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Send us Fan Mail “Sometimes we think somewhere else will be better, until we realise what was special about home.” Grizzlewhisker is bored with Snaggleton. The same streets, the same smells, the same people... surely there must be somewhere more exciting! So in this fun kids story podcast, she sets off to find the perfect place: 🧌 Grubblydale has giant bones, muddy puddles and huge snacks.🪲 Snarlsniff is packed with beetles, strange smells and noisy goblins.🏴‍☠️ A pirate ship brings fish, waves and adventure.🏔️ The Moonshadow Mountains are peaceful and calm.Every place is wonderful at first, but after a while Grizzlewhisker still feels that something is missing. Then Yasashi Oni helps her think about what she left behind: her own bed, her favourite games, tummy scratches, familiar paths and people who would search everywhere if she disappeared. Grizzlewhisker finally understands that home was special all along. She races back to Snaggleton and discovers that nothing there has changed... except the way she sees it. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Big jobs look impossible until you break them into little ones.” Granny Gigglesnort suddenly remembers that five witches are coming for tea in just three hours. The cottage is a mess, the cups are filthy, there is hardly any food, and Granny has so much to do that she decides the only sensible plan is to hide under a tea towel and pretend to be a pillow. Luckily, Stanky arrives. In this funny kids story podcast, he does not ask Granny to fix everything at once. He simply asks one question: “What’s first?” 🧹 First, they clear the table.☕ Then they find and wash the cups.🎂 Next comes worm-and-walnut cake.🦇 Then they catch the bat wings that escape and fly around the kitchen.👁️ After that, they chase runaway eyeballs for the éclairs!Every time Granny starts to feel worried again, Stanky helps her focus on just one small job. Bit by bit, the impossible tea party begins to come together. When the witches finally arrive, they are amazed by the revolting feast of bat-wing sandwiches, spider tartlets, bloodberry scones and bubbling Bogwater Brew. Granny learns that a huge job can feel frightening when you think about everything at once, but one small step at a time can get you all the way to the finish. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “He who throws pebbles asks for rocks in return.” Jinx and Snickerfang are bored on a hot day when one tiny pebble starts a very silly fight. A pebble becomes a rock, the rock leads to dung, and before long the two goblins are trying to get even with each other in more and more disgusting ways. In this kids story podcast, their revenge gets completely out of control: 💩 Snickerfang fires dung from his Sniksy Mud-Splodger.🤢 Jinx answers with ancient snot.🐀 A dead-looking rat gets launched through the air - and then bites Jinx!🪱 Maggots, fish guts, toenails and swamp muck soon join the battle.Neither goblin wants to stop because each one believes the other started it. Eventually they build two enormous muck-launching machines and fire at the same time. Their horrible ammunition crashes together in the sky and rains straight down onto their own Beetle Burrow! Thousands of furious beetles chase them all the way to the Slithering Stream, where Jinx and Snickerfang finally realise how ridiculous things have become. One tiny pebble caused an enormous mess because they kept trying to get revenge. They learn that getting even often makes a problem bigger instead of making it better... although one cheeky dung beetle soon puts that lesson to the test! Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail What if a story could be more than something children simply listen to? In this special episode, Dan introduces Wise Kids Academy - a new way for children to explore the stories they already love through reading, imagination, curiosity, discussion and play. Wise Kids is built around four ideas: W - Wisdom I - Imagination S - Social and Emotional Learning E - Education Children can read along with the original BKFK performances, discover new vocabulary, take on Quiz Quest, explore fascinating facts, think about characters and choices, get creative with Doodle Time, experiment with Mad Libs, and see how ideas from stories connect with the real world.   The big idea is simple: Don’t just listen to the story. Explore it. Wise Kids is designed to help children read, think, imagine, question, discover and create - while keeping the story and the fun at the centre of everything.  Families can try Wise Kids Academy with a 14-day free trial. After that, Family access is $5 per month or $42 per year.   Explore Wise Kids Academy here: https://wisekids.academy Choose a story. Hand your child the Director’s Chair. And see where the adventure takes them. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Looking impressive does not mean you know what you are doing.” Granny Gigglesnort finds a mysterious bottle buried in her garden. When she opens it, out bursts Eugenie the Genie in a storm of smoke, glitter, jewels and thunder. She certainly looks powerful - and Fergus and Trolla are immediately impressed. But in this funny kids story podcast, Eugenie’s wishes keep going horribly wrong: 💎 Fergus asks for jewels and gets mules.🔥 He asks for fame and gets flame.👀 Trolla asks for pickled eyeballs and gets tickling fireballs.🍽️ She asks for a feast and gets a huge hairy beast!Granny soon notices that Eugenie’s mysterious tattoos are not ancient magic at all. They are instructions telling her how to look impressive: pause for effect, raise eyebrow slowly, wait for applause. At last Eugenie admits the real problem: she is hard of hearing. Granny gives her an old brass ear trumpet, and suddenly Eugenie can hear perfectly. The friends learn that fancy clothes, big titles and dramatic tricks can make someone seem clever or powerful, but what really matters is what they can actually do. