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Funny fractured fairy tales and short stories from bestselling author R.A. Spratt, perfect for bedtime giggles with the whole family.
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This is a weekly podcast of funny stories for kids. There are side-splitting versions of my own fractured fairy tales. Also short stories from some of my best-selling books, featuring characters from 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' and 'Friday Barnes, Girl Detective'. The stories are perfect for bedtime, long car rides or even if you're just stuck waiting a really long time at the doctor's office. They're written for 7-11 year olds but these are tales the whole family can enjoy. The silliness is ageless.
⚡ Fast Facts
- Audience
- Ages 8–12
- Network
- R.A. Spratt
- Format
- Listen in any order
- Typical length
- 19 min
- Episodes
- 399
- Seasons
- 18 seasons
- Topics
- Stories For Kids, Arts, Books
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Episodes
399 episodes
- 1
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Prodigal Dad
27 min 8 September 2026When Mr Wainscott turns up at Highcrest Academy to reclaim Ian, Friday is suspicious. Can she get to the bottom of it before her on again off again boyfrienemy is whisked away to the Cayman Islands?
- 2
'The Revenge of Achilles' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 1 September 2026Achilles is very upset that Hector killed his cousin, and he is determined to get revenge.
- 3
The Elephant's Child
24 min 25 August 2026I'm a bit sick, so to give myself a chance to rest, I've recorded a classic story by Rudyard Kipling. 'The Elephant's Child' was a favourite of mine when I was little. My Mum used to read it to me. I hope you like it too.
- 4
'Achilles and the Lookelike' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 18 August 2026When things go wrong for the Greeks on the battlefield it's time to bring out the big guns, but when Achilles has sworn a vow to not help, the next best thing is a lookelike.
- 5
Friday Barnes and the Case at the Embassy
19 min 11 August 2026When Friday is stuck in transit at Geneva airport, she makes a deal with the Swiss authorities. She'll solve their robbery in exchange for a passport.
- 6
'The Battle Resumes and Odysseus Sneaks About' as told by Nanny Piggins
19 min 4 August 2026Nanny Piggins continues to tell her version of the story of the Trojan War, in this episode the battle stops for the night, giving cunning Odysseus the chance to get up to some cunning mischief.
- 7
'The Battle of the Husbands' as told by Nanny Piggins
27 min 28 July 2026Nanny Piggins resumes her telling of the Trojan War, this week she reveals what happened with King Menelaus (Helen of Troy's first husband) and Prince Paris (Helen of Troy's second husband) faced off on the battle field.
- 8
'Macbeth' as told by Nanny Piggins - Holiday Rerun
24 min 21 July 2026I'm on holiday so I'm replaying some of my favourite episodes until I get back.
- 9
'The True History of Pigthagorus' as told by Nanny Piggins - Holiday Rerun
21 min 14 July 2026I'm on holiday for July, so I'm rerunning some of my favourite episodes until I get back.
- 10
'The Legend of the Giant's Causeway' as told by Nanny Piggins - Holiday Rerun
21 min 7 July 2026I'm on holiday so I'm replaying some of my favourite episodes. I hope you like this one.
- 11
'The Story of Johnny Appleseed' as told by Nanny Piggins - Holiday Rerun
19 min 30 June 2026I'm on my mid winter holiday so I'm replaying this episode, because it's one of my favourites.
- 12
'Achilles and the Big Sulky Tantrum' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 23 June 2026Nanny Piggins continues with the story of the Trojan War, explaining the importance of childish behaviour in the progress of the military campaign.
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The Epically Awesome Odyssey as told by Nanny Piggins - First Chapters
29 min 16 June 2026To celebrate the release of my new book 'The Epically Awesome Odyssey, as told by Nanny Piggins' this weeks episode is a recording of the dedication, introduction and first chapter from the book. This book was inspired by stories from this podcast, so I am very proud to be sharing this bit of the finished product after all the stories we've shared about Odysseus over the last couple of years. If you'd like to buy a copy here's a link... https://www.thenile.com.au/books/ra-spratt/the-epically-awesome-odyssey-as-told-by-nanny-piggins/9781761622472 Or you can contact my local bookstore. If you order from them, make sure you say in the 'notes' section that you'd like a signed copy... https://thebookshopbowral.com.au/p/the-epically-awesome-odyssey-as-told-by-nanny-piggins
- 14
'The First Day of the Trojan War' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 9 June 2026Nanny Piggins tells the story of what really happened when the first Greek soldier set foot on the shore of Troy. Her distant relative, Odysseus was involved so it did not go as expected.
- 15
The Legend of Ned Kelly as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 2 June 2026When Michael learns about bushrangers at school, Nanny Piggins is shocked to learn that her distant relative, Ned Kelly is only remembered as a bushranger, so she tells the children what really happened.
- 16
'The Legend of Dracula' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 26 May 2026Nanny Piggins explains the origin of vampire mythology, and how it involved a distant relative of hers.
- 17
How Nanny Piggins and Boris First Met - Part 2
17 min 19 May 2026This is a reading from my book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story'. It tells the story of how she first met her brother, Boris when he was a tiny bear cub, newly kidnapped by the Ringmaster.
- 18
How Nanny Piggins and Boris First Met - Part 1
17 min 12 May 2026This is a reading from my book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story', telling the story of how Nanny Piggins and Boris the Ballet Dancing Bear first met. If you like it the whole books is available as an audiobook through all the usual audiobook platforms.
- 19
'Samson and Delilah' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 5 May 2026When the children's school friend, Samson Wallace gets an unfortunate haircut, Nanny Piggins tells them the story of the original Samson from the Ancient Mythology Days and how her own relative played a part in his downfall.
- 20
'The Legend of Bigfoot' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 28 April 2026When Boris comes home in tears because a six year old mistook him for Bigfoot, Nanny Piggins explains the connection between the infamous Abominable Snowman and the early attempts to climb Mount Everest. Spoiler alert - one of her distant relatives is involved.
- 21
'Achilles and the Gory Leg Injury' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 21 April 2026When the Greek army sets sail to attack Troy they put the most famous hero of the time in charge - Achilles. But he's only 15 and things don't go well.
- 22
'The Kidnapping of Helen of Troy' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 14 April 2026Nanny Piggins reveals what really happened to Helen of Troy, and the fact that Paris was only the second man to kidnap her. Theseus was a very naughty hero too.
- 23
Friday Barnes and the Mystery of the Stolen Lunch
14 min 7 April 2026When Friday and Melanie go to the Morgan Library to help Ingrid, they stubled across a rumble in the lunch room. And not the stomach kind of rumble, the brawl kind of rumble.
- 24
'Alladin' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 31 March 2026Nanny Piggins finally gets round to telling the children the story of Alladin and what really happened in that cave back in the Ancient Persian story days.
- 25
'The Legend of the Kraken' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 24 March 2026Nanny Piggins explains why it much more believable to say your homework was eaten by a Kraken than by a dog.
- 26
Nanny Piggins and the Race to Power
32 min 17 March 2026To celebrate the audiobook release of 'Nanny Piggins 8, The Race to Power' by lovely publisher has graciously allowed me to play the first chapter of the audiobook on the podcast. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, you can download the rest of the audiobook at all the usual places that audiobooks are sold. Here's a link... https://amzn.to/4aJZlgT
- 27
'What Odin Did With His Wisdom' as told by Nanny Piggins
30 min 10 March 2026When Odin swaps his eye for a drink from the well of wisdom, his first use of the wisdom is surprising. At least, it is the way Nanny Piggins tells it.
- 28
'How Odin Lost His Eye' as told by Nanny Piggins
16 min 3 March 2026As they sit down to enjoy a nice slice of Tigerkaka (Scandinavian Tiger Cake), Nanny Piggins tells the tale from ancient Norse Mythology about how Odin, the King of the Norse Gods, lost his eye.
- 29
'The True History of Joan of Arc' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 24 February 2026While toasting marshmallows over the burning embers of their report cards, Nanny Piggins tells the tale of her dear relative from the Medieval history days, Joan of Arc.
- 30
Nanny Piggins Joins the Ski Jump Team
27 min 17 February 2026The Winter Olympics have been on the TV this week, so I thought I'd do this story from 'Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion' (book 3 in the series) about the time she took up the sport of ski jumping.
- 31
'Odysseus and the Triumphant Return' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 10 February 2026Odysseus is finally reunited with Penelope, and teaches all those naughty suitors a thing or two about the hardness of rock cake.
