We love riding in the car while listening to Super Great Kids’ Stories. Anansi and Baba Yaga are regulars! The quality of the stories and the quality of the storytellers is superb! Big shoutout to Super Great Kids’ Stories!
by Wonderful Chameleon
Super Great Kids’ Stories is a podcast of fun, traditional tales to make you laugh and cry with some of the best storytellers from around the world, recommended for ages 5 to 105. Our collection of over two hundred and fifty stories has been carefully put together by storyteller and radio producer Kim Normanton and audio producer David Smith. We wish you many hours of happy listening!
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Kawariki and the Shark Man
Kawariki is secretly in love with a shark man. Well, he wasn’t a shark when she fell in love with him, but her Dad who has magic powers, wants her to marry someone else, so he turns the man she loves into a shark. Eek! Listen to Emmy Bidois tell this Maori tale, from Aotearo...
The Cat that Ate the Palace
Take one silly queen and a cook, and a pastry chef and a King, and some cute birds and some fuzzy bees and some mop slopping servants and some guards and nobles and advisors and one little stable boy and put them all together into the stomach of one small cat – and you’ve g...
Molly and The Leprechaun
This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories - Some people say, that if you catch a leprechaun, he will lead you to a pot of gold. Listen to Irish storyteller Kate Corkery, to see if Molly can get her granny a pot of gold? Learn more about your ad...
Goanna and The Fairies
Goanna (a huge lizard) keeps stealing the fairies’ delicious wattleseed damper (bread dough). What can they do? Two plucky young fairies decide to teach that lizard a lesson. But their plan involves a dangerous trip into the humans' camp. Will they succeed? Listen to this exc...
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Great news for listeners in the UK who like reading and are interested in our upcoming book. Waterstones are offering a special, 25% off pre-order promotion – for 4 days only. It runs from Monday 28th July until Thursday 31st July. Click on the button and add code summer25 at the checkout to get your discount. We’re delighted with the book. It has 30 of your favourite stories and is beautifully illustrated! Happy Reading!
Exciting News! Our Book published by Bloomsbury is ready for pre-ordering. It’s a treasury packed with thirty of your favourite stories including Anansi, Baba Yaga, Brer Rabbit and the Ghost of the Bloody Finger!
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Happy reading and telling!
More Exciting News! there’s going to be a regular Super Great Kids’ Online Show – starting in September which will be hosted by Jason Buck and Amy Douglas.
It will be live on zoom monthly.
Amy is known for her magical stories like : The Tramp and the Boots and Long Red Fingernails & Ruby Red Lips, and Jason is famous for his brilliant sound effects in stories like: The Old Woman and the Pig, and The Luck Child oh and of course Troll Ale.
Each month they will be telling some of your favourite tales alongside guest storytellers. And Kim will be popping up to say hello and sharing some stories. One of the benefits of this kind of show, is that we get to see you in person, and you can show us your pictures on zoom after the storytelling.
Amy and Jason will kick off the show on Sunday September 14th with the theme of New Beginnings. Kim will be telling the Southern African story about Ngwenya and the Crocodile. There will be lots of snippety snapping and a bit of singing too.
Tickets cost £12.50 that’s about $16.50 US dollars and $23 Canadian dollars for one household.
There are some reduced tickets, and discounts for our subscriber families.
Tickets are limited and have sold out in the past, so If you’re thinking about going, buy soon to avoid disappointment.
See you there! Jason, Amy and Kim
We’re very pleased to announce that we will be putting on two live SGKS shows in the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith to celebrate our 5th birthday on the 20th of September. Show times are 1pm and 3pm.
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Did you know that you can now gift a Super Great Kids Patreon Owlet membership to someone special? Click the button to find out how.
Our aim is to give a shout out to everyone that supports us as a subscriber.
If you subscribe via Patreon, message us directly in the app and we’ll reply with a scheduled date for your shout out.
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Remember to send us names, ages, favourite story and maybe where you’re from.
There are lots of Owlets waiting for their shout outs so it may take several weeks before you hear it.
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