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Changing a name does not change what something really is.” Morgaff Doomweaver has decided that Magimajura’s names simply are not good enough. So he starts renaming everything! The Moonshadow Mountains become Mount Morgaff, Snaggleton becomes Bedraggleton, and even Wizzlethorp’s tower gets a new Morgaff-approved name. In this ridiculous kids story podcast, Morgaff does not stop with places. Anyone who disagrees with him gets a silly new nickname too: 🧙 Wizzlethorp becomes Whimperthorp.👵 Granny Gigglesnort becomes Granny Grumblewart.🛡️ Sir Chucklenugget becomes Sir Chuckle-Nothing.🧌 Grumblegut becomes Dumblebutt.Granny and Wizzlethorp try explaining that simply announcing a new name does not make everyone use it. And calling people silly names does not prove that you are right. But Morgaff refuses to listen. So they give him a taste of his own medicine and officially rename him! Morgaff is horrified and immediately complains that people cannot just change someone’s name because they feel like it. Exactly! Soon all his renaming orders are cancelled, and Snaggleton gets to stay Snaggleton. A playful story about names, teasing and disagreements, showing that insults do not make an argument stronger - and rules can look very different when they are suddenly used on you. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Mistakes can help us learn, but that does not mean we should make a mess on purpose.” Grumblegut and Trolla hear Sparky say, “You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.” She means that when you try something new, things sometimes go wrong, and that is how you learn. Unfortunately, Grumblegut and Trolla understand it very differently! In this hilarious kids story podcast, they decide that making an omelette must involve breaking as many things as possible: 🐔 They break Granny’s chicken coop while collecting eggs.🍳 They pull apart Sylvaris’s kitchen looking for pans and spoons.🥚 Eggs land on heads, in ears and almost everywhere except the bowl.🤧 Trolla’s enormous sneeze sends the omelette flying onto the ceiling!Soon the kitchen is full of broken plates, flour, slime, runaway chickens and one omelette stuck above everyone’s heads. Grumblegut and Trolla are delighted because they think they have followed Sparky’s advice perfectly! Sparky finally explains the real meaning of the saying: trying something new may involve mistakes, but pointless damage teaches you nothing. After a long afternoon fixing everything they broke, Grumblegut and Trolla discover that sometimes the sensible way really is the easiest way. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Procrastination Makes Easy Things Hard 🍽️🧌🧼 “Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.” After a huge dinner in the Grimy Grotto, Grumblegut, Trolla and Snotbeard are left with one tiny problem: the dirty dishes. They could wash them straight away... but instead they all decide to do it tomorrow. In this funny kids story podcast, tomorrow keeps getting pushed further and further away: 🍲 They eat soup from an old skull.🥾 They drink from a boot with a sock still inside.🛡️ They use rusty shields as dinner plates.🍽️ And the dirty dishes keep piling higher and higher.Soon the mess starts moving, breathing and even throwing plates! The Terrible Trio has accidentally created a giant Dish Beast made from mould, grease, old food and weeks of dirty dishes. When Wizzlethorp arrives, fighting the monster does not work. The only way to defeat it is the one thing the Trio kept avoiding: cleaning up. With buckets, brushes, soap and a lot of scrubbing, they finally destroy the Dish Beast. The friends learn that putting off a small job can turn it into a much bigger problem. Sometimes the easiest thing is simply to do it now. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Even from an enemy, you can learn something useful.” Wizzlethorp and Sir Chucklenugget are happily marching through the forest when they run straight into Morgaff Doomweaver and his snapping rat-skull sidekick, Scritch. It does not take long before insults start flying, swords are drawn and magic is blasting everywhere! But in this action-packed kids story podcast, a much bigger problem suddenly crashes through the trees: a huge Dualhide Ravager covered in magical armour. 🛡️ Hit one side, and its armour quickly becomes stronger there.💥 Wizzlethorp and Morgaff both try attacking it alone - and both fail.🐀 Scritch bites anything he can reach.⚔️ Sir Chucklenugget gets battered while trying to distract the beast.Morgaff finally works out the secret: the creature cannot protect both sides at the same time. The trouble is, he and Wizzlethorp are so busy trying to outsmart each other that they keep ruining the plan! At last, the two rivals stop arguing and work together. Their spells hit at exactly the same moment, smashing the Ravager’s armour and saving everyone. They are still enemies when it is all over, but Wizzlethorp learns an important lesson: good ideas can come from people you do not like - and sometimes even a foe can teach you something valuable. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Failure is not the opposite of success - it is part of success.” Jinx is certain that her brother Snickerfang could never prank her. She is too clever, too suspicious and far too experienced! So she makes him a challenge: fool her with a prank, or hand over his precious jar of candied beetle balls. In this silly kids story podcast, Snickerfang tries again and again: 🪣 A bucket of swamp slime ends up all over him.