StoryNory Various Fairy Tales

Various Fairy Tales

Fairy tales from the world over including some of the famous English stories such as, Dicking Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, and The Three Little Pigs. Also some very sweet stories from Japan.
English United Kingdom Arts · Kids & Family
1,736 Episodes
1300 – 1320

The Firefly Princess

The Fire-Fly princess has many suitors. She tells them all that she will marry the one who can bring her a flame. A glittering story from Japan.
Season 0 / Episode 11 min

The Ugly Boatman

A story from Vietnam about a fisherman who plays a bamboo flute - if only his face was as beautiful as his music !
Season 0 / Episode 8 min

Astropup and the Ship of Birds

Astropup and the Parrot Major have flown into a giant spaceship shaped like a bird (see Astropup for Freedom). Now they explore the wonderful flying Ship of Birds. Astropup longs for home, but the Parrot wants to stay.
Season 0 / Episode 16 min

Taffy Morgan’s Harp

An amusing Welsh story about a lad who thinks he is a musical genius - but few agree.
Season 0 / Episode 10 min

Orpheus

The ancient Greek story of Orpheus the musician, who traveled down to The Underworld to try and bring his bride back from the dead. Told in Bertie's verse. Tragic and sad .
Season 0 / Episode 11 min

Astropup for Freedom

Astropup is back on the launchpad, but when the parrot takes matters into his own beak, the mission goes horribly wrong.
Season 0 / Episode 17 min

Away in a manger

Merry Christmas! A cute version of traditional Christmas Carol, sung by JanaSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/StorynorySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Season 0 / Episode 1 min

Katie Cancels The School Rules

At Katie's School, thanks to a little magical influence on the head teacher, they had a chance to see what life would be like without any rules.
Season 0 / Episode 27 min

The Dutch Hotel - Déjà Vu

Have you ever walked into a place and thought, "I've seen this before" - even when you know you've never been there. This episode of our spooky series The Dutch Hotel explains why you might get that feeling sometimes.  This story is dedicated to Adam, Yarden & Neta who asked…
Season 0 / Episode 19 min

The Monkey King (Journey to the West)

Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) is a born from a stone egg on Flower Fruit Mountain. He seeks immortality and invincible  strength in battle. Soon the Jade Emperor in Heaven hears about all the trouble is creating on Earth and decides to give him a job to keep him an…
Season 0 / Episode 15 min

Halloween on the Pond Redux

It's Halloween on the pond, and Tim the Tadpole is feeling scared. A Story from our archive to celebrate 20 years of Storynory! - Read by Natasha and written by Bertie. Cover art by Sophie Green.Look out for our new website coming up soon.
Season 0 / Episode 13 min

Katie and the Cat Teacher

Katie is learning Latin - the language of the ancient Romans - at school. What's the point of this deadbeat language? Her mother says there is every point to learning Latin, especially if you are a witch who needs to understand magic. And as Katie is not making much progress,…
Season 0 / Episode 14 min

The Town Musicians of Bremen

This amusing story by the Brothers Grimm is about four farm animals who believe they can earn a good living as musicians. But it isn't really by the sweetness of their barking, braying, mewing, and cockle-doodle-doing that gets their supper. Read by Natasha.  Visit Storynory https://www.storynory.com/the-town-musicians-of-breman/ . for the full…
Season 0 / Episode 10 min

The Ugly Boatman

The Ugly Boatman, a romantic story from Vietnam   There was once a lonely fisherman by the name of Troung Chi. Every  evening, he sat in the back of his  boat, and glided down the river.  As he sailed, he played upon his flute that was made of bamboo, and…
Season 0 / Episode 8 min
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