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Romeo v Juliet - Book Launch Bonus Episode
28 min 4 February 2026To celebrate the launch of my new book, ROMEO V JULIET I'm dropping an extract from the audiobook as a bonus episode. I hope you enjoy it. The book is out now in paperback at bookstores and online as an audiobook and ebook. Here's one link but please support your local bookstore if possible... https://amzn.asia/d/0dhVrBf3
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'Odysseus Returns to Ithaca' as told by Nanny Piggins
17 min 3 February 2026After 20 years away, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca. But everyone there thinks she is dead and will kill her if they find out she's not, so Odysseus has to disguise herself as a beggar before she can return to the palace.
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'The Story of Hermes' as told by Nanny Piggins
27 min 27 January 2026Nanny Piggins explains that before Hermes handbags there was a baby called Hermes, who was actually a god and a very naughty little boy - who invented the banjo.
- 35
'The Story of Lady Godiva' as told by Nanny Piggins - Holiday Rerun
25 min 20 January 2026Nanny Piggins explains the difference between Godiva chocolates and Lady Godiva the historical figure (hint - one of them was naked).
- 36
'The Truth About the Loch Ness Monster' as told by Nanny Piggins - Holiday Rerun
22 min 6 January 2026Nanny Piggins knows the real story about the Loch Ness Monster, because she just happens to be a distant relative from the McPiggins branch of the family.
- 37
'Joseph and his Rainbow Coat' as told by Nanny Piggins - Part 2 - Holiday Rerun
17 min 31 December 2025Nanny Piggins finishes the gripping tale of Joseph, his coat and his incredibly naughty brothers.
- 38
'The True History of St George' as told by Nanny Piggins - holiday rerun
20 min 13 January 2026Nanny Piggins explains what really went on with St George and the dragon all those years ago in the ancient story days.
- 39
'Joseph and his Rainbow Coat' as told by Nanny Piggins - Part 1 - Holiday Rerun
15 min 30 December 2025Nanny Piggins tells the story of Joseph and his rainbow coat. NB. I will post the second part tomorrow as a bonus episode.
- 40
Nanny Piggins and the Santa Photos - Holiday Rerun
26 min 16 December 2025When Mr Green instructs Nanny Piggins to go down to the shopping centre to have their photo taken with Santa, things do not go smoothly. Nanny Piggins takes exception to Santa's business practises and decides to teach him a lesson, mainly about not underestimating fabulously dressed pigs.
- 41
'Odysseus and the Dirty Laundry' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 25 November 2025Odysseus runs into a princess doing her laundry, and at long last someone helpful helps her.
- 42
'Odysseus Escapes Calypso' as told by Nanny Piggins
19 min 19 November 2025Odysseus is trapped by an incredibly good looking sea nymph on an island paradise. Will she escape? Of course she will! She is a Piggins after all.
- 43
Nanny Piggins and the Vacant Lot
31 min 11 November 2025Nanny Piggins is outraged when she discovers that the local council intends to build a new park on her favourite vacant lot. Obviously the children have to be immediately pulled out of school so they can help her put a stop to it.
- 44
Friday Barnes and the Heist at the Louvre
23 min 4 November 2025The recent real life heist at the Louvre prompted a listener to request I do a Louvre Heist story. So this episode is chapter from my Friday Barnes book set at the the Louvre.
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'Rama and the Ten-Headed Demon - The Origin of Diwali - Part 2' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 28 October 2025Nanny Piggins finishes telling the story of Rama and Sita and the first Diwali. A ten-headed evil demon is involved.
- 46
'Rama, Two Boons and a Banishment - The Origin of Diwali - Part 1' as told by Nanny Piggins
15 min 21 October 2025When the children come home to find Nanny Piggins making crepe suzette, she explains it is to celebrate Diwali - the Indian Festival of Lights.
- 47
'Odysseus and the Fatal Cows' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 15 October 2025When Odysseus and her men are stranded on the Island of the Sun they find it incredibly difficult to resist eating the cows, with terrible consequences.
- 48
'Odysseus, the Whirpool and the Six-Headed Monster' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 7 October 2025Odysseus has yet another really bad day on his incredibly long journey home to Ithaca. This time his men have just about had enough.
- 49
'Attack of the Killer Sirens' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 30 September 2025When Hans cupcakes "call" to Nanny Piggins on their morning bus ride, she explains how this is exactly like the Sirens from the Ancient Greek Mythology days.
- 50
'The Legend of Tam Lin' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 23 September 2025When the children go a geography excursion, Nanny Piggins warns of the dangers that lurk within forests. It's not wild animals or huntsmen she's concerned about but a particular fairy with a passion for cake.
- 51
'1001 Arabian Cakes' as told by Nanny Piggins - Rerun
24 min 16 September 2025I'm on tour in Emerald, Central Queensland this week so I'm playing this classic episode. I hope you enjoy it. It's reminded me I should do a few more tales from the Arabian Nights.
- 52
'Romeo and Juliet' as told by Nanny Piggins - Rerun
12 min 9 September 2025Because I'm finishing up my next book 'Romeo v Juliet' I need to play a rerun this week, so I'm posting Nanny Piggins version of the great Shakespearean tale.
- 53
'The Sinking of the Vasa' as told by Nanny Piggins
26 min 2 September 2025Nanny Piggins tells the tale of how the Vasa, Sweden's great 17th century warship, managed to sink in the first thirty minutes of it's maiden voyage, and how the maritime tragedy would have been much worse if it weren't for the involvement of her Cousin Astrid Piggins and her cinnamon buns.
- 54
Part 2 - Nanny Piggins and the Ominous Sounds
19 min 26 August 2025Nanny Piggins is convinced she's over heard a terrible crime, everyone else is convinced she's made a dreadful mistake.
- 55
Nanny Piggins and the Ominous Sounds
15 min 19 August 2025When Nanny Piggins sustains an ankle injury, reading too many detective novels leads her believe she has witnessed a murder.
- 56
'Rama and the Unbendable Bow' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 12 August 2025When Michael falls in a ditch, Nanny Piggins is remind of the time one of her distant relatives was found in a ditch in the Ancient Indian Story days.
- 57
'Psyche and the World's Meanest Mother-in-Law' as told by Nanny Piggins
27 min 5 August 2025When the children rush home after a marbles tournament on their bus goes awry, Nanny Piggins finishes her tale about Psyche and Cupid, and Venus' anger management issues.
- 58
'The Legend of Psyche' as told by Nanny Piggins
17 min 29 July 2025When Michael's woodwork teacher accuses him of having a deranged psyche for inadvertently creating a too accurate replica of the statue of David, Nanny Piggins explains who the first Psyche really was. As it happens it was a distant relative of hers.
- 59
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Deadly Beans
26 min 22 July 2025You can get my new audiobook using any of these links... Spotify Audible Apple Books
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Reload for Spotify listeners - 'Friday Barnes 2, Under Suspicion'
23 min 20 July 2025Spotify blocked this episode when it dropped on Wednesday. They were worried I was infringing on the author's copyright, but of course, I am the author. I own the copyright. I have the right to record and publish it. Usually this is easy to fix, because Spotify sends me a link so I can get the episode reinstated. But the link doesn't work. I've been messaging with Spotify trying to fix this for five days and have made no progress. So I'm going to see if reloading the episode works. If you've already downloaded this episode on another platform, my apologies. If you are listening to this on Spotify - hurray!!!
- 61
Friday Barnes 2, Under Suspicion - Wrongly Accused
23 min 15 July 2025To promote the release of my latest audiobook 'Friday Barnes 2, Under Suspicion' I am reading the first two chapters of the book. If you'd like to buy the audiobook to hear the rest, here are some links... https://open.spotify.com/show/2tWR42TFmVGOBQUf1p3AT0?si=728a785045ce4a53 https://books.apple.com/au/audiobook/friday-barnes-2-under-suspicion/id1814026447 https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Under-Suspicion-Audiobook/B0F8HL96VG?eac_link=DnkMRecVY0rw&ref=web_search_eac_asin_2&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B0F8HL96VG&qid=lRKqnwv6OD&eac_id=356-4954265-5900549_lRKqnwv6OD&sr=1-3
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'The Time Thor's Hammer Got Stolen' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 8 July 2025Nanny Piggins tells the story of what really happened when Thor's hammer got stolen and how her distant relative Bramwell Loki Piggins was involved.
- 63
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Vegetable War
19 min 1 July 2025When Friday finds Binky in New York, he has got himself in a spot of bother involving two senior citizens and a fight about vegetables.
- 64
'The Origin of Thor's Hammer' as told by Nanny Piggins
26 min 25 June 2025After using a hammer to assist a neighbour in getting into their home, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of her distant relative from the ancient Norse Mythology days - Loki Piggins and how Thor's hammer came to be made.
- 65
Odysseus and the Day Trip to Hades
24 min 17 June 2025Odysseus travels across the sea to Hades to find out from a prophet what he must do to get home to Ithaca.
