This is a weekly podcast of funny stories for kids. There are side-splitting versions of my own fractured fairy tales. Also short stories from some of my best-selling books, featuring characters from 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' and 'Friday Barnes, Girl Detective'. The stories are perfect for bedtime, long car rides or even if you're just stuck waiting a really long time at the doctor's office. They're written for
// To celebrate the release of my new book 'The Epically Awesome Odyssey, as told by Nanny Piggins' this weeks episode is a recording of the dedication, introduction and first chapter from the book. This book was inspired by stories from this podcast, so I am ver… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of what really happened when the first Greek soldier set foot on the shore of Troy. Her distant relative, Odysseus was involved so it did not go as expected.… //
// When Michael learns about bushrangers at school, Nanny Piggins is shocked to learn that her distant relative, Ned Kelly is only remembered as a bushranger, so she tells the children what really happened.… //
// Nanny Piggins explains the origin of vampire mythology, and how it involved a distant relative of hers.… //
// This is a reading from my book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story'. It tells the story of how she first met her brother, Boris when he was a tiny bear cub, newly kidnapped by the Ringmaster.… //
// This is a reading from my book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story', telling the story of how Nanny Piggins and Boris the Ballet Dancing Bear first met. If you like it the whole books is available as an audiobook through all the usual audiobook platforms.… //
// When the children's school friend, Samson Wallace gets an unfortunate haircut, Nanny Piggins tells them the story of the original Samson from the Ancient Mythology Days and how her own relative played a part in his downfall.… //
// When Boris comes home in tears because a six year old mistook him for Bigfoot, Nanny Piggins explains the connection between the infamous Abominable Snowman and the early attempts to climb Mount Everest. Spoiler alert - one of her distant relatives is involved… //
// When the Greek army sets sail to attack Troy they put the most famous hero of the time in charge - Achilles. But he's only 15 and things don't go well.… //
// Nanny Piggins reveals what really happened to Helen of Troy, and the fact that Paris was only the second many to kidnap her. Theseus was a very naughty hero too.… //
// When Friday and Melanie go to the Morgan Library to help Ingrid, they stubled across a rumble in the lunch room. And not the stomach kind of rumble, the brawl kind of rumble.… //
// Nanny Piggins finally gets round to telling the children the story of Alladin and what really happened in that cave back in the Ancient Persian story days.… //
// Nanny Piggins explains why it much more believable to say your homework was eaten by a Kraken than by a dog.… //
// To celebrate the audiobook release of 'Nanny Piggins 8, The Race to Power' by lovely publisher has graciously allowed me to play the first chapter of the audiobook on the podcast. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, you can download the rest of the audiobook at al… //
// When Odin swaps his eye for a drink from the well of wisdom, his first use of the wisdom is surprising. At least, it is the way Nanny Piggins tells it.… //
// As they sit down to enjoy a nice slice of Tigerkaka (Scandinavian Tiger Cake), Nanny Piggins tells the tale from ancient Norse Mythology about how Odin, the King of the Norse Gods, lost his eye.… //
// While toasting marshmallows over the burning embers of their report cards, Nanny Piggins tells the tale of her dear relative from the Medieval history days, Joan of Arc.… //
// The Winter Olympics have been on the TV this week, so I thought I'd do this story from 'Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion' (book 3 in the series) about the time she took up the sport of ski jumping.… //
// Odysseus is finally reunited with Penelope, and teaches all those naughty suitors a thing or two about the hardness of rock cake.… //
// To celebrate the launch of my new book, ROMEO V JULIET I'm dropping an extract from the audiobook as a bonus episode. I hope you enjoy it. The book is out now in paperback at bookstores and online as an audiobook and ebook.… //
// After 20 years away, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca. But everyone there thinks she is dead and will kill her if they find out she's not, so Odysseus has to disguise herself as a beggar before she can return to the palace.… //
// Nanny Piggins explains that before Hermes handbags there was a baby called Hermes, who was actually a god and a very naughty little boy - who invented the banjo.… //
// Nanny Piggins explains the difference between Godiva chocolates and Lady Godiva the historical figure (hint - one of them was naked).… //
// Nanny Piggins explains what really went on with St George and the dragon all those years ago in the ancient story days.… //
// Nanny Piggins knows the real story about the Loch Ness Monster, because she just happens to be a distant relative from the McPiggins branch of the family.… //
// Nanny Piggins finishes the gripping tale of Joseph, his coat and his incredibly naughty brothers.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of Joseph and his rainbow coat. NB. I will post the second part tomorrow as a bonus episode.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children what really happened on the first Christmas, because it just so happens that one of her distant relatives was there at the time, in the stable in Bethlehem.… //
// When Mr Green instructs Nanny Piggins to go down to the shopping centre to have their photo taken with Santa, things do not go smoothly. Nanny Piggins takes exception to Santa's business practises and decides to teach him a lesson, mainly about not underestima… //
// Nanny Piggins explains to the children the origins of Hanukkah. One of her distant relatives just happened to be there at the time, due to a series of sticky date pudding related problems.… //
// To celebrate the release of the audiobook version of 'Friday Barnes 3, Big Trouble' my publishers graciously gave me permission to use an extract. I narrated it myself. If you'd like to hear the rest you can buy the audiobook from Spotify, Audbile, Apple Books… //
// To celebrate the audiobook release of 'Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue' the 7th book in the Nanny Piggins series. I am playing an extract from the audiobook for this weeks episode. Please do go and buy the rest of the audiobook. You'll get 4 hours 48 minut… //
// Odysseus runs into a princess doing her laundry, and at long last someone helpful helps her.… //
// Odysseus is trapped by an incredibly good looking sea nymph on an island paradise. Will she escape? Of course she will! She is a Piggins after all.… //
// Nanny Piggins is outraged when she discovers that the local council intends to build a new park on her favourite vacant lot. Obviously the children have to be immediately pulled out of school so they can help her put a stop to it.… //
// The recent real life heist at the Louvre prompted a listener to request I do a Louvre Heist story. So this episode is chapter from my Friday Barnes book set at the the Louvre.… //
// Nanny Piggins finishes telling the story of Rama and Sita and the first Diwali. A ten-headed evil demon is involved.… //
// When the children come home to find Nanny Piggins making crepe suzette, she explains it is to celebrate Diwali - the Indian Festival of Lights.… //
// When Odysseus and her men are stranded on the Island of the Sun they find it incredibly difficult to resist eating the cows, with terrible consequences.… //
// Odysseus has yet another really bad day on his incredibly long journey home to Ithaca. This time his men have just about had enough.… //
// When Hans cupcakes "call" to Nanny Piggins on their morning bus ride, she explains how this is exactly like the Sirens from the Ancient Greek Mythology days.… //
// When the children go a geography excursion, Nanny Piggins warns of the dangers that lurk within forests. It's not wild animals or huntsmen she's concerned about but a particular fairy with a passion for cake.… //
// I'm on tour in Emerald, Central Queensland this week so I'm playing this classic episode. I hope you enjoy it. It's reminded me I should do a few more tales from the Arabian Nights.… //
