Super Great Kids' Stories

This is a: 'Best of Super Great Kids' Stories' selected from our Archive.

Anansi the Spider man is up to his tricks again. The rains haven't come, and there's not enough to eat, but Anansi finds a magic food pot. Do you think he shares what he's found? Listen to Tuup's funny retelling of this trickster tale from West Africa and the Caribbean and see if Anansi has learned how to share.
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This delightfully silly story is told by Aideen McBride a talented Irish storyteller new to the podcast. Jack is quite good at following instructions, but he takes them all a bit too literally which gets him into all sorts of trouble. His poor Mum is beginning to despair, when Jack unwittingly stumbles into a happy ending for them both. A story which celebrates laughter and encourages independent thinking.
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Take one ghost with a black eye, a scary basement, and a brave baby and you have the ingredients for a perfect Halloween story told by Simone Schümmelfeder. This story is scary but not very scary. We rate it at one scream out of three. It’s a good one for you to tell.
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A boy is magically created from an oak tree fulfilling the wish of a woman who longs for a child. But can Ivan escape the clutches of Baba Yaga who also has her eyes on him? And will he make it home safely to his mum? Listen to Xanthe Gresham tell this lovely story with a song in it! We rate this story at two out of three screams. Medium scary.
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A farmer notices that his cows have stopped giving milk, and that a creepy looking Elder Tree has suddenly appeared in the middle of his feld. Are the two things connected? Find out by listening to Tiernan tell this old English Witchy Tale. We rate this story at two screams medium scary.
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