| The Doomed Prince Ending | We asked you to send us the ending to the Egyptian Fairytale, The Doomed Prince. The Prince was fated by the god Hathor to meet his end by a dog, a snake or a crocodile. He escaped the dog and the snake, but the crocodile dragged him off to his island in a lake where his enemy was an evil spirit. The original papyrus is torn off here. So how did the story end? Our listeners from all over the world came up with some amazing answers. | https://www.storynory.com/the-doomed-prince-ending/ |
| Elfie and the Elf’s Adventure – Competition Winner | A short and sweet story - the final winner in our best or worst ever present writing competition. A little girl wants a puppy, but Santa say No - it's not safe to deliver puppies. | https://www.storynory.com/elfie-elfs-adventure-competition-winner/ |
| Last Christmas Together | Veena's best friend is a boy at the local orphanage. She is sad because her family are moving to another town, and she will never see him again. A winner in our best / worst present ever competition. | https://www.storynory.com/last-christmas-together/ |
| The Prehistoric Christmas Present – Competition Winner | Way back in time, a boy receives a pet as a present - but his mother says he can't keep it because it will grow, and grow and grow - one of the winners in our "best and worst" present competition . | https://www.storynory.com/prehistoric-christmas-present-competition-winner/ |
| Jim’s Tree Hut – A Competition Winner | The first of four winners from our Christmas Writing Competition - Jim is a monkey who lives in New Zealand - he has a very special idea for how to spend Christmas with his friends. | https://www.storynory.com/jims-tree-hut-competition-winner/ |
| Christmas 2017 Writing Competition | Write a story about the best or the worst present ever. We will pick three winning stories and read them on Storynory. The first prize includes a $50 voucher for Wicked Uncle, the home of brilliant presents. | https://www.storynory.com/christmas-2017-writing-competition/ |
| Lily the Flower Fairy | Lilly is a flower fairy who is in search of a friend. Fiona from Vermont sent this winning entry to our Magical Person Writing Competition. | https://www.storynory.com/lily-the-flower-fairy/ |
| Trixie the Magic Rabbit | Trixie the Magic Rabbit is the first of three winning entries in our Magic Person writing competition. Trixie speaks several languages and can run super-fast. | https://www.storynory.com/trixie-the-magic-rabbit/ |
| Magical Person Writing Competition | Write a story about a magical person or magical people. | https://www.storynory.com/magical-person-writing-competition/ |
| The Goat and his Master | A goat tries to help his master, but the master does not know how to be polite to a goat! | https://www.storynory.com/goat-master/ |
| Friendships | Three friends at school are bothered by two girls who play mean tricks on them. Should they retaliate or try to make peace? | https://www.storynory.com/friendships/ |
| The Goat and the Gold | Happy Year of the Goat ! One of our writing competition winners is a story about a clever goat and some stolen gold | https://www.storynory.com/goat-gold/ |
| Telegraph Review of Storynory | The Telegraph says loads of nice things about Storynory. | https://www.storynory.com/telegraph-review-storynory/ |
| The Animated Peter Rabbit | Some characters are immortal. Peter Rabbit is one of them. | https://www.storynory.com/animated-peter-rabbit/ |
| Story Competition January 2015 | We are starting a story writing competition for supporters, including those who have signed up with us via Joyride. It's early days, and we plan to make this more sophisticated, but in the meantime we are asking you to write or copy and paste your story into the comments on this page. First theme - […] | https://www.storynory.com/supporters-stories/ |
| The Chinese Year of the Goat | We are just saying goodbye to the year of the horse, and on February the 4th we will start the year of the goat. In some parts of Asia this year is also known as the year of the sheep or ram. | https://www.storynory.com/chinese-year-goat/ |
| New Site Design August 2014 | Wow! Storynory looks completely different. The new design, as ever, has taken a huge amount of effort. We hope you will enjoy the benefits. features Responsive – which means that the layout adapts for mobile and tablet Easy to read – generous font size, maximum line length for stories is about 14 words Cute icons […] | https://www.storynory.com/new-site-design-august-2014/ |
| Benefits of audio books for children | Audio books are just as beneficial for students as printed ones - and have many advantages that are often overlooked. | https://www.storynory.com/benefits-audio-books-children/ |
| Where do I start? | A guide for new-comers to our site. Storynory has 100s of free audio stories, so where do you start?
