Airing time: Wednesdays, 8am
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her listeners are encouraged to bring to life imagination and creation, to dance with the stars and enjoy the moment.
Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Pick a Tale for Children airs Wednesdays at 8am - just in time for the car trip to school
(Pick a Tale for Adults airs Wednesday at 8pm, after the kids have gone to bed. After all, we don't want to give them nightmares.)
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To download the latest episode: Click the kiwifruit to go to the Pick a Tale for Children show page on the accessmedia.nz site:
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Madeline's Christmas & The Girl in the Library Just Before Christmas
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, shares an adaptation of Ludwig Bemelman's Madeline's Christmas and talks about confused nursery rhymes in The Girl in the Library Just Before Christmas. Also featuring a reading of The Owl and the Pussycat.
Duration: 00:19:19 | Date: 11 December, 2024
Grandad's Boat / Buzzy Bee / Crocodile at the Library
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 22:52 | Date: 27 November, 2024
Gingerbread Man, Shopping With Crocodile, Town Mouse And Country Mouse
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 15:19 | Date: 13 November, 2024
Sydney Sea Monster, Little Red House
Sydney Sea Monster, by David Elliot, and a Story Stretcher by Naomi Baltuck, entitled Little Red House
Duration: 21:3 | Date: 16 October, 2024
The Man From the Land of 9 to 5, Fandango, and The Waka
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 11.02 | Date: 18 September, 2024
Three Little Pigs, Man Who Planted Apple Trees & Tale of the Great Hare
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 00:18:11 | Date: 4 September, 2024
Grandpa Shoes, Mr McGee & Competition
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 00:16:52 | Date: 21 August, 2024
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat, Piglet and Papa & Tractor Dave
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 00:14:51 | Date: 6 August, 2024
Sugar for Tea, Giant Stew, The Man Who Loved the Sea, Puppy and Twins
Writer and story teller, Lesley Dowding, lives to bring story into the world of children and adults, alike. Her stories, told in true oral tradition, come from all over the world, as well as from her own imagination.
Duration: 00:20:14 | Date: 24 July, 2024