A story and a song: musical stories for children

Apr 18 2024 5
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Performance storyteller Tanya Batt and Musician Peter Forster share a collection of musical stories for young children from the Batt Cave.Tall tales of friendships, food and fun that are guaranteed to delight and have you singing along with their catchy refrains. Quirky, wholesome stories that fill you with hope that perseverance will be rewarded, friendship is paramount, vegetables can save your life and even great sadness passes. A story and a song - because words and music they belong!

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The Giant Turnip

Apr 18 2024 13 mins  
Another of the Batt Caves's harvest stories: Tanya tells a story from Russia about a farmer and his struggles to harvest a Giant Turnip from his land. You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 ye

The Farmer and the Boggart

Apr 11 2024 23 mins  
Still on the theme of Harvest time: Tanya tells an English story about a Farmer and his dealings with the boggart... an old mischievous spirit set on causing trouble.Then they follow up with another old harvest song... Oats, peas, beans and barley grow... except Tanya substitutes produce thats ready to harvest in our garden... Apples, Feijoas and Kumara.You can find our audios and

Easter Harvest Time

Apr 04 2024 12 mins  
Its Easter in the Batt Cave and in New Zealand that means Harvest time in the garden.Tanya, Batt Lamb and Pete have fun with the Batt cave participants identifying produce fresh from the garden and singing a Harvest song... Hip Hip Hip the harvest home!!You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytel

The Singing Sack

Mar 14 2024 22 mins  
Tanya tells this story from Andalusia in Spain to the Batt Cave about a young girl who looses her necklace.Be warned that it is a bit of a scary story with a mean Ogre with a bad attitude in it!!You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or if yo

The ant and the grasshopper

Mar 07 2024 15 mins  
Aesop is credited with several hundred fables: hot from the Batt Cave comes this tale of the ant who is industrious and hard working, and the grasshopper who takes a more laid back approach. In a first for Pete he not only plays the music but also plays the part of the grasshopper! Tanya takes on the role of the ant with her usual mastery of unusual voices.A twist to the story is i

Cicada plays his drum

Feb 29 2024 14 mins  
Its still hot and summery here in NewZealand and the Cicadas are in full song.Here is a story from the Andaman Islands about the Cicada who loves to play his drum; and how this affects the whole balance of nature!You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0

The legend of the first dragon from China

Feb 15 2024 12 mins  
Another story from the Batt Cave celebrating the Chinese New Year. This is the story of a boy called Chi Yu and how he uses a magic bead he finds to help out his village during a drought. His kindness is punished by a greedy farmer and Chi Yu finds himself transformed.You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Bat

A story about the Chinese Zodiac Animals

Feb 08 2024 26 mins  
It's the time of the Chinese New Year , so Tanya and Pete share a story about the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac and how decided the order they appear in.You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or if you are an educator for children

Tiddalik the frog

Feb 01 2024 21 mins  
With the start of a new year and it being Australia Day Tanya tells a story from the indigenous Peoples of South East Australia about Tiddalik the frog who is a very thirsty frog indeed!You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or if you are an

The Kings seed

Jan 11 2024 19 mins  
Tanya and Pete share a story about a king who is looking for a successor to rule his kingdom and comes up with a novel way of selecting the new King.Of course there is a boy called.... (What else!) Jack who thinks he will throw his hat in the ring.You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shopOr join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling c