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Ep 213National Geographic, Animals - Part 2

It’s time to learn about some more amazing animals !

Apr 15, 202532 min

Ep 212There’s a Bear on My Chair, by Ross Collins

Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favorite chair and that chair just isn't big enough for two.

Apr 15, 20259 min

Ep 211Oi Aardvark, by Kes Gray

It’s time to learn a whole new alphabet….

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 210Marmalade, by David Walliams

Meet Marmalade, the little panda who goes on a big adventure as he sets off to explore the forest one day to find where he belongs

Apr 15, 202517 min

Ep 209Lady & the Tramp

Meet two delightful dogs - gentle Lady and her lovable friend, Tramp. Together they foil dog catchers and cunning cats before finding true happiness.

Apr 15, 202517 min

Ep 208The Jungle Book

A Disney classic with Mowgli, the man cub, Baloo the bear, Bagheera, the wise old panther and crazy King Louie the orangutan. But watch out for cunning Shere Khan the tiger and Kaa, the ssssneakiest snake in the jungle!

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 207Charlie & Lola; I Do Not Ever Never Want My Wobbly Tooth to Fall Out

Lola is worried because she has her first-ever wobbly tooth and she does not ever want it to fall out. Ever!

Apr 15, 20259 min

Ep 206Sleeping Beauty

The most classic of all stories.

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 205Pugicorn, by Matilda Rose.

What happens when a princess wishes for a unicorn . . . but gets a PUGICORN instead?

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 204Open Very Carefully, A Book With Bite! by Nicola O’Byrne

Watch out! A crocodile is eating his way through your favourite bedtime picture book! What would you do if you were settling down for a quiet bedtime story and you realised that a crocodile had fallen into your book? And what if that crocodile was furious?

Apr 15, 202510 min

Ep 203Alice in Wonderland

The magical story of Alice’s adventures down the rabbit hole.

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 202How to Catch a Unicorn, by Adam Wallace

Fancy catching a Unicorn…? You'll have to use your brain, So set your traps and prep your team to pet that rainbow mane!

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 201The Day The Crayons Came Home, by Drew Daywalt

One day Duncan receives a set of postcards from his crayons who have been lost, forgotten, broken - even melted in a clothes dryer and stuck to a sock!

Apr 15, 202523 min

Ep 200The Whales’ Song, by Dyan Sheldon

Lily's grandmother tells her all about the mysterious whales out in the bay, and Lily longs to hear their magical song.

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 199Kitchen Disco, by Clare Foges

At night when you are sleeping There's a party in your house, It's a pumping, jumping, funky bash When all the lights go out . . When the sun goes down, the Kitchen Disco starts up - and all the fruit in the fruit bowl come out to play.

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 198Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom: King Thistle’s New Clothes

Snooty King and Queen Marigold are coming to visit, but when the King's new clothes get dirty Nanny cleans them, along with the King's old clothes and shrinks them all!

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 197Jack & the Beanstalk

Once upon a time, there was a boy called Jack, some magic beans… & a Giant.

Apr 15, 202525 min

Ep 196There’s a Snake in My School! by, David Walliams

Miranda loves to be different, and on Bring-your-pet-to-school Day she introduces everyone to her very DIFFERENT pet... Penelope the snake.

Apr 15, 202521 min

Ep 195Oi Cat! by, Kes Gray

According to Frog ... Cats sit on gnats, Dogs sit on logs, Alpacas sit on cream crackers, Armadillos sit on pillows and Chicks sit on bricks. But wait! Cat doesn't like sitting on gnats, they keep biting his bottom!

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 194The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams

When a young boy is given a stuffed rabbit as a Christmas gift, the rabbit befriends other nursery toys, learns about real Love & soon hopes to discover it himself.

Apr 15, 202519 min

Ep 193Fox & Son Tailers, by Paddy Donnelly

Rory’s dad, Fox, is a tailer. The BEST in the business! Animals come from all over to have their tails made by him. Rory helps his dad in the shop and one of his jobs is measuring the customers for the tails - which isn't always easy!

Apr 15, 202521 min

Ep 192101 Dalmatians

A classic story of how the dastardly Cruella de Vil tries to kidnap Pongo and Perdita's Dalmatian puppies

Apr 15, 202527 min

Ep 191The Eyebrows of Doom, by Steve Smallman

The Eyebrows of Doom are trying to take over the world! Join Dave and his friends as they try to stop them leaping from one unsuspecting animal to the next.

Apr 15, 202515 min

Ep 190The Circus Ship, by Chris Van Dusen

When a circus ship runs aground, the poor animals are left on their own, but they soon win over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways.

Apr 15, 202530 min

Ep 189The Terrible Plop, by Ursula Dubosarsky

If you go down to the woods today you might find rabbits happily munching on the grass. You might find animals swinging from the trees and having a nap - or you might find them running from THE TERRIBLE PLOP

Apr 15, 202521 min

Ep 188Every Night is Pizza Night, by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Pipo thinks that pizza is the best. No, Pipo knows that pizza is the best. It is a scientific fact. But when she sets out on a neighbourhood-spanning quest to prove it, she discovers that "best" might not mean what she thought it means.

Apr 15, 202524 min

Ep 187The Snatchabook, by Helen & Thomas Docherty

In every house, in every bed, A bedtime book was being read... But then, one night, all the animals' bedtime story books start disappearing. Is there a book thief? And who could it be? One brave little rabbit sets out to solve the mystery..

