Full Story Catalogue
Sleeping Beauty
A mean fairy casts a spell on a young girl. Can she avoid pricking herself on a spindle until she is sixteen? Includes an audio narration by Sharon Blumberg.
By Charles Perrault
Narrator: Sharon Blumberg Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Audio, Classic, Fairy Tale, Illustrated Reading time: 05 - 10 minsThe Three Sillies
A gentleman who is courting a daughter finds out that she and her parents are really silly. So he heads off with the promise that he’ll only return to marry her if he finds three people even more silly than them.
By Joseph Jacobs
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, Folk Tale Reading time: 05 - 10 minsNell and Gé Geal
Little Nell is kidnapped and forced to work as a slave. However she makes a friend, a goose, who is not silly but helps Nell to escape!
By Martin Gleeson
Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Folk Tale, Irish, Original Animals: Goose Reading time: 05 - 10 minsThe Wolf and the Fake News Story
Truly a story for our times. The wolf tells his side of the story with regards to the three pigs!
By Ciara, Aged 11
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: By Children, Classic, Fable, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Funny, Modern Animals: Wolf Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Fisherman and his Wife
A fisherman saves the life of a fish and is rewarded when his wife suggests to ask for a pretty cottage. Unfortunately she keeps wanting more and more and is never satisfied.
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, German, Illustrated Animals: Fish, Flounder Reading time: 10 - 15 mins, 15 - 20 minsView from a Zoo
VIDEO: Thea is a house-cat that seems to have it all… she has a warm home, plenty of food and a family that loves her. But something is missing in Thea’s life. Where is the excitement?
By Artie Knapp
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Instructional, Modern, Original, Video Animals: Cat, Lion Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 mins
Might Pigs Fly?
The Might brothers, Orswille and Willboar embark on a mission to be the first pigs to fly. With little help and a lot of hindrance from the other farmyard animals they create the ultimate flying contraption.
By Steve Heron
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Funny, Historical, Instructional, Original Animals: Pig Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Golden Goose
Dummerly earns a golden goose through his kindness, but anyone who tries to touch it gets stuck.
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale, Funny Animals: Goose Reading time: 05 - 10 minsPiggy
Piggy creates a lot of damage to The Hollow when she escapes from her pen, so the animals decide to find a solution.
By Dave Gregson
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Funny, Modern, Original Animals: Mole, Pig, Squirrel Reading time: 10 - 15 minsA Child of Light
A re-telling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Matchseller set in modern times. It is the story of a child without a family who finds an older woman living on the streets and befriends her on Christmas Eve.
By Jan Fenimore
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Christmas, Classic, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 minsWhat a Good Man Does is Always Right
A funny tale about a man who sets off to the fair to sell his horse and arrives back with something unexpected. Will his wife be annoyed when she finds out?