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| JK Rowling at Exeter College, Oxford | JK Rowling at Exeter College spoke on Morality and Morality in Harry Potter but skipped the big God Question. | https://www.storynory.com/jk-rowling-at-exeter-college-oxford/ |
| Books, Children & Men by Paul Hazard | Books, Children & Men, Paul Hazard is a manifesto for children's books and for childhood itself. It is one of the most insightful tracts ever written on children's literature. This is a brief review of the book. | https://www.storynory.com/11901/ |
| My Favourite Podcasts | A review of my five favourite podcasts - other than Storynory ! | https://www.storynory.com/podcasts-i-listen-to/ |
| The Real Pinocchio and the Disney Pinocchio | Why Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is much more than the cute little boy-puppet depicted by Disney | https://www.storynory.com/the-real-pinocchio-and-the-disney-pinocchio/ |
| Storynory Audio Workshop Icarus | The Storynory Audio Workshop, Icarus was held on Wednesday the 5th, 2012 at the Cockpit Theatre, Marlyebone, London for children in the local area. Children learnt drama and storytelling skills for a rehearsed reading of the play Icarus based on the audio Story of The Boy Who Flew Too High on Storynory. In the final […] | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-audio-workshop-icarus/ |
| Words for Life | We are really pleased to be part of the Words for Life Campaign, just launched by the National Literacy Trust. The campaign has commissioned research showing that a third of parents do not realise that they are the most important factor in their own children's development of speech. Of course we believe that listening to […] | https://www.storynory.com/words-for-life/ |
| Twisters | These twisters are linked to the stories on Storynory podcast. The following twisters practice the following: 1. Combined letter sounds in the words for clear speech i.e. W0 in the word won. 2. Syllable stress placement in the for variation in speech i.e emphasising different words. The combined letter sounds involve correct constant placement with […] | https://www.storynory.com/twisters/ |
| Talk To Your Baby | We are really pleased to be part of the Talk to Your Baby campaign here in the UK | https://www.storynory.com/talk-to-your-baby/ |
| The Daffodils (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud), Post Recording Review | Natasha's post recording thoughts on I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud | https://www.storynory.com/the-daffodils-i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud-post-recording-review/ |
| New and Notable App | Our app is selected as New and Notable | https://www.storynory.com/new-and-notable-app/ |
| Early experience of trying to sell something | This selling thing: It's depressing | https://www.storynory.com/early-experience-of-trying-to-sell-something/ |
| Reasons to support Storynory | Reasons to support Storynory | https://www.storynory.com/reasons-to-support-storynory/ |
| How do you use stories in lessons? | We want to do more to help you use Storynory as an educational resource as well as a fun and entertaining site. | https://www.storynory.com/how-do-you-use-stories-in-lessons/ |
| Dorothy the Friendly Witch- Chapter 3 | It’s this chapter of Dorothy and The Wizard of OZ preceding The council With the Munchkins, where Dorothy is swept away by the Cyclone from her beautiful land in the region of the Kansas prairies, and finds herself in the land of The Munchkins. It is here she meets and saves the scarecrow with the […] | https://www.storynory.com/dorothy-the-friendly-witch/ |
| Storynory in iTunes | Storynory doing well in iTunes | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-in-itunes/ |
| Site Revamp June 2010 | Regular visitors will have noticed that we've revamped the site. | https://www.storynory.com/site-revamp-june-2010/ |
| Easter 2010 Writing Competition | Winners of our writing competition, along with as many stories and extracts from contestants as we could manage to squeeze in. | https://www.storynory.com/easter-2010-writing-competition/ |
| Elizabeth Donnelly – Narrator | Elizabeth has read and performed in many of our stories, and written some of them too. | https://www.storynory.com/elizabeth-donnelly/ |
| Storynory Downloads for February 2010 | A round up of our downloads and stats for February 2010 | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-downloads-for-february-2010/ |
| Storynory iPhone App | We've started adding bonus content to the Storynory iPhone app. | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-iphone-app/ |