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Friday Barnes and the case of the Kidnapped Princess
27 min 10 June 2025This is a live recording from The Round Theatre in Melbourne where I launched my new book FRIDAY BARNES 13, IN PLAIN SIGHT. I read the first five chapters to the audience.
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Part 2 - Friday Barnes and the Case of the Dangerous Tablecloth
18 min 3 June 2025Friday gets her Mum out of jail, then is herself sentenced to babysitting duty.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Dangerous Tablecloth
20 min 27 May 2025This week I read Chapter 10 from 'Friday Barnes 12, Collision Course'. Friday rushes to Switzerland to help her mother who has been arrested, but she ends up getting arrested herself.
- 69
Nanny Piggins and the Eggs - Part 2
25 min 20 May 2025After working hard all week at egg spinning, egg protecting and egg dropping, Nanny Piggins and the Green children test their skills at their school's annual egg festival.
- 70
Nanny Piggins and the Egg Challenge
22 min 13 May 2025It's Egg Week at Derrick, Samantha and Michael's school. Each of them has to perform a different egg based challenge. Technically, it's not a competition. And yet, Nanny Piggins is determined to see that each of them win.
- 71
'Aranche, Athena and the Origin of Spiders' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 6 May 2025Nanny Piggins tells the story of her fabulously talented distant cousin, who was so good at cake decorating she caused the invention of spiders.
- 72
'Noah's Ark' as told by Nanny Piggins
19 min 29 April 2025One rainy day, after Mrs Lau's fishpond has overflowed, Nanny Piggins tells the story of Noah's Ark which she just happens to know all about because Noah was a distant relative of hers.
- 73
'Odyssseus and the Evil Enchantress' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 8 April 2025When Odysseus's men are turned into monsters, he has to go and rescue them from a staggeringly beautiful and evil enchantress.
- 74
Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Last Cake of the Romanovs
31 min 22 April 2025Nanny Piggins recalls the time she was banned from the Hermitage Museum for attempting to eat a historic artefact.
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Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Ghosts of Easter
26 min 15 April 2025Every Easter Nanny Piggins goes on a shameless chocolate eating frenzy. Her Easter egg guzzling is so out of control it frightens children, and adults and even the Police Sergeant. So Derrick, Samantha and Michael come up with an idea to convince their beloved Nanny to behave better, just this once. They visit her in the night dressed up as the ghosts of Easter past, present and future. Will she reform her ways? Listen and find out!
- 76
'Odysseus, the Giants and the Evil Beauty' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 1 April 2025Nanny Piggins continues the tail of Odysseus' journey home from Troy.
- 77
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Dangerous Letter
27 min 25 March 2025Friday Barnes has to help the librarian at Highcrest Academy find a radioactive letter. If you'd like to get tickets to the book launch for 'Friday Barnes 13, In Plain Sight' here is the link... https://www.theround.com.au/whats-on/friday-barnes-plain-sight-book-launch-show The link for overseas listeners to get an autographed bookplate is here... https://buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt/e/378133
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'The Legend of the Giant's Causeway' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 18 March 2025When Samantha is taught at school that the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland was caused by volcanic rock, Nanny Piggins tells her the real story that involved two giants.
- 79
Epically Good Greek Myths - Recording from the Livestream Book Launch
1 hr 9 min 11 March 2025This is the live recording from the Book Launch for my latest book EPICALLY GOOD GREEK MYTHS. It was a lot of fun. I did a live reading, answered readers questions and explained the origin story of the book. If you'd like to order a signed copy you can use this link... https://www.booktopia.com.au/epically-good-greek-myths-r-a-spratt/book/9781761349751.html Or, if you're overseas you can order a bookplate here... https://buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt/e/378133
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'Fin McCool and the Fire Breathing Fairy' a told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 4 March 2025At the age of ten years old, Fin McCool decides to become the leader of a band of warrior hunters. No one else thinks this is a good idea. So Fin takes on a fire breathing fairy to prove herself.
- 81
'Odysseus and the Bag of Wind' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 25 February 2025When the retired army colonel who lives around the corner (and is deeply in love with Nanny Piggins) asks Derrick not to "let the cat out of the bag", this triggers a discussion about a much worse thing that Odysseus let out of a bag several thousand years ago. If you'd like to pre-order a signed copy of new book EPICALLY GOOD GREEK MYTHS here's a link... https://www.booktopia.com.au/epically-good-greek-myths-r-a-spratt/book/9781761349751.html If you're overseas and you'd like to order a bookplate sticker here's the link for that... https://buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt/e/378133
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'Huengbu and Nolbu' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 18 February 2025When a vindictive game of monopoly leads to financial ruin, a broken leg brings unexpected good fortune in the form of a pumpkin. At least, that's Nanny Piggins' version of events according to her relatives who were there at the time. If you want to pre-order a copy of 'Epically Good Greek Myths' which goes on sale in March 2025, here's the link... https://www.booktopia.com.au/epically-good-greek-myths-r-a-spratt/book/9781761349751.html
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'Odysseus and the Cyclops' as told by Nanny Piggins
31 min 11 February 2025Nanny Piggins tells the tale of what really happened to Odysseus when she was trapped in a cave with a hungry Cyclops and nothing to defend herself except a jug of chocolate milk.
- 84
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Bunya Bunya Pine
22 min 4 February 2025When the school caretaker is knocked out by a giant pine cone, Friday suspects that something more sinister may have happened.
- 85
'The Woodcutter and the Heavenly Nymph' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 28 January 2025Nanny Piggins tells the children why they should always be concerned if their clothes go missing, in case it is a repeat of a traumatic incident that happened to one of her distant relatives in the Olden Korean story days.
- 86
'The Salmon of Knowledge' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 21 January 2025Nanny Piggins tells the children about her distant Irish relative who derived their super power of wisdom from sucking their thumb.
- 87
'Odysseus and the Lotus Eaters' as told by Nanny Piggins
19 min 14 January 2025Nanny Piggins begins the story of the Odyssey, starting with the tale of the Lotus Eaters and how they nearly derailed Odysseus' homeward journey with a slice of sticking date pudding.
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'Odysseus' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 7 January 2025After Michael has a strange conversation with the driver of his school bus, Nanny Piggins explains who Odysseus was and how the word 'odyssey' was named after them.
- 89
Nanny Piggins and the First Christmas - Holiday Rerun
26 min 23 December 2025Nanny Piggins tells the children what really happened on the first Christmas, because it just so happens that one of her distant relatives was there at the time, in the stable in Bethlehem.
- 90
Nanny Piggins and the Story of Hanukkah - Holiday Rerun
24 min 13 December 2025Nanny Piggins explains to the children the origins of Hanukkah. One of her distant relatives just happened to be there at the time, due to a series of sticky date pudding related problems.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Missing Doctor
22 min 9 December 2025To celebrate the release of the audiobook version of 'Friday Barnes 3, Big Trouble' my publishers graciously gave me permission to use an extract. I narrated it myself. If you'd like to hear the rest you can buy the audiobook from Spotify, Audbile, Apple Books and all the other audiobook platforms.
- 92
Nanny Piggins and the Dance Lesson
28 min 2 December 2025To celebrate the audiobook release of 'Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue' the 7th book in the Nanny Piggins series. I am playing an extract from the audiobook for this weeks episode. Please do go and buy the rest of the audiobook. You'll get 4 hours 48 minutes of wall to wall Nanny Piggins audio entertainment.
- 93
Holiday Rerun - 'The Story of Hanukkah' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 31 December 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of how the celebration of Hanukkah started. It involves a distant relative of hers, a catapult and a lot more sticky date pudding than has been previously revealed.
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Holiday Rerun - 'The First Christmas' as told by Nanny Piggins
27 min 24 December 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of the first Christmas and what really happened in that stable in Bethlehem all those years ago, which she knows because a distant relative of hers just happened to be there at the time.
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Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Christmas Carol Showdown
30 min 17 December 2024When Nanny Piggins discovers that Nanny Anne has secretly formed a choir, and without inviting her, she vows to beat her arch-nemesis in competitive Christmas carol singing.
- 96
Holiday Rerun - 'Saturnalia and the First Christmas Cracker' as told by Nanny Piggins
17 min 10 December 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of how the first Christmas cracker was invented back in the time of Saturnalia, the Winter Festival celebrated in Europe in the time before Christmas.
- 97
Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Santa Photos
24 min 3 December 2024When Nanny Piggins discovered the cost and quality of Santa photographs she is outraged. So naturally she takes over the whole operation and does a much better job.
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'The Story of Bluebeard' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 26 November 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of Bluebeard. She happens to know what really happened back in the Olden French Story days because a branch of her distant family were living there at the time.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Jade Necklace
28 min 29 October 2024Friday is stuck in transit at Zurich international airport so she makes a bargain with the embassy official who comes to interview her. If he promises her a passport, she'll solve the crime that has just been committed at the embassy.