// Because I'm finishing up my next book 'Romeo v Juliet' I need to play a rerun this week, so I'm posting Nanny Piggins version of the great Shakespearean tale.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the tale of how the Vasa, Sweden's great 17th century warship, managed to sink in the first thirty minutes of it's maiden voyage, and how the maritime tragedy would have been much worse if it weren't for the involvement of her Cousin Astrid… //
// Nanny Piggins is convinced she's over heard a terrible crime, everyone else is convinced she's made a dreadful mistake.… //
// When Nanny Piggins sustains an ankle injury, reading too many detective novels leads her believe she has witnessed a murder.… //
// When Michael falls in a ditch, Nanny Piggins is remind of the time one of her distant relatives was found in a ditch in the Ancient Indian Story days.… //
// When the children rush home after a marbles tournament on their bus goes awry, Nanny Piggins finishes her tale about Psyche and Cupid, and Venus' anger management issues.… //
// When Michael's woodwork teacher accuses him of having a deranged psyche for inadvertently creating a too accurate replica of the statue of David, Nanny Piggins explains who the first Psyche really was. As it happens it was a distant relative of hers.… //
// You can get my new audiobook using any of these links...… //
// Spotify blocked this episode when it dropped on Wednesday. They were worried I was infringing on the author's copyright, but of course, I am the author. I own the copyright. I have the right to record and publish it. Usually this is easy to fix, because Spotif… //
// To promote the release of my latest audiobook 'Friday Barnes 2, Under Suspicion' I am reading the first two chapters of the book. If you'd like to buy the audiobook to hear the rest, here are some links...… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of what really happened when Thor's hammer got stolen and how her distant relative Bramwell Loki Piggins was involved.… //
// When Friday finds Binky in New York, he has got himself in a spot of bother involving two senior citizens and a fight about vegetables.… //
// After using a hammer to assist a neighbour in getting into their home, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of her distant relative from the ancient Norse Mythology days - Loki Piggins and how Thor's hammer came to be made.… //
// Odysseus travels across the sea to Hades to find out from a prophet what he must do to get home to Ithaca.… //
// This is a live recording from The Round Theatre in Melbourne where I launched my new book FRIDAY BARNES 13, IN PLAIN SIGHT. I read the first five chapters to the audience.… //
// Friday gets her Mum out of jail, then is herself sentenced to babysitting duty.… //
// This week I read Chapter 10 from 'Friday Barnes 12, Collision Course'. Friday rushes to Switzerland to help her mother who has been arrested, but she ends up getting arrested herself.… //
// After working hard all week at egg spinning, egg protecting and egg dropping, Nanny Piggins and the Green children test their skills at their school's annual egg festival.… //
// It's Egg Week at Derrick, Samantha and Michael's school. Each of them has to perform a different egg based challenge. Technically, it's not a competition. And yet, Nanny Piggins is determined to see that each of them win.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of her fabulously talented distant cousin, who was so good at cake decorating she caused the invention of spiders.… //
// One rainy day, after Mrs Lau's fishpond has overflowed, Nanny Piggins tells the story of Noah's Ark which she just happens to know all about because Noah was a distant relative of hers.… //
// Nanny Piggins recalls the time she was banned from the Hermitage Museum for attempting to eat a historic artefact.… //
// Every Easter Nanny Piggins goes on a shameless chocolate eating frenzy. Her Easter egg guzzling is so out of control it frightens children, and adults and even the Police Sergeant. So Derrick, Samantha and Michael come up with an idea to convince their belove… //
// When Odysseus's men are turned into monsters, he has to go and rescue them from a staggeringly beautiful and evil enchantress.… //
// Nanny Piggins continues the tail of Odysseus' journey home from Troy.… //
// Friday Barnes has to help the librarian at Highcrest Academy find a radioactive letter.… //
// When Samantha is taught at school that the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland was caused by volcanic rock, Nanny Piggins tells her the real story that involved two giants.… //
// This is the live recording from the Book Launch for my latest book EPICALLY GOOD GREEK MYTHS. It was a lot of fun. I did a live reading, answered readers questions and explained the origin story of the book.… //
// At the age of ten years old, Fin McCool decides to become the leader of a band of warrior hunters. No one else thinks this is a good idea. So Fin takes on a fire breathing fairy to prove herself.… //
// When the retired army colonel who lives around the corner (and is deeply in love with Nanny Piggins) asks Derrick not to "let the cat out of the bag", this triggers a discussion about a much worse thing that Odysseus let out of a bag several thousand years ago… //
// When a vindictive game of monopoly leads to financial ruin, a broken leg brings unexpected good fortune in the form of a pumpkin. At least, that's Nanny Piggins' version of events according to her relatives who were there at the time.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the tale of what really happened to Odysseus when she was trapped in a cave with a hungry Cyclops and nothing to defend herself except a jug of chocolate milk.… //
// When the school caretaker is knocked out by a giant pine cone, Friday suspects that something more sinister may have happened.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children why they should always be concerned if their clothes go missing, in case it is a repeat of a traumatic incident that happened to one of her distant relatives in the Olden Korean story days.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children about her distant Irish relative who derived their super power of wisdom from sucking their thumb.… //
// Nanny Piggins begins the story of the Odyssey, starting with the tale of the Lotus Eaters and how they nearly derailed Odysseus' homeward journey with a slice of sticking date pudding.… //
// After Michael has a strange conversation with the driver of his school bus, Nanny Piggins explains who Odysseus was and how the word 'odyssey' was named after them.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of how the celebration of Hanukkah started. It involves a distant relative of hers, a catapult and a lot more sticky date pudding than has been previously revealed.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of the first Christmas and what really happened in that stable in Bethlehem all those years ago, which she knows because a distant relative of hers just happened to be there at the time.… //
// When Nanny Piggins discovers that Nanny Anne has secretly formed a choir, and without inviting her, she vows to beat her arch-nemesis in competitive Christmas carol singing.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of how the first Christmas cracker was invented back in the time of Saturnalia, the Winter Festival celebrated in Europe in the time before Christmas.… //
// When Nanny Piggins discovered the cost and quality of Santa photographs she is outraged. So naturally she takes over the whole operation and does a much better job.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of Bluebeard. She happens to know what really happened back in the Olden French Story days because a branch of her distant family were living there at the time.… //
// In this week's episode, I read the introduction and first two chapters of my new book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story'. To find out more about the book and where you can buy your own copy, use this link...… //
// Having been kidnapped by the Ringmaster, Nanny Piggins is determined to escape through whatever means necessary. And she comes up with some very creative means.… //
// Nanny Piggins finishes the epic tale of what happened to Josephn (Josephine) after she was sold into slavery and taken to Egypt.… //
// When the children come home and tell Nanny Piggins that their school is performing the story of of Joseph and his Mult-coloured coat. Nanny Piggins tells them what really happened all those years ago in the Ancient Judean Story days.… //
