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Join me from the Highlands as we explore the world of language and literacy through story telling.

Sian McGhee


    • Jun 4, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 55 EPISODES


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    The Frog Prince

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 4:50


    This is the story of the Frog Prince. A princess dropped her golden ball down a well, and a frog tells her he will retrieve it for her only if she promises to be his companion. The frog retrieves the ball for her, and the princess goes back home. The frog followed her there and told the king about the promise she had made.

    The Brownie - Scottish Legends

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 6:09


    When the mistress of the farm falls gravely ill, a creature, thought to be fearsome, helps when no one else will. Changing his story forever.

    The Selkie Hunter - Scottish Legends

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 9:29


    A struggling fisherman hunts selkies to make ends meet, until one day he injures a bull selkie and is greeted by a stranger that would change his and his families life forever.

    Lost for Words by Natalie Russell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 6:20


    A picture paints a thousand words... Tapir and his friends all have nice new notebooks, just waiting to be filled. Giraffe decides to write a poem, Hippo writes a story and Flamingo composes a beautiful song. But poor Tapir can't think of anything to write - and the harder he tries the more upset he becomes! But everything starts to change when Tapir stops trying to write, and instead he begins to draw . . . An uplifting and inspiring story about friendship and finding your feet, with the reassuring message that we are all unique and all good at something.

    LITTLE PUPPY by Kim Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 1:32


    Poppy loves the baby animals on the farm. Today she holds a little puppy for the first time. A short story.

    I Am not Very BRAVE by Timothy Knapman & Gavin Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 4:00


    Boggle is afraid of everything... The dark, vegetables, and most of all, starting Dragon School. What if the other dragons are BIG? What if his teacher is SCARY? Can little Boggle find his inner superhero to be THE BRAVEST DRAGON IN TOWN?

    The Ugly Duckling retold by Ronne Randall

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 10:12


    The classic nineteenth century fairy tale tells the story of a duckling who, when hatched along with his brothers and sisters, is ridiculed and ostracized because they perceive him as ugly. He wanders alone through the fall and winter, and suffers from fear, loneliness, and sadness.

    The Perfect Hug by Joanna Walsh & Judi Abbot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 3:32


    Everyone loves hugs, and there are all sorts in this audiobook... There will be hugs for wrigglers and hugs for gigglers, hugs that are tickly and hugs that are prickly. But will you find the perfect hug? Of course! Because this book shows there's a perfect hug right under your nose!

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    Little Red Riding Hood - retold by Nicola Baxter based on the story by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 6:24


    Little Red Riding Hood was told not to stop for any reason on her way to grandmothers house... But she comes across a cunning wolf. Enjoy this classic Ladybird Favourite Tales.

    Mouse's First Night at Moonlight School by Simon Puttock & Ali Pye

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 5:59


    Mouse is feeling shy about her first night at Moonlight School...I wonder what game she could play that would help her overcome her shyness?

    The Secret Garden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 38:27


    When the orphan Mary Lennox comes to live at misselthwaite manor, she finds it filled with gloom and mystery. Her uncle is sad and silent, there are strange cries in the night and there are tales of a hidden secret garden, which Mary is determined to find and unlock.

    Chicken Licken

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 4:23


    Once upon a time there was a chick called Chicken Licken. One day he was playing, an acorn fell on his head! "Help! The sky is falling down!". On the way...he meets henny penny, cocky locky, ducky lucky, drakey lakey, goosey loosey, turkey lurkey AND foxy loxy...

    The Black Bull retold by Isabel Otter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 8:10


    A tale from Scotland. Jessie is the last of three sisters to leave home and find her fortune. Her fate comes in the shape of a black bull. But what happenes when she loses him and gets stuck in the glass valley?!

    Billy's Sunflower by Nicola Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 5:14


    Billy had a beautiful sunflower that he'd grown from a seed. It was taller than Billy, it was taller than Billy's dad. "My flower is as tall as the sky," said Billy. One day Billy noticed something different about his sunflower...