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'Joseph and his Multi-Coloured Coat' as told by Nanny Piggins - Part 1
15 min 6 November 2024When the children come home and tell Nanny Piggins that their school is performing the story of of Joseph and his Mult-coloured coat. Nanny Piggins tells them what really happened all those years ago in the Ancient Judean Story days.
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'The Truth About the Loch Ness Monster' according to Nanny Piggins
22 min 22 October 2024When Boris gets mistaken for Big Foot, Nanny Piggins is able to empathise because it is not unlike a problem suffered by her dear cousin Gillian McPiggins in the Highlands of Scotland.
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Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story
23 min 26 November 2024In this week's episode, I read the introduction and first two chapters of my new book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story'. To find out more about the book and where you can buy your own copy, use this link... https://www.penguin.com.au/books/nanny-piggins-and-the-origin-story-9781761340024
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'Aesop and the Sour Grapes' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 8 October 2024When Michael misses out on elected office at school, Nanny Piggins explains the ancient origins of the expression 'sour grapes'.
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'The Story of Chang e and the Moon' as told by Nanny Piggins
16 min 1 October 2024Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children all about her distant relative Chang e and how she came to live on the moon.
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'The Jade Rabbit and the Moon' as told by Nanny Piggins
16 min 24 September 2024Nanny Piggins explains how we know that the moon is not made of cheese, and how it has to do with the rabbit who lives there.
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'The Real Reason the Sea is Salt' according to Nanny Piggins
18 min 17 September 2024Nanny Piggins reveals the truth behind why the sea is salty. It does contradict everything Derrick has learned in science.
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Nanny Piggins and Her Dramatic Entrance
19 min 10 September 2024This the first chapter of the first Nanny Piggins book published back in 2008. On October 15th 2024 my latest book 'Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story' will be released. I though recording this chapter would be a good way to remind everyone where it all began, and get you all ready for the new book.
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'The True History of St George' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 3 September 2024Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of St George, what really happened - not what you may have seen written down in all the story books.
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'The True History of Pigthagoras' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 27 August 2024When she discovers Derrick doing his maths homework, Nanny Piggins explains the true origins of Pythagoras' theorem.
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Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue - Part 2
20 min 20 August 2024This is the 2nd part of the story about Nanny Piggins mission to rescue Mr Green from being the national hero of Vanuatu. NB. I realise there is a mistake in this episode where I say 'nannity's sanity' but I thought it was funny so I left it in.
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Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue - Part 1
17 min 13 August 2024Nanny Piggins, Boris and the children travel to Vanuatu to rescue Mr Green.
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'The Story of Johnny Appleseed' as told by Nanny Piggins
19 min 6 August 2024After eating an apple pie, Nanny Piggins reveals that she is related to legendary American folk hero, Johnny Appleseed. And that in fact Johnny Appleseed's real name was Bramwell Appleseed.
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'The Story of Paul Bunyen' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 30 July 2024When Boris has nasty roller skating accident due to his great height, Nanny Piggins comforts him that he is no where near as tall as Paul Bunyen.
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Holiday Rerun - 'Nanny Piggins and the School Bus'
32 min 16 July 2024I'm away on holiday with my family so this week I'm playing a rerun of a classic episode. I'll be back in one week to continue the story of 'Jason and his Quest for the Golden Sheet Cake'. Best wishes, R.A.
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Holiday Rerun - 'Macbeth' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 9 July 2024I'm on holiday with my family this week so I'm planning this classic episode. I'll be back in two weeks with more adventures of 'Jason and the Quest for the Golden Sheet' cake. Best wishes, R.A.
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'The Quest for the Golden Sheet Cake' as told by Nanny Piggins
16 min 18 June 2024Jason sets out to liberate his father and reclaim their kingdom from his wicked uncle, but ends up being set an impossible quest to fetch the Golden Sheet Cake.
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Nanny Piggins and the Campaign Strategy - Part 2
15 min 11 June 2024Nanny Piggins takes on her arch-nemesis, Nanny Anne in the 'Town to Tip' fun run. Not everyone has fun.
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Nanny Piggins and the Campaign Strategy - Part 1
25 min 4 June 2024When Nanny Piggins runs for mayor she is forced to adopt a desperate strategy to beat her rival, Mr Green in the election.
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'Pigerella' as told by Nanny Piggins - Redux
17 min 28 May 2024This is a re-recording of the 3rd episode of the podcast, originally recorded back at the beginning of 2020 with the inline microphone on my apple earbuds. Now that I've had four years of practise I wanted to re-record this story.
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Yellowhead and the Three Traumatised Bears - Redux
14 min 21 May 2024This a re-recording of the second ever episode of this podcast. My version of the story of Goldilocks. Hopefully it sounds better now that I have proper equipment and a slightly better idea what I'm doing.
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Mr Wolf Pie - Redux
20 min 14 May 2024I was away on a trip with my mother this week, so I didn't have time to write a new story. Instead I did this re-recording of the first ever episode of 'Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt'. I wanted to re-record it because I didn't have a proper microphone or any experience as a narrator when I started. Hopefully this version is a bit more polished than the original.
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'The Golden Fleece' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 7 May 2024Nanny Piggins tells another tale from the Ancient Greek story days. This time about the origin of the Golden Fleece. It turns out it didn't really come from a sheep.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Missing Passports
13 min 30 April 2024While catching the train to Switzerland Friday tries to help two elderly passengers. It does not go well.
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'The Story of St David' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 23 April 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of the Patron Saint of Wales, his extraordinary mother and their relationship to King/Queen Arthur of Camelot and how this all involves the vegetable - leeks.
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Nanny Piggins and the Grandmaster - Part 2
19 min 2 April 2024Boris competes in the chess tournament against the famous (and staggeringly beautiful) grandmaster - Olga Svinya. But Nanny Piggins thinks there is something suspicious about Olga.
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Nanny Piggins and the Grandmaster
26 min 26 March 2024While sitting on the naughty bench outside their local supermarket, Nanny Piggins decides to enter the Regional Chess Championship because the prize includes a years supply of cheesecake (which she considered to be the 7th most delicious type of cake in the world.
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'The True History of St Patrick' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 12 March 2024Nanny Piggins tells the children the true story of St Patrick and what really happened with the snakes of Ireland.
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Q&A Anniversary Celebration
1 hr 24 min 5 March 2024To celebrate the 4th anniversary of this podcast and the 10th anniversary of the Friday Barnes book series, I asked listeners to send in their questions for me to answer. If you want to watch the video of this podcast, here's the youtube link... https://youtu.be/SShLeYTKNh8
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Friday Barnes 12, Collision Course - Opening Two Chapters
15 min 27 February 2024Here are the first two chapters from my new book, the latest in the Friday Barnes series. If you like it - please do buy a copy - it's a great way to support this show. If you're overseas and the physical book is not available in your area, you can get the ebook or the audibook.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Locked Door
25 min 20 February 2024Friday and Melanie arrive in Paris for their undercover mission at the Louvre, there's one slight problem - they can't get into the bathroom. Their room mate has locked herself in, and Melanie just drank three bottles of water. Can Friday get that door open?
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'The Six Labours of Theseus' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 13 February 2024After accidentally destroying their television in an enthusiastic game of Dodge Shoe, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Theseus. Not the story in the Labyrinth, but his origin story where it turns out he is a she and a pig and related to Nanny Piggins, who battled six different guardians to the Underworld.
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'The Peasant's Wise Daughter' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 6 February 2024Nanny Piggins tells a story from Grimm's Fairy Tales that was based on her very clever distant cousin, who solved a king's riddle.
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'Hercules and the Golden Apples' as told by Nanny Piggins
30 min 30 January 2024Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hercules and how he rescued Prometheus, tricked Atlas and was responsible for the creation of a really top notch lemon tart.
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'The Bremen Town Musicians' as told by Nanny Piggins
19 min 23 January 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of her cousin Helga the donkey, how she fought off a crime wave and very nearly invented Rock 'n Roll 200 years ahead of schedule.
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'Orpheus and the Underworld' as told by Nanny Piggins
29 min 16 January 2024When the children come home from school and discover a 60 piece orchestra in their front yard, Nanny Piggins explains the importance of always carrying two marshmallows in your pockets. Something the women in her family have been doing ever since the Ancient Greek Story days.
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'The Ballad of Mulan' according to Nanny Piggins
22 min 9 January 2024Nanny Piggins tells the story of her distant relative, Mulan, who fought in the Northern Chinese army 1600 years ago.
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'Boris the Big Star' with Nanny Piggins - Part 2
13 min 2 January 2024Nanny Piggins goes down to the movie set to get Boris fired.
