The Elephant's Child

All aboard the Story Train! Today’s story is about taking more than you meant to, making it right, and growing something bigger than yourself. It’s called Gobbles the Corn Goblin. 

All aboard the Story Train! Today, Birdie takes us to a charming colonial porch in autumn, where pumpkins and a little white gourd come to life. When Gordon the gourd feels left out, the Porch Family learns that kindness and inclusion make every season brighter. 

All aboard the Story Train! Today, Birdie takes us all the way to Australia to hear a Dreamtime tale that’s been told for generations. Meet Tiddalick, a giant frog with an even bigger thirst, who drinks up all the water in the land! 

Once upon a time, the elephant had no trunk – until a young one had an unfortunate run-in with a crocodile. Find out the long and short of it in the charming folk tale The Elephant’s Child, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime – featuring narration by Scott Blankenship, ... Show More

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Andiron Tales are the adventures of a boy with an active imagination who's fireplace comes to life! The boy meets an interesting cast of characters that share a series of exciting adventures. The author, L. Frank Baum, was known for his humorous fantasy tales and was compared to ... Show More

What do we remember about childhood? And how do we write about it, without feeling trapped in the past? Ian McMillan talks to poet Don Paterson about music as a mnemonic tool, his youthful attraction to the art of origami, and the perils of confectionary. He talks to writer Sally ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests Roy Foster, Jeri Johnson and Katherine Mullin discuss A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's groundbreaking 1916 novel about growing up in Catholic Ireland.Many novelists choose their own young life as the subject for their first book. But ... Show More

Jhumpa Lahiri, author of several highly acclaimed novels, described in her memoir In Other Words her passionate romance with the Italian language. She now continues that passionate engagement with the country and its literature as the editor of a new Penguin Book of Italian Short ... Show More

Happy Elephant Week! Every episode this week answers a different question about our magnificent and ginormous elephant friends. It’s a cartoon tale as old as time. Giant elephant sees a tiny mouse. Eeek! Elephant is frightened, jumps up onto comically small chair. CLASSIC. But wh ... Show More