// Friday is stuck in transit at Zurich international airport so she makes a bargain with the embassy official who comes to interview her. If he promises her a passport, she'll solve the crime that has just been committed at the embassy.… //
// When Boris gets mistaken for Big Foot, Nanny Piggins is able to empathise because it is not unlike a problem suffered by her dear cousin Gillian McPiggins in the Highlands of Scotland.… //
// When Michael misses out on elected office at school, Nanny Piggins explains the ancient origins of the expression 'sour grapes'.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children all about her distant relative Chang e and how she came to live on the moon.… //
// Nanny Piggins explains how we know that the moon is not made of cheese, and how it has to do with the rabbit who lives there.… //
// Nanny Piggins reveals the truth behind why the sea is salty. It does contradict everything Derrick has learned in science.… //
// This the first chapter of the first Nanny Piggins book published back in 2008. On October 15th 2024 my latest book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story' will be released. I though recording this chapter would be a good way to remind everyone where it all began,… //
// Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of St George, what really happened - not what you may have seen written down in all the story books.… //
// When she discovers Derrick doing his maths homework, Nanny Piggins explains the true origins of Pythagoras' theorem.… //
// This is the 2nd part of the story about Nanny Piggins mission to rescue Mr Green from being the national hero of Vanuatu.… //
// Nanny Piggins, Boris and the children travel to Vanuatu to rescue Mr Green.… //
// After eating an apple pie, Nanny Piggins reveals that she is related to legendary American folk hero, Johnny Appleseed. And that in fact Johnny Appleseed's real name was Bramwell Appleseed.… //
// When Boris has nasty roller skating accident due to his great height, Nanny Piggins comforts him that he is no where near as tall as Paul Bunyen.… //
// I'm away on holiday with my family so this week I'm playing a rerun of a classic episode. I'll be back in one week to continue the story of 'Jason and his Quest for the Golden Sheet Cake'. Best wishes, R.A.… //
// I'm on holiday with my family this week so I'm planning this classic episode. I'll be back in two weeks with more adventures of 'Jason and the Quest for the Golden Sheet' cake. Best wishes, R.A.… //
// Jason sets out to liberate his father and reclaim their kingdom from his wicked uncle, but ends up being set an impossible quest to fetch the Golden Sheet Cake.… //
// Nanny Piggins takes on her arch-nemesis, Nanny Anne in the 'Town to Tip' fun run. Not everyone has fun.… //
// When Nanny Piggins runs for mayor she is forced to adopt a desperate strategy to beat her rival, Mr Green in the election.… //
// This is a re-recording of the 3rd episode of the podcast, originally recorded back at the beginning of 2020 with the inline microphone on my apple earbuds. Now that I've had four years of practise I wanted to re-record this story.… //
// This a re-recording of the second ever episode of this podcast. My version of the story of Goldilocks. Hopefully it sounds better now that I have proper equipment and a slightly better idea what I'm doing.… //
// I was away on a trip with my mother this week, so I didn't have time to write a new story. Instead I did this re-recording of the first ever episode of 'Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt'. I wanted to re-record it because I didn't have a proper microphone or an… //
// Nanny Piggins tells another tale from the Ancient Greek story days. This time about the origin of the Golden Fleece. It turns out it didn't really come from a sheep.… //
// While catching the train to Switzerland Friday tries to help two elderly passengers. It does not go well.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of the Patron Saint of Wales, his extraordinary mother and their relationship to King/Queen Arthur of Camelot and how this all involves the vegetable - leeks.… //
// Boris competes in the chess tournament against the famous (and staggeringly beautiful) grandmaster - Olga Svinya. But Nanny Piggins thinks there is something suspicious about Olga.… //
// While sitting on the naughty bench outside their local supermarket, Nanny Piggins decides to enter the Regional Chess Championship because the prize includes a years supply of cheesecake (which she considered to be the 7th most delicious type of cake in the wo… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children the true story of St Patrick and what really happened with the snakes of Ireland.… //
// To celebrate the 4th anniversary of this podcast and the 10th anniversary of the Friday Barnes book series, I asked listeners to send in their questions for me to answer.… //
// Here are the first two chapters from my new book, the latest in the Friday Barnes series. If you like it - please do buy a copy - it's a great way to support this show. If you're overseas and the physical book is not available in your area, you can get the ebo… //
// Friday and Melanie arrive in Paris for their undercover mission at the Louvre, there's one slight problem - they can't get into the bathroom. Their room mate has locked herself in, and Melanie just drank three bottles of water. Can Friday get that door open?… //
// After accidentally destroying their television in an enthusiastic game of Dodge Shoe, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Theseus. Not the story in the Labyrinth, but his origin story where it turns out he is a she and a pig and related to Nanny Pigg… //
// Nanny Piggins tells a story from Grimm's Fairy Tales that was based on her very clever distant cousin, who solved a king's riddle.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hercules and how he rescued Prometheus, tricked Atlas and was responsible for the creation of a really top notch lemon tart.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of her cousin Helga the donkey, how she fought off a crime wave and very nearly invented Rock 'n Roll 200 years ahead of schedule.… //
// When the children come home from school and discover a 60 piece orchestra in their front yard, Nanny Piggins explains the importance of always carrying two marshmallows in your pockets. Something the women in her family have been doing ever since the Ancient G… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of her distant relative, Mulan, who fought in the Northern Chinese army 1600 years ago.… //
// Nanny Piggins goes down to the movie set to get Boris fired.… //
// After a traumatising incident at the local honey emporium, Boris gets the oppurtunity to pay for the damages when he is offered a role in a Hollywood blockbuster movie.… //
// Nanny Piggins recounts what really happened in the stable on the first Christmas according to her distant relative who happened to be there at the time. This story comes from the book 'The Nanny Piggins Guide to Conquering Christmas'.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hanukkah as recounted by her distant relative who just happened to be there, inventing sticky date pudding, at the time.… //
// When Nanny Piggins takes the children to the shopping centre to get their photo taken with Santa she is not impressed with his organsation. So naturally she takes over.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of her relative's involvement in creating the first Christmas Cracker.… //
// When Boris gets stuck in the bathtub, Nanny Piggins reassures him it is not his fault. It is the fault of a distant relative of hers - Archimedes Piggins and her ground breaking discoveries involving bath water.… //
// When Mr Green holds a press conference to defame Nanny Piggins, she is horrified to discover just how bleak the television news bulletins are, so she goes down to the television station to take over.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the true story of Lancelot and Guinevere. This episode was recorded live at the PumpHouse Theatre in Auckland New Zealand. Thank you to everyone who came along.… //
// While Friday is in Norway visiting Binky and Ingrid, there is a robbery at the Munch Museum. Interpol needs Friday's help finding 'The Scream.'… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the tale of her distant relative who invented the seasons, when she was kidnapped by the King of the Underworld, back in the Ancient Greek Story days… //
// Nanny Piggins explains the origins of the Chinese Zodiac and how her distant relative, Bramwell Piggins was involved.… //