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'Boris the Big Star' with Nanny Piggins - Part 1
21 min 26 December 2023After a traumatising incident at the local honey emporium, Boris gets the oppurtunity to pay for the damages when he is offered a role in a Hollywood blockbuster movie.
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Holiday Special rerun - 'Nanny Piggins and the First Christmas'
30 min 19 December 2023Nanny Piggins recounts what really happened in the stable on the first Christmas according to her distant relative who happened to be there at the time. This story comes from the book 'The Nanny Piggins Guide to Conquering Christmas'.
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Holiday Special rerun - 'The Story of Hanukkah as told by Nanny Piggins'
24 min 12 December 2023Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hanukkah as recounted by her distant relative who just happened to be there, inventing sticky date pudding, at the time.
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Holiday Special rerun - 'Nanny Piggins and the Santa Photos'
26 min 5 December 2023When Nanny Piggins takes the children to the shopping centre to get their photo taken with Santa she is not impressed with his organsation. So naturally she takes over.
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Holiday Special - 'Saturnalia and the first Christmas Cracker' according to Nanny Piggins
17 min 28 November 2023Nanny Piggins tells the story of her relative's involvement in creating the first Christmas Cracker.
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'The True History of Archimedes' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 21 November 2023When Boris gets stuck in the bathtub, Nanny Piggins reassures him it is not his fault. It is the fault of a distant relative of hers - Archimedes Piggins and her ground breaking discoveries involving bath water.
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Nanny Piggins and the Happy News
25 min 14 November 2023When Mr Green holds a press conference to defame Nanny Piggins, she is horrified to discover just how bleak the television news bulletins are, so she goes down to the television station to take over.
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'The Legend of Lancelot' as told by Nanny Piggins - LIVE from Auckland NZ
22 min 7 November 2023Nanny Piggins tells the true story of Lancelot and Guinevere. This episode was recorded live at the PumpHouse Theatre in Auckland New Zealand. Thank you to everyone who came along.
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Friday Barnes and the Mystery at the Munch
25 min 31 October 2023While Friday is in Norway visiting Binky and Ingrid, there is a robbery at the Munch Museum. Interpol needs Friday's help finding 'The Scream.'
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'Hades and Persephone' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 24 October 2023Nanny Piggins tells the tale of her distant relative who invented the seasons, when she was kidnapped by the King of the Underworld, back in the Ancient Greek Story days
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'The Great Race' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 17 October 2023Nanny Piggins explains the origins of the Chinese Zodiac and how her distant relative, Bramwell Piggins was involved.
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A Tall Tale about Bacteria and Chessboards
17 min 10 October 2023When Mum discovers a laundry lasagna in Vanessa's room, she explains why this is a horrific thing by telling Vanessa a story about bacteria and chessboards.
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'Macbeth' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 3 October 2023Nanny Piggins reveals what really happened in the famous Scottish story. Spoiler alert - Shakespeare got it all wrong.
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'The Legend of Achilles' as told by Nanny Piggins
28 min 26 September 2023When discussing the concept of "helicopter parents", Nanny Piggins reveals to the children that the greatest helicopter parent of all time was actually a distant relative of her from the ancient Greek story days. Thetis Piggins - the mother of the legendary warrior Achilles!
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Fraudulant Forgery
28 min 19 September 2023Friday Barnes rushes to the Louvre with Ian so they can observe an art expert inspect the Mona Lisa. But something is fishy.
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'The True History of Lady Godiva' as told by Nanny Piggins - LIVE at the Belco Arts Centre
9 min 12 September 2023While waiting for the local chocolate shop to open, Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of Lady Godiva.
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'Romulus and Reamus' as told by Nanny Piggins - LIVE from the Riverside Theatre
19 min 5 September 2023Nanny Piggins reveals the true history of Romulus and Reamus and the creation of the city of Rome. This episode was recorded live on stage at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta, Sydney.
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'Boris and the Big Snore' with Nanny Piggins - Part 2
21 min 29 August 2023Successfully sound-proofing the shed is not the end of Nanny Piggins problems. Not when a nosy journalist and then concerned scientists turn up.
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'Boris and the Big Snore' with Nanny Piggins - Part 1
25 min 22 August 2023When Nanny Piggins brings home a firefighter's pole from the fire house it's hard work installing it. Especially for poor Boris. He is a growing bear, after all. So he needs his sleep but when a 700 kilogram bear falls into a super deep hibernation sleep it can lead to some strange consequences.
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The Final Chapters - The Peski Kids 5 - Final Mission
20 min 15 August 2023Mum's been tricked! Will she escape? Who will rescue her? How will all the stories end? Find out in this final episode of the Peski Kids story.
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Chapter 27 - The Peski Kids 5 (second last episode)
23 min 8 August 2023Dame Bronwyn finally arrives, which means it's time for the Potato Princess Parade!
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Chapter 26 - The Peski Kids 5
16 min 1 August 2023The Potato Parade is about to begin. April is refusing to take off her dressing robe and let anyone see the dress she is wearing. And Fin hasn't turned up with her float yet.
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Chapter 25 - The Peski Kids 5
20 min 25 July 2023The big day is here - the Potato Festival! And first event is the Capture the Potato competition. Will Currawong win? Will Joe survive? Will Daisy Oddinsdottir get her revenge?
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Chapters 22, 23, 24 - The Peski Kids 5
23 min 18 July 2023Loretta finds who she is looking for. It's voting time in the Potato Pageant. And someone breaks into the Peski house late at night. If you'd like to get tickets to the upcoming Live Podcast Shows here are the links... Riverside Theatre (Sydney) 3rd September 2023 Belco Arts Centre (Canberra) 9th September
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Chapters 20 & 21 - The Peski Kids 5
15 min 11 July 2023Loretta goes looking for Joy. April and Fin team up to make her Potato Pageant float.
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Chapters 17,18 & 19
18 min 4 July 2023April confronts President Sweet. Joe has his first training session with the Capture the Potato team.
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Chapter 16 - The Peski Kids 5
18 min 27 June 2023Just when April thought her day couldn't get any worse, she gets a new science teacher - and it's her worst nightmare.
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Chapters 14 & 15 - The Peski Kids 5
11 min 20 June 2023Mum spots another foreign operative in town. And April goes in search of the potato princess sack.
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Hamlet is Not OK - extract from my new book
28 min 4 July 2023My new book 'Hamlet is Not OK' goes on sale this week. I recorded two chapters as a bonus episode to promote this event. I hope you enjoy it. Here's what it says about 'Hamlet is Not OK' on the back of the book... Selby hates homework. She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parent's bookshop and small-town busybodies. So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him. Hamlet, the much-maligned miseryguts, is seen here with the empathy of a modern teenager's gaze. With warmth, brilliant banter, deadpan humour and, well, dead people. R.A. Spratt brings her trademark wit to Shakespeare's famous play. If you want to read the rest, it's
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Nanny Piggins and the Steel Chef
32 min 13 June 2023To promote the release of 'Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast-off' as an audiobook, I recorded one of the chapters for this podcast. It's the story of Nanny Piggins competing for the title of - Steel Chef! If you want to hear the rest of the book then it is available anywhere where you can buy audiobooks. Here's a link to where you can get it on Audible. https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Nanny-Piggins-and-the-Accidental-Blast-Off-Audiobook/B0BXQKFBZC?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp There are now four Nanny Piggins audiobooks. Each book is over four hours of listening. Buying one is a great way to support this podcast.
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Chapters 12 & 13 - The Peski Kids 4, Final Mission
16 min 6 June 2023April discovers that she has been nominated for the Potato Princess. Meanwhile, Joe desperately tries to get out of captaining the school's Capture the Potato team.
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Chapters 9, 10 and 11 - The Peski Kids 5
19 min 30 May 2023Dad is excited to get Dame Bronwyn's autograph. Fin gets to work on the giant potato. And Loretta races Pumpkin for the local paper so she can find out who her competition is.
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Chapters 7 & 8 - The Peski Kids 5
16 min 23 May 2023Fin is run over by the giant potato.
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Chapters 5 & 6 - The Peski Kids 5, Final Mission
24 min 16 May 2023The President of the Country Women's Association orders the Peski Kids to fix the giant potato. And it's time to make nominations for the title of Potato Princess.
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Chapters 3 & 4 - The Peski Kids 5, Final Mission
19 min 9 May 2023Mum is spotting enemy agents all over town, Daisy Odinsdottir is nearly killed by a giant paper mache potato and the Peski Kids are summonsed by the CWA.
