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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 ge...

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, exp...

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 f...

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 become...

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...

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 s...

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. 🛡️...

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 trea...

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, ev...

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 ke...

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:...

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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 ...

Send us Fan Mail "Multiple breezes form a strong wind." – Vietnamese Proverb Sylvaris the Elf loves her garden, but one morning she notices a very unusual purple weed with pulsing veins. Deciding it looks harmless, she leaves it for later. Big mistake! By the next day, the weed has grown to the size of a cat and is creeping her out by watching her every move. By day three, it has grown into a colossal Titan-Tangler the size of a house, looming right over Snaggleton! When Sylvaris tries to pul...

Send us Fan Mail Bases on nGulliver's travels! Captain Barnacle Bones is a pirate who loves a loud, confident, and unbelievably boastful boast! While steering his ship, The Scurvy Dog, he brags to his cook, Jolly Jane, that he can outwit any wave in the ocean. But a magical storm filled with green and purple lightning proves him wrong, washing him completely overboard into the cold, raging sea! When the captain wakes up, he finds himself on a strange beach, tied down by hundreds of tiny ropes...

Send us Fan Mail The Scroll of the Coward: Facing the Heavy Truth 🛡️🧀📖 "A comfortable lie is heavy to carry... But the truth is light." Sir Chucklenugget is in his absolute element, standing on a sturdy oak table at the Glugging Gargoyle tavern and telling his favorite story! He regales the gasping crowd with the legendary tale of his ancestor, Sir Reginald Iron-Pants, who supposedly fought off thousands of monsters from the Great Goblin Army completely alone for three days and three nights. ...

Send us Fan Mail "A bad worker blames his tools." Grumblegut the Ogre is usually a very confident smasher of things, but today he is trying to be delicate. He wants to carve a giant stone centipede as a birthday present for his favorite aunt, Auntie Gravel-Guts! The only problem is that every time he taps his chisel, the stone shatters. Panic bubbles in his belly because the birthday is tomorrow! Instead of slowing down, Grumblegut loses his temper and blames everything but himself: The Sto...

Send us Fan Mail "He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever." – Chinese Proverb Wizard Wizzlethorp travels deep into the Will-o'-the-Wispwater Woods for the Summit of Sparks—the Annual Grand Gathering of Wizards! He is determined to impress the crowd, including the Grand High Mage, a 900-year-old goblin named Elder Grot. But standing in his way is the loud and talented Zazarac the Zealous, who loves to tease him and calls him "Wizzle-Flop." The com...

Send us Fan Mail Outsmarting the Wizard! 💎🧛‍♀️🕵️‍♂️ Based on the famous Sherlock Holmes mystery, A Scandal in Bohemia! On a stormy night, a masked nobleman arrives at Wizard Wizzlethorp’s tower in deep trouble. Wizzlethorp uses his brilliant powers of deduction to identify him instantly as Lord Elmsworth! The proud half-elf reveals that his Memory Crystal is held by Lady Seraphina, an elegant vampire from the Moonshadow Mountains. He claims she is using it to blackmail him with a deeply embar...

Send us Fan Mail "A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." Sir Chucklenugget has had a very wet and muddy morning wrestling a Slobber-Mouth Swamp-Squid. On his trudge home, his metal boot hits a strange object hidden deep in the muck—a melon-sized crystal glowing with a pulsing pink light and covered in deep, swirling grooves. But the strangest part? The crystal is making a loud, steady sound: Boof-tss. Boof-tss. Boof-tss. The knight immediately decides ...

Send us Fan Mail "Those who sleep don't catch any fish." – Italian Proverb Gerald the Duck is, without a doubt, the most magnificent duck in Snaggleton. He has cloud-white feathers, a polished orange beak, and a very dignified waddle. He is also, unfortunately, rather lazy! Lately, Gerald has decided that waking up early to hunt for delicious Sludge-Snails in the castle moat is far too "inconvenient". Because he loves his beauty sleep, Gerald starts waking up late—only to find th...

Send us Fan Mail "When the wind of change blows, some build walls while others build windmills." Sparky Flarkbottom’s workshop sounds like a dragon chewing on a bag of spanners! She is hard at work grinding iron for her latest masterpiece, the Lava Toaster. But all that grinding fills the air with a thick cloud of shiny, silver metal dust. Suddenly, a swarm of tiny, round beetles called Flash-Mites flies through the window. These little bugs have a very special, very annoying talent: whenever...

Send us Fan Mail Based on the famous Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Adventure of the Speckled Band! The night is wild and stormy in Magimajura, but the real chill is inside the Great Tree. Willowisp, a terrified wood sprite, seeks out Wizzlethorp and Stanky with a heartbreaking mystery. Her twin brother, Fern, died a year ago in a room magically locked from the inside, his last words a warning about a "whispering vine". Now, Willowisp has been moved into that same room and hears the exac...

Send us Fan Mail Granny Gigglesnort is busy at her iron cauldron, stirring up a liquid that gloops and glurped. Today is the day she perfects her Polymorph Potion—the brew of becoming! One sip, and her brave volunteer, Stanky, should be able to transform into any creature he wishes. But as it turns out, shape-shifting is a lot harder than it looks! Stanky tries to visualize majestic creatures, but the results are a bit... surprising: The Rhino: Stanky wants to be a silver-horned unicorn...

Send us Fan Mail The Snooze-Drake: The Heat of a Heavy Lie 🔥🥚 Have you ever felt like you had to have the answer to a tough question just to stay "smart"? Granny Gigglesnort, the "Wisest Witch" in town, feels that exact pressure. When Sir Chucklenugget brings her a smoking, sizzling egg found near the Cindercrest Volcano, Granny has no idea what it is. But instead of saying those three important words—"I don’t know"—her pride takes over, and she tells a giant lie. She claims it’s a Sapphire-S...

Send us Fan Mail The Grey-Day Glitch: The Magic of Paying Attention 🌫️🎨 It was a boring day in Snaggleton. The air felt stale, and the sky was a flat, featureless sheet of grey. Fergus O’Gold didn't care about his gold, Sir Chucklenugget thought the stone was too hard, and the Terrible Trio couldn't even be bothered to smash rocks. A heavy "Boredom Fog" rolled in from the Whispering Woods, making everyone feel grumpier and heavier by the second. But Sylvaris the Elf refused to give up! While ...

Send us Fan Mail Sir Chucklenugget and the Metal-Munching Manticore! 🛡️🦁 Have you ever broken something by accident and felt so embarrassed that you made up a story to cover it up? That is exactly what happens to Sir Chucklenugget! While trying to show off his "Knightly Strength" by lifting his own castle drawbridge with his bare hands, he hears a loud SNAP! The bridge crashes into the moat, and the knight is so ashamed that he tells a giant, scary lie about a Metal-Munching Manticore a...

Send us Fan Mail Force vs. Communication! ✍️🛡️ The peace in Snaggleton is shattered by a thumping so loud it rattles every glass in the tavern! A colossal, two-headed nightmare called an Ettin has stepped out of the mist, and it is ten times the size of an ogre! The heads, Bash and Mash, can’t stop arguing with each other, but they both agree on one thing: they want to stomp Snaggleton flat! Sir Chucklenugget charges in with his flaming magical sword, but it bounces off the Ettin'...

Send us Fan Mail The Case of the Crawling Knight 🕵️‍♂️🏰 Based on the famous Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Adventure of the Creeping Man! Something is terribly, horribly wrong with Sir Chucklenugget! Nolan, the captain of the Mini Might Battalion, arrives at Wizzlethorp’s tower with a frantic report: the once-cheerful knight has become grumpy, aggressive, and has been seen crawling along the castle walls on all fours like a creature! Even the castle ducks are quacking in terror whenever he come...

Send us Fan Mail The Festival of the Itchy Shirt: A Laundry Legend! 🧺👕 Based on the hilarious truth that just because a tradition is old, doesn't mean it makes sense! The village of Snaggleton is absolutely miserable. Instead of the smell of fresh bread, the air is filled with the scent of dusty hay and the sound of everyone scratching! 😖 It is the Day of the First Founder, and ancient law says everyone must wear a shirt made of dried, scratchy brown grass. Fergus O’Gold is mourning his silk ...

