but not very. Packed with wisdom and entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 min
  • The Great Race

    The Great Race
    Jan 31 2025
    Kim tells the story of the twelve animals which represent the Chinese New Year. As the Lunar New Year approaches, each animal wants it to be named after them, but no one can agree which animal is most deserving. The Jade Emperor steps into solve the problem by proposing a race. Listen to this lively story and discover who wins, and who loses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 min
  • Tattercoats

    Tattercoats
    Jan 24 2025
    In a grand house high up on a hill above the sea lived an old man who had a little granddaughter whose face he had never seen because his lovely daughter died at her birth… Nick Hennessey tells a moving English version of the Cinderella story. A word of warning –this version is unsettling at times so if this doesn’t sound like one for you and yours, have a listen to our other story this week ‘Star Coin’, told for our younger listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    17 min
  • Star Coin

    Star Coin
    Jan 24 2025
    Star Coin is a Brothers Grimm story from Germany about an orphan girl who has nothing left in the world but the clothes on her back and a piece of bread. As she walks through the forest, looking for her luck, she encounters various people in need and helps them, but is left standing in the snowy forest with only a thin undershirt and no food or shoes. Who will come to her aid? Listen to the magical voice of storyteller Simone Schuemmelfeder, and take heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    21 min