// When Mum discovers a laundry lasagna in Vanessa's room, she explains why this is a horrific thing by telling Vanessa a story about bacteria and chessboards.… //
// Nanny Piggins reveals what really happened in the famous Scottish story. Spoiler alert - Shakespeare got it all wrong.… //
// When discussing the concept of "helicopter parents", Nanny Piggins reveals to the children that the greatest helicopter parent of all time was actually a distant relative of her from the ancient Greek story days. Thetis Piggins - the mother of the legendary wa… //
// Friday Barnes rushes to the Louvre with Ian so they can observe an art expert inspect the Mona Lisa. But something is fishy.… //
// While waiting for the local chocolate shop to open, Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of Lady Godiva.… //
// Nanny Piggins reveals the true history of Romulus and Reamus and the creation of the city of Rome.… //
// Successfully sound-proofing the shed is not the end of Nanny Piggins problems. Not when a nosy journalist and then concerned scientists turn up.… //
// When Nanny Piggins brings home a firefighter's pole from the fire house it's hard work installing it. Especially for poor Boris. He is a growing bear, after all. So he needs his sleep but when a 700 kilogram bear falls into a super deep hibernation sleep it ca… //
// Mum's been tricked! Will she escape? Who will rescue her? How will all the stories end? Find out in this final episode of the Peski Kids story.… //
// Dame Bronwyn finally arrives, which means it's time for the Potato Princess Parade!… //
// The Potato Parade is about to begin. April is refusing to take off her dressing robe and let anyone see the dress she is wearing. And Fin hasn't turned up with her float yet.… //
// The big day is here - the Potato Festival! And first event is the Capture the Potato competition. Will Currawong win? Will Joe survive? Will Daisy Oddinsdottir get her revenge?… //
// Loretta finds who she is looking for. It's voting time in the Potato Pageant. And someone breaks into the Peski house late at night.… //
// Loretta goes looking for Joy. April and Fin team up to make her Potato Pageant float.… //
// My new book 'Hamlet is Not OK' goes on sale this week. I recorded two chapters as a bonus episode to promote this event. I hope you enjoy it.… //
// April confronts President Sweet. Joe has his first training session with the Capture the Potato team.… //
// Just when April thought her day couldn't get any worse, she gets a new science teacher - and it's her worst nightmare.… //
// Mum spots another foreign operative in town. And April goes in search of the potato princess sack.… //
// To promote the release of 'Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast-off' as an audiobook, I recorded one of the chapters for this podcast. It's the story of Nanny Piggins competing for the title of - Steel Chef! If you want to hear the rest of the book then it i… //
// April discovers that she has been nominated for the Potato Princess. Meanwhile, Joe desperately tries to get out of captaining the school's Capture the Potato team.… //
// Dad is excited to get Dame Bronwyn's autograph. Fin gets to work on the giant potato. And Loretta races Pumpkin for the local paper so she can find out who her competition is.… //
// Fin is run over by the giant potato.… //
// The President of the Country Women's Association orders the Peski Kids to fix the giant potato. And it's time to make nominations for the title of Potato Princess.… //
// Mum is spotting enemy agents all over town, Daisy Odinsdottir is nearly killed by a giant paper mache potato and the Peski Kids are summonsed by the CWA.… //
// Mum struggles to adjust to life in Currawong, another crazy festival is starting up and Joe is grieving for his favourite breakfast.… //
// This episode features the final three chapters from book 4. It wraps up the story from this book and sets up the beginning of book 5.… //
// The Peski Kids try to hijack the bus back.… //
// The bus gets hijacked. Dad rescues Mum.… //
// Fin's head is still stuck in a dinosaur, and now that dinosaur has been knocked over by a bus. Meanwhile, Dad and Ingrid are breaking into a secret maximum security prison somewhere in Eastern Europe.… //
// The T-Rex has crashed over the top of the school bus, Joe has sprained his ankle and April has to stop Mr Lang from driving off before Fin is decapitated. Meanwhile Mum and Dad are breaking into a maximum security Kolectiv prison.… //
// Fin is attacked by a dinosaur, which is quite something given that the dinosaurs are models made of fibre glass.… //
// Dad and Ingrid fly to Eastern Europe. The Peski Kids explore the dinosaur park in the middle of the desert.… //
// April takes on the Bilgong rugby team so she can go on the excursion to the dinosaur park with Joe, Fin and Loretta.… //
// Loretta starts at Currawong High. Dad and Ingrid go to the city for a romantic mini-break. And April gets in trouble for breaking the captain of the rugby team.… //
// The Peski Kids try to hurry home to check on Dad, but their worst nightmare comes true when the only one to offer them a lift is Professor Maynard. Then Loretta has some good/bad news of her own.… //
// Dad's wedding to Ingrid is interrupted by an unexpected arrival. The Peski Kids find out they are going on a strange school excursion.… //
// When Nanny Piggins takes Samantha to get her hair cut the day before School Photo Day, things go horribly wrong. But it's nothing a little light kidnapping can't fix.… //
// My new book, 'Friday Barnes, Last Chance' came out this week, so for this episode of the podcast I read the first two chapters from the book. I don't want to do any spoilers but basically her trip to Paris has been delayed because of a medical emergency, and s… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the true story of Bramwellio, the boy made of chocolate and Geppetto the master chocolatier who created him.… //
// When they are stuck on the train platform waiting for the next train, Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of the first labour of Hercules when he had to kill the Nemean Lion. And how it did not quite go that way, thanks to Nanny Piggins distan… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of Ali Baba, forty thieves and a distant fabulously glamerous relative of hers who happened to be a slave girl in the village at the time.… //
// After Samantha is suspended from school for throwing a slice of carrot cake at the school bully, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of her distant cousin, the brilliant and alluring scientist - Marie Curie.… //
// Nanny Piggins is tremendously disappointed to learn that Boxing Day does not actually involve fist fighting, at least it's not meant to, that is until her all her identical thirteenuplet sisters turn up.… //
// This is a Christmas rerun episode. It's the story of the first Christmas when Jesus was born as told by Nanny Piggins (***spoiler alert*** one of Nanny Piggins distant relatives was there when it happened).… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hanukkah. She knows all about it because her distant cousin Naomi Piggins, who was a leading cake research scientist, and just happened to be in Jerusalem when the miracle of the oil lasting eight days occurred.… //
// This a replay episode recorded last year. It's the story of Nanny Piggins attempt to beat Nanny Anne in the Christmas Carol showdown.… //
// This is a replay of an episode I recorded last Christmas. In this story, Nanny Piggins takes the children to get their photo taken with Santa at the their local shopping centre. But she is horrified by their prices and starts a photo rebellion.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of the second greatest storyteller in the world, after herself, her distant relative - Sheherazade Piggins and the 1001 cakes she baked.… //
// When Mr Wainscott turns up unexpectedly at Highcrest Academy claiming custody of his son, Friday is suspicious.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of her distant relative, Sir Bramwell Piggins who was a knight at the round table of Camelot, and how he came to face the fearsome Green Knight.… //
// When Samantha has to learn about the geography of Sicily, Nanny Piggins tells her the real story of how Mount Etna formed. A story which just happens to feature one of her distant cousins, Cadmus Piggins as well as Zeus and a really horrible monster called Typ… //
// While waiting for their giant mug cake to cook, Nanny Piggins regales the children a story about her cousin Margarite and the Stone Cake she made.… //
