Various Fairy Tales

Katie and the Magic Chocolate

Katie is growing up. She feels she is too old for an Easter Egg hunt. She is delighted when, over the holidays, Paul invites her to the cinema. She has some magic chocolate for him - but it does not work quite as expected.

Season 0 / Episode 24 min

Colin’s April Fool

The grumpiest fish on the pond plays and April Fool joke - but is it funny?

Season 0 / Episode 15 min

Tiddy Mun

A slightly scary story. The chief spirit of the Fens of England was Tiddy Mun, who was no bigger than a child of three. He lived in the water holes, deep down in the still green water, and he only came out in the evening when the mist rose. When…

Season 0 / Episode 6 min

Pygmalion

A sculptor on the island of Cyprus scorns all women until he falls in love with a statue that he has made.

Season 0 / Episode 11 min

Princess Golden

The Princess GoldenThe Princess Golden Adapted by Bertie.Read by Richard.Proofread by Jana Elizabeth. Hello, this is Richard, and I'm here with a classic French fairy tale with some familiar themes and unusual twists. The Princess Golden. There was once a king who decided that it was time to get himself…

Season 0 / Episode 25 min

Cleopatra

Cleopatra - the last queen of Egypt - clever, enchanting - the lover of Julius Caesar and then Mark Anthony - a biography.

Season 0 / Episode 27 min

Herodotus: Gods of Ancient Egypt

And I’m here with some more ancient history based on the writings of Herodotus. In the second book of his Histories, he describes ancient Egypt and in this episode, I’m going to be talking about the Egyptian gods. Herodotus gathered much of his information about Egypt by talking to…

Season 0 / Episode 9 min

Madame White Snake

A story from China to celebrate the Year of the Snake. Two serpent spirits become young women and one of them marries a man.

Season 0 / Episode 18 min

Let’s go to the beach – song

A happy song to remember the summer by with lovely singing from Storynory's Jana

Season 0 / Episode 3 min

The Secret Garden Chapter 20

"I SHALL LIVE FOREVER--AND EVER--AND EVER!"

Season 0 / Episode 19 min

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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.

Season 0 / Episode 17 min

The Riddling Knight

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.

Season 0 / Episode 4 min

Jana's Studio Interview about Show Dogs

Jana and Sophie talk to Anita Mitchell about her two show dogs (and much adored pets), Dolly and Mabel - a pair of gorgeous West Highland White Terriers who show at Crufts, the world's biggest dog show. Support the show.

Season 0 / Episode 16 min

The Knight's Ballad

(Are you going to Scarborough Fair) Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Once there was a true love of mine. Fa la la la, fa la la la ra re THERE were three sisters fair and bright, Jennifer, Nelly and Rosemaree They three loved one valiant knight. As the dew clings…

Season 0 / Episode 4 min

The Dog and the Elephant

A story from India that shows how friendship is more important than fine food and living the high-life.

Season 0 / Episode 5 min

New Year in the Jungle

It's New Year in the Jungle and the animals are playing party games including Charades. The Bear has to pretend to be a flamingo. Do you think the animals will guess his secret? Support Storynory for a name shout out and for entry into our next writing competition: https://www.storynory.com/support-us/

Season 0 / Episode 12 min

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…