| Storynory Writing Competition | Fancy yourself as an author? Here's your chance to win a Sweetpea3 player and hear your story right here on Storynory. And even if you don't win, we plan to publish the texts of all entries that we deem fit to publish. | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-writing-competition/ |
| Downloads for January 2010 | Our listeners downloaded just over 391,000 mp3 files from our server in the first month of 2010. It's a small increase on December, which is good, because Christmas is always a big time for a children's site. Almost half our downloads are in the United States. You might be surprised to know that South Korea, […] | https://www.storynory.com/downloads-for-january-2010/ |
| iTunes Feedback | The feedback and the emails we receive keep us going on Storynory. Here are a couple of recent comments from our US iTunes page. Thank you everyone who takes the trouble to write. We have been subscribers for two years now to Storynory. My children (now 8 and 6) could not imagine life without it... […] | https://www.storynory.com/itunes-feedback/ |
| About Hugh Fraser | Brief biography of Storynory's producer, Hugh Fraser | https://www.storynory.com/about-hugh-fraser/ |
| Only Hear our Audible Ads in N. America | With any luck, and a bit of magic, you should only be able to hear our latest Audible Ads if you are downloading our MP3 files in the USA or Canada (starting with Tyger Tyger Burning Bright). And even if you live in North America, the ads should automatically be removed after about six weeks or so. | https://www.storynory.com/only-hear-our-audible-ads-in-n-america/ |
| Story Museum Planned for Oxford | Some of the most famous authors are backing plans for a Story Museum in Oxford. The museum would celebrate the city's links with Children's literature, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (which you can listen to on Storynory.) Philip Pullman, whose own Dark Materials books are based in Oxford, is among the patrons, along with Jacqueline […] | https://www.storynory.com/story-museum-planned-for-oxford/ |
| Gladys Pics | Our story about a girl band is reaching its conclusion and we are really pleased that we've found an artist to illustrate the Gladys and the chiX series. Tania Fernandes is a very talented designer and artist (check out some of her cushions and tiles !) and her style is really original. If you are […] | https://www.storynory.com/gladys-pics/ |
| Audio for the deaf | We've been aware for some time of various groups of people who find our audio useful. For instance, schools that work with the blind are naturally drawn to Storynory. But only recently, I was contacted by a deaf user via our Facebook group. She tells me : "I found out about your site from other […] | https://www.storynory.com/audio-for-the-deaf/ |
| Persian (Farsi) and Turkish Translation | After some considerable time, we are restarting the news / blog section here on Storynory. Our first update is about our inline translation tool. We've just added two more languages that are much in demand, Turkish and Persian (Farsi). Just double click the page and you will be presented with a long list of languages. […] | https://www.storynory.com/persian-farsi-and-turkish-translation/ |
| Manila Bulletin | Listening to Storynory in the Philippines | https://www.storynory.com/manila-bulletin/ |
| Languages: Learn English with Stories | People from all over the world use Storynory to learn English. To help them, we offer an easy translation tool. Double-click a word on the page. A menu of languages will pop-up. Select your language . Now any word you double-click will give you a pop-up translation. The menu is quite long, and you may […] | https://www.storynory.com/languages-learn-english-with-stories/ |
| FAQ and Help Downloading Stories | Intro All our stories come with an HTML5 audio player that should work on mobiles, tablets and most desktop browsers in use today (see example above). Downloading on Android Press and hold the "Download" link on an Android phone or Tablet to get a variety of options. If you download our story it should appear […] | https://www.storynory.com/faq/ |
| In Seo From Korea | Download the audio In Seo from Korea has sent us both Birthday and New Year Greets. And Happy New Year to you In Seo ! And thanks for recommending Baba Yaga | https://www.storynory.com/in-seo-from-korea/ |
| Happy Birthday Storynory | YOU tell us what your favourite stories have been over the first three years of Storynory - and We thank you for listening | https://www.storynory.com/happy-birthday-storynory/ |
| Isabelle’s Podcast | Isabelle aged four does a wonderful job of telling stories | https://www.storynory.com/isabelles-podcast/ |
| Redesign Spring 2008 | Storynory has shed its skin once again and gone into its third design. Actually, it's much more than a redesign - it's a major content reorganisation too. Our most visited page has always been the archive pages of stories - so we know that you love to browse. Our archive has grown and grown, making […] | https://www.storynory.com/redesign-spring-2008/ |
