StoryTime with The Jumping JellyBeans

Wishing all our listeners a Very Happy New Year!!Poem by Shanthini 'New Year’s Day', accompanied by music composed by Jyotsna Prakash titled 'Sukhi'.Ghafir Akbar with an excerpt from Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Ann Lee with The Road not taken by Robert FrostWilliam de Cruz with his composition God’s Little Graces(music)Anne James with Grandmother’s Button Jar by Naomi Schakowsky

Today’s Chapter with Christmas stories is dedicated to our listeners, friends and family from all over the world –Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and Compliments of the season. SUKANIA VENUGOPAL -One Christmas NightSHANTHINI VENUGOPAL - Reindeer's First ChristmasSUKANIA VENUGOPAL - One Magical Christmas

Looking for a Unique Gift? Why not Gift a Story for a momentous occasion be it a birthday, anniversary, festivals or just to say ‘you’re in my thoughts today’. Gift a Story has 14 award winning writers and performing artists who are our readers for your storiesToday you’re listening to soundbites for Jo Kukathas, Sukania Venugopal, Gaffir Akbar, Yasmin Yusuff and Tina Isaacs. Visit our website www.storytimejjb.com, click Gift a Story to fill out a short questionnaire and you're halfway there to gift a story to your loved one.Subscribe to our YouTube channel for soundbites of each Chapter - ‘StoryTime with The Jumping JellyBeans’Links to full podcast listed under each video. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYe83ZSh0bohnn18kl_5USQStoryTime with JJB is an independently produced programme dedicated to the art of storytelling and stories for all agesBe a part of this growing audience WorldwideStoryTime with The Jumping JellyBeans is available on....Website: www.storytimejjb.comBlog- storytimejjb.blogspot.comiTunes: https://apple.co/2V23bwsSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2VvTmGwStitcher : https://bit.ly/2GJHXcGBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/276938

Gift a Story has 14 award winning writers and performing artists who are our readers for your storiesToday's Chapter features Chacko Vadeketh, Ann Lee, Manomaniam, Dr Lee Su Kim & Dauk Zahim AlbakriVisit our website www.storytimejjb.com, click Gift a Story to fill out a short questionnaire and you're halfway there to gift a story to your loved one.StoryTime with The Jumping JellyBeans is available on.... Website: www.storytimejjb.com Blog- storytimejjb.blogspot.comiTunes: https://apple.co/2V23bwsSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2VvTmGwStitcher : https://bit.ly/2GJHXcGBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/276938Subscribe to our YouTube channel for soundbites of each Chapter - ‘StoryTime with The Jumping JellyBeans’Links to full podcast listed under each video. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYe83ZSh0bohnn18kl_5USQ

Sukania Venugopal (Malaysia) with an Oscar Wilde classic ‘The Selfish Giant’ about what happens when you open your heart and let love in.Jennifer Pahl Otto (US) ‘How the pig came to stay at my house’, she wrote this when she had insomnia one night and an image of a Pig hijacked her brain and by morning she had an almost reliable storyIsaac Ho (Malaysia) with his song ‘Sanctuary’ where you want to be close to someone but you're afraid that you’ll get hurt by getting too close but you still want to try.

CELEBRITY HOST: Patrick TeohYasmin Yusuff (Malaysia) poem by Rod McKuen, 'The Coming of the Rain' about relationshipsOba William King (US) ‘The Birthday Wish’ to encourage the listener and uplift a spirit that might be wondering if wishes ever come true. Anna Fancett (UK) 'Death under a Tree' from Chaucer’s Canterbury tales. Its humour and simple moral make it accessible for children, but the message remains shocking even to an adult audience Azmyl Yunor (Malaysia) story and song 'Bersenderilah' translates to ‘Solitary’ in English. It is about being yourself and not following the herd. It’s a rallying call against herd and mob mentality which often plague societies!

It’s Halloween at StoryTime with The Jumping JellyBeans!. Warlock Johnny Gillett is with us and he has 3 spooky tales from the UK. ‘The Witch of Kelsall’- listen to what happens to a young man who interrupts the bed time of an old woman, Alice Cawley. ‘The Black Cat of Getliffes Yard’ about 2 witches –one who is a baker and the other a fortune teller ‘Ginny Green Teeth’ about what happens to some boys when they wander off to a lake and encounter Ginny Green Teeth!Don't listen to this Chapter ALONE!

