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Children's Pick a Tale

Story teller, Lesley Dowding, brings story into the world of children, with tales from her imagination and around the world, told in true oral tradition.

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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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