// While working as a volunteer at the school canteen, Nanny Piggins discovers that the school is looking for a new bus driver. She is just the pig for the job!… //
// This is an original Friday Barnes short story written especially for the podcast. It comes from her time in juvenile detention (between books 8 and 9). She is asked to help a fellow inmate who has been accused of eating her cellmate's pudding.… //
// After a long day destroying report cards and chasing an ice cream van, Nanny Piggins settles the children down to sleep by telling them a story about her distant cousin 'Tom Thumb'… //
// When Derrick's physics textbook meets with an unfortunate accident, Nanny Piggins fills in and tells Derrick everything he needs to know about the great physicist and astronomer - Galileo of Pisa.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the ancient Celtic story of about her distant cousin Arthur Piggins who accidentally began King of all Britain while trying to eat a chocolate cake.… //
// Friday has to hurry to Norway to help Melanie's Brother, Binky when he is accused of dereliction of duty and threatened with a dishonourable discharge from the Norwegian Army.… //
// Everything is explained and resolved. Then there is a shocking cliffhanger ending.… //
// Constable Pike holds an identity parade so his earwitness can identify the bank robber.… //
// Constable Pike tries to figure out what happened at the bank.… //
// We discover who really did win the mud run.… //
// Joe comes so close to winning the Mud Race but there are last moment surprises.… //
// When April and Tom seek refuge in the bank because of it's outstanding air conditioning, they get caught up in a crime.… //
// Tom finds the Mud Run a lot harder than he imagined. The heat gets to him.… //
// It's race day. The Peski Kids launch themselves into the mud run.… //
// Mr Popov is angry with Fin because of the damage he had done to the school football field. It's the night before the big race and Joe is exhausted from over training.… //
// While April is in the guidance counselor's office checking in, Mr Lang gets a visit from an angry husband.… //
// Fin enlists Neils help to build the mud run obstacles.… //
// Loretta help Joe train for muddy part of the mud run.… //
// April and Tom start training with the visiting Olympian.… //
// Mr Lang is going to have to expel April, until Tom intervenes.… //
// April has to sit next to Tom in class. It does not go well.… //
// Fin is put in charge of building the course for the Mad Mud Mud Run, a responsibility that involves him having complete control over a bright yellow digger.… //
// Mr Lang Corners Joe and asks him to win the mud run.… //
// Loretta ponders how she can make April like her. Joe and Fin assure her any attempt is futile.… //
// Mr Chelsea from the Chelsea Bakery makes Joe and offer he can't refuse.… //
// April is horrified to discover that Loretta has already taken over her bedroom.… //
// Constable Pike takes April home. But Ingrid won't let him in the house. And Dad is too afraid of Ingrid and April to disagree.… //
// April and Mr Lang argue about which of them has a greater respect for the notion of equality. It doesn't go well.… //
// Fin and Neil scheme up ways they can both triumph at the Mud Run.… //
// April tries to pressure Joe into going in the mud run, until she is tripped and gets into a fight with a boy she has never met before.… //
// Dad has to accept the fact that Ingrid, with all her tall beautiful Swedish blondeness, really is going to come to live with them and pretend to be his girlfriend.… //
// A two time Olympic silver medallist drops in to Currawong, knocking Joe off his feet and throwing the Mad Mud Mud Run into chaos.… //
// The Peski Kids find out about Currawong's latest strange festival. This time it involves mud.… //
// When April and Fin go to school the next day they are the focus of attention and gossip.… //
// Dad's proposal to Ingrid throws everything into chaos, somehow it results in Loretta moving in and April moving out, or at least up into the attic to get away from her.… //
// In this prologue the story opens with the Peski Kids mum, still imprisoned by the Kolectiv, we find out how she reacts to the news of Mr Peski's engagement to Ingrid.… //
// This is a repeat episode because I'm away on holiday. I picked a Friday Barnes one because I know there are lots of Friday Barnes fans out there, also I am currently writing a Friday Barnes book. This chapter is one of my favourite stories. It is very silly.… //
// This is a repeat episode because I'm away on holiday. It's one of my favourites because it is the first of the Greek Myths I did with Nanny Piggins. It was a lot of fun and I've done many Greek Myths since. Although some of the names are hard to pronounce whic… //
// This is another replay because I'm on holiday with my family.… //
// This is a replay of a story I wrote for the Adelaide Writer's Festival in 2021. I tried to record it live but it all went horribly wrong, so I recorded this in my hotel room that night. I'm very fond of this story. I do like coffee cake. Plus the Elves and the… //
// Chapter 24 - Everything is explained, about how the bear really came to be in the woods.… //
// The Daffodil Day celebrations turn to chaos when a surprise visitor turns up, and Officer Odinsson is reinstated by the power crazed mayor.… //
// Daffodil Day finally arrives. Dad is forced to dress up in a ridiculous costume. The mayor refuses to believe the truth about the bear, not when there are so many tourists in town.… //
// April gives up, until Loretta bursts in with evidence that proves she was right all along.… //
// April tried to warn everyone at the Good Times Cafe about the dangers of the bear in the wood. Dad gets a milkshake in the lap. And she gets another head injury.… //
// The Peski Kids go to consult the Cat Lady about the bear.… //
// The mayor makes a surprise visit to the Peski house with propositions for Mr Peski and April.… //
// Fin gets to know the Cat Lady's grandson.… //
// Loretta bumps into Joe while he's waiting outside the psychiatrist's van.… //
// Dad has a grafting accident, Loretta helps him and together they uncover a secret from the burned out computer.… //
// Fin meets another boy at the Cat Lady's farmhouse.… //
// April and Pumpkin meet Dr Hilary, the travelling regional psychiatrist.… //
// April and Officer Odinsson end up back in hospital. Dr Vass has a new idea about what might be causing April to see bears.… //
// April drags everyone back out into the bush to find the bear she insists she saw.… //
// Fin begins his "training" with the Cat Lady. She has some strange ideas.… //
// Constable Pike pulls over the Peski Kids and takes Fin away to do his community service with the Cat Lady.… //
// The Peski Kids go to Officer Odinsson for help catching the bear.… //
// April wakes up determined to rescue the bear she saw.… //
// When April wakes up in hospital nobody believes that she saw a bear.… //
// April has to fight for her life to get out of a flash flood, and that's only the second most dangerous thing to happen to her in this episode.… //
// When April and Loretta start pulling rubbish out of the creek, Matilda refuses to help. Wrestling ensues.… //
// The Peski Kids set off into the bush with Constable Pike to do their community service.… //
// Ingrid tell Dad to fix the burnt out computer. Professor Maynard tells the Peski Kids to do a better job of fulfilling their mission.… //
// The cat lady arrives and she's not what the Peski Kids expected.… //
// When the Peski Kids go into town, Pumpkin chases a cat up a telegraph pole. The owner of the cat hits April with her handbag. The mayor is worried about a cat up a telegraph pole with Daffodil Day coming up. They turn to the closest thing Currawong has to a su… //
// When the Peski kids home catches fire, Ingrid heroically races in and throws the flaming computer out the window. But who set fire to it in the first place?… //
// The gripping conclusion to this action packed novel.… //
// When Coach Voss tries to escape in a hot air balloon, the Peski Kids give chase in their Dad's home made helicopter.… //
// Finally, it's the big day of the Currawong Cockroach Races, but when the Peski Kids get there everything goes wrong.… //
// The Peski Kids arrive at the Cockroach Races, some of them disguised as cockroaches.… //
// Fin is depressed because Joe went on a date with Loretta. April is oblivious.… //
// The Peski Kids go to the Cockroach Races Ball, some of them dressed as animals.… //