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Chapters 1 & 2 - The Peski Kids 5, Final Mission
23 min 3 May 2023Mum struggles to adjust to life in Currawong, another crazy festival is starting up and Joe is grieving for his favourite breakfast. Please Note: I am re-posting this episode because when I first posted it I accidentally hit the explicit content box. There is nothing inappropriate in the episode. I was just tired when I uploaded the file. It's very hard to uncheck a box once it goes out to all the different podcast directories, so I'm just posting the whole thing again. My apologies for the confusion.
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Chapters 27, 28 and 29 (the last three chapters) - The Peski Kids 4
27 min 25 April 2023This episode features the final three chapters from book 4. It wraps up the story from this book and sets up the beginning of book 5.
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Chapters 24, 25, 26 - The Peski Kids 4
19 min 18 April 2023The Peski Kids try to hijack the bus back.
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Chapters 22 & 23 - The Peski Kids 4
22 min 11 April 2023The bus gets hijacked. Dad rescues Mum.
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Chapters 18 - 21 - The Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
19 min 4 April 2023Fin's head is still stuck in a dinosaur, and now that dinosaur has been knocked over by a bus. Meanwhile, Dad and Ingrid are breaking into a secret maximum security prison somewhere in Eastern Europe.
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Chapter 16 & 17 - The Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
21 min 28 March 2023The T-Rex has crashed over the top of the school bus, Joe has sprained his ankle and April has to stop Mr Lang from driving off before Fin is decapitated. Meanwhile Mum and Dad are breaking into a maximum security Kolectiv prison.
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Chapters 14 & 15 - The Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
24 min 21 March 2023Fin is attacked by a dinosaur, which is quite something given that the dinosaurs are models made of fibre glass.
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Chapters 12 & 13 - The Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
19 min 14 March 2023Dad and Ingrid fly to Eastern Europe. The Peski Kids explore the dinosaur park in the middle of the desert.
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Chapters 9-11 - The Peski Kids 4
26 min 7 March 2023April takes on the Bilgong rugby team so she can go on the excursion to the dinosaur park with Joe, Fin and Loretta.
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Chapters 6-8 - Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
27 min 28 February 2023Loretta starts at Currawong High. Dad and Ingrid go to the city for a romantic mini-break. And April gets in trouble for breaking the captain of the rugby team.
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Chapters 3, 4 & 5 - Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
26 min 21 February 2023The Peski Kids try to hurry home to check on Dad, but their worst nightmare comes true when the only one to offer them a lift is Professor Maynard. Then Loretta has some good/bad news of her own.
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Chapter 1 and 2 - Peski Kids 4, Near Extinction
26 min 14 February 2023Dad's wedding to Ingrid is interrupted by an unexpected arrival. The Peski Kids find out they are going on a strange school excursion.
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Nanny Piggins and the School Photos
32 min 7 February 2023When Nanny Piggins takes Samantha to get her hair cut the day before School Photo Day, things go horribly wrong. But it's nothing a little light kidnapping can't fix.
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'Friday Barnes, Last Chance' - First Two Chapters
25 min 31 January 2023My new book, 'Friday Barnes, Last Chance' came out this week, so for this episode of the podcast I read the first two chapters from the book. I don't want to do any spoilers but basically her trip to Paris has been delayed because of a medical emergency, and she is really keep to get there and catch up with Ian and the case of the missing Mona Lisa. If you want to buy a copy here's a link to Book Depository... https://www.bookdepository.com/Friday-Barnes-11-Last-Chance-R-Spratt/9780143779247
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'Bramwellio' as told by Nanny Piggins
22 min 24 January 2023Nanny Piggins tells the true story of Bramwellio, the boy made of chocolate and Geppetto the master chocolatier who created him.
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'Hercules and the Nemean Lion' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 17 January 2023When they are stuck on the train platform waiting for the next train, Nanny Piggins tells Boris and the children the story of the first labour of Hercules when he had to kill the Nemean Lion. And how it did not quite go that way, thanks to Nanny Piggins distant relative – Iolaus Piggins
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'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 10 January 2023Nanny Piggins tells the story of Ali Baba, forty thieves and a distant fabulously glamerous relative of hers who happened to be a slave girl in the village at the time.
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'The True History of Marie Curie' as told by Nanny Piggins
23 min 3 January 2023After Samantha is suspended from school for throwing a slice of carrot cake at the school bully, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of her distant cousin, the brilliant and alluring scientist - Marie Curie. If you'd like to come to the launch of 'Friday Barnes 11, Last Chance' in Melbourne on January 28th 2023 here's the link... https://fridaybarnes11at3.eventbrite.com If you'd like to come to the Sydney event for 'Friday Barnes 11, Last Chance' at the Better Read Than Dead Bookstore on February 4th 2023 here's the link... https://www.betterreadevents.com/events/story-time-chat-with-r-a-spratt
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Nanny Piggins and the Great Boxing Day Disappointment
26 min 27 December 2022Nanny Piggins is tremendously disappointed to learn that Boxing Day does not actually involve fist fighting, at least it's not meant to, that is until her all her identical thirteenuplet sisters turn up.
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'The Story of Hanukkah' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 13 December 2022Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hanukkah. She knows all about it because her distant cousin Naomi Piggins, who was a leading cake research scientist, and just happened to be in Jerusalem when the miracle of the oil lasting eight days occurred.
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Nanny Piggins and the Christmas Carol Showdown
30 min 6 December 2022This a replay episode recorded last year. It's the story of Nanny Piggins attempt to beat Nanny Anne in the Christmas Carol showdown.
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'The First Christmas' as told by Nanny Piggins
27 min 20 December 2022This is a Christmas rerun episode. It's the story of the first Christmas when Jesus was born as told by Nanny Piggins (***spoiler alert*** one of Nanny Piggins distant relatives was there when it happened).
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Nanny Piggins and the Santa Photo
26 min 29 November 2022This is a replay of an episode I recorded last Christmas. In this story, Nanny Piggins takes the children to get their photo taken with Santa at the their local shopping centre. But she is horrified by their prices and starts a photo rebellion. If you're interested in getting a signed book by me as a Christmas present you can contact my local bookstore, ' The Bookshop Bowral ' on 02 4862 1634 or email them at books@thebookshopbowral.com.au
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'1001 Arabian Cakes' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 22 November 2022Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of the second greatest storyteller in the world, after herself, her distant relative - Sheherazade Piggins and the 1001 cakes she baked.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of Ian's Dad
24 min 15 November 2022When Mr Wainscott turns up unexpectedly at Highcrest Academy claiming custody of his son, Friday is suspicious.
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'The Least Brave Knight of the Round Table' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 8 November 2022Nanny Piggins tells the story of her distant relative, Sir Bramwell Piggins who was a knight at the round table of Camelot, and how he came to face the fearsome Green Knight.
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'The Legend of Typhon' as told by Nanny Piggins
24 min 1 November 2022When Samantha has to learn about the geography of Sicily, Nanny Piggins tells her the real story of how Mount Etna formed. A story which just happens to feature one of her distant cousins, Cadmus Piggins as well as Zeus and a really horrible monster called Typhon.
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'Stone Cake' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 25 October 2022While waiting for their giant mug cake to cook, Nanny Piggins regales the children a story about her cousin Margarite and the Stone Cake she made.
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Nanny Piggins and the School Bus
32 min 18 October 2022While working as a volunteer at the school canteen, Nanny Piggins discovers that the school is looking for a new bus driver. She is just the pig for the job!
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Purloined Pudding
25 min 11 October 2022This is an original Friday Barnes short story written especially for the podcast. It comes from her time in juvenile detention (between books 8 and 9). She is asked to help a fellow inmate who has been accused of eating her cellmate's pudding.
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'Tom Thumb' as told by Nanny Piggins
25 min 4 October 2022After a long day destroying report cards and chasing an ice cream van, Nanny Piggins settles the children down to sleep by telling them a story about her distant cousin 'Tom Thumb' And this episode has a bonus story - 'A Tall Tale about Haircuts and Ninjas'
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'The True History of Galileo' according to Nanny Piggins
25 min 27 September 2022When Derrick's physics textbook meets with an unfortunate accident, Nanny Piggins fills in and tells Derrick everything he needs to know about the great physicist and astronomer - Galileo of Pisa.
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'The Sword in the Stone' as told by Nanny Piggins
20 min 20 September 2022Nanny Piggins tells the ancient Celtic story of about her distant cousin Arthur Piggins who accidentally began King of all Britain while trying to eat a chocolate cake.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Polar Bear
39 min 13 September 2022Friday has to hurry to Norway to help Melanie's Brother, Binky when he is accused of dereliction of duty and threatened with a dishonourable discharge from the Norwegian Army.
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Chapter 29 - What Happened - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
12 min 11 September 2022Everything is explained and resolved. Then there is a shocking cliffhanger ending.
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Chapter 28 - Identity Parade - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
14 min 8 September 2022Constable Pike holds an identity parade so his earwitness can identify the bank robber.
