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.
A story from Japan that will make you laugh, featuring an funny old woman, a Jizu and some Oni with giant appetites. Read the full text of The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings and see our illustration on Storynory.
Solomon the cat steps forward to take the lead role in this episode of our Katie series. It's meant to be a secret that he can talk, and so when he goes to stay with Isis's family he is under strict instructions to say no more than meow.
Storynory Competition! Win a signed copy of Bertie's new book, Undercover Robot. "If there was a super-intelligent and life-like robot in your class at school, what do you think would be the tell-tale sign that he/she was not human?" Send us your answer in a couple of sentences to @storynory…
The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling A story from Japan Dedicated to Poppy and Felix. LONG, LONG ago there was a funny old woman, who liked to laugh and to make dumplings from rice-flour. One day, while she was preparing some dumplings for dinner, she let one fall;…
Gladys writes her song "In Real Life" about her meeting with the film star, Darren Wolf. When she plays it live for the first time, someone special comes to hear it.
A ghost is playing pranks on the hotel - some of them are funny but the trouble is, they are getting the hotel a bad name. Who is the mischievous ghost? Parents might like our story of Cleopatra (for 16+) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM-VD9pl4bA
Grandma believes in supernatural goings-on around the house, and it drives Dad CRAZY! Then peculiar things start to happen to him. Magic? Or an April Fool trick? Can you solve the mystery?
A new book by Bertie and his friend David Edmonds! If super-high-tech android Dotty can spend a year passing as a twelve-year-old schoolgirl, she could win a multi-million-pound prize. It's available now on amazon.co.uk! David and Bertie explain what it's
Many of you have been asking what the Dog Master will do in his next dastardly move. Did he manage to take over the Earth, the Galaxy or the Universe? But we also had this intriguing comment from one of our listeners: I loved the story. I thought it was…
Am almight fight, in which Karr the python, Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the pantha attack the monkeys to rescue Mowgli. Will they succeed?Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/StorynorySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Crow and his Friends A story from ancient India Read by Richard. Proofed & audio edited by Jana. Adapted by Bertie. Dedicated to Austin Billing, who supports us on Patreon. In the branches of a great tree, in a forest in India, lived a wise old crow in…
The Three Dogs. Read by Richard. Adapted by Bertie. Proofread by Jana Elizabeth. Hello, this is Richard, This is the story of a shepherd who found himself in jail even though he had committed no crime. He was an honest lad, and his imprisonment was a terrible injustice. How he…
An ancient story sung in a ballad that mixes riddles and romance. Richard and Jana sing a duet -with Richard taking the part of a Knight and Jana the part of Nelly.
A story from ancient Indian in which A crow makes friends with three animals who are very different from himself and together they fend off dangers. Support the show.
An ancient story sung in a ballad that mixes riddles and romance. Richard and Jana sing a duet -with Richard taking the part of a Knight and Jana the part of Nelly.
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