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 186Peter Pan

Peter Pan and his friend Tinker Bell, fly Wendy, John and Michael to the island of Neverland, where Captain Hook seeks vengeance against Peter for cutting off his hand.

Apr 15, 202521 min

Ep 185Peppa Pig - Bedtime for Peppa

It’s time for bed, but Peppa & George are not tired!

Apr 15, 202515 min

Ep 184The Three Billy Goats Gruff

"Who's that trip-trapping over my bridge?"

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 183Octopus Shocktopus, by Peter Bently

When a giant octopus arrives, the children LOVE their new friend; it makes the perfect slide and is fantastic at football! But some of the grown-ups aren't so pleased. Will they drive it away . . . or will they realise just how helpful an octopus can be?

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 182Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers

Floyd gets his kite stuck up a tree. He throws up his shoe to shift it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck, along with... a ladder, a pot of paint, the kitchen sink, an orang-utan and a whale, amongst other things!

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 181Don’t Panic Annika, by Juliet Clare Bell

Annika always panics. She panics when her coat zip gets stuck on the way to a party. She panics when she can't find her favourite toy at bedtime. Her mum, dad and brother try to help her learn how to stay calm and think her way through a problem.

Apr 15, 202515 min

Ep 180Thelma the Unicorn, by Aaron Blabey

Thelma the pony wants to be a unicorn, but when her dream comes true it is not quite what she expected. At first she loves the attention, but she soon discovers that being famous is not as fun as she thought it would be.

Apr 15, 202515 min

Ep 179The Fate of Fausto, by Oliver Jeffers

There was once a man who believed he owned everything and set out to survey what was his. You are mine, Fausto said to the flower, the sheep and the mountain, and they bowed before him. But they were not enough for Fausto, so he conquered a boat and set out to sea...

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 178The Ugly Kiwi, by Scott Tulloch

We’ve all heard of the Ugly Duckling…. but an Ugly Kiwi??

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 177Cinderella

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother forbids her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets unexpected help from her mice friends and her Fairy Godmother. Will she still go to the ball??

Apr 15, 202524 min

Ep 176The Bath Monster, by Colin Boyd

As your bath water drains down the plughole, that slurping sound is the Bath Monster - dirty bath water is his SECOND favourite food. No one wants to find out what his FIRST favourite food is... until Jackson decides he doesn't believe in the Bath Monster any more, and he is never going to have a bath again!!

Apr 15, 202515 min

Ep 175Dear Tooth Fairy, by Alan Durant

When Holly's tooth falls out, she doesn't want to give it up to the Tooth Fairy, so she enters into a correspondence that is full of surprises, and she learns about the world of fairies.

Apr 15, 202527 min

Ep 174Margaret’s Unicorn, by Briony May Smith

Margaret's whole world changes when her family moves to a cottage by the sea. One evening, Margaret spots a mist over the water. No, that's not mist ... clouds maybe? No, they're unicorns descending onto the shore! They vanish as quickly as they'd appeared, but accidentally leave behind a baby, tangled in the weeds...

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 173Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds

Jasper Rabbit loves carrots, especially the Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school, after sports practice… he eats them everywhere. Until…. the carrots start following him!!

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 172Dogs Don’t Do Ballet, by Anna Kemp

My dog is not like other dogs. He doesn't do dog stuff like weeing on lampposts or scratching his fleas, or drinking out of the toilet. No, my dog likes moonlight and music and walking on his tiptoes. You see, my dog doesn't think he's a dog. My dog thinks he's a ballerina

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 171A Very Shopkins Vacation, by Jenne Simon

Cheeky asks the Shopkins to help her plan a vacation but they all have different ideas about where she should go. Will Cheeky go skiing in the mountains, see the latest fashions in Paris, or relax on the beach?

Apr 15, 202517 min

Ep 170I Love my Grandad, by Giles Andreae.

Let’s read about why Grandads are so great!

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 169Charlie and Lola: I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs

Lola is really, really excited about looking after the school guinea pig, Bert. She can't wait because she has learnt completely everything about guinea pigs - 'Bert is just going to just completely love it'. Lola loves playing with Bert, and she and Charlie even build him his very own guinea-pig run.

Apr 15, 202525 min

Ep 168On the Way Home, by Jill Murphy

Claire has hurt her knee so she sets off home to tell her mum all about it. On the way she meets her friends and tells them how the fall happened. But just how did it happen . . .? Was she dropped by a wolf, a slithering snake, an enormous dragon or a hairy gorilla?!

Apr 15, 202524 min

Ep 167When I Grow Up, by Tim Minchin

Grown-ups surely have all the fun as they must eat sweets every day, climb the biggest trees and watch cartoons till their eyes go square. But do they really...?

Apr 15, 20259 min

Ep 166Oh, The Places You’ll Go! By, Dr. Seuss

Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 165Nature Trail, by Benjamin Zephaniah

All around us, from parks to gardens and flowerpots to pavements, there's a world of wonder just waiting to be discovered. Why not look a little closer and see what you find?

Apr 15, 202512 min

Ep 164Funnybones: The Pet Shop, by Allan Ahlberg

In this FUNNYBONES story, the big skeleton and the little skeleton are fed up with the dog skeleton and decide to swap him at the pet shop.

Apr 15, 202512 min