| Help Using iTunes | Some help on using iTunes to subscribe to podcasts and to keep up with latest episodes of your favourite shows including Storynory | https://www.storynory.com/help-using-itunes/ |
| The bump in the rug | This is a poem sent to us by Aline and written by her mother, Anne-Marie. Bertie really liked it, and wants to share it with you. I walked into the living room And much to my surprise There’s a bump in the rug Oh my, Oh my! It is rolling and wriggling and moves from […] | https://www.storynory.com/the-bump-in-the-rug/ |
| World Book Day | Would you like to meet Natasha in person ? If you are in central London next Thursday, then you can ! Next Thursday (6th March 2008) is Word Book Day. To Celebrate, Puffin Books will be giving away The PuffinCyclopedia of Children’s Classics for free at Waterstone Books in Piccadilly. Natasha will be there from […] | https://www.storynory.com/world-book-day/ |
| Help Video on iTunes | iTunes is probably the easiest way to download Storynory's audio - and it's certainly the easiest way to transfer the files onto your iPod. There are versions for both PC and Mac. You can download iTunes from the link in our sidebar, but if you are not familiar with podcasts in iTunes, you might try […] | https://www.storynory.com/help-video-on-itunes/ |
| Root of the Tree | Root of the Tree is a lovely idea. It's a toolbar for parents and kids, packed with bookmarks for safe, useful and entertaining sites. It's easy to install with a couple of clicks, and it sits along the top of your web browser. The default view is for parents, but don't miss the in-depth stuff […] | https://www.storynory.com/root-of-the-tree/ |
| Room 108 | If you looking for some online educational entertainment, try your hand at some of the games at Room 108. John Ricky, a Canadian primary school teacher, has grown the site to over 400 pages with activities that range from counting to coloring, and he has stories and music too. | https://www.storynory.com/room-108/ |
| Media Pack Jan 08 | Storynory's downloads are currently running at around 200,000 per month. December was even more bumper, with 270,000. We often notice that people stock up on stories before a big holiday. If you would like to know a little bit more, we've put a few facts and figures together in our Media Pack for January 08. […] | https://www.storynory.com/media-pack-jan-08/ |
| Floortime Repository | We love worthy causes to use our stories, and there's none more worthwhile than the Floortime Repository for is full of resources for autistic children. Scroll down their site, and you will see that they've installed a lovely player with our stories on it. Find more music like this on Floortime Repository Although our audio […] | https://www.storynory.com/floortime-repository/ |
| Alice in Wonderland Message | Alice in Wonderland by Storynory now has its own Podcast and iTunes page where you can easily download all the chapter. If you are in iTunes, just search for Alice. Or visit Storynory to subscribe. | https://www.storynory.com/alice-in-wonderland-message/ |
| Text of A Christmas Carol by Dickens | A Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens First published on December 19, 1843 with illustrations by John Leech. | https://www.storynory.com/text-of-a-christmas-carol-by-dickens/ |
| Stories for which age group? | Hina M left a great suggestion in our feedback section, requesting that we give more guidance in our index about which stories suit certain age groups. First of all, I would like to give one tip - if you are looking for stories in clear and simple language, start first with our modern stories. They […] | https://www.storynory.com/stories-for-which-age-group/ |
| iTunes: Set Podcast Preferences | How to make iTunes download all episodes from a podcast, and keep all, most recent, or just the ones you've not listened to. | https://www.storynory.com/itunes-set-podcast-preferences/ |
| Ricki Ticki Tavi Audio CD | Amazon.com Widgets Ricki Ricki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling is a long standing favourite with visitors to storynory. It's an exciting tale and there's something very touching about the tale of the Mongose who defends a little boy. Of course not all our listeners have mp3 players, or are experts at burning audio to CDs. We've […] | https://www.storynory.com/ricki-ticki-tavi-audio-cd/ |
| Sansa-Shaker MP3 Player for Kids | If you are looking for an MP3 player for kids - one with a built in speaker so they don't have to listen through headphones - you might try the Sansa-Shaker. There's an extensive review on Z-Recommends. | https://www.storynory.com/sansa-shaker-mp3-player-for-kids/ |