Send us Fan Mail Sparky and the Earmuffs of Agreement 🎧🏗️ Sparky Flarkbottom has a magnificent, steam-powered idea: she’s going to build a high-tech watchtower called The Clockwork Sky-Spire! However, when she picks the soft, squishy Sludgebrook Swamp as the location, her friends try to warn her that a heavy metal tower will sink like a wrench in custard. Sparky doesn't want to hear "no," so she visits Wizzlethorp the Wizard, who gives her the Earmuffs of Agreement. These magical pink muffs f...

Send us Fan Mail The Great Glimmering Gopher: A Deep-Down Adventure! 🐾⛏️ Based on the classic tale of Moby Dick, this kids story podcast episode is a journey about what happens when an obsession takes over your heart! Sir Chucklenugget the Knight has just won the "Shiniest Armor" award and a magnificent magical lance called Gleamfang. But during a peaceful picnic, the ground trembles and a legendary creature—the Great Glimmering Gopher—erupts from the earth and snatches his prize! ...

Send us Fan Mail The Night of the Neon Slime 🧪💚 It’s the "sticky season" in Snaggleton, a time when the Slithering Stream does something remarkably rude: it turns thick, gooey, and glowing neon green! 🤢 For years, the villagers have been terrified. They believe a giant Mountain Spirit has a terrible cold and is sneezing into their river! 🤧 To stop the "Giant Sneeze" from blowing their houses down, the villagers gather for a sacrificial fashion show. Fergus brings a gold-threaded hanky, Sir Ch...

Send us Fan Mail Before we dive into today’s adventure, we have a very special shout-out! This story was written, performed, and discussed by the talented students at SAFA Community School. They took part in our Schools Storyteller Program, where kids get to become the stars of their own podcasts! If you want your school to join the fun and share your stories with the world, head over to bykidsforkids.co/schools to see how you can get involved! Stick around after the story to hear a lively co...

Send us Fan Mail The Life-Bot: Too Efficient for Fun? 🤖🥧 Sparky Flarkbottom is tornado busy! 🌪️ Between the "Self-Buttering Toast-Launcher" and her friends constantly dropping by with beetles, stories, and muffins, she’s had enough. She decides that life is just one big distraction! To fix the problem, Sparky invents the Life-Bot—a shiny metal gnome designed to handle all the "boring and irritating" parts of being human. 🛠️ Jinx has a cool bug? Tell the robot. 🐜Sir Chucklenugget has a brave t...

Send us Fan Mail The air in Wizzlethorp the Wizard's tower usually smells like magic, but today it smells like... burnt broccoli? 🥦 Wizzlethorp is thrilled because he has finally brewed the legendary Elixir of the Iron Mountain! According to an ancient goblin scroll, this grey sludge makes anyone invincible—swords will shatter against them and dragon fire will feel like a tickle! Wizzlethorp is so sure of his "cherished belief" in the scroll that he refuses to test it. He wants to pour it str...

Send us Fan Mail A baffled Sir Chucklenugget arrives at Wizzlethorp’s tower with a strange report: a "mad-gnome" is loose in Snaggleton! 🏃‍♂️ This mysterious figure isn't stealing gold or jewels; they are breaking into gardens just to smash cheap, "Giggling Garden Gnomes" into a hundred tiny pieces! 🔨 Wizzlethorp (our Sherlock) and the patchwork creature Stanky (our Watson) investigate and find a tiny clue: a miniature silver wrench! 🔧 This tool belongs to a Tinker-mite—a race of tiny, brilli...

Send us Fan Mail Based on the beautiful Maori proverb: "Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you." Grumblegut the Ogre wants to be an artist! 🎨 He’s trading smashing for stone-carving, trying to create a masterpiece. But when his hand slips and he ruins the nose of his statue, Grumblegut gets grobblesome angry! He starts seeing only his mistakes—uneven ears, wobbly chins, and "chicken-dragons." 🐉 Suddenly, a strange thing happens: a dark, grumpy rain cloud appears right o...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? Welcome to PODSNACK!, your bite-sized adventure that’s full of fun! In this special WORLD Edition series, we are journeying across the entire globe! We will meet the strangest, goofiest, and occasionally scary magical beings, learn about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way. 🇻🇪 Today's Snack: The World's Tallest Waterfall! We are tr...