🥧 An exploding pie blasts him with rotten custard.🪶 A treasure chest covers him in itching feather-powder.🕷️ A giant hairy spider sends him headfirst into dirty dishwater.🪑 A spring-loaded chair fires him straight into sticky Gloopmoss!Jinx thinks every failed prank proves that Snickerfang is hopeless. But she misses one important thing: after every mistake, he takes out his notebook and writes down what he has learned. When Snickerfang finally admits defeat and hands over the beetle balls, Jinx cannot resist taking a bite. CRUNCH! They are not candied beetles at all. They are candied.......? Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Sun-Catcher ☀️🌳🔧 “Some people go through a forest and see no firewood.” Snaggleton has a big problem. The village has run out of wood, and without fire there is no hot food, warm bathwater, bubbling potions or steam for Sparky’s machines! In this funny kids story podcast, the Terrible Trio head into the forest to chop down a giant tree. But the tree turns out to be a furious Treant who warns them that the forest cannot keep giving away wood forever. Back in Snaggleton, everyone complains about the blazing hot sun. Then Stanky spots something surprising: an egg is actually frying on a hot stone! He suddenly realizes that the villagers are surrounded by heat. They just have to find a way to use it. With Sparky’s help, the villagers build a Sun-Catcher using shiny plates, shields and glass. Soon they are boiling water, cooking sausages and powering machines using sunlight instead of chopping down trees. This clever fantasy story for kids is about looking at problems in a new way, using what is already around you, and finding smarter ways to protect nature. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “When the elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.” Rot-Belly the Ogre and Fleabeard the Goblin are both greedy leaders. Their people are getting tired of them, so the two bosses come up with a sneaky plan: make everyone angry at each other! In this funny kids story podcast, their lies get sillier and sillier: 🌬️ Rot-Belly says the goblins are stealing the air.👀 Fleabeard says the ogres are planning to attack.🍞 Rot-Belly keeps eating everyone’s toad-toast.💎 Fleabeard keeps all the Phlegm-Pearls for himself.Soon, the ogres and goblins are ready to fight. But then the Scary Fairy appears. She asks a few simple questions and finds out that hardly anyone really wants a war. The ogres and goblins are just tired, hungry and doing what their leaders told them to do. This funny fantasy story is about thinking for yourself, not believing every angry speech you hear, and talking to people before deciding they are your enemy. In the end, the ogres and goblins stop fighting, share their food and leave Rot-Belly and Fleabeard looking very foolish indeed! Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “A clever trick can look like magic until you stop, question it and examine the evidence.” A mysterious fortune-teller has arrived in Snaggleton! Madame Rattles claims she can read minds, uncover secrets and speak to spirits. Fergus, Sir Chucklenugget and Grumblegut are amazed when she appears to know everything about them. But Wizzlethorp and Sparky are suspicious. In this funny kids story podcast, they notice that Madame Rattles is using clever tricks instead of real magic: 🌈 She describes Fergus using two opposite qualities, so her answer cannot be wrong.🔤 She guesses letters until Sir Chucklenugget supplies the name Sir Iron Pants himself.👂 GritSnitcher secretly listens to Grumblegut and passes his information to Madame Rattles.🐉 She confidently reveals the location of a Dragon Egg that Sparky completely invented!Wizzlethorp and Sparky expose the tricks in front of the whole village, revealing how easy it can be to fool people when they desperately want to believe. Even Madame Rattles’s magnificent crystal ball turns out to be an upside-down fishbowl! This lively mystery encourages critical thinking, curiosity and careful communication. The Snaggletonians learn to ask questions, look for evidence and remember that nobody truly knows what is happening inside your mind unless you tell them. Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “Don’t guess what your friends are thinking. Ask questions, speak honestly, and solve problems before they grow.” The Grimy Grotto has turned into a noisy, slimy battlefield! Snotbeard, Trolla and Grumblegut are shouting, wrestling and flinging swampsnot because each of them is convinced they know exactly what the others are thinking. In this kids story podcast adventure, one tiny misunderstanding grows into a tremendous mess: 🧹 Grumblegut thinks everyone is angry because he cleaned the kitchen too well.🤧 Trolla believes Snotbeard no longer enjoys her funny sneezes and slime surprises.🏠 Snotbeard is certain his friends are plotting to throw him out of the cave.🐛 Trolla’s furious-looking face turns out to be caused by a centipede wriggling inside her ear!Luckily, Stanky arrives before the Terrible Trio completely destroys their home. He explains that they have been playing a mind-reading game, inventing stories about one another instead of asking simple questions. This funny friendship story shows children why communication matters. The friends learn to speak up when their feelings are hurt, tell the truth about what is bothering them and ask questions before a tiny problem becomes a gigantic, swampsnot-covered disaster! Try our new Wise Kids Academy! Read along, meet your favourite Magimajura characters, take Quiz Quests, discover amazing facts, get creative with Mad Libs, and build wisdom, imagination, empathy and critical thinking along the way. Explore the free version or start a free 14-day trial at wisekids.academy. Support the show