| Roald Dahl’s Birthday | Interesting to see that Google is celebrating the birthday of the great children's author, Roald Dahl. A recent survey found that he is still the most loved children's author in Britain. Which perhaps goes to show that some of the over-protective writing of today (Dahl could never be accused of that) doesn't quite hit the […] | https://www.storynory.com/roald-dahls-birthday/ |
| BOOK IT! Cheltenham Festival for Young People | How do you fancy discovering a few Mysteries of the Universe? Strangely enough, you may be able to discover a few of them in the English town of Cheltenham which is going to be playing host to a Children's book festival called BOOK IT ! this October. The person to unravel the mysteries is George. […] | https://www.storynory.com/book-it-cheltenham-festival-for-young-people/ |
| Storynory Widget For Max OS | If you have a Mac, you'll know all about widgets which you can keep in your dashboard - handy things like clocks and calenders. Well now you can have keep Storynory there too. Download our Storynory Widget for Mac, unzip it, and click to install. It's in the form of a player for our latest […] | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-widget-for-max-os/ |
| Storynory SpringWidget | Get this widget! Unlike many sites, we possitively encourage you to publish our content on your own blog or website using one of several widgets that we provide. Here's our latest from SpringWidgets. You can customise the colours and size and you can get it here. | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-springwidget/ |
| Back to School | School books weigh extra heavily in the satchel on the first day back after the Summer break. But not everyone has far to carry them. It's back to school for home-schools too, you know ! This is from a delightful description of how one home school spends every day - not just term-time days. The […] | https://www.storynory.com/back-to-school/ |
| Podcasting in the Classroom | It's always a pleasure to meet listeners, and also to find out how our stories are heard. At a get-to-gether of podcasters (those of us who post audio and video on the internet), I ran into Mr. Harrington, a teacher from Wales who uses Storynory in his classroom. Apparently, the children are allowed to listen […] | https://www.storynory.com/podcasting-in-the-classroom/ |
| Game Goo Learning to Read | Game Goo has some wonderful flash games to encourage learning to read. Help a monkey to cross over a bridge by putting his words in the right order. Help the tooth fairy collect teetch by matching pairs of words with opposite meanings - you get the idea. It seems to be the online showcase for […] | https://www.storynory.com/game-goo-learing-to-read/ |
| iTeddy | iTeddy is a cuddly toy with a media player in its tummy. You can listen to mp3s or watch videos on this bear. | https://www.storynory.com/iteddy/ |
| Storynory Animations | As the entire world knows, Storynory is all about listening to audio stories. Even so, we've long thought it would be lovely to bring our characters and stories to visual life with some short films. We've been experimenting with slide shows but now at last Tim the Tadpole, Colin the Carp, Bertie the Frog and […] | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-animations/ |
| Podfinder – Found Storynory | Our thanks to Josephine for saying some very nice things about Bertie and Natasha in Episode 21 of Podfinder UK, which showcases the Best of British podcasts. There are some super 3D graphics to illustrate a clip from Storynory, and Jo tells you about some other super story-telling podcasts too. | https://www.storynory.com/podfinder-found-storynory/ |
| Alice in English and Russian | We are seeing more an more Russian visitors to Storynory (hope you enjoy our skazki). For those who are following Natasha reading Alice in Wonderland, we thought you might like this English and Russian side by side translation. | https://www.storynory.com/alice-in-english-and-russian/ |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | I succumbed to Potter fever and hopped along to the cinema to spend a rainy Saturday afternoon watching the latest Harry Flick, The Order of the Phoenix. What I like about HP's magic is that it is so psychological. In order to scare off demons, you have to conjure up your happiest moment in […] | https://www.storynory.com/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/ |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Picture | "The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane..." So begins the most eagerly awaited novel of 2007. The internet is a kind of witchcraft, and it's amazing what you can conjure up if you look hard enough. This is a picture of the not yet released Harry […] | https://www.storynory.com/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-picture/ |
| Pied Piper in Schools | One thing we love to read about on the blogosphere, is that Storynory is being used in Schools (and home schools too).We we are really pleased that Primary School UK has included Natasha's reading of the Pied Piper by Robert Browning in their Pied Piper planning resource. | https://www.storynory.com/pied-piper-in-schools/ |
| Ratatouille 101 | Rats are strong contenders to make it into my Room 101 (along with the boring meetings that also inspired author George Orwell to come up with this symbol for ratty nightmares in his novel 1984). So I find it strange indeed that the latest hit animation, Ratatouille, features a rat who stars in the Kitchen […] | https://www.storynory.com/ratatouille-101/ |
| Storynory on Facebook | Just for fun, I thought I would put "Storynory" into the search box of Facebook. In case you don't know, Facebook is a social network that is all the rage. To my great delight, I found that there are already groups set up by Storynory fans for Storynory fans. Storynory isn't just for little kids […] | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-on-facebook/ |
| A Journey To Lapland | This is one of several lively stories by Ella-Rose, aged 7. By coincidence the heroine is also called Ella-Rose and is 7 years old. | https://www.storynory.com/a-journey-to-lapland/ |
| You | Our listener Barbara Imbrie wrote a lovely story for her 8--year-old grandson about a cat who was a afraid of mice. We are pleased to publish the enjoyable text under our "Your Stories" section. | https://www.storynory.com/you/ |
| The Cat Who Was Afraid of Mice | By Barbara Imbrie (who wrote this for her 8 year old grandson) Afraid of mice? You really wouldn’t have expected it. His father, Tom Cat, was a famous mouse catcher. He had even won a blue ribbon at the county fair for catching the most mice in the shortest time—ten in ten minutes. And his […] | https://www.storynory.com/the-cat-who-was-afraid-of-mice/ |
| Storynory in Wall St. Journal | There's a really nice mention of Storynory in the Wall Street Journal today. For bedtime stories, just press play By YING WU June 16, 2007; Page P2 For families on long car trips, there's a new boredom killer: free podcasts of children's stories. The tales come from London-based Storynory, which offers them on its Web […] | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-in-wall-st-journal/ |
| Buffalo Crossing – Time for a Story | I'd like to thank all the blogs who link to us - sorry we can't link back to you all. It's very helpful for us to gather some insight into how you listen to Storynory - and we do read and follow what you say. It makes us feel we know you. This is one […] | https://www.storynory.com/buffalo-crossing-time-for-a-story/ |
| Alice Day 7th July | One "golden afternoon" - 7th July 1862 - a mathematics tutor at Oxford University took three little girls on a boating picnic along the River Isis (Thames). On the way he told them a surreal nonsense tale. One of the little girls was called Alice Liddell and she became the main character in the story. […] | https://www.storynory.com/alice-day-7th-july/ |
| Vista Problems Dowloading MP3s | I've mentioned before that Windows Vista sometimes has a problem downloading mp3 audio files such as those on Storynory. In some cases (mine) it has been issuing nasty and unwarrented warnings not to download. After a lot of casting around the internet, I've found the solution on a forum. 1.) Go to Conrol Panel in […] | https://www.storynory.com/vista-problems-dowloading-mp3s/ |
| A Fairy Use Tale | In this short film, found on YouTube (where you can find just about anything), famous Disney characters tell you not to infringe their copyright. At first we thought it was made by Disney itself as a warning. Further digging revealed that it was made by a law professor, and he calls it a "Fair(y) Use […] | https://www.storynory.com/a-fairy-use-tale/ |
| Betty Boop – Poor Cinderella | [youtube]VfVuiFIdWvY[/youtube] We thought you might enjoy this watching this 1934 color animated cartoon of Cinderella starting the immortal flapper Betty Boop. A little different from our own audio version. | https://www.storynory.com/betty-boop-poor-cinderella/ |
| The Rea | By Aline Dufflocq Williams Aline, who often leaves comments on Storynory, has sent us a story that she wrote herself. Thanks Aline! We really like your story about a magical animal called a rea. If you have a story, send it to us for consideration, and if we like it, we will publish the text […] | https://www.storynory.com/the-rea/ |
