A story from our archive: The Best of Super Great Kids' Stories. This story is about a snow wolf and a boy who are friends. It was inspired by the Nenets people who live at the top of the world in the snowy Siberian Arctic. There is a scary moment in this story when the hunter comes along with his gun, but keep listening, because it has a twinkly, happy ending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Storyteller new to Super Great Kids’ Stories - Rosalind Buck tells this funny fairytale inspired by The Frog Prince. It’s got all the right ingredients: a princess, a prince, some fairies…. and a girl called Lettuce! Can a spoiled princess break her promise to a frog and still get to marry him when he turns into a prince? Listen to Rosalind Buck’s witty retelling and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sarah Liisa Wilkinson tells a very witty trickster tale from Norway about a show-off squire who is determined to marry the farmers’ daughter, but the farmer’s daughter is equally determined not to marry him. Who will get their way? Listen to Sarah Liiisa and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Storyteller Tim Ralphs has fun with words in this old English Folktale. A new servant girl is told by her master to call things by rather silly names. The cat is a 'white-faced simminy' and the fire in the hearth is to be called 'hot cockalorum.' Will the young girl be able to remember all these daft names when there's an emergency? Listen along, join in the repetition and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Listen to storyteller Liz Weir tell this stonkingly fun version of the English fairytale: ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. Before you know it, you’ll be clapping and tapping and rapping along to this lively telling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Cherokee 'How and Why' tale which explains why turtle's shell is cracked. It's beautifully told by storyteller from the Cherokee Nation, Gayle Ross. Warning: there are moments of violence, and things do not end at all well for the wolf in this story. Some listeners particularly younger ones might find it unsettling. You might prefer listening to our extra story this week: The Three-Bears Rap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories - What would you do if an angry fairy suddenly popped up beside you while you were taking a nap? In this Scottish fairy tale told by storyteller Amy Douglas that’s exactly what happens to an unsuspecting tramp with rather surprising results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The birds of the forest need to choose a king. Turkey wants to be the one to wear the crown, but his dull feathers are not impressive. A colourful bird lkindly lends her bright feathers to Turkey, who promises to return them after he becomes king. Does he keep his promise? Listen to storyteller Wendy Shearer share this thoughtful story and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Here’s a beautiful quest story for those of you who aren’t keen on scary tales. It’s filled with magic and drama and told by veteran storyteller from Northern Ireland Liz Weir. It’s about a princess, a king, a horse with magic powers, and a boy who struggles to read. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Take one sad ghost, a haunted house and seven semi-brave brothers and you have the ingredients for a perfect Halloween story told by Cat Weatherill. Be a little bit afraid. This story is scary, but not too scary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A sweet old woman sets off on a quest to solve the mystery of some missing eggs. Her search leads her to Hecate the Queen of the Witches who sets the old woman trembling. What will she find there waiting in the shadows? A goddess with the face of a lion, the body of a snake, and the horns of a bull? And can she get the answers she’s seeking? Listen to storyteller Sarah Liisa Wilkinson and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As we approach Halloween, here is a funny, witchy story for you from Germany. A young woodcutter has an accident with an axe and is healed by a girl who comes across him in the woods. Love blooms, but the woodcutter’s friends warn him that this strange girl may well be a witch. He follows her to a witch’s gathering and in a moment of fury, she turns the woodcutter into a donkey. But she doesn't know how to undo the spell. How can they untangle this tricky problem? Listen to talented storyteller Lucy Lill and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Molly and the Skeleton. This is a story from our archive. It was the first in our Super Great Scary Stories collection for owlets which we began in October 2022. It's our little gift for you this Halloween month. Recommended for ages 8 to 108! Molly is a traveler happily tramping the roads and sleeping under the stars, but when winter draws near she needs a warm place to sleep. She can stay in a big empty house on the hill - but there is a catch…it's haunted. Will Molly make it through the night? Listen to Nick Henessey tell this old ghost story from England and find out. We have a rating system for our scary stories. We rate this story 😱😱😱, which means pretty darn scary! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
