The Papagoya Story Shelf: Recent Episodes
Papagoya Kindergarten
From New York Times Bestsellers like The Pout-Pout Fish to Popular Indian Books such as Gajapati Kulapati! In this podcast you will hear a bunch of our favourite Children's stories from various authors read aloud by the lovely Playmakers of Papagoya Kindergarten.
Read aloud by Rudra S, a book about The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased around, the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and returns home to his mother, who puts him to bed after offering him chamomile tea.
Read aloud by Rudra David Subramanian, the Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's story that follows mischievous and disobedient young Peter Rabbit as he gets into, and is chased around, the garden of Mr. McGregor.
Read aloud by Zohra Avaan, a story about Gerald the tall giraffe who would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance.
Read aloud by Rudra Kothari, a book about a girl named Daisy who doesn't have any money but has lots of imagination.
Read aloud by Arit Mahajan Bittianda, a story about the journey of a happy train that breaks down on its way.
Read aloud by Miesha Basith, a story about a young boy who makes his case for owning a pet dragon and describes how he would take care of it.
Read aloud by Mia Issar Menon, tells the story of a Leopard who used to be sand colored so he could hide in the sand-coloured habitat called the Highveld with his friends Zebra and Giraffe.
Read aloud by Marc Maurice D'sa, a heartwarming story on how sometimes we can find friendship in the most unexpected places.
Read aloud by Maanit Pandia, a funny story about Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len who are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow.
Read aloud by Leela Krishnamurthy, a story about a little fish who has stolen a hat from a big fish and how the big fish reacts to the theft.
Read aloud by Kripa Kumbakonam, a funny story that will ring true with anyone who has ever loved or lost a very special toy.
Read aloud by Maahi Madan, an interesting story about Jim the chimpanzee who is in a terrible mood for no good reason.
Read aloud by Samar K. Bhargava, a simple tale about an elephant who gets lost in a storm.
Read aloud by Vira Thakker Nambiar, a funny story of a boy who finds a talking squirrel in his snack package.
Read aloud by Zach Evan Sequeira, a story about a child named Nikoo who loves to paint.
Read aloud by Ziva Venugopal, the story of the girl narrator and the bespectacled penguin-Grandad captures the wonderful and special relationship between a grandchild and a grandfather.
Read aloud by Elina Rhea Seqeuira, a story about how with a little help from a Himalayan folktale, Bunu loses her tooth.
Read aloud by Ella Markose Grace, a funny story about the Halloween pumpkin who doesn't want to be scary!
Read aloud by Arjun Findlay Jaggesh, a story about Katie's journey as she steps into the most famous paintings in the world.
Read aloud by Amaya Mariam Mathew, a tale of a little fox who becomes bored, puts his house upside down, and finds wayside reasons to challenge his parents' love.
Read aloud by Aanya George, a fascinating tale of Christmas in the middle of an Australian summer!
Read aloud by Aanya Tendle, a charming tale of fear, friendship and not judging a book by its cover.
Read aloud by Playmaker Susanna, join Scaredy Monster as he overcomes his fears of losing a tooth.
Read aloud by Playmaker Vinitha, a sweet story about a monster named Morris- the most loveably disgusting monster you will ever meet! It's been years since he last changed his t-shirt, It's crusty and crawling with ants. His shoes are all slurpy and squelchy inside, And potatoes grow out of his pants! Get ready to meet the stinkiest monster out there!
A #1 New York Times bestseller by Adam Rubin read aloud by Playmaker Rose. Dragons love all sorts of Tacos — except spicy ones! When a boy throws his new dragon friends a spicy salsa taco party, its a recipe for disaster!
Read aloud by Playmaker Vinitha, get ready to go on an other adventure with Sooraj and his grandmother as they investigate, set traps and try to solve the case of the missing Unniappams!
Bernard the Robot loses his bottom on the park swing, and sets off to find it. Join him on his adventure as you listen to this audio book read out by Playmaker Sahana.
A cheeky rhyming story of aliens who love underpants of every shape, size and colour! Read aloud by Playmaker Vinitha, this one is bound to make you laugh!
Read aloud by Playmaker Sahana, this story is about a little boy named Abel who encounters a special robot on his visit to the local post office. Abel is worried that his card to his grandmother will get lost because of his bad handwriting. So he visits the post office to find someone to help him solve this problem!
This story is about a tiny, but ambitious snail who longs to see the world. She hitches a ride on the tail of a whale who takes her to many distant lands, but then the whale is in trouble and the tiny snail must come to its rescue. Read aloud by Playmaker Sahana, go on an adventure with the little snail and the big whale!
Read aloud by Playmaker Susanna and a favourite amongst the children- Ammachi’s Amazing Machines is the story of Sooraj and his grandmother, who loves inventing machines. This time they put their inventive skills to use as they try to make some yummy coconut barfi using simple homemade machines!
This adorable story follows the journey of a raindrop as he falls from a cloud and travels from a puddle to a pond. From there he drifts to a stream, a river, and then to the ocean where he evaporates into the sky again. Read aloud by Playmaker Sahana, this story is a lovely take on the Earth's water cycle.
The Playmakers are back together this time with the sequel to 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. Little Duncan receives a bunch of postcards from his crayons this time. From one being lost under the sofa to another being abandoned by a hotel pool, the crayons all want to let Duncan know just how they feel about this.
This #1 New York Times Bestseller follows the story of a little boy named Duncan who receives a stack of letters from his crayons. In the letters, each crayon shares the reason they are quitting and will no longer be Duncan’s crayon. From being overused to being completely ignored, each of our Playmakers took on the voices of each of the displeased crayons in this read aloud.
A wonderful book that depicts how children are all the same, in spite of what language they speak or where they live. Read aloud by Playmaker Susanna, this story promotes open-mindedness, self-awareness, identity and tolerance.
Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla is very worried about what other people think of her. She's so worried that she's about to break out in a bad case of stripes! A wonderful story read aloud by Playmaker Pritika that reminds children to embrace their differences and be true to themselves.
Listen to this audio book, as read out by Playmaker Pritika and come meet everyone's favourite elephant- Gajapati Kulapati! This the story of gentle and friendly temple elephant, who had a BIG nose and caught a BIG cold when he got wet in the rain one night.
Listen to this audio book, as read out by Playmaker Pritika and get ready to dive deep into the ocean to meet a fish who has an ever present pout! This New York Times Bestseller is about a very unhappy fish who believes that he can only frown and bring gloom to everyone that is around him.