| Cinderella Most Popular Fairy Tale on Net | Cinderella is by far the most popular story on the net, according to our research on Google Trends. (Click chart to enlarge). Google Trends lets you see compare how many searches there are on Google for various words over time. Cinderella wins hands down in popularity over other classic fairy tales including Snow White, Sleeping […] | https://www.storynory.com/cinderella-most-popular-fairy-tale-on-net/ |
| Late Story Apologies | If you are dropping by for our latest story today (Sunday May 6th 2007), please accept Bertie's apologies. We are going to be late this week - but the story should be up on the site and iTunes Directory by Tuesday. Bertie ate too much chocolate cake and wasn't feeling well this weekend. Very sorry […] | https://www.storynory.com/late-story-apologies/ |
| iGoogle Theme | iGoogle's personal home page now comes with some lovely imaginative themes. As if by magic, it changes according to the time of day where you live - and don't forget that you can add Bertie to your own page. For more see our earlier post about iGoogle. | https://www.storynory.com/505/ |
| Next Young Bond Book: Hurricane Gold | Every book in the Young Bond series has an exciting title. The next one will be called Hurricane Gold and it will be published on September 6th. It will be in hardback with a gold cover and luxury debossed lettering and gilt-edged pages. At the start of this year Natasha met Young Bond author Charlie […] | https://www.storynory.com/next-young-bond-book-hurricane-gold/ |
| Add our Gadget to iGoogle | Google has just rebranded its Personal Home Page as iGoogle. If you open a free Google account, you can have your own search page which will deliver results according to your personal search history. If you have registered your location on a Google Map it will give you local results depending on where you live. […] | https://www.storynory.com/add-our-gadget-to-igoogle/ |
| Poppy Jazz | I've been following a blog set up for an extremely brave little girl in Australia who is very seriously ill. Her name is Poppy and the site is called Poppy Jazz. If you have got a moment, please drop by and leave your best wishes in the comments, or even better, send her a picture. […] | https://www.storynory.com/poppy-jazz/ |
| Oh Bother! It’s Darby! | Newsweek called Storynory recently about our Save Christopher Robin Campagin. They quoted Bertie's friend Hugh and you can read the article here (The reference to "his blog" in the article really means Storynory). In the TV series of "My Friends Tigger and Pooh", Christopher Robin will be largely replaced by a Tomboy called Darby. When […] | https://www.storynory.com/oh-brother-its-darby/ |
| Poison Rouge – Stylish Site for Children | A stylish and entertaining site for children that combines tradition with computer games. | https://www.storynory.com/poison-rouge-stylish-site-for-children/ |
| Bologna Children’s Book Fair | Storyory is going to be wondering around the Bologna Children's Book Fair which starts on 24th April 2007. If you would like to chat to Storynory's founders, Matthew and Hugh, drop us a text message on +44 7941 190 740. See you there! | https://www.storynory.com/belogna-childrens-book-fair/ |
| Redesign | Farewell to our repeating frog banner! Storynory has a new design. We were fond of our original layout, and especially of our repeating frog banner, but we decided the time had come to smarten ourselves up a bit. We hope you like the new design just as much. The biggest change is that we now […] | https://www.storynory.com/redesign/ |
| Google AdSense Going Wonky | I'd like to apologise for some of the less than appropriate advetisements that have started cropping up in our Google Adsense sidebar on the right. Thank you to those visitors who have pointed them out to us. Google is supposed to send us 'contextual' ads, based on the content of our pages - but although […] | https://www.storynory.com/google-adsense-going-wonky/ |
| Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows | The seventh and final Harry Potter book is out in July and you can pre-order it from Amazon now by clicking the badge at the foot of this piece. The two overwhelming questions - who is going to die before the end? AND Who is going declare undying love for whom? Will they marry and […] | https://www.storynory.com/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/ |
| Wallace and Gromit Leave Studio | The wonderful Wallace and Gromit have parted company with their Hollywood Studio, Dreamworks. The Plasticine duo are said to have "different business interests" from their American partners who are keen to focus on computer generated animation. It might also be that the latest film from the pair's makers (Aardman Animations), Flushed Away, about a rat […] | https://www.storynory.com/wallace-and-gromit-leave-studio/ |
