Jana talks to our friends Matthew and Elaine Sweetapple, the creators of Lost on Infinity by Rockford’s Rock Opera, and we play the first episode of their story which now features in their Stories, Science and Secrets Podcast. The musical story of a dog called Rockford who travels to an island of extinct animals has been on our website for many years and is very popular. The new podcast reveals the science secrets behind the story.

A ghost is playing pranks on the hotel – some of them are funny but the trouble is, they are getting the hotel a bad name. Who is the mischievous ghost?

Story Written by Bertie for Storynory And read by Jana Elizabeth Ello folks, It’s Monkey here. Now, before Jana starts spinning yarns about what a trickster of a fella I am, I just want to let you know I’m not as bad as she makes out. There are animals in this very jungle, my home, […]

Jake is hoping to go to Lapland for Christmas to see Santa, but it all depends on some precarious family finances. The answer lies in a series of puzzles. Can Jake’s best friend Birdy, a smart crow, help him and his family to go on this special treat?

Birdy tells Jake that dinosaurs are not necessarily extinct. Birds, for example, are closely related to dinosaurs, and it’s just possible that he and his sister might meet one or two….

A story from India’s Panchatantra about a hungry Jackal who is dipped in blue dye. The animals in the jungle think that he is a god… and he takes full advantage of the situation. Also look out for our friends’ podcast, Kids’ Stories, Science and Secrets!

A deer transforms into a beautiful girl and visits the village in search of a husband. A Hausa story from Nigeria.

The fantastic results of our Halloween Writing Competition 2023

Some Halloween Shakespeare! The witches chants Macbeth. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble!

Get in the mood for Halloween with a story from our spooky series, the Dutch Hotel. Every autumn, renowned historical novelist Angus MacPeabody works on his latest creation in Room 13, drawing inspiration from an old typewriter…. and perhaps from the ghosts of the hotel’s past.