// In his desperation to not ask Daisy to the Cockroaches Races Ball, Joe lied and said he was taking Loretta. But he didn't think it through. Now he has to do something much worse - he has to ask Loretta.… //
// Dad summons the courage to confront an intruder in the garden.… //
// Daisy Odinsdottir corners Joe in the boys bathroom. How will he get out of asking her to the Cockroach Races Ball?… //
// April and Fin have another terrible day at school when they are accused of killing another cockroach.… //
// Dad finds bugs and not the creepy crawly kind all over the house. He wants to run away from home but the kids won't let him.… //
// April and Fin are questioned down at the police station. But Constable Pike has not proof they were the ones to kill Kieren and Animesh's cockroach.… //
// Joe, Fin and April go into town for breakfast and start investigating the death of Loretta's cockroach.… //
// Loretta reveals that something terrible has happened to Mr Bottomley.… //
// Fin is awoken by a rock.… //
// Joe has to get a microwave held together with Kitty Cat Band-Aids to work. April and Fin have to sneak a cockroach into the house without their father who is terrified of everything, but especially cockroaches, knowing about it.… //
// Dad hears something strange in the garden and finds the courage to investigate whether he needs to run away.… //
// April and Fin have to find a cockroach but their own house is bug free, so they have to visit their next door neighbour.… //
// Mr Lang has a stern talk with April and Fin. They have had three official complaints made about them and Pumpkin the dog in just one day.… //
// Joe makes a dreadful first impression with his teachers and classmates, until they discover that he is unexpectedly brilliant at something.… //
// April and Fin go to their first PE class at Currawong High. It doesn't go well. The PE teacher makes the whole class do a theory lesson to punish April and Fin for not bringing their sports uniform. Then the theory lesson involves giving cockroaches interval t… //
// Joe, Fin and April arrive at Currawong High School. Mrs Pilsbury, the school secretary is not impressed to meet Pumpkin. And Mr Lang, the school counsellor, encourages the Peski kids to take part in the annual Cockroach Races so they can become a part of the l… //
// Joe, Fin and April are horrified to discover that they have to wear a school uniform to their new school. Also, that their Dad doesn't drive - so they have to run to school if they have any chance of getting there on time. Luckily their staggeringly beautiful … //
// Joe, Fin and April meet their Dad for the first time in eleven years.… //
// Professor Maynard explains to Joe, Fin and April where she is taking them and why. The kids are not impressed.… //
// April, Fin and Joe don't realise it yet but their mother is missing and their world is about to be turned upside down, by a woman they always regarded as being frumpiness squared.… //
// This is the prologue from my book 'The Peski Kids, The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach'. It sets up the story to come.… //
// You may have heard of the Grimms' Fairy Tale, 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses'. But in this podcast reveals what really happened. It wasn't about princesses at all! It was about pigcesses and those pigcessese were twelve of her identical fourteenuplet sisters.… //
// When a mean girl at school calls Michael a narcissist he asks Nanny Piggins to explain was a 'narcissist' is which leads her her telling the Ancient Greek story of Narcissus, Echo and Nemesis. Her version is a little different to the standard story because her… //
// Friday is exhausted after a long day of solving art crime in Florence, Italy. But before she goes to bed she's got one more mystery to solve - who stole everything from Mrs Cannon's room?… //
// When Mum and Tammy have to walk to school from the other side of town, Mum begins to wonder about the motives of a very smiley real estate agent with unnaturally blue eyes.… //
// Bramwell Piggins (Nanny Piggins no good brother) accidentally gets a job as a giant slayer after eating a fly infested jam tart.… //
// When Friday's school group stays at a convent in Florence, the nuns need help dealing with accusations of impurity against their gelato.… //
// Nanny Piggins is shocked to learn that the children will be performing Shakespeare's famous play 'Romeo and Juliet'. She knows the real story of what happened all those years ago in Italy, because it just so happens that a distant relative or hers was involved… //
// Nanny Piggins fills the children in on what really happened in the Ancient Greek Story times to the great cunning genius - King (or rather Queen) Sisyphus.… //
// When Nanny Piggins discovers that her arch-nemesis, Nanny Anne has secretly formed a christmas carol singing choir she is outraged that she was not invited to join. Naturally she much form her own choir to get crush her rival with her superior showmanship skil… //
// It's Christmas at Highcrest Academy, Friday Barnes is in trouble with the Headmaster again, although she's not sure why and Ian has been accused of stealing the beautiful antique star from the top of the school's Christmas tree. Can Friday solve the mystery be… //
// When Mr Green asks Nanny Piggins to take the children to have their photo taken with Santa she is shocked at his unexpectedly festive request. But she is even more shocked when she gets to the shopping centre and sees the expensive prices the elves are chargin… //
// When mysterious things start appearing on the vacant block at the end of their street - Mum and Tammy's imaginations run wild.… //
// After an unfortunate incident where Nanny Piggins is forced to throw a shoe at Mr Green's head, on the way to visiting the leopards at the zoo, she takes the children shoe shopping. This leads to her telling the story of her distant relative, Madge Piggins and… //
// When Binky asks Friday to help him win the school's annual 'Potato Dash' race, she is shocked by the level of cheating that is actively encouraged. But one of the competitors goes to far.… //
// When Derrick studies the Ancient Greek story of Hercules 5th labour - when he had to clean the Augean Stables - Nanny Piggins tells the children the true story as witnessed by a her great great great times 197 greats aunt Iolaus Piggins.… //
// Tammy finds it hard to concentrate on her learning from home when Mum starts a vendetta with a raven.… //
// While sailing a full sized chocolate replica of The Beagle down the river to school, Nanny Piggins regales the children with the story of her distant cousin, Freda the Frog and her encounter with a scorpion.… //
// When Nanny Piggins takes her brother, Boris the ballet dancing bear down to the Russian embassy to get a passport she is shocked to discover a picture of herself on Russia's ten most wanted list. It looks like an illicit cake eating incident from her distant p… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the real story of 'The Goose that Lay the Golden Egg', including the dramatic action finale that Aesop left out of the original ancient fable.… //
// When Boris the ballet dancing bear performs 'Swan Lake' for them, Nanny Piggins reveals the true story behind the ballet - how it isn't really about swans at all.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children the true story of the Trojan Horse and how an apple caused the whole drama.… //
// When Friday is sent to see the school counsellor, she soon uncovers a mystery. The counsellor can't keep her eyes open. Friday takes advantage of the opportunity to avoid talking about herself.… //
// After eating a massive sticky date pudding, Nanny Piggins tells the children the classic Grimm's fairytale - the story of 'The Wolf and the Seven Kids', while they wait for the sugar to wear off and the feeling to return to their legs.… //
// When Sammy starts going to a new school one day a week, Mum suspects the lollypop lady is secretly a Valkyrie.… //
// Nanny Piggins lures Derrick down to the kitchen where she is baking a cake, by promising to tell him the true story of 'King Midas' and what really happened in the Ancient Story Days.… //
// When Nanny Piggins accidentally damages a cake stand at the local Transport Museum while chasing the curator around in a World War One tri-plane, she has to make some fast cash. Luckily it turns out she has a psychic gift - and her fortune telling business soo… //
// One Saturday morning, when forced to take over her local library's storytime or be arrested for verbal abuse, Nanny Piggins tells the tale of her distant relative Annabel Piggins. The pig who inspired the famous Danish folk tale 'The Snow Queen'. Suffice it to… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the children a tragic tale of hardship endured by her great times 47 greats aunt, Little Red Pig in the olden story days.… //