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Chapter 27 - The Investigation - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
10 min 6 September 2022Constable Pike tries to figure out what happened at the bank.
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Chapter 26 (Part 2) - Photo Finish - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
13 min 4 September 2022We discover who really did win the mud run.
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Chapter 26 (Part 1) - Photo Finish - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
9 min 1 September 2022Joe comes so close to winning the Mud Race but there are last moment surprises.
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Chapter 25 - The Heist - Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
11 min 30 August 2022When April and Tom seek refuge in the bank because of it's outstanding air conditioning, they get caught up in a crime.
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Chapter 24 - I Can't Take It Anymore - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
7 min 28 August 2022Tom finds the Mud Run a lot harder than he imagined. The heat gets to him.
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Chapter 23 - And So It Begins - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
17 min 25 August 2022It's race day. The Peski Kids launch themselves into the mud run.
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Chapter 21 & 22 - More Pressure - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
10 min 23 August 2022Mr Popov is angry with Fin because of the damage he had done to the school football field. It's the night before the big race and Joe is exhausted from over training.
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Chapter 20 - The Complaining - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
8 min 21 August 2022While April is in the guidance counselor's office checking in, Mr Lang gets a visit from an angry husband.
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Chapter 18 & 19 - The Build - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
8 min 18 August 2022Fin enlists Neils help to build the mud run obstacles.
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Chapter 17 - Mud Therapy - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
6 min 16 August 2022Loretta help Joe train for muddy part of the mud run.
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Chapter 16 - Training - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
9 min 14 August 2022April and Tom start training with the visiting Olympian.
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Chapter 15 - In the Office, Again - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
14 min 11 August 2022Mr Lang is going to have to expel April, until Tom intervenes.
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Chapter 14 - Not a Good Look - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
8 min 9 August 2022April has to sit next to Tom in class. It does not go well.
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Chapter 13 - The Course Master - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
8 min 7 August 2022Fin is put in charge of building the course for the Mad Mud Mud Run, a responsibility that involves him having complete control over a bright yellow digger.
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Chapter 12 - A Quiet Word - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
10 min 4 August 2022Mr Lang Corners Joe and asks him to win the mud run.
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Chapter 11 - Motivation - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
11 min 2 August 2022Loretta ponders how she can make April like her. Joe and Fin assure her any attempt is futile.
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Chapter 10 Part 2 - Home Front - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
15 min 31 July 2022Mr Chelsea from the Chelsea Bakery makes Joe and offer he can't refuse.
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Chapter 10 Part 1 - Home Front - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
8 min 28 July 2022April is horrified to discover that Loretta has already taken over her bedroom.
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Chapter 9 - Begging and Pleading - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
11 min 26 July 2022Constable Pike takes April home. But Ingrid won't let him in the house. And Dad is too afraid of Ingrid and April to disagree.
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Chapter 8 - Differability - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
6 min 24 July 2022April and Mr Lang argue about which of them has a greater respect for the notion of equality. It doesn't go well.
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Chapter 7 - Deep In Thought - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
5 min 21 July 2022Fin and Neil scheme up ways they can both triumph at the Mud Run.
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Chapter 6 - Pressure - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
9 min 19 July 2022April tries to pressure Joe into going in the mud run, until she is tripped and gets into a fight with a boy she has never met before.
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Chapter 5 - Denial - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
6 min 17 July 2022Dad has to accept the fact that Ingrid, with all her tall beautiful Swedish blondeness, really is going to come to live with them and pretend to be his girlfriend.
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Chapter 4 - Dramatic Entrance - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
13 min 14 July 2022A two time Olympic silver medallist drops in to Currawong, knocking Joe off his feet and throwing the Mad Mud Mud Run into chaos.
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Chapter 3 - The Big Announcement - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
13 min 12 July 2022The Peski Kids find out about Currawong's latest strange festival. This time it involves mud.
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Chapter 2 - The Next Day - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
8 min 10 July 2022When April and Fin go to school the next day they are the focus of attention and gossip.
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Chapter 1 - One Week Earlier - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
13 min 7 July 2022Dad's proposal to Ingrid throws everything into chaos, somehow it results in Loretta moving in and April moving out, or at least up into the attic to get away from her.
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Prologue - The Peski Kids 3, Stuck in the Mud
7 min 5 July 2022In this prologue the story opens with the Peski Kids mum, still imprisoned by the Kolectiv, we find out how she reacts to the news of Mr Peski's engagement to Ingrid.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Incriminating Trousers
23 min 3 July 2022This is a repeat episode because I'm away on holiday. I picked a Friday Barnes one because I know there are lots of Friday Barnes fans out there, also I am currently writing a Friday Barnes book. This chapter is one of my favourite stories. It is very silly.
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"Sisyphus" as told by Nanny Piggins
17 min 30 June 2022This is a repeat episode because I'm away on holiday. It's one of my favourites because it is the first of the Greek Myths I did with Nanny Piggins. It was a lot of fun and I've done many Greek Myths since. Although some of the names are hard to pronounce which means I have to do lots of retakes when I'm recording.
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A Tall Tale about Socks and Goblins
11 min 28 June 2022This is another replay because I'm on holiday with my family. I love this story. It may be one that appeals more to Mums. I like that it features both of my daughters. My older daughter always complains that she isn't mentioned as much in the tall tales as her younger sister. I love the sock fairy. It is one of my favourite ideas I've come up with for this series.
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"The Elves and the Shoemaker" as told by Nanny Piggins
17 min 26 June 2022This is a replay of a story I wrote for the Adelaide Writer's Festival in 2021. I tried to record it live but it all went horribly wrong, so I recorded this in my hotel room that night. I'm very fond of this story. I do like coffee cake. Plus the Elves and the Shoemaker is a story my mother used to read to me when I was little.
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Chapter 24 and 25 - The Aftermath - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
15 min 23 June 2022Chapter 24 - Everything is explained, about how the bear really came to be in the woods. Chapter 25 - Then everything is thrown into chaos again when Dad spontaneously makes a huge decision.
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Chapter 23 - The Big Day (Part 2) - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
20 min 21 June 2022The Daffodil Day celebrations turn to chaos when a surprise visitor turns up, and Officer Odinsson is reinstated by the power crazed mayor.
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Chapter 23 - The Big Day - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
13 min 19 June 2022Daffodil Day finally arrives. Dad is forced to dress up in a ridiculous costume. The mayor refuses to believe the truth about the bear, not when there are so many tourists in town.
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Chapter 22 - Trust No-One - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
7 min 16 June 2022April gives up, until Loretta bursts in with evidence that proves she was right all along.
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Chapter 21 - Listen to Me - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
9 min 14 June 2022April tried to warn everyone at the Good Times Cafe about the dangers of the bear in the wood. Dad gets a milkshake in the lap. And she gets another head injury.
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Chapter 20 - The Cat Whisperer - The Peski Kids, Bear in the Woods
8 min 12 June 2022The Peski Kids go to consult the Cat Lady about the bear.
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Chapter 19 - The Mayoral Proposition - The Peski Kids, Bear in the Woods
18 min 9 June 2022The mayor makes a surprise visit to the Peski house with propositions for Mr Peski and April.
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Chapter 18 - Neil - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
7 min 7 June 2022Fin gets to know the Cat Lady's grandson.
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Chapter 17 - Tension - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
9 min 5 June 2022Loretta bumps into Joe while he's waiting outside the psychiatrist's van.
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Chapter 16 - Pretty Please - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
9 min 2 June 2022Dad has a grafting accident, Loretta helps him and together they uncover a secret from the burned out computer.
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Chapter 15 - More than One Way to Skin a Cat - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
8 min 31 May 2022Fin meets another boy at the Cat Lady's farmhouse.
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Chapter 14 - Head Shrinking - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
10 min 29 May 2022April and Pumpkin meet Dr Hilary, the travelling regional psychiatrist.
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Chapter 13 - Back in Hospital - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
9 min 26 May 2022April and Officer Odinsson end up back in hospital. Dr Vass has a new idea about what might be causing April to see bears.
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Chapter 12 - Going on a Bear Hunt - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
12 min 24 May 2022April drags everyone back out into the bush to find the bear she insists she saw.
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Chapter 11 - The Cat Lady - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
11 min 22 May 2022Fin begins his "training" with the Cat Lady. She has some strange ideas.
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Chapter 10 - The Long Arm of the Law - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
8 min 19 May 2022Constable Pike pulls over the Peski Kids and takes Fin away to do his community service with the Cat Lady.
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Chapter 9 - The Office of Animal Control - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
7 min 17 May 2022The Peski Kids go to Officer Odinsson for help catching the bear.
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Chapter 8 - Hide and Seek - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
10 min 15 May 2022April wakes up determined to rescue the bear she saw.