| Santa Claus Conquers the Marshians | Santa Claus Conquers the Marshians (1964), considered to be one of the worst movies of all time, is now in the public domain and can be viewed in all its awfullness at Google Video. Enjoy. | https://www.storynory.com/santa-claus-conquers-the-marshians/ |
| Alice is coming… | We are sorry to keep Alice in Wonderland fans waiting for the fourth chapter. We plan to publish it later this week (the first in December 06) as an extra story. In the meantime, you may be interested to know that there's a neurological condition known as Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. If you suffer from […] | https://www.storynory.com/alice-is-coming/ |
| Background to Helen of Troy | Background to the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War | https://www.storynory.com/background-to-helen-of-troy/ |
| Christmas Past and Present | We announced Storynory to the world around this time last year (after quietly posting a few stories to stock up the archive). Since then, we've kept our promise and published a new story every week, no matter what. Several of our first stories were Chrismtasy ones, and we expect that they will be new to […] | https://www.storynory.com/christmas-past-and-present/ |
| Just So Stories | Answers.com has some interesting background on Kipling's Just So Stories: "Many of the stories are addressed to "Best Beloved" (they were first written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of […] | https://www.storynory.com/just-so-stories/ |
| Welcome Korean Visitors | Storynory is a truly international site. The map provided by Google Analytics shows our visitors from all over the world over the past week. A couple of weeks ago, an ISP in New Zealand recommended us to their customers, and we welcomed a flood of Kiwis. In the last few days, we have been glad […] | https://www.storynory.com/welcome-korean-visitors/ |
| Queen’s Birthday Party | It was the greatest tea-party since the Mad Hatter's in Alice's Adventures Wonderland. The Queen invited 2000 children into her garden to celebrate her 80th birthday. Red Coated guards in busbies welcomed the guests playing "They are changing the guards at Buckingham Palace." Chimney Sweeps danced on the palace roof top. The heroes and baddies […] | https://www.storynory.com/queens-birthday-party/ |
| Alex and the Sleep Monster | Here's a lovely project by a father and son, who just happen to be listeners of Storynory. Alex and the Sleep Monster explains why children need sleep, and why teeth sometimes go missing in the night. Adrian Marsden has used photographs and artwork by his four year old son, Alex, and superimposed his verse fairy […] | https://www.storynory.com/the-sleep-monster/ |
| Joseph Jacobs English Fairy Tales | Joseph Jacobs, the author of English Fairy Tales of 1890, (including Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs) revived interest in English folklore. | https://www.storynory.com/joseph-jacobs-english-fairy-tales/ |
| Text of the Gingerbread Man | The Gingerbread Man Once upon a time there was an old man, an old woman, and a little boy. One morning the old woman made some gingerbread in the shape of a man. She added icing for his hair and clothes, and little blobs of dough for his nose and eyes. When she put him […] | https://www.storynory.com/text-of-the-gingerbread-man/ |
| Storynory LIFE | Storynory - the kid's story podcast - is site of the week in LIFE magazine in the US | https://www.storynory.com/storynory-life/ |
| Elephant Ness | The Loch Ness Monster might really be an elephant sticking his trunk out of the water, according to a new theory. The monster, known as "Nessy" has been spotted down the ages in the Scottish lake known as "Loch Ness." Nobody has been able to prove that Nessy really exists, and that people haven't been […] | https://www.storynory.com/elephant-ness/ |
| Read about Storynory | It's nice to see that Storynory has been mentioned in print a couple of times recently. You can read about Storynory in Publisher's Weekly here. And Storynory is site of the week in School Library Journal. | https://www.storynory.com/read-about-storynory/ |
| Save Christopher Robin | Shocking news. Disney is banishing Christopher Robin from its new series of Pooh. Even the Bear of Little Brain will take second billing in the new series, to be called, "My Friends Tigger and Pooh." Christopher Robin will be replaced by a Tom-Boy girl. “We got raised eyebrows, even in-house, but the feeling was that […] | https://www.storynory.com/disneys-pc-pooh/ |
| Bertie’s Picks of the Year – DVD | Everyone else is publishing their picks of the year, so we felt Bertie should have his say as well. Even better, tell us what you thought were the best DVD's. books, games, or toys for children this year. Of the films this year, plenty were over-rated. Wallace & Gromit did not quite live up to […] | https://www.storynory.com/berties-picks-of-the-year-dvd/ |