// After a tough day of work, Mum picks Tammy up from school and it turns out that Tammy may have had the most brilliant idea in the history of ideas. ...at least in Mum's twisted opinion… //
// This is chapter 12 from 'Friday Barnes 6, Danger Ahead' the book that takes place when Friday and her classmates go away to wilderness camp. In this chapter, they are set the challenge of retrieving supplies from the far side of a river. Friday hopes brains wi… //
// When Samantha has to study the Ancient Greek story of Medusa for school, the library has run out of books on the subject. Luckily Nanny Piggins had a relative who was there. So she knows what really happened on that island all those years ago.… //
// One night, after eating a particularly large amount of dessert, Nanny Piggins tells the tale of a chicken with a mysterious head injury and the royal monarch who dealt with it.… //
// When the third son of a miller is left nothing more than a talking pig in his father's will, as punishment for becoming a vegetarian, he thinks he's had a raw deal. But this pig is a Piggins and therefore should not be underestimated.… //
// Friday Barnes is called in to help when her hapless repeat client Parker is found asleep on the polo field after a night of heavy rain. It appears that he has been the victim of a prank, but Friday soon realises there is more to his dilemma than meets the eye.… //
// While walking to school on Athletics carnival day, Mum tells Tammy about the child capturing techniques she learned at mothering school (a fictional institution she claims to have attended) and how these techniques were by the prohibition busters at the FBI in… //
// When Derrick learns about George Washington at school, Nanny Piggins tells him what really happened according to the first hand account of her Great Great Great Great Great Aunt Anna Piggins. Spoiler alert - this story also reveals what really happened to make… //
// This is a story from the third book in the Nanny Piggins series, 'Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion'. Nanny Piggins is persuaded to join her local Neighbourhood Watch mainly by the tray of free doughnuts at the meeting she attends, but her foray into crime s… //
// While waiting in the pharmacy, Nanny Piggins tells the children and Boris the story of her fabulously glamourous great great great great great (times 23 greats) aunt Ariel Piggins - otherwise known as - the Little Merpig.… //
// When Nanny Piggins finds out that Samantha has been learning about Robin Hood at school, she tells her the true story of her distant relative and the forgotten story of the cake she ate.… //
// When Mum and Tammy are walking to school they spot a small spring of cherry blossum, which makes them wonder about the real cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs.… //
// Friday is horrified when her Dad suddenly appears at Highcrest Academy and takes over a physics lesson. But she is even more shocked when he explains the reason for his unexpected arrival - her mother has gone missing!… //
// When Michael is cast as a troll in a school play, Nanny Piggins tells the children the real story of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. Spoiler alert - there were no goats in it.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the true story of 'Beauty and the Beast' as it happened to her cousin Belle Piggins. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but suffice it to say, there's more cake and chocolate involved than they lead you to believe in the movie version.… //
// When Tammy and Mum take the dog for a walk, a hovering autumn leaf makes them wonder about the possible existence of vegetarian spiders and the dangers of tofu hail.… //
// After spending a weekend crashing weddings because she was in desperate need of cake, Nanny Piggins realises that the world is crying out of a wedding cake baker of her genius. She soon becomes so popular she is called upon to bake for a Royal Wedding.… //
// When Derrick leaves his homework at school, Nanny Piggins helps him by recounting the famous story from Greek mythology - the story of Icarus. Which she just happens to know because her (great times 48) aunt Daedulus Piggins was Icarus' mother.… //
// While walking home from school, Tammy and Mum discuss the possible things Mr Stuart could be doing on his day off from classroom teaching.… //
// When Nanny Piggins gets a little bit over enthusiastic about commandeering an ice cream van, she and the children pass the time on the walk home with the story about a distant cousin of her and the strange little man who helped her spin straw into chocolate ca… //
// When a boy is kidnapped from Highcrest Academy, Friday is astonished that no one is concerned. She soon finds out that he stages his kidnapping all the time, but Friday realises that this could be the perfect cover for a real kidnapping.… //
// One night after dinner, Mum reveals to Vanessa and Tammy that they are going to have to start picking up their own socks because of tragic circumstances involving the work place conditions of fairies.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of her distant cousin Matilda Piggins, a shoemaker who struggled against the pigism in the shoe industry to make enough money to eat the enormous volume of cake her athletic metabolism required.… //
// This is a chapter from 'Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan' the second book in the Nanny Piggins series. In this story, Nanny Piggins gets so angry with the waiting time at her doctor's office that she decides to destroy his business by setting up a Holistic Ca… //
// When Nanny Piggins, Boris and the children accidentally chain themselves to the school canteen on a public holiday (while trying to protest against the inclusion of carrot sticks on the menu) she whiles away the time by telling them the story of her distant re… //
// It's the last day of the school holidays and Tammy is worried about meeting her new teacher, so Mum tries to put her mind at ease by suggesting things she could say on her first day.… //
// To celebrate the release 'Friday Barnes 9, No Escape' I have recorded a short story from that book. I hope you enjoy it. It features Parker, always a popular character. If you really like it, please do buy the book!… //
// The promote the release of the audio book of 'Friday Barnes 1, Girl Detective' on 2nd February 2021, I have recorded this mini-mystery from that book. It is the first case Friday ever solved.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells story of the time her no good brother, Bramwell, got a job as a night shepherd. It did not go well for him, the sheep or the townspeople.… //
// While caught sheltering in a bus stop during a rain storm, Nanny Piggins regales the children with the story of a distant yet staggeringly beautiful relative of hers - Snow Pig and her much maligned stepmother.… //
// To promote the release of 'Friday Barnes 9, No Escape' on February 2nd 2021, I have recorded 'Something in the Strognanoff' from 'Friday Barnes 4, No Rules'. When the whole school has been poisoned it's up to Friday to figure out what happened. Will they need … //
// When Mum takes Tammy and Vanessa to the beach to escape the pre-Christmas stress, she ends up telling them an alarming story about the consequences of taking seashells from beaches and how it can lead to zombies in sushi restaurants.… //
// Nanny Piggins recounts the story from the Piggins family's own oral history of the first Christmas. It involves more chocolate cake than the original version.… //
// This is the episode I recorded on the weekend as a livestream on Facebook. It is the story of Nanny Piggins standing in for Santa after Boris accidentally causes him to have a head injury outside their house.… //
// When her boyfriend/nemesis Ian Wainscott is accused of cheating in an examination, Friday hurries to investigate. She soon proves that there's more to the incriminating evidence written on his trousers than meets the eye.… //
// When they become inadvertantly locked in a bank vault (note to self, don't argue with bank robbers) Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of 'The Ugly Duckling'. Her version may not be famililar to you.… //
// When Tammy and Mum take the dog for a walk the renovations at their local library lead to a discussion about the importance of building accessibility for the improvement of giant literacy.… //