Send us Fan Mail The Word-War: Rocks vs. Words! 🪨🗣️ Grumblegut the Ogre is visiting his cousins, the Thundersmashers! 🏔️ But instead of playing games, he finds them in a rage, ready to throw massive boulders at a peaceful goblin village below. Why? Because the cousins think the goblins are "BAD!" 😠 Grumblegut realizes his cousins are stuck using one tiny word to describe the whole world. He decides to teach them a lesson about vocabulary: Is the lunch "Bad," or is it just Bland? 🥣Is the rain ...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? Welcome to PODSNACK!, your bite-sized adventure that’s full of fun! In this special WORLD Edition series, we are heading out on a huge world journey to track down the strangest, goofiest, and occasionally spooky magical beings. We will learn about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way. 🇨🇴 Today's Snack: The Mountains of Colombia! We ...

Send us Fan Mail The Mirror-Monster: A Lesson in Kindness! 🪞👹 The Terrible Trio—Grumblegut the Ogre, Trolla the Troll, and Snotbeard the Giant—are in a very foul mood! 😠 They are stomping through the woods, looking for something to smash or chase. But instead of a fight, they find a small, grey, wobbly Blob sitting on a stone. When Grumblegut roars at the Blob, the Blob roars back! 🗣️ When Trolla pokes it with a stick, it grows a spike and pokes her back! The more the Trio attacks, the bigger...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? Welcome to PODSNACK!, your bite-sized adventure that’s full of fun! In this special WORLD Edition series, we are setting off on a massive adventure across the entire world! We will meet the strangest, goofiest, and occasionally scary magical monsters, learn about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way. 🇧🇷 Today's Snack: The Amazon Rai...

Send us Fan Mail Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had several sons. The sons were strong and hard-working, but they had one big problem: they were always fighting with each other. They argued about everything, from who should do the chores to who was the smartest. The father was worried. He knew that if his sons didn't learn to get along, they would have a very hard time in life. One day, he called them all together and showed them a bundle of sticks tied tightly with a rope. The...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? Welcome to PODSNACK!, your bite-sized adventure that’s full of fun! In this special WORLD Edition series, we are setting off on a massive adventure across the entire world! We will meet the strangest, goofiest, and occasionally scary magical monsters, learn about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way. 🇧🇴 Today's Snack: High in the Mo...

Send us Fan Mail Hi Kids. We’re taking a little break over the festive season. Today’s story is one of our personalized tales. This one is about a regular BKFK listerner from Ireland named Jude! Happy Holidays! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The League of the Glimmering Beards! 🧔✨ Based on the Sherlock Holmes story, The Red-Headed League! Sunlight streams into Wizzlethorp the Wizard's tower, but the peace is broken when Fergus O’Gold the leprechaun bursts in, absolutely heartbroken! 😭 He has lost his "shiny future"—or rather, his very strange job! For three weeks, Fergus was a member of the "League of the Glimmering Beards," a club for people with magnificent facial hair. His job? Sitting in a room for four hours...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? Welcome to PODSNACK!, your bite-sized adventure that’s full of fun! In this special WORLD Edition series, we are going on a giant trip around the globe! We will meet amazing, unbelievable creatures, learn a little bit about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way. 🇺🇾 Today's Snack: The Rolling Hills of Uruguay! We are traveling to the ...

Send us Fan Mail Lexi, Grumblegut, Jinx, and Scary Fairy face their final, most dangerous Elemental! They must race across hot volcanic earth and leap over streams of glowing lava to reach the angry creature! 🤯 Grumblegut bravely shields his friends from a falling boulder, hurting his back, but they press on! 🛡️ They are trapped behind a deadly curtain of liquid rock—a lava-fall! Their only escape is a smoky tunnel leading deeper into the mountain! Inside, they find the terrifying Fire Elemen...

Send us Fan Mail Hey there, creature catchers! Need a quick treat to keep you entertained between episodes? How about a PODSNACK? In this special WORLD Edition series, we are going on a giant trip around the globe! We will meet amazing, unbelievable creatures, learn a little bit about world cultures, try out some of their language, and pick up interesting vocab along the way. 🇦🇷 Today's Snack: The Golden-Haired Trickster! We are starting our journey way down in Argentina, a huge country ...