A story and a song: musical stories for children
Performance storyteller Tanya Batt and Musician Peter Forster share a collection of musical stories for young children from the Batt Cave.Tall tales of friendships, food and fun that are guaranteed to delight and have you singing along with their catchy refrains. Quirky, wholesome stories that fill you with hope that perseverance will be rewarded, friendship is paramount, vegetables can save your life and even great sadness passes. A story and a song - because words and music they belong!
Podcasting since 2022 • 139 episodes
A story and a song: musical stories for children
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Cap O' Rushes: A Cinderella story
Cap O' Rushes is an English Cinderella variant where our heroine makes her own good fortune through hard work and cleverness! There are over 800 known versions of the Cinderella story told around the world - we hope you enjoy this one!
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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22:45
Molly Whuppie: a Story From Scotland
This Bat Cave starts off with Pete singing a song from the Bat show that Tanya and Pete are touring round NewZealand at the moment.Then Tanya tells the exciting story of Molly Whuppie, a 'Jack in the Beanstalk' variant where Molly and he...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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31:03
The Unicorn's Wish
In this last story celebrating the New Year of the Fire Horse; Tanya and Pete tell the story of a poor man experiencing hard times who sets out to find something to feed his family with. He meets some difficult choices along the way.
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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15:26
Lakota Horse Origin Story
Continuing the celebration of the horse for the lunar 'fire horse' year, Tanya talks about horses in mythology such as Pegasus, Sleipnir and the horse of power from Russian folktales. Tanya and Pete share a story from the First Nations Lakota p...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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21:01
Fan Mail
Kia ora Tania and Pete, I love listening to the story, it reminds me of Sunday mornings listening to stories in the 60s. Arohanui ����
New Zealand