// When their attempts to break records on Earth don't work out, Ant and Chelly get the brilliant idea - to try breaking records somewhere else! This soon leads to terrible consequences. Luckily they now have the skilled to fix their own hair brained disasters.… //
// When Ant and Chelly get a book for their birthday they are a bit disgruntled, until they discover that it's a book of world records. They are soon inspired to start breaking records of their own. Unfortunately their attempts nearly trigger the destruction of t… //
// The audio book of 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' went on sale this week! To promote the release, I've recorded this special episode of the podcast with a reading of the first chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Here's a link where you can buy a CD of the audioboo… //
// As a Halloween special, I have recorded a chapter from FRIDAY BARNES 3, BIG TROUBLE. It's as close as Friday Barnes gets to a ghost story (it's not really very spooky, but the word 'ghost' is mentioned twice).… //
// When Mum takes Vanessa to the city to see the orthodontist, they get side tracked by gourmet chocolate shops and wondering about the violent tendencies of the staff.… //
// After a particularly exhausting morning avoiding the truancy officer and eating ice cream, Nanny Piggins entertains the children by telling them the story of her long distant Danish cousin Hannah Christian Anderson Piggins and the Normal Sized Match Girl.… //
// When Parker's assignment goes missing and it's worth 80% of his final mark for the year, Friday has to help him find it so he doesn't enrage Mr Spencer and have to do the whole year 9 science coarse again. This is a chapter from 'Friday Barnes 1, Girl Detectiv… //
// When Mum is driving Tammy and cousin Perry to the Park she tells them a story about Granny that is very hard to believe. It involves a pillow, elite fence climbing skills and secrets from Granny's dark past.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells her version of the classic story 'The Princess and the Pea' with her own strongly held views on the subject.… //
// To celebrate the upcoming release of the audiobook of 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins', I'm posting this live recording of me reading Chapter 4 from that book. I recorded this at a zoom event for The Little Bookroom in Melbourne. You can't hear them because t… //
// Dirk only had one friend. And that friend was Cat. Cat was the highest maintenance person at Banksia Grove Public School. And that included Mr Jenner the maintenance man who Cat insisted was on prison release having murdered a substitute teacher. Dirk was tryi… //
// Nanny Piggins tells an educational story about the dangers of birthday presents for royal princesses and the dubious integrity of some frogs.… //
// It was supposed to be Book Week this week. So to mark the occasion, this weeks episode is the answer to my most commonly asked question when I visit schools for Book Week. It is my explanation of how I come up with ideas for stories. It is quite a story in it'… //
// My lovely publisher kind gave me permission to record a chapter from 'Nanny Piggins 2, The Wicked Plan'. It is a wonderful story about a deluded armadillo and the pig who bested him.… //
// When Tammy reluctantly goes out for a walks with Mum late one rainy night, they spot an amazing sight.… //
// The 5th and final book in The Peski Kids series goes on sale this week. To mark the occasion this weeks episode is me reading the prologue and chapter 1 of that book. I hope you enjoy it! If you want to read the rest of the book for yourself you can order 'The… //
// While stuck in a wrought iron fence, Nanny Piggins tells the story of her amazing relative, Jack Piggins and the time she swapped a cow for some cacoa beans.… //
// This is me reading the Prologue and Chapter 1 of 'The Peski Kids 1, The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach'. It's where the story of April, Fin and Joe Peski all begins.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the true story of 'Sleeping Beauty', the fairy who betrayed her, her irrational desire to get her ears pierced and the royal medical student who tried to cure her sleep apnoea.… //
// This is a recording of a live story telling session I did for Bowral Uniting Church in the middle of the Covid-19 isolation. It was set up for local kids but we ended up having kids log in from all around Australia and even America. During the show I tell the … //
// While waiting an incredibly long time for medical treatment at their local emergency room, Nanny Piggins tells the tragic of her great great great great aunt, otherwise known as the Pig Piper of Hamlin.… //
// Early one morning, while waiting for the chocolate shop to open, Nanny Piggins tells the story of her great Aunt Marg from the olden story days and how she baked a Gingerbread Man who came to life and was very reluctant to agree to being eaten.… //
// Late one night, after eating an incredibly large amount of ice cream Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of her distant relative from Ancient Greece, Aesop Piggins and the time she got in a foot race with a tortoise and a hare.… //
// Nanny Piggins tells the story of the time her no-good brother Bramwell became a tailor and got in trouble with the local royalty.… //
// Mum and Tammy take the dog for a walk and imagine some very strange goings on in the creek.… //
// When detained by the police for starting a riot at the local supermarket, Nanny Piggins tells the children a story about two distant cousins of hers called Hansel and Gretel.… //
// When the Vice Principal sets a trap to catch a thief, Friday proves why setting traps is a terrible idea.… //
// While out walking the dog one night, Tammy's Mum tells the most outrageous story about the origin of the moon and the cows responsible.… //
// After accidentally eating a large amount of coffee cake, the children need a good bedtime story. So Nanny Piggins tells them the tale of one of her distant yet fabulously glamorous relatives, Little Red Riding Pig.… //
// When Binky gets accused of cheating in a physics exam, he has no idea what happened, so he rushes to Friday Barnes to solve the mystery before he is suspended by the Headmaster.… //
// After a terrible baking accident Nanny Piggins is unable to read, so she tells the children a bedtime story instead. Luckily she knows a crackingly good tale about a young girl called Rapunzel who had been cursed to have hair made of bacon.… //
// When Friday gets a D for art because her statue exploded in the kiln she suspects foul play. It's especially suspcious because her nemesis, Ian Wainscott's statue was destroyed too. She is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery no matter how painfully … //
// Every Easter Nanny Piggins goes on a shameless chocolate eating frenzy. Her Easter egg guzzling is so out of control it frightens children, and adults and even the Police Sergeant. So Derrick, Samantha and Michael come up with an idea to convince their belove… //
// When builders find a cat stuck up the tree on their building site, they know who to call on - the world's greatest flying pig, Nanny Piggins! No one is better at firing herself out of a cannon into a tree top than her.… //
// Friday Barnes is on the case! When Sergeant Crowley can't figure out why the local billionaire has started shoplifting he calls in the smartest girl detective. Can she unravel the mystery? I hope so because there's more than just a ham and cheese roll at stake… //
// When Amy and James have to demonstrate a principle of physics for their school science fair, Amy decides to go big. While other kids make paper mache volcanos and drop eggs of the roof, Amy builds an intergalactic space ship so they can travel to another plane… //
// Nanny Piggins tells Derrick, Samantha and Michael the story of her fabulously glamorous distant relative - Pigerella. It is a cautionary tale warning of the dangers of having too many identical siblings. And an empowering message about the importance of cake b… //
// Grandmother tells Peter, Lucy and Luke a bedtime story. This one is about three lovely bears and the horrible breakfasts they endure, until one day when they encounter a deeply wicked, yet incredibly cute, yellow-headed home invader.… //
// When Luke, Lucy and Peter go to visit their Grandmother she tells them an amazing tale. It is the most unusual version of the Three Little Pigs they have ever heard. Who knew pigs had so much architectural ingenuity?… //
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