http://storynory.com Free audio books, including classic fairy tales, and original stories for children. Download mp3. Subscribe to kids podcast. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:53:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Download the audio (right click, save as) [audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/blogrelations/storynory-tyger-tyger.mp3] ( Of course, in modern English, "The Tyger" would be "The Tiger".) We present three "songs" by the poet and artist, and Londoner, William Blake (1757-1827). His Songs of Innocence and Experience were intended to be sung, but the melodies are ... http://storynory.com/2009/11/24/tyger-tyger-burning-bright/ Download the audio [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/storynory_the_raven.mp3] Around about Halloween, you might like to sit by the fire and listen to a spooky, supernatural poem by Edgar Allan Poe. A student sits reading and thinking about his dead girlfriend, Lenore. He hears a tap-tap-tapping at his window, and he sees a ... http://storynory.com/2009/10/06/the-raven/ Download the audio to your computer (right click, save as) [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/mermaids.mp3] This pair of poems by Lord Alfred Tennyson sound like they are echoing through the underwater chambers of the ocean. We have already quoted The Mermaid in our story Bertie and the Mermaid and we thought it was so ... http://storynory.com/2009/03/17/the-merman-and-the-mermaid/ Download the audio of the poem (right click, save as) [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/Robin_Wedding.mp3] This ancient poem tells us about romance in the world of garden birds. Unfortunately the ending is rather tragic, but we hope that the gallant and charming verses will make up for that. Robin Redbreast (also known as Cock Robin ... http://storynory.com/2008/12/08/the-wedding-of-robin-readbreast-and-jenny-wren/ Download the audio [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/philip.mp3] Fidgety Philip is another horrid creature from the poem Shock-Headed Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann. He's not quite so terrifying as Dreadful Harriet, but he's certainly a bit of a brat. Hoffmann's children are made from the same stuff as some of Roald Dahl 's ... http://storynory.com/2008/10/27/fidgety-philip/ Download the audio of the Jumblies [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/Jumblies.mp3] This wonderful poem is by the master of sound and nonsense, Edward Lear. It tells the stories of some small people who might have been the Victorian equivalent of the Teletubbies ( Their heads are green, and their hands are blue). ... http://storynory.com/2008/02/17/the-jumblies/ Download the MP3 audio (right click, save as) [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/duckkangeroo.mp3] Natasha's reading of The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear is an old favourite on Storynory. And this verse, about an equally unlikely match - a Duck and a Kangaroo - is the follow-up. If a duck married a kangaroo, ... http://storynory.com/2007/11/25/the-duck-and-the-kangaroo/ Ipod Video: A slideshow that syncs the beautiful illustrations of Kate Greenaway with Robert Browning's Poem read by Natasha of Storynory. This version will play on a Video iPod and in iTunes and Quicktime. For audio and Flash please visit here. Download the Ipod Video Version of the ... http://storynory.com/2007/07/02/video-the-pied-piper-of-hamelin/ Slide Show Part One [youtube]54lZYdjeojQ[/youtube] Slide Show Part Two [youtube]EzsCUUjqnVg[/youtube] MP3 Audio Download the MP3 audio of the Pied Piper (right click, save as) This famed story of the greatest rat-charmer of all time was told by the Brothers Grimm, but this is even more special: the verse version by the Victorian poet Robert ... http://storynory.com/2007/07/02/the-pied-piper-of-hamelin/ Download A Visit From St. Nicholas. [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas.mp3] The classic Christmas poem by Clement Clarke Moore, is also known as "The Night Before Christmas". You will hear that Santa hasn't changed a great deal since the poem was written in 1822, expect that he seemed to be 'miniature' back then, and ... http://storynory.com/2006/12/17/a-visit-from-st-nicholas/ Download Shock-Headed Peter [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/shockpeter.mp3] These wonderfully nasty poems by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann are about all those naughty children who DON'T deserve any presents this Christmas. We've chosen four from the collection of little horrors - Shock-Headed Peter, Cruel Frederick, Dreadful Harriet, and Flying Robert. Natasha gives a wonderfully ... http://storynory.com/2006/11/13/shock-headed-peter/ [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/spider_poem.mp3] Download the Spider and the Fly (How-to) By Mary Howitt If ever there were a story for children with a terrible warning, it is this. You will find it hard to miss the moral of this classic verse from the Victorian era. Natasha reads the Spider as a silky-throated villain, ... http://storynory.com/2006/06/26/the-spider-and-the-fly/ Download Two Poems about Mice or press the play button to listen now [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/mousepoems.mp3] If you have ever been tempted to be just a little bit greedy, then you will sympathise with the hero of The Mouse and the Cake by Eliza Cook. Like all good Victorian poems for children, this verse ... http://storynory.com/2006/05/14/two-poems-about-mice/ By Edward Lear Download the audio poem Or use the play button to listen now: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/blogrelations/owlpussycat.mp3] I The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, 'O ... http://storynory.com/2006/02/20/the-owl-and-the-pussycat/