Wardour Studios & Kim Normanton
Super Great Kids' Stories
Super Great Kids’ Stories create fun tales to make you laugh and cry with some of the best storytellers from around the world, recommended for ages 5 to 105!
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Created by: Wardour Studios & Kim Normanton
Started: September 23rd, 2020
Status: Active, 285 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Content, Artwork and advertising within this podcast is not owned or affiliated with Sound Carrot.
Episodes
The Village of Fools
00:24:19 | Season: 1 | Episode: 228 | September 6th, 2024
Word has it that Bad King John is coming to the village of Gotham for a royal hunt. The villagers know that this greedy King will kill and eat all the wild animals in their woods. So, they come up with a cunning plan: when the King’s Herald arrives to organise the hunt for the King, he’s greeted by a bunch of ‘ninny-hammers’ or sillies. Will the villagers succeed in stopping, the King from coming? Listen to storyteller Dave Tong and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eve of the Selkie Folk
00:28:55 | Season: 1 | Episode: 227 | August 30th, 2024
A selkie is a seal which can shape shift into human form by taking off its seal skin. Gillian Brownson relates this moving story from Ireland about a selkie who loses her beautiful skin and is trapped on land in the shape of a young woman. Will she get back to her seal family under the Irish sea? Or will she and her daughter be stuck on land forever? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Made by the Moon
00:23:40 | Season: 1 | Episode: 226 | August 23rd, 2024
In this ‘How and Why’ story Emily Hennessey takes us back to a time when there was no vast beach near her home in the North West of England, back to a time when the sea was in danger of being swallowed up by a hungry giantess. Did the giantess succeed? Or did the sun, the moon the wind or the rain manage to stop her? Listen to Emily’s powerful story about the battle for sea and sand, and discover what part the little curlew bird had to play in the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Urashima Taro – The Kind Fisherman
00:22:05 | Season: 1 | Episode: 225 | August 16th, 2024
In this old Japanese legend – a fisherman, ‘Urashima Taro’ is rewarded by the Emperor of the Sea, for rescuing a small turtle. He’s taken underwater to the Palace of the Dragons where he meets the Emperor’s daughter, and spends three happy years. The daughter gives Taro a box to take home with him, but makes him promise not to open it. Listen to Japanese storyteller Masako Carey, and see if he keeps his promise. (It’s a sad ending.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Canoe Race
00:22:55 | Season: 1 | Episode: 224 | August 9th, 2024
Jebro is a small boy who lives on an island with his nine older brothers in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With the seas rising, they have to find a new island to live on, but who will be their leader? Their wise mother suggests they decide with a race. When that day arrives, Jebro has to make a decision which might well mean he loses the race. What should he do? Listen to storyteller Marion Leeper, share this thoughtful traditional tale from the Marshall Islands and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Afanc – the Welsh Water Monster
00:24:59 | Season: 1 | Episode: 223 | August 2nd, 2024
We have a legendary Welsh water monster to kick off this month’s theme of watery stories. The Afanc is described as a cross between a crocodile and a giant beaver. This enormous creature is causing floods and eating anyone who comes near. Many brave souls have tried to kill it, but its hide is so tough that no spear, or arrow can pierce it. How can the local people stop the Afanc from flooding their land? Listen to Welsh singer/storyteller Gillian Brownson and find out.
Why The Corn Doll Has No Face
00:21:27 | Season: 1 | Episode: 222 | July 26th, 2024
According to this Cherokee legend, Unetlanvhi, The Great One, created little corn people to help the first woman on earth, with the chores. The corn people were very beautiful, but spent more time admiring their reflection, than helping out. The Creator was not happy, and did something dramatic to teach them an important lesson about beauty. Listen to Lisa La Rue Baker tell this traditional tale from the Cherokee Nation and discover what happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thor and the Stone Giant
00:26:07 | Season: 1 | Episode: 221 | July 19th, 2024
Thor, the Norse god of thunder goes on a quest to ask a favour from Hymir the stone giant. The two of them embark on a fishing competition. Thor comes close to disaster when he hooks out of the ocean a ……. Listen to Jason Buck tell this entertaining Norse tale to find out what he pulls out of the sea. Will he survive to complete his quest? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Created by: Wardour Studios & Kim Normanton
Started:
September 23rd, 2020
Status: Active, 285 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
Topical and lovely. The best stories do indeed come from the more unexpected sources.