All Stories in Order of Publication
The Frog
A frog who helps a young man in the search for his wife. From the Violet Fairy Book of Andrew
A Christmas Carol Part One
Humbug ! Dickens’ s Christmas tale is retold as a mini-play, with Natasha and Rob playing all the parts between them including Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching covetous old sinner!
A Christmas Carol Part Two
The Curtains of his bed were drawn aside, I tell you, by a hand. It was a strange figure – like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man. The voice was soft and gentle. I am the ghost of Christmas Past.
A Christmas Carol Part Three
It was always said of Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless us Every One!
The Sleeping Beauty
A handsome prince rescues The Sleeping Beauty. Download this wonderful audio story for children for free.
Harry and Rosie Trick Santa
A modern Christmas story about how two children, Harry and Rosie tricked Santa – a free mp3 for kids.
Bertie’s Christmas Storynory
By HRH Prince Bertie the Frog Download the audio here. Or use the play button to listen now: Now, this morning it is a bit cold in this part of the world. Mr Frosty has been to visit, and the vegetable patch is white and glistening. There is ice on the pond. Brrrr, said Colin [...]
The Cat’s Elopement
This charming tale comes from Japan. Two cats – Gon and Koma – fall in love and run away together. They are separated when they meet a fierce dog. Gon becomes the pet and defender of a princess – but will he ever see his true love again?
The Sleeping Beauty Part Two
This little known sequel to The Sleeping Beauty is a Rather Scary Story, but it’s a fairy tale, so good wins. Mp3 for children.
Hansel and Gretel
A scary story that plays on a child’s fear of being abandoned by parents, and getting lost in the woods. But children love the way that the young heroes outwit the wicked witch and triumph over evil.
The Brothers Grimm collected folk stories from German households in the 19th C. Some of their tales have dark under-currents of psychology, others are romantic and amusing.