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Chapter 7 - All in the Mind - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
10 min 12 May 2022When April wakes up in hospital nobody believes that she saw a bear.
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Chapter 6 - Near Death Experience - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
6 min 10 May 2022April has to fight for her life to get out of a flash flood, and that's only the second most dangerous thing to happen to her in this episode.
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Chapter 5 (Part 2) - Community Service - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
8 min 8 May 2022When April and Loretta start pulling rubbish out of the creek, Matilda refuses to help. Wrestling ensues.
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Chapter 5 (Part 1) - Community Service - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
14 min 5 May 2022The Peski Kids set off into the bush with Constable Pike to do their community service.
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Chapter 4 - Hard Drive - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
13 min 3 May 2022Ingrid tell Dad to fix the burnt out computer. Professor Maynard tells the Peski Kids to do a better job of fulfilling their mission.
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Chapter 3 - The Cat Lady - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
15 min 1 May 2022The cat lady arrives and she's not what the Peski Kids expected.
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Chapter 2 - In Town - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
11 min 28 April 2022When the Peski Kids go into town, Pumpkin chases a cat up a telegraph pole. The owner of the cat hits April with her handbag. The mayor is worried about a cat up a telegraph pole with Daffodil Day coming up. They turn to the closest thing Currawong has to a super hero.
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Prologue & Chapter 1 - The Peski Kids 2, Bear in the Woods
17 min 26 April 2022When the Peski kids home catches fire, Ingrid heroically races in and throws the flaming computer out the window. But who set fire to it in the first place?
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Chapter 26 & 27 - The Key - The Peski Kids
13 min 24 April 2022The gripping conclusion to this action packed novel.
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Chapter 25 - The Chase - The Peski Kids
12 min 21 April 2022When Coach Voss tries to escape in a hot air balloon, the Peski Kids give chase in their Dad's home made helicopter.
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Chapter 24 - Everything Goes Wrong - The Peski Kids
20 min 19 April 2022Finally, it's the big day of the Currawong Cockroach Races, but when the Peski Kids get there everything goes wrong.
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The Cockroach Races - Chapter 23 - The Peski Kids
10 min 17 April 2022The Peski Kids arrive at the Cockroach Races, some of them disguised as cockroaches.
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Depressed - Chapter 22 - The Peski Kids
7 min 14 April 2022Fin is depressed because Joe went on a date with Loretta. April is oblivious.
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The Ball - Chapter 21 - The Peski Kids
14 min 12 April 2022The Peski Kids go to the Cockroach Races Ball, some of them dressed as animals.
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Talking to Girls - Chapter 20 - The Peski Kids
10 min 10 April 2022In his desperation to not ask Daisy to the Cockroaches Races Ball, Joe lied and said he was taking Loretta. But he didn't think it through. Now he has to do something much worse - he has to ask Loretta.
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Something in the Garden - Chapter 19 - The Peski Kids
9 min 7 April 2022Dad summons the courage to confront an intruder in the garden.
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Confrontation with a Beauty - Chapter 18 - The Peski Kids
9 min 5 April 2022Daisy Odinsdottir corners Joe in the boys bathroom. How will he get out of asking her to the Cockroach Races Ball?
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Framed Again - Chapter 17 - The Peski Kids
14 min 3 April 2022April and Fin have another terrible day at school when they are accused of killing another cockroach.
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At Home - Chapter 16 - The Peski Kids
11 min 31 March 2022Dad finds bugs and not the creepy crawly kind all over the house. He wants to run away from home but the kids won't let him.
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Seriously - Chapter 15 - The Peski Kids
8 min 29 March 2022April and Fin are questioned down at the police station. But Constable Pike has not proof they were the ones to kill Kieren and Animesh's cockroach.
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The Investigation Begins... Badly - Chapter 14 - The Peski Kids
17 min 27 March 2022Joe, Fin and April go into town for breakfast and start investigating the death of Loretta's cockroach.
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Something Serious - Chapter 13 - The Peski Kids
17 min 24 March 2022Loretta reveals that something terrible has happened to Mr Bottomley.
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Paper, Rock, Glass - Chapter 12 - The Peski Kids
5 min 22 March 2022Fin is awoken by a rock.
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Kitty Cat Band-Aids - Chapter 11- The Peski Kids
7 min 20 March 2022Joe has to get a microwave held together with Kitty Cat Band-Aids to work. April and Fin have to sneak a cockroach into the house without their father who is terrified of everything, but especially cockroaches, knowing about it.
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Something in the Bushes - Chapter 10 - The Peski Kids
4 min 17 March 2022Dad hears something strange in the garden and finds the courage to investigate whether he needs to run away.
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The First Hurdle - Chapter 9 - The Peski Kids
13 min 15 March 2022April and Fin have to find a cockroach but their own house is bug free, so they have to visit their next door neighbour.
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Do Over - Chapter 8 - The Peski Kids
6 min 13 March 2022Mr Lang has a stern talk with April and Fin. They have had three official complaints made about them and Pumpkin the dog in just one day.
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Joe and the Bowls - Chapter 7 - The Peski Kids
12 min 10 March 2022Joe makes a dreadful first impression with his teachers and classmates, until they discover that he is unexpectedly brilliant at something.
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Not Fitting In - Chapter 6 - The Peski Kids
19 min 8 March 2022April and Fin go to their first PE class at Currawong High. It doesn't go well. The PE teacher makes the whole class do a theory lesson to punish April and Fin for not bringing their sports uniform. Then the theory lesson involves giving cockroaches interval training which just seems weird.
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The New School - Chapter 5 - The Peski Kids
11 min 6 March 2022Joe, Fin and April arrive at Currawong High School. Mrs Pilsbury, the school secretary is not impressed to meet Pumpkin. And Mr Lang, the school counsellor, encourages the Peski kids to take part in the annual Cockroach Races so they can become a part of the local community.
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School Uniform - Chapter 4 - The Peski Kids
19 min 3 March 2022Joe, Fin and April are horrified to discover that they have to wear a school uniform to their new school. Also, that their Dad doesn't drive - so they have to run to school if they have any chance of getting there on time. Luckily their staggeringly beautiful next door neighbour, Loretta is able to offer them a lift. They soon discover it will be hard to keep secrets from someone so perceptive.
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Dad - Chapter 3 - The Peski Kids
14 min 1 March 2022Joe, Fin and April meet their Dad for the first time in eleven years.
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What's in a Name? - Chapter 2 - The Peski Kids
11 min 27 February 2022Professor Maynard explains to Joe, Fin and April where she is taking them and why. The kids are not impressed.
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A Bad Start - Chapter 1 - The Peski Kids
18 min 24 February 2022April, Fin and Joe don't realise it yet but their mother is missing and their world is about to be turned upside down, by a woman they always regarded as being frumpiness squared.
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Prologue - The Peski Kids
7 min 22 February 2022This is the prologue from my book 'The Peski Kids, The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach'. It sets up the story to come.
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'The Twelve Dancing Pigcesses' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 15 February 2022You may have heard of the Grimms' Fairy Tale, 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses'. But in this podcast reveals what really happened. It wasn't about princesses at all! It was about pigcesses and those pigcessese were twelve of her identical fourteenuplet sisters.
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'The Legend of Narcissus' as told by Nanny Piggins
18 min 8 February 2022When a mean girl at school calls Michael a narcissist he asks Nanny Piggins to explain was a 'narcissist' is which leads her her telling the Ancient Greek story of Narcissus, Echo and Nemesis. Her version is a little different to the standard story because her distant relative Ovid Piggins wrote it all down with the details of what actually happened.
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Friday Barnes and the Case of the Stolen Suitcase
28 min 1 February 2022Friday is exhausted after a long day of solving art crime in Florence, Italy. But before she goes to bed she's got one more mystery to solve - who stole everything from Mrs Cannon's room?
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A Tall Tale about Real Estate and Robots
12 min 25 January 2022When Mum and Tammy have to walk to school from the other side of town, Mum begins to wonder about the motives of a very smiley real estate agent with unnaturally blue eyes.
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'Valiant Bramwell' as told by Nanny Piggins
21 min 18 January 2022Bramwell Piggins (Nanny Piggins no good brother) accidentally gets a job as a giant slayer after eating a fly infested jam tart.
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Nanny Piggins and the Attempted Escape
24 min 19 November 2024Having been kidnapped by the Ringmaster, Nanny Piggins is determined to escape through whatever means necessary. And she comes up with some very creative means.
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'Joseph and his Multi-Coloured Coat' as told by Nanny Piggins - Part 2
17 min 12 November 2024Nanny Piggins finishes the epic tale of what happened to Josephn (Josephine) after she was sold into slavery and taken to Egypt.
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