One stormy October a long time ago in Cornwall in the UK, the waves were so high that none of the fisherfolk dared to go out on the sea to bring back fish. So people in the village were going hungry. This is the story of one man who dared to brave the stormy seas to try to catch some fish. Did he make it safely back? Listen to Jason Buck tell this Cornish legend of ‘derring-do’ and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mãui the demigod and trickster is fed up with his big brothers who won't let him go fishing with them. So Mãui decides to teach them a lesson by catching a fish bigger than any they've ever caught before. But he will be able to keep hold of it? Listen to storyteller Emmy Bidois tell this Mãori myth, and find out what happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Are you more like a fox, or more like a dog? Storyteller new to Super Great Kids’ Stories - Cara Silversmith, tells this moving tale from Scottish traveller the late Duncan Williamson. The story compares the freedom and danger of the wild outdoors, to the comfort, warmth and safety of the home. Listen to Cara tell this moving tale and decide which would you would rather be - a fox or a dog. Warning: This story could be a little unsettling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A young boy is sent by his parents to become a priest, but really, all he wants to do is draw cats. He loves drawing cats, and dreams of becoming an artist. What he doesn’t know, is that this love of drawing cats will actually save his life. Listen to storyteller Tim Ralphs and find out how! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What would you do if noisy animals were keeping you awake at night? Put your hands over your ears, burst into tears, or get someone big to go and ask them to be quiet! Listen to storyteller Wendy Shearer tell this fun, interactive story set in the rainforest in Bali and find out what grumpy gecko decides to do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories - Can you imagine a cheeky fox inviting himself to your birthday party? What do you think might happen? Have a listen to this fun, interactive story told by Irish storyteller Kate Corkery and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two beautiful stories from the 'mother of all storytellers' - Liz Weir from Northern Ireland. One is about two friends who meet a mermaid, and the other, a How and Why story from the US about a vain skunk. Listen to Liz’s wonderful tales and be inspired to tell your own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Would you want a very loud frog for a pet? The children in this story do, and even manage to catch one, but they know their Mum won’t be happy. So they set him free and encourage him to go on a quest asking questions to each animal he meets. Listen to this funny story told by ace storyteller Amy Douglas, and laugh out loud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Lion’s voice is soft and quiet. This makes it tricky for the animals to know when lion is out hunting, and keep safely out of his way. So they need to find a way to get lion to roar. But no animal is brave enough to sort the problem. …. no one that is except for Unogwaja the trickster rabbit who comes up with a perfect plan. Listen to Gcina Mphlope tell this animated story from South Africa and find out how rabbit saves the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kawariki is secretly in love with a shark man. Well, he wasn’t a shark when she fell in love with him, but her Dad who has magic powers, wants her to marry someone else, so he turns the man she loves into a shark. Eek! Listen to Emmy Bidois tell this Maori tale, from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and see how the power of love, and help from a sea goddess helps solve this problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Take one silly queen and a cook, and a pastry chef and a King, and some cute birds and some fuzzy bees and some mop slopping servants and some guards and nobles and advisors and one little stable boy and put them all together into the stomach of one small cat – and you’ve got a bit of a problem. Listen to genius storyteller Tim Ralphs weave his word magic while telling this story and enjoy the spectacular result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories - Some people say, that if you catch a leprechaun, he will lead you to a pot of gold. Listen to Irish storyteller Kate Corkery, to see if Molly can get her granny a pot of gold? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Goanna (a huge lizard) keeps stealing the fairies’ delicious wattleseed damper (bread dough). What can they do? Two plucky young fairies decide to teach that lizard a lesson. But their plan involves a dangerous trip into the humans' camp. Will they succeed? Listen to this exciting fairy tale from the Australian outback told by Evita the storyteller - and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pekko loves Pirkko but sadly, Pirkko’s father doesn’t like the idea. Then one day, Pekko rescues a witch from a bog and is rewarded with a strange stone whose magical powers change everything. Listen to Sarah Liisa Wilkinson tell this funny story from Finland and have a good laugh. Note this story is a bit ‘windy’ and mentions the word ‘fart’ a few times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What can Bonita the sheep do when El Lobo the wolf says he’s going to eat her? Why, trick him, of course, keep her cool, and trick him again, and then again! Listen to Anne Johnson tell this lively song story from Cape Verde about a hungry wolf and pretty tricky sheep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rabbit is up to his tricks again. This time he’s determined to keep all the meat for himself and his family and send wolf home with next to nothing. Will he succeed? Listen to this trickster tale told by Gayle Ross from the Cherokee Nation and find out. A little word of warning, if you love cows or even if you’re a vegetarian, you might want to listen to a different story. Gayle tells a beautiful story about a bird with big feet. Maybe try that one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Mexican farmer and his wife both love their white cow - as much as they love each other. A local priest is very keen to have it, and comes up with a sneaky plan. Will the priest get his way, or will love, and a little trickery from the farmer’s wife win the day? Listen to Tim Ralphs, a talented storyteller new to Super Great Kids’ Stories– and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