    Rumpelstiltskin retold by David Borgenicht (GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 10:20


    "Nobody knows what I am called, nobody knows my fame! Tomorrow I shall win my child, for Rumpelstiltskin is my name!". A classic tale from Germany, about a Miller, his daughter a king & a funny little man! But what is his name?

    Jack and the Beanstalk by Richard Walker d Niamh Sharkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 14:21


    Find out what happens to Jack when he visits the giant's Castle in this gleeful version of the classic children's story Jack and the Beanstalk.

    The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022 2:22


    Deep in the ocean lives a fish whose wishes come true. But he is a rather silly fish and one day makes a wish that he wishes he never wished!

    Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2022 3:39


    On a tree in the woods, three owls, Sarah and Percy and Bill, sit and think and wait for their Owl Mother to come home.

    The Big Big Sea by Martin Waddell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 2:41


    One memorable night, a mother and her daughter go for a magical moonlit walk by the sea.

    The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 8:07


    "Give me your pastries and puddings! Give me your chocolate and cakes! For I am the Rat of the Highway, whatever I want I take". Beware of the Highway Rat. He'll steal your food... And your heart!

    An Otter's First Swim by Adrienne Kennaway

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 3:38


    The little Otter's are not so certain at first. They have bobbed in the water but never swam before. Their mother puts the first one in the water and the second one then dives in eagerly. But the third one doesn't like the cold sea and runs away...

    Giraffes can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 4:36


    Now every year in Africa they hold the jungle dance, where every single animal turns up to skip and prance...Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the jungle dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance... Or can they?

    Augustus and his Smile by Catherine Rayner

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 3:13


    Augustus the tiger was sad. He had lost his smile. So he did a HUGE tigery stretch, and set off to find it. In this stunning, remarkable book, Catherine Rayner celebrates the beauty of the world and the simple happiness it brings us when we open our eyes to it.

    The Little Girl who Dared to Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 10:34


    A little girl heads off for an adventure in a magical land... Where she learns that nothing is impossible, if you dare to dream.

    One Winters Day by M Christina Butler & Tina Macnaughton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 4:59


    Little hedgehogs nest has blown away! So he wraps up warmly and sets off for Badgers house. On the way he meets lots of animals shivering in the snow. One by one, Hedgehog gives them his cosy gloves, hat, and scarf. But will he make it through the storm to safety?

    The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 4:33


    T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

    The Three Bears

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 6:47


    Goldilocks wanders far from home and stumbles upon the house of the three bears. First tasting all of their porridge, sitting in all of their chairs and, then lying in all of their beds, she finds the little baby bear's item to be the most suitable for her in all three cases.

    The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 12:34


    The story takes place on a rainy day when two siblings are home alone with their pet fish while their parents are out of town. A tall cat wearing a hat appears and creates havoc in the house, leaving it destroyed when his friends show up to help him clean everything up before their mother gets back from her trip.

    The Same But Different Too by Karl Newson and Kate Hindley

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 2:52


    Deepen your love of stories with this lovely book as we enter a world that celebrates our differences and our similarities.

    Green Eggs & Ham by Dr Seuss

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 6:30


    Green Eggs and Ham is about Sam-I-Am's attempt to convince the narrator to try green eggs and ham. He spends most of the book offering the unnamed narrator different locations and dining partners to try the delicacy. In the end, the narrator relents and eats the green eggs and ham and ends up loving the food.

    The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 6:10


    Aha, oho, footprints in the snow, who's are these footprints and where do they go? The Gruffalo's Child is feeling brave and is on a mission to find the big bag mouse!

    I Love You, Sleepyhead by Claire Freedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 5:26


    As the sun slowly faces and the soft, silver moon rises, the baby animals are snuggling down to sleep while their mummies watch over them. This collection of enchanting lullabies, with its breathtaking illustrations, makes the perfect bedtime book for all sleepyheads.

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    Prepare If You Dare, A Halloween Scare at my House by Eric James

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 7:28


    "On a night when ghouls and ghosts, beats and banshees, vampires and witches are on the prowl, will you be prepared for the scariest night down your street?"

