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Tristan Gardner reads children‘s stories, including picture books, fairy tales, Aesop‘s fables, nursery rhymes, and poetry. And as a bonus, music and sound effects are included with each story. It‘s a great way for everyone to use their imaginations--fun for the whole family to enjoy!
Episodes
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
0:00 Preview/Hello
1:18 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
10:55 The Three Brothers
16:11 The Farmer and His Sons
18:27 Rock-a-Bye Baby
21:20 The Raven
30:10 Next Episode Preview/Goodbye/Story Credits
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
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1:14 Peter Rabbit and his cousin, Benjamin, embark on a journey to Mr. McGregor's Garden to retrieve Peter's shoes and coat in The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.
9:52 A widow and her child obtain a magic cooking pot in the classic fairy tale Sweet Porridge, and create a major spill.
15:40 A shepherd puts too much trust in a wolf to watch over his sheep in The Wolf and the Shepherd.
17:02 Hickory Dickory Dock
20:04 Tristan dedicates Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poem, The Land of Story-Books, to all the stories he's read so far and the stories that are yet to come in future episodes.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
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1:13 Listen to the story of how Jack obtains the goose who lays the golden eggs in The History of Mother Goose and Her Son Jack
8:13 Then Chicken-Licken and his friends go on a journey to tell the king that the sky is falling.
13:43 Next, in The Wolf and the Donkey, a donkey tricks a wolf by telling him to remove a thorn from his hoof, but gives him a swift kick instead.
15:29 Row Row Row Your Boat
17:57 A spider invites a fly to dine with him in The Spider and the Fly, a classic poem that features a spider's charm and the use of seduction.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
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1:15 Johnny Town-Mouse and Timmy Willie visit each other and learn what it's like in the city and country in The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
11:12 Then a wolf pays a visit to seven little goats, disguising himself as their mother in The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats.
18:39 A stag laments on the beauty of his antlers instead of the usefulness of his legs in A Stag and His Reflection
20:12 Pop Goes the Weasel
23:02 Experience the beauty of the night sky and bedtime with Robert Louis Stevenson's poem Good Night.
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
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1:28 The Little Red Hen
10:37 Rumpelstiltskin
17:41 The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf
19:44 Old MacDonald Had a Farm
22:52 Casey at the Bat
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
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1:14 The children in this story spend Christmas with their parents and grandparents, and receive a special Christmas surprise in A Christmas Story.
8:52 Up on the Housetop
10:41 Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
13:39 Bertie has a habit of forgetting. See if he can break his bad habit in Santa Claus Does Not Forget.
17:43 O Christmas Tree.
20:22 Joy to the World
23:44 Tristan reads the sequel to The Night Before Christmas under doctor's orders in The Night After Christmas.
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
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1:09 Raggedy Ann goes on a high-flying adventure in the sky in Raggedy Ann and the Kite.
10:03 Read all about little Tom Thumb's big adventures in the classic fairy tale: Tom Thumb.
19:26 Will a family of mice be able to put a bell around a cat's neck in the classic fable: Belling the Cat?
21:08 Are You Sleeping (Brother John)?
23:43 No matter how good or bad things are in the game of baseball, Edgar Albert Guest wants us to follow this simple advice: Play the Game.
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
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1:21 Learn how the classic nursery rhyme "This Little Piggy" came to be in The History of Five Little Pigs.
8:13 Little people come to a poor shoemaker's store to give him a helping hand in the classic fairy tale, The Elves and the Shoemaker.
13:32 A jealous donkey is jealous of a lap dog and tries to act like one in The Donkey and the Lap Dog.
15:54 Do You Know the Muffin Man?
18:35 Take a trip out to sea in a sieve in one of Edward Lear's nonsensical poems called The Jumblies.
Monday Jul 26, 2021
Monday Jul 26, 2021
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1:25 Tom Kitten, Mittens, and Moppet get into mischief while their mother, Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, prepares for a tea party in The Tale of Tom Kitten.
7:01 A giant bans a group of children from playing in his garden in The Selfish Giant. Will he change his ways after an eternal winter comes to his garden?
18:27 A dog and a cock spend a night in the woods, and a fox wants to feast on the cock for breakfast in The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox.
20:37 London Bridge is Falling Down
23:42 Tired of being hot during the summer? Then Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poem, Winter Time, should help you keep cool, and in the winter, it will help you think warm thoughts.
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
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1:14 Raggedy Ann goes through an old-school wash cycle, causing Marcella to be very upset with Dinah in Raggedy Ann and the Washing.
7:45 Jack climbs up a magic beanstalk to try to reclaim his lost treasures in the classic fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk.
19:46 A bear sniffs around for honey, but after he gets stung by one bee, he provokes a whole swarm in Aesop's classic fable The Bear and the Bees
21:21 A Tisket a Tasket
24:36 Robert Louis Stevenson's poem My Shadow demonstrates the illustrations of an innocent child's imagination and pleasure of ordinary things.