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This is a weekly podcast of funny stories for kids. There are side-splitting versions of my own fractured fairy tales. Also short stories from some of my best-selling books, featuring characters from 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' and 'Friday Barnes, Girl Detective'. The stories are perfect for bedtime, long car rides or even if you're just stuck waiting a really long time at the doctor's office. They're written for 7-11 year olds but these are tales the whole family can enjoy. The silliness is ageless. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoy recording it. After years of being a children's author, typing away in my office with only my goldfish for company, I was bursting to tell my stories out-loud and with lots of silly voices! So please - sit back, get comfy and enjoy some amazing, some silly and some just plain ludicous tales direct from my imagination to you.
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The recent real life heist at the Louvre prompted a listener to request I do a Louvre Heist story. So this episode is chapter from my Friday Barnes book set at the the Louvre. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For mer...
Nanny Piggins finishes telling the story of Rama and Sita and the first Diwali. A ten-headed evil demon is involved. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... https://www.cafepress.com.au/shop...
When the children come home to find Nanny Piggins making crepe suzette, she explains it is to celebrate Diwali - the Indian Festival of Lights. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... ...
When Odysseus and her men are stranded on the Island of the Sun they find it incredibly difficult to resist eating the cows, with terrible consequences. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link....
Odysseus has yet another really bad day on his incredibly long journey home to Ithaca. This time his men have just about had enough. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... https://www.cafep...
When Hans cupcakes "call" to Nanny Piggins on their morning bus ride, she explains how this is exactly like the Sirens from the Ancient Greek Mythology days. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this ...
When the children go a geography excursion, Nanny Piggins warns of the dangers that lurk within forests. It's not wild animals or huntsmen she's concerned about but a particular fairy with a passion for cake. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or su...
I'm on tour in Emerald, Central Queensland this week so I'm playing this classic episode. I hope you enjoy it. It's reminded me I should do a few more tales from the Arabian Nights. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show F...
Because I'm finishing up my next book 'Romeo v Juliet' I need to play a rerun this week, so I'm posting Nanny Piggins version of the great Shakespearean tale. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this...
Nanny Piggins tells the tale of how the Vasa, Sweden's great 17th century warship, managed to sink in the first thirty minutes of it's maiden voyage, and how the maritime tragedy would have been much worse if it weren't for the involvement of her Cousin Astrid Piggins and her cinnamon buns. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live ne...
Nanny Piggins is convinced she's over heard a terrible crime, everyone else is convinced she's made a dreadful mistake. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... https://www.cafepress.co...
When Nanny Piggins sustains an ankle injury, reading too many detective novels leads her believe she has witnessed a murder. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... https://www.cafepress.com...
When Michael falls in a ditch, Nanny Piggins is remind of the time one of her distant relatives was found in a ditch in the Ancient Indian Story days. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link......
When the children rush home after a marbles tournament on their bus goes awry, Nanny Piggins finishes her tale about Psyche and Cupid, and Venus' anger management issues. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchand...
When Michael's woodwork teacher accuses him of having a deranged psyche for inadvertently creating a too accurate replica of the statue of David, Nanny Piggins explains who the first Psyche really was. As it happens it was a distant relative of hers. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed...
You can get my new audiobook using any of these links... Spotify Audible Apple Books I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... https://www.cafepress.com.au/shop/raspratt To buy one of my book...
Spotify blocked this episode when it dropped on Wednesday. They were worried I was infringing on the author's copyright, but of course, I am the author. I own the copyright. I have the right to record and publish it. Usually this is easy to fix, because Spotify sends me a link so I can get the episode reinstated. But the link doesn't work. I've been messaging with Spotify trying to fix this for five days and have made no progress. So I'm going to see if reloading the episode works. If you've ...
To promote the release of my latest audiobook 'Friday Barnes 2, Under Suspicion' I am reading the first two chapters of the book. If you'd like to buy the audiobook to hear the rest, here are some links... https://open.spotify.com/show/2tWR42TFmVGOBQUf1p3AT0?si=728a785045ce4a53 https://books.apple.com/au/audiobook/friday-barnes-2-under-suspicion/id1814026447 https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Under-Suspicion-Audiobook/B0F8HL96VG?eac_link=DnkMRecVY0rw&ref=web_search_eac_asin_2&eac_selected_...
Nanny Piggins tells the story of what really happened when Thor's hammer got stolen and how her distant relative Bramwell Loki Piggins was involved. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... h...
When Friday finds Binky in New York, he has got himself in a spot of bother involving two senior citizens and a fight about vegetables. I'll be performing 'Christmas Stories with R.A. Spratt this year at the Glen St Theatre in Sydney, The Belco Arts Centre in Canberra and The Theatre Royal in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now. If you live nearby I hope you can come! If you enjoyed the podcast please like, review and/or subscribe! Support the show For merchandise use this link... https://www.ca...
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This is really funny! I love it!