    Zog and the Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 6:57


    Join Zog, Princess Pearl and Sir Gadabout the Great on their journey as the flying doctors. On their travels they help a mermaid, a unicorn, a lion and a king.

    I Am Bat by Morag Hood

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 1:56


    A short, about a bat and their love of fruit!

    Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 7:51


    A sweet story of quick wits, friendship, and inclusivity from the creators of The Gruffalo! The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand!

    Archie's Besom from Dancing with Trees by Allison Galbraith and Alette J. Willis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 14:41


    Duncan Williamson says he heard this story from the brother of a crofter, Neil McCallum, in Argyll, where they worked on dry-stane dykes together, when Duncan was young. Archie's Besom is the tale of a man who met a traveller that told him how make a besom. Archie sold his besom to Big Mags, a witch. Who taught some nasty witches a lesson they would never forget.

    King Thrushbeard by The Brothers Grimm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 13:59


    A beautiful, but spoiled and shallow princess rudely criticizes all her suitors because she is too proud. She is impressed with the last one, but her pride will not let her accept him. He is a young king with such a crooked chin, that to her it looks like a thrush's beak, so she cruelly dubs him King Thrushbeard.

    Harris Finds His Feet by Catherine Rayner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 2:39


    Join us as we follow Harris and his journey through life.

    Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 3:35


    This tells the story of Monica, a young girl who dreams of playing with the moon. She cannot reach it and asks her father to bring it to her. He gets a ladder and, placing it atop a huge mountain, ascends to the moon only to discover it is too big to carry down.

    The Bad-Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 9:38


    A very moody ladybird who picks a fight every hour with increasingly larger animals. Eventually, it meets a whale who slaps the ladybird with its tale sending it all the back to where it started.

    The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 3:52


    Join us this week as we meet a very quiet cricket and follow his story and his song. He rubs his wings together but nothing happens, not a sound. He sets off to find his voice and meets all kinds of creatures who make all different noises.

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 2:25


    A much-loved classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of readers (and listeners). Follow the very hungry caterpillar through his week and see what he becomes!

    Just like Floss by Kim Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 3:45


    When Floss, the sheepdog, has puppies, the farmer says his children can keep one to help with the work on the farm. But which puppy should they choose? All of them are adorable. But only one is just like Floss!

    Floss by Kim Lewis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 4:24


    When Floss lived in town, she loved playing ball with the children. Now she lives on a farm and has to work for her keep. But will she make a good sheepdog?

    The Selkie Girl retold by Janis Mackay

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 11:34


    Fergus lives with his father in a lonely cottage down by the shore. Fergus loves collecting treasure braught in with the tide - until one day he finds a soft and strange fur draped over a stone. He scoops it up, thinking now the children in the village will be his friends, once they see the treasure he has found. And in a way Fergus is right - but not in the way he expected. The fur is the skin of a selkie - and she desperately wants it back!

    My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 3:48


    A touching story about a little boy whose worry monster follows him everywhere he goes. It's there when he gets dressed, when he wants to play with his toys, and even when his friends come over to visit. How can he escape his worries?

    The Gruffalo in Scots Translated by James Robertson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 7:30


    "A moose took a dauner through the deep, mirk widd. A tod saw the moose and the moose looked guid." Come a wee bit further intae the deep mirk widd, and find oot whit happens when the sleek it moose comes face tae face wi a hoolet, a snake and a hungry gruffalo...

    The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 6:02


    A rhyming story about a clever little mouse and a monster. When mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest, he invents tales of a a fantastic creature called a Gruffalo to scare off his enimies. Imagine his surprise when he meets a real Gruffalo!

    The Whales' Song by Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 6:16


    Lilly is a young girl who loves hearing stories from her grandmother. Join her as grandmother tells her all about the Whales song.

    How to Help the Earth by The LORAX

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 5:55


    Happy Earth Day! Join me and the lorax as we explore this lovely book, sharing lots of ways we can help our precious earth.

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