HAPPY DEEPAVALI TO ALL OUR LISTENERS!Manomaniam (Malaysia) Story titled ‘Frangipani’ written by Dr. Lee Su Kim. Frangipani is a story about a taxi driver who picks up a passenger in the dead of the night. It’s like an episode from The Twilight Zone. Nupur Aggrawal (India) Folktale from China titled ‘The Empty Pot’. It’s about an ageing Emperor who needs to find a successor StoryTime Music has Isaac Ho (Malaysia) with his story and song ‘Island Life’

8 year old Dhiya Menon (Malaysia ) with ‘The Magic Waterfall’ about how one should be careful when making a wish as it just might come true but with dire consequences. 11 year old Hiranya Menon (Malaysia) with her original story ‘The Drought’ about how animals in a forest work together to overcome a drought.Shoba Janardanan (Malaysia) tells a story titled ‘The Artist’ about connections made between an artiste and fan, showing the depth of relationships forged through learning music. StoryTime Music features Shobha Janardanan with her story and song ‘Oru Nodiyil’ (English translation ‘In the Blink of an Eye’)

Oni Lasana (USA) who tells her story ‘Love must fall’ about how some people fall in love to fulfill their fantasy.Johnny Gillett(UK) with a Brazilian folktale ‘Monkey and the Fruit’ which is about a luscious fruit that is desired by all the animals in the forest and the great lengths they go to, to taste it.Rona Mentari (Indonesia) with her folktale ‘The Story of Ma’. It is has a young man Manana Makardi falling in love with a young lady Insoraki and how their Love heals all Pain.StoryTime Music features Heerraa (Malaysia), with her original song titled ‘Victorious’about never giving up until you reach your destiny.

Shanthini Venugopal (Malaysia) about Onam FestivalRoger Jenkins (Singapore) with a story from India titled ‘Two Indian Brothers’. A tale about 2 brothers and how they carried out their father’s wishes which he told them from his deathbed.Sonia Bareja Punhani (India) with her folktale titled ‘What a song’ . It’s about a lady who never sang, because she didn’t know any songs. She asks her husband to buy her a song from the market. Listen to find out what happens when she starts singing the song.Square Circles (Malaysia) is on StoryTime music about some robbers that wanted to rob a house, titled ‘When the robbers came’

Celebrity Guest Host, Yasmin Yusuff (Malaysia)Rebecca Lemaire (UK) with her story ‘Anansi’. An Akan folktale character, Anansi is the King of Stories. Listen to how we all became storytellers!Shreedevi Sunil (India) with ‘Tiki Tiki Tembo’. A tale from China which tells us why the Chinese have short names.Sheela Haran (Malaysia) with ‘The Island’ This story, was inspired by the prompts Hungry and Sunset. The story is about people who wanted things to happen, but when they were tasked with doing certain things to make it happen, suddenly the excuses started coming outStoryTime Music features Beverly Matujal (Malaysia) with her story and song ‘Escalate’

Jackie Kerin (Australia) with ‘Edith’s Lyrebird’ which is based on the true story of a special trust that developed between Edith and a wild bird in the 1920s. Johhny Gillett with ‘Turtle’s Shell’ from the Caribbean Islands. It tells you why turtles have a cracked shell.Chelsia Ng with her story and song titled- ‘Come back home’

Dance exponent January Low (Malaysia) tells her story ‘The Dance that Flows through my Veins” where she recounts the moment it dawned on her that she was born to dance. Oni Lasana (USA) who tells her story ‘I dreamt Martin Luther King Jr., presented through Spoken Word Song. Her story is inspired by Martin Luther King's speech "I had a dream'- She draws parallels of his dream to her own dream in present day life. StoryTime music features Amrita Soon with her story and song titled ‘Patterson’.

Jennifer Pahl Otto (USA) with her original story ‘Molly’s Bubble’, Johnny Gillett (United Kingdom) with ‘Birds and Colours’. Storytime music, Chelsia Ng (Malaysia) with her story and song, ‘Here with You’

We have two professional storytellers, Sowmya Srinivasan (India) with folktale ‘The Fly who forgot his name’ and Shreedevi Sunil (India) with 'The Why Why Girl’Storytime Music has Chelsia Ng (Malaysia) with her story and song ‘Ku Rela’

Anne Shimojima (USA)Japanese folktale, ‘Luck from Heaven and Earth’ and Gina Fernandez (Malaysia) with an excerpt from ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’On Storytime Music, Square Circles (Malaysia) with song titled ‘Paint it in Grey’.

Jackie Kerin (Australia) ‘Phar Lap the Wonder Horse’, Antonio Rocha (USA) ‘Uncle Pepe’s Alligator’ StoryTime Music- SquareCircles (Malaysia) original composition,'Shades of Indigo'

Banumathy (India) ‘How Patil’s Buffalo turned into a Cockerel' and her daughter Yazhini Hariprasad (India) ‘Birbal the Cleverest’, Carolina Quiroga- Stultz (Argentina) ‘The Eternal Wanderer of La Pampa’. StoryTime Music, Chelsia Ng, original composition “Pick up the Phone”.

