Poems and Music – Storynory: Recent Episodes
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Limericks old and new, whole stories in five silly lines of poetry! Join us on this journey down Limerick Lane. Sponsoored by Kiwico key word Story
Listen to our mysterious song with words from the famous poem of William Blake (and just a touch of the Jungle Book thrown in). By the way, it's Blake's old fashioned spelling of "Tyger."
We preview a new Podcast from the makers of Storynory - Relaxivity - and in this sample episode we read an ancient poem about a grasshopper
Today is Birdy's Birthday, She just hatched from her egg. Where will Birdy fly on her travels? Will she return to the nest? A story in verse by Jacob Monroe
Merry Christmas! A cute version of the traditional carol - ‘Away in a Manger’ sung by Jana
Happy Diwali! Song of a Dream’, a charming poem by the Indian Poetess, Sarojini Naidu, whom Mahatma Gandhi called the "Indian Nightingale"
Have you heard the "bell-beat" of swans wings as they fly over the water? This poem by WB Yeats evokes that sound as well as the autumn months.
A delightful poem to celebrate the start of May written by the Canadian poet, Bliss Carman, and read by Jana in honour of her Mother whose birthday is on May 1st.
Jana sings a beguiling and rather different version of the famous french song. You haven't heard it quite like this before!
Jana sings the mysterious Moon Song, based on the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson (read recently by Richard) with original music by Bertie.
An atmospheric night time poem by Robert Louis Stevenson who also wrote Treasure Island.
Six Honest Serving Men is a short poem by Rudyard Kipling. It's a little puzzling and we wonder what it means. What do you think?
Jana sings this romantic song about Scotland's Bonnie Prince Charlie who lead a rebellion against the English in 1745. Later he escaped back to France via the Isle of Sky helped by Flora MacDonald who dressed him up as her maid Betty!
Jana sings the haunting song from our Peer Gynt series - based on the music of Edvard Grieg - the Norwegian composer. Please support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Storynory
Happy New Year Everyone! - Jana sings a magical version of the Scottish Anthem - Auld Lang Syne
Jana and Amarni sing this Christmas Waltz in duo. Our gentle and lovely version of Silent Night.
Not just for little kids! Jana sings this famous rhyme so sweetly we think all ages will feel soothed and un-jangled by it.
Lovely Jana sings a mystical and up tempo song based on the crazy poem by Lewis Carroll - How Doth the Crocodile? - a thank you to Olivia for supporting us on Patreon
It's the classic preschool song - but we've changed it around a little. Ours is a folky version with sweet singing by Jana - a slightly different tune and a different ending. All ages might enjoy it !
London Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady. Music for kids. We've taken this traditional song and given it a funky beat.
The traditional tune is sung by Jana Elizabeth for Storynory in this cheerful and upbeat version with a hint of hip-hop.
A short and sweet poem about a shadow that follows a child around all day - but who likes to stay in bed before the sun is up. By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
An ancient story sung in a ballad that mixes riddles and romance. Richard and Jana sing a duet -with Richard taking the part of a Knight and Jana the part of Nelly.
A gusty poem by the Scottish writer, George MacDonald. The wind is trying to bully the moon - can he succeed?
In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan. The words have been used for a traditional carol, but they were originally a Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti. Listen to them read aloud by Natasha.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote this strange and powerful poem in 1797 after waking up from a dream.
The famous poem by Coleridge describes a wonderful palace built by the Mongolian Kubla Khan in Xanadu.