Various Fairy Tales
Fairy tales from the world over including some of the famous English stories such as, Dicking Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Three Little Pigs. Also some very sweet stories from Japan.
The Prehistoric Christmas Present – Competition Winner
Way back in time, a boy receives a pet as a present - but his mother says he can't keep it because it will grow, and grow and grow - one of the winners in our "best and worst" present competition .
Alice in Wonderland Chapter 3
A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale. The Dodo bird is far from dead. The mouse tells a very "dry" history to try and dry out Alice and the other creatures who are still wet from swimming in the pool of tears. They run a race (a caucus race is actually…
The Fairy Eye Ointment
A mysterious fairytale from Wales about an old lady who agrees to nurse a baby for a mysterious mother.
The Wooden Horse
One of the most famous tricks of all time. The war between the Greeks and the Trojans is in its tenth year. The Trojans rejoice when they wake up one day to find that the Greek army has finally departed. They have left behind them a strange gift - a…
Gilgamesh Part 6 – The Plant of Immortality
Gilgamesh has travelled across the world in search of immortality. Finally he picks a plant from the bottom of the ocean that gives everlasting youth - but a thief is not far away.
Halloween on the Pond
This a rather scary story, particularly if you are a very small tadpole. Halloween is the most frightening night the year, or it is the most scrummy night of the year, depending on whether you are on the right or wrong end of a trick or a treat.
The Slant by Peter Newell
A funny poem about a pram, / go-cart that runs away down a hill causing havoc. By Peter Newell the american cartoonist and writer, from 1910
Alice, Chapter 2: The Pool of Tears
The Pool of Tears. Alice continues her out-of-the way experience as she stretches like a telescope, and then almost shrinks away alltogether. She has a wonderful conversation with her feet, and she dreadfully offends a mouse. It all ends in tears - so many tears that Alice and the mouse…
Jim’s Tree Hut – A Competition Winner
The first of four winners from our Christmas Writing Competition - Jim is a monkey who lives in New Zealand - he has a very special idea for how to spend Christmas with his friends. Read the full text of Jim’s Tree Hut – A Competition Winner and see our…
The Monkey Who Saved The Match
Theo is BACK. A fun footballing story starring our Crime Fighting Ape, Theo the Monkey. Could it be that City FC's matches are being fixed ?
The Stolen Bicycle
The Monkey steels a bicycle and rides it back to the jungle. He's surprised when the Bear rides off on it - and then loses it. Meanwhile, the little girl whose bike has been stolen is very sad... and cross. And the Bear is angry because she thinks he was…
The Lamb - poem by William Blake
Hello, this is Jana, and I'm here with some lines by the English poet and artist, William Blake. It's a sweet, simple poem, with a deep meaning. Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave thee life & bid thee feed. By the stream &…
The Monkey Who Tricked Himself
The Monkey boasts that there is no animal in the Jungle that he can't trick. The Bear challenges him - he knows one animal the monkey can't trick. The monkey takes up the challenge. The prize is a whole hive of honey.
The Dutch Hotel - Righting a Wrong
We revisit London's Luxurious - and haunted - Dutch Hotel. A famous actress is staying at the hotel. She asks Yogi and Nafsi to time-travel back to 1972 to meet her younger self and put right a wrong. If you have younger kids, you'll enjoy our Sponsor's calming bedtime podcast…
Quad Monkey
The jungle is filled with the sound of chain saws. It turns out that the humans are building tracks through the jungle. What is this all about? The monkey the bear rush to find out. Sponsored by CrunchLabs. https://crunchlabs.com/story
A Portrait of a Cat
A story about clever Judith and brave Jimmy Mouse. A grand portrait of a cat is hanging on the wall of the cafe. The mice who lived their are convinced it comes alive at night. What is the truth of the mystery? Sponsored by Athletic Greens.
Astropup and the Teletransporter Part 1
Professor Perfect invites Astropup to visit the Cosmic Academy and see an incredible invention in action.
The Town Musicians of Bremen Revamped
A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn sacks to the mill loyally for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was growing more and more unfit for work. His master began to wonder if it was worth his while by keeping this…
The Ugly Boatman
A story from Vietnam about a fisherman who plays a bamboo flute - if only his face was as beautiful as his music !
The Secret Garden Chapter 11
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