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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

Ep 163There’s a Pig up my nose, by John Dougherty

What if a PIG got stuck up your NOSE? How ever would you get it out? When Natalie has to go to school with a pig stuck up her nose, her whole class gets together to find a way to get the pig out. But how will they do it?

Apr 15, 202517 min

Ep 162Hippobottymus, by Steve Smallman

Welcome to the jungle! Bird is singing sweetly, Warthog is playing the drums, and Crocodile is tapping out a jolly tune! But - goodness me! What has that cheeky Hippo been up to?

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 161Did You Do This Poo? By Lucy Rowland

When a poo appears somewhere it shouldn't be, an extremely inquisitive little unicorn is left wondering who on earth could have left it there.

Apr 15, 202514 min

Ep 160Dragon Jelly, by Claire Freedman

Max is having a MONSTER party. They play all sorts of yucky games then cool down in a fruitbat drool paddling pool! Then it's tea-time, with termite tarts, ear-wig rolls and eyeball birthday cake. But the REAL treat is the red-hot dragon jelly!

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 159Monkey & Me, by Emily Gravett

A little girl and her toy monkey love imitating different animals, everything from jumping like kangaroos to waddling like penguins!

Apr 15, 20259 min

Ep 158The Great Cheese Robbery, by Tim Warnes

Daddy Elephant is as big and strong as a tractor. But he's terrified of mice! So when a mouse tries to steal the elephants' cheese, Daddy is too scared to stop him! Can little Patrick Elephant save the cheese - and his father?

Apr 15, 202522 min

Ep 157Ruby Red Shoes: My Wonderful Grandmother, by Kate Knapp

Ruby Red Shoes is a hare who lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother, Babushka Galina Galushka. Ruby loves her grandmother very much and thinks she is wonderful for all sorts of very special reasons.

Apr 15, 202528 min

Ep 156The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom, by Steve Smallman

The Monkey with a Bright Blue Bottom, by Steve Smallman. When the mischievous monkey discovers a paintbox, he has a brilliant idea, but things don’t go quite as Monkey has planned.

Apr 15, 202518 min

Ep 155How to Be a Lion, by Ed Vere

Meet Leonard, a lion, and his best friend Marianne, a duck. Leonard and Marianne have a happy life together, talking, playing, writing poems, and making wishes - until one day a pack of bullies questions whether it's right for a lion and a duck to be pals.

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 154Ready Steady Squirrel, by Nicola Kinnear

It's winter in the forest: time for squirrels to gather all the nuts and acorns and pine cones they'd squirrelled away in the autumn. Evie's determined she can do it all by herself. She's ready. She's steady. She's going squirrelling! But it's a huge task. Can she really do it all on her own?

Apr 15, 202522 min

Ep 153The Runaway Pea, by Kjartan Poskitt

It's time for tea, but one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of a party!

Apr 15, 202516 min

Ep 152Oi Frog, by Kes Gray

Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gophers sit on sofas. But Frog does not want to sit on a log.

Apr 15, 202522 min

Ep 151Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella, by James Mayhew

Can Ella Bella Ballerina help Cinderella get to the Royal Ball? Alone on the stage after class, Ella Bella opens Madame Rosa's magical musical box and is whisked off into the world of the Cinderella ballet. But will Ella Bella be able to help Cinderella meet her perfect Prince Charming?

Apr 15, 202514 min

Ep 150Bee My Friend, by Caroline Richards

Poppy is frightened of bumblebees, that is until she meets Bernard! He teaches her just how important bees are as they form a beautifully heartwarming friendship along the way.

Apr 15, 202517 min

Ep 149National Geographic - Animals, Part 1

Let’s Read & Let’s Learn about…. Animals. Part one of a great learning book all about Animals around the World!

Apr 15, 202539 min

Ep 148Zagazoo, by Quentin Blake

Zagazoo is a baby like no other. There are some hilarious and unexpected changes in his behaviour as he grows up! Some are very, very strange….

Apr 15, 202514 min

Ep 147Possum Magic, by Mem Fox

When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.

Apr 15, 202519 min

Ep 146There’s a Tiger in the Garden, by Lizzy Stewart

When Grandma says she's seen a tiger in the garden, Nora doesn't believe her. She's too old to play Grandma's silly games! Everyone knows that tigers live in jungles, not gardens.

Apr 15, 202515 min

Ep 145Slinky Malinki Catflaps, by Lynley Dodd

Slinky Malinki wakes from a cosy sleep, stretches and slips out through the catflap and into the night. He's soon joined by his friends Greywacke Jones, Butterball Brown, the Poppadum kittens and the rest of the gang.

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 144Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss

Do you like Green Eggs & Ham….?

Apr 15, 202510 min

Ep 143Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, by Mo Willems

Have you ever heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs? Yes, you heard right - DINOSAURS. Once upon a time, there were three hungry dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur and ... a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway.

Apr 15, 202514 min

Ep 142The Very Brave Lion, by Wendy Ravenhill

Leo is a little cub. He talks to his Daddy about growing up. He learns it's ok to be scared sometimes, and that kindness and love are all that matters.

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 141Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, by Mem Fox

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a small boy who has a big name - and that's why he likes Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper becasue she has too. So when he finds Miss Nancy has lost her memory, Wilfrid determines to discover what memories are so he can find it for her

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 140The Magic Finger, by Roald Dahl

Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it's made her so angry she's Put the Magic Finger on Them All. And very strange things have begun to happen...

Apr 15, 202543 min

Ep 139The Stompysaurus, by Rachel Bright

One morning, Stompysaurus wakes from a happy dream, feeling excited for the new day, until things start to go a bit wrong. His brother's being a tease, his breakfast isn't his usual favourite and NOTHING is going right. His STOMPS and ROARS start rising inside him, until they EXPLODE

Apr 15, 202513 min

Ep 138Dance of the Dinosaurs, by Colin and Jackie Hawkins

It's a dark, thundery night and two children lie in bed, afraid and unable to sleep. Then their cat says he wants to show them where all the noise outside is really coming from...

Apr 15, 202516 min