Take one silly queen and a cook, and a pastry chef and a King, and some cute birds and some fuzzy bees and some mop slopping servants and some guards and nobles and advisors and one little stable boy and put them all together into the stomach of one small cat – and you’ve got a bit of a problem. Listen to genius storyteller Tim Ralphs weave his word magic while telling this story and enjoy the spectacular result. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories - Some people say, that if you catch a leprechaun, he will lead you to a pot of gold. Listen to Irish storyteller Kate Corkery, to see if Molly can get her granny a pot of gold? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Goanna (a huge lizard) keeps stealing the fairies’ delicious wattleseed damper (bread dough). What can they do? Two plucky young fairies decide to teach that lizard a lesson. But their plan involves a dangerous trip into the humans' camp. Will they succeed? Listen to this exciting fairy tale from the Australian outback told by Evita the storyteller - and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pekko loves Pirkko but sadly, Pirkko’s father doesn’t like the idea. Then one day, Pekko rescues a witch from a bog and is rewarded with a strange stone whose magical powers change everything. Listen to Sarah Liisa Wilkinson tell this funny story from Finland and have a good laugh. Note this story is a bit ‘windy’ and mentions the word ‘fart’ a few times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What can Bonita the sheep do when El Lobo the wolf says he’s going to eat her? Why, trick him, of course, keep her cool, and trick him again, and then again! Listen to Anne Johnson tell this lively song story from Cape Verde about a hungry wolf and pretty tricky sheep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rabbit is up to his tricks again. This time he’s determined to keep all the meat for himself and his family and send wolf home with next to nothing. Will he succeed? Listen to this trickster tale told by Gayle Ross from the Cherokee Nation and find out. A little word of warning, if you love cows or even if you’re a vegetarian, you might want to listen to a different story. Gayle tells a beautiful story about a bird with big feet. Maybe try that one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Mexican farmer and his wife both love their white cow - as much as they love each other. A local priest is very keen to have it, and comes up with a sneaky plan. Will the priest get his way, or will love, and a little trickery from the farmer’s wife win the day? Listen to Tim Ralphs, a talented storyteller new to Super Great Kids’ Stories– and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crocodile is not well, and needs some monkey liver soup to get better. But how can crocodile find a monkey willing to hand over his liver? Crocodile comes up with a cunning plan to trick a monkey – but sometimes even tricksters get tricked! Listen to writer and storyteller Wendy Shearer tell this witty tale from Trinidad and Tobago and enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What would you do if a green-skinned, big, snotty-nosed long-clawed hairy monster with green legs, and red eyes came a knocking at your door? The tough old woman in this story from the North of England knows what she wants and it isn’t to be eaten by a monster so she has to use her wits to trick him. Will she succeed? Listen to this funny story told by storyteller new to super great kids’ stories - Lucy Lill, and find out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deep in the forest, a brother and sister live a simple life hunting and living off the land. But one day, the brother sets a trap for a bird— imagine his surprise when he catches a talking eagle! And this wasn’t just a talking eagle, this eagle could also SING! And each time he sang, something magical happened. Will the brother take pity on the eagle, and release him from the trap? Listen to Hana Baba from the podcast Folktales from Sudan - tell this moving song-story, and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anne Johnson from the London storytelling charity Everyday Magic tells this moving European story about a family which is unexpectedly forced to flee their home and seek shelter elsewhere. Where will they sleep and how will they find food? Listen to Anne tell this moving story enhanced with beautiful songs and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories - Would you like to turn into a bird and fly off on an adventure? The two friends in this story did just that – but did they make it back home? Listen to Kim telling this story from Argentina and find out. (Warning - this story has a witch in it, but she’s a good witch so it’s not very scary.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this fun how and why story from South Africa a little tortoise is frustrated at not looking as interesting as all the other animals. In the end she finds a way to stand out, but not quite as she planned. Listen to Gcina Mhlophe from Durban in South Africa to find out how the tortoise got her cracked shell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this lively story, Gayle Ross from the Cherokee Nation in the US illustrates how Rabbit's habit of playing tricks on his friends backfires, and leaves him with the stubby little tail he has to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all love stories, but where did they come from? Listen to Wangari tell this lively and imaginative how and why story from South Africa which explains all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever wondered why the sun comes up once rooster starts crowing? Listen to Kim telling this lively, interactive song-story from China and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This story is a selection from: ‘The Best of Super Great Kids’ Stories. We’re going to release one popular story from our archive - each month on a Wednesday in the middle of the month. This episode was the first to be released on our podcast. It’s a ‘How and Why’ story retold by Tuup. He’s been telling this story for many years. He first read it in a book called: 'Whale in The Sky' by Anne Siberell' (Puffin 1991) and was inspired to work it into a version of his own. There are many stories about powerful birds and big fish told across the American Pacific Northwest. Happy Listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever wondered why the sea is salty? All you need is one hungry girl, a rich but mean brother and a sprinkling of magic. Dominic Kelly explains all - in this imaginative ‘how and why’ story from Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first of May isn’t just a celebration of summer and dancing round the maypole. Some Europeans believe it’s the date when witches gather to cause trouble. Guest storyteller Emily Hanna-Grazebrook from dragonflytales.uk shares a slightly scary witchy story to mark this magical day. Will the young witches appease the angry mob, or will their frantic spells make things worse? Listen to Emily’s gripping version of a tale from Estonia and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A loyal cockerel sets off on a quest to help his owner who is short of money. Amazingly, the bird finds gold, but a rich man steals it and then tries to kill him. Can the bird escape and return to reward his master? Listen to this rollercoaster of a story from Eastern Europe told by storyteller - Justine de Mierre, and find out. Can you join in the fun rhyme as you listen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices