A story and a song: musical stories for children

Send us Fan Mail Straight from the Batt Cave comes the story of Little Yellow Duck, a re-imagining of a Native American creation story, about a Little duck that bravely faces the challenge of helping bring the earth into being. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-...

Send us Fan Mail Mareep the sheep, a brand new story made up by Tanya incorporating all the ideas suggested last month by the Batt Cave audience. We decided this could be the start of a serial story with part two coming soon using all the new whacky ideas from this months audience... so tune in soon for the next exciting instalment!!! Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase...

Send us Fan Mail Fresh from the Batt Cave comes the story of the Gecko who couldn't sleep : a story from the Island of Bali about a Gecko who can't sleep because of the buzzzzzing of the Fire Flies. He enlists the help of Tiger, and thus ensues a tale of difficulties, but also a tale of the interconnectedness of all things. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase a...

Send us Fan Mail In this story from the Caribbean, Tanya tells the story of Tipengi, a tale of a girl who is not very well treated by her Step-Mother, but with help from all her friends Tipengi has a trick or two up her sleeve. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya and Pete retell the story of Batkiwi by author & friend Melinda Szymanik https://melindaszymanik.blogspot.com/ about a kind-hearted Kiwi who wants to be of service to any forest friends in need....Who will help Kiwi be a hero? Melinda has also just published a sequel to Batkiwi called 'There are no Moa, e Hoa' ....check it out! https://aotearoabooks.co.nz/there...

Send us Fan Mail This story from te ao Māori comes from the Te Arawa confederation of Māori iwi and hapu (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe ( waka ). Hatupatu later became a Te Arawa chief but this story is an abridged account of his earlier exploits as a tama/young boy.  Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at htt...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya and Pete sing a cool new story song, then join with members of the Batt Cave to find suggestions for an original story that Tanya will create for next months Batt Cave evening.... I think an exploding sheep was mentioned! Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling cl...

Send us Fan Mail The Batt team ( with Batt Lamb’s unbeatable help) tell an old Chinese story of many suns and their battle for ascendancy in the sky . Originally it was told as ten suns but we whittled it down to six….it’s still pretty hot up there! Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelli...

Send us Fan Mail The episode begins with a welcome song that uses te reo Māori which is followed by a traditional Nigerian story about why the sky is so far away and how it is that people had to learn to grow their food. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/...

Send us Fan Mail The last Batt Cave for 2022 where Pete, Tanya and Batt lamb muse about what's growing in the garden (with a memory game), the best bits of 2022 and create a recipe for 2023. The recording wraps up with a wassailing song (an old British Christmas tradition) to encourage and thank the fruit trees. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagine...

Send us Fan Mail It's Tanya's birthday !!! It's also strawberry time here in New Zealand/Aotearoa and Tanya tells a Cherokee story from North America about where strawberries come from, accompanied by Peter playing some of the wooden flutes he makes. As usual Batt lamb provides her unique perspective on the proceedings! Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya has been doing some lovely work with the local school around gardening and the stories and provenance of the vegetables and fruits we grow. First of all Tanya shares a song the children and her created about this project, then she tells the story of the Giants Garden... an adaptation of a  beautiful story written by Oscar Wilde Support the show You can find our audios and bo...

Send us Fan Mail To mark the one year birthday of the 'Batt Cave', Team Batt & Forster start with a song from their album, ' The Universe of Story'. called 'The Universe's Dream'. This is followed by an excerpt from the album all about the molecule Hydrogen and how vital it was in the creation of the Universe. You can listen to the album for free here:      h...

Send us Fan Mail With Halloween just come and gone, Tanya tells a slightly scary story from Siberia/Mongolia in the Batt Cave. Puchika Churika is a young boy whose family goes off and leaves him in charge of the Ger they live in while they go hunting.  An unwelcome visitor turns up and Puchika Churika has to use his wits to save himself. For more Scary Stories you can download copies of 'Scar...

Send us Fan Mail It's celebration time in the Batt Cave! It's been one year since the Batt Cave started - hip, hip hooray! Tanya, Pete (and the star of the show -Batt Lamb), sing a welcome waiata/song, then launch into a round of 'happy birthday' for the Batt Cave. They then share a catchy musical story about some of the New Zealand manu/birds and how the Kiwi in particular cam...

Send us Fan Mail Members of the Batt Cave have fun joining in with Tanya, Pete and Batt Lamb composing a song on the spot about the joys of springtime . Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or 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 yea...

Send us Fan Mail Another story from the basket of story eggs, don't count your chickens before they hatch, as tanya finds out to her cost in this poultry story. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or if you are an educator for child...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tanya, Batt Lamb and Pete take you on a guided visualization  to the story tree where you will find an egg with a story in it. Then Tanya (with Batt Lamb's help) tells the Ancient Greek tale of Demeter and Persephone and how the seasons came to be. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join...

Send us Fan Mail The Batt Cave team begin by playing 'Eye-Spy' with some typical signs of spring. Then they sing an original song in celebration of spring here in the Southern Hemisphere. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya, Pete and Batt Lamb and members of the Batt Cave discuss seeds from plants and all the things they need to grow successfully. Then Tanya tells a story of five seeds and how they grew. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya, Pete and  dear friend Chloe take a cycle tour of Rottnest Island and meet a lot of unusual animals along the way.  From such things are stories born! A curious Quokka and some other unlikely characters hitch a ride on Tanya's bike.... will all go swimmingly? will friendships blossom?... will Peter remember the words of the chorus?? Jump aboard and find out!! Support th...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya, Pete and Batt Lamb travel all the way to Western Australia and have a lot of fun with one of that country's best known songs; Waltzing Matilda.  Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers Or if you are an educator f...

Send us Fan Mail A fun story with a catchy chorus that tells the story of why bats hang upside down and are nocturnal, and why it's ok to be different. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or 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...

Send us Fan Mail In this very special episode the children Marlo, Alice and Jude help Batt Lamb, Tanya and Peter write a brand new story on the spot about how Batt Lamb heroically rescues fire. Batt Lamb saves the day once again in true Super Lamb style! Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave story...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya and Pete (and Batt Lamb!) share a story from the Dalabon People from the northern part of Australia near Darwin, about Crocodile Man and his reluctance to share fire with Bird Woman and all the other animals. Support the show You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https:/...