Anne Shimojima (USA) 'The Crane Wife', Lopamudra Mohanty(India)'The Dissatisfied Tree'.StoryTime Music - Amrita Soon original song- “Midnight in Paris”.

Johnny Gillet (UK) 'Anansi and the Magic Pot',Deepa Kiran (India) 'Mohini and Ajivika' StoryTime Music Chelsia Ng, original composition “I’m sorry”.

Yasmin Yusuff (Malaysia) 'A Clean Well Lighted Place', Kennedy Micheal & Syuen Toh (Malaysia) 'The Clock has Stopped',Sheela Haran (Malaysia) 'The Man with Essence'StoryTime Music, Amrita Soon original songs 'Familiar Strangers' & '24 Years' (album Familiar Strangers)

Steve Daut (USA)'The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', Anne Shimojima (USA) 'The Wave', Farah Masud (Bangladesh) 'Weightlessness'.Storytime Music, published 60's music 'Bad Moon Rising' by Credence Clearwater Revival, story read by Shanthini Venugopal & 'Dear Prudence' by the Beatles,read by Edwin Sumun

Wishing all our listeners of Muslim faith “Selamat Hari Raya AidilfiAmina Jindani (Malaysia) 'Tales from the Court' written by Matthew Thomas (Malaysia)StoryTime Music, Bihzhu (Malaysia) original song Aramaiti, composed by Francis Landong and JM Poyee (Sabah)To read their bios, log on to Storytimejjb.blogspot.com

Yasmin Yusuff (Malaysia) 'Symbols and Signs', Gowri Paary, (Australia) 'Vijay and the Capsicum', Dr Jayanti Bha’ve (India) 'Dr Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi', StoryTime Music, Bihzhu (Malaysia) original songs 'Tainted Temples' & 'Bright Veins'

Anne Shimojima (USA)‘The Golden Crane’, Sheila Wee (Singapore)‘The old man in the corner’, Munia Islam (Bangladesh)‘Beowulf’, Dashwin Samuel Saravanan (Malaysia) ‘Littlest Lighthouse Keeper’.Storytime Music, Bihzhu (Malaysia) original songs ‘A Chord Green’ & ‘Palpitations’

Kiran Shah (Australia) 'Wombat's Walkabout', Sangeeta Goel (India) 'When Parijatha rose from her ashes' Nikil Ezra Devan (Malaysia) 'Going on a Bear Hunt'StoryTime music, Resh (Malaysia) original music, 'Oh Anok Anok' & 'Half the Man'

Shanthini Venugopal (Malaysia) 'The Chinese Zodiac', Wong Swee Yean (Singapore) 'Thao Kham, the Pebble Shooter', Shyna Nagpal (The Two Parrots) StoryTime Music- Resh original music 'Walkaway slow jam' & 'Hey Waley'

Roger Jenkins (Singapore) 'Two Grains of Sand' & information about FEAST, Oni Lasana (USA) 'Wife’s Dollies',Pritvii Devandran (Malaysia) 'The Pearl of Love', Edwin Sumun (Malaysia) 'Blind Date' written by Kevin McIvor (UK). StoryTime Music, Weijun - original music “Back to Life” & “Love Rise Above”

Patrick Teoh (Malaysia), with a story about ' Nian', a monster that terrorised a village in China, Antonio Rocha (USA) 'Piano the Ox', Judith Elise Gomes (Malaysia) “The Forever Dog”, Jaan Gill (Malaysia) “The pig who wanted to become The King” StoryTime Music, Bihzhu original music “Easy Peasy” & “The Heartway”

Shanthini Venugopal (Malaysia) original story 'Why JellyBeans are Colourful, Roger Jenkins (Singapore) 'Tongue Meat', Oni Lasana (USA) '3 Fishes in a Pond',Connie Regan Blake (USA) 'Dog! She is Smart', Lavenia Thalia (Indonesia) 'Bawang Puteh, Bawang Merah' Storytime Music Chelsia '6am Sushi' and Weijun with 'Like a Fish'- both original compositions.

An Irish folktale ‘One Wish’ by Kiran Shah (Australia),'The King and the Drum',Meenu Sivaramakrishnan (India), 'Mr Bluff' by Aric Ray aka Mr Kind (USA) Storytime Music- music from the 'Beatles'.- ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ and ‘She’s Leaving Home’. Stories read by Edwin Sumun.