Download the Audio Here are three charming poems that take the form of riddles. In each one you have to guess which animal we are describing. We hope that you will enjoy them, and perhaps learn a few unusual facts about animals along the way. These Animal Riddle Rhymes have been written especially for Storynory […]

Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, and the Scarecrow are on their way to meet the Wizard of Oz. A lion leaps out and chases the little dog Toto. He is ashamed to admit that he is a cowardly lion.

The climax of our Awaking Beauty series in which Basil fights a duel with the champion of Morgan Le Fay in the quad of an Oxford college

Basil learns to fight with a two handed sword from one of the best in the business.

Sally is thrilled to meet some famous people and Basil is increasingly alarmed about having to fight a duel.

Basil and Sally wake up in far away place where a miller takes them to a medieval tournament.

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge An old Sailor tells the tale of a terrible journey at sea – how he shot a sacred bird the Albatross, and found himself in charge of a ghastly ghost crew.

Episode 15 in our Waking Beauty series. The city of Oxford has fallen asleep apart from a handful of people. Amid the fog Basil meets Talia’s fairy godmother who explains a great deal to him.

Prince Bertie goes to Siberia in search of a family heirloom, a Faberge egg. On the Trains Siberian Train he meets a mysterious Mongolian Princess.

Princess Talia’s friend Basil finds that some strange and eery things are going on in the City of Oxford