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    • Lockdown Tales: Folktales
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  • About Us
  • Work
    • Bubble Wrap
    • Lockdown Tales >
      • Lockdown Tales Readers
      • The Quangle Wangle's Hat Competition >
        • Competition Gallery
    • Shows >
      • The Last Woodwose
      • Return of the Wildman
      • Strange Fish
      • YES: The Adrian Mitchell Show
      • The Dead Moon
      • Maps of Desire
      • Tatterhood
      • The Wolf Road
      • Birth of Pleasure
    • Schools >
      • I Am a Woodwose
      • Abiyoyo & the Musicians of Bremen
      • The Coat of Umpteen Pockets
      • Little Red Chunni
    • Community >
      • The Nightingale
      • The Six Swans
      • Now and Then
      • Behind the Scenes at Mary Warner's
      • Memories of Suffolk
    • Family Shows >
      • Orla Tour
      • Orla's Moon
      • Orla and the Sun
      • The Swineherd and The Princess & The Pea
    • Festivals >
      • How Night Came from the Sea
      • Storm of Stories 2016
      • Storm of Stories 2014
      • Storm of Stories 2012
    • Events >
      • Bottom's Dream
      • Almeida Theatre Benefits
    • Podcast: Stories from the Archives
  • WB Singers
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THE STORIES SO FAR

​All the Lockdown Tales are suitable for all ages, but to help you find what you're looking for, we've listed them loosely by age group.
Many of the stories and activities overlap age groups, and we encourage children of all ages to listen and engage with them all.

Click on any title to listen to that story via our Soundcloud profile.
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Early Years Stories (0-5 years)

Charlie Cook's Favourite Book (Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler), read by Sophie Neville
I Love You, Blue Kangaroo, written and read by Emma Chichester Clark
Fender
, written and read by Veronica Lamond

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (folktale), read by Diana Quick
Hairy Maclary's Bone (Lynley Dodd), read by Will Hackett-Jones
Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper (Lynley Dodd), read by Will Hackett-Jones
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Lynley Dodd), read by Will Hackett-Jones
The Big Breath, written and read by Cleo Sylvestre
The Little Red Hen (folktale), read by Penelope Wilton
The Old Woman and Her Pig
, read by Petra Markham
The Three Little Pigs (folktale), told by Diana Quick
​Mr Vinegar (folktale), read by Sam Wright

Nothing Can Frighten a Bear (Elizabeth Dale & Paula Metcalf), read by Ann Penfold
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (folktale), adapted and told by Hilary Greatorex
The Vain Little Mouse (folktale), told by Montserrat Roig de Puig
​What Shall We do, Blue Kangaroo? written and read by Emma Chichester Clark

Early Years Verse (0-5 years)

The Duck and the Kangaroo (Edward Lear), read by Emily Holt
The Hen /The Duck / The Table and Chair (Alfred Lord Douglas / Edward Lear), read by Sally Ann Burnett
To See a Unicorn (Adrian Mitchell), read by Sasha Mitchell
The House that Jack Built (traditional), recited by Julia Blackburn

Activities (0-5 years)
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Blue Kangaroo (Empathy Day)
Fender
 (automatic download of Veronica Lamond's Teaching Resource pack. Find out more here.)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Hen
​The Little Red Hen
Mr Vinegar
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle

Stories (5-7 years)
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​A Drum (folktale), performed by Anusha Subramanyam and Prathap Ramachandra
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book (Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler), read by Sophie Neville
Clever Gretel
(fairytale), read by Sally Ann Burnett
​Domino the Miracle Dog, written and read by Julia Adlard
Fender, written and read by Veronica Lamond​
First the Dance, then the Feast (folktale), read by Bethany O'Halloran

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (folktale), read by Diana Quick
Hairy Maclary's Bone (Lynley Dodd), read by Will Hackett-Jones
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Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper (Lynley Dodd), read by Will Hackett-Jones
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Lynley Dodd), read by Will Hackett-Jones
Henny Penny (folktale), told by Petra Markham
How the Beetle Got Its Colours (Brazilian folktale), read by Alfie Enoch
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In the Summer When I Go to Bed (Thomas Hood), read by Hugh Fraser
I Love You, Blue Kangaroo, written and read by Emma Chichester Clark
Jack and the Beanstalk
, adapted by Leanne Guenther and read by Rosalind Burt
Mr Vinegar (folktale), read by Sam Wright
Switch on the Night (folktale), read by Morven Macbeth
The Big Breath, written and read by Cleo Sylvestre
​The Elves and the Shoemaker (folktale), read by Theo Fraser Steele
The Knight Who Said 'No!', (Lucy Rowland), read by Rob Jarvis
​
The Little Red Hen (folktale), read by Penelope Wilton​
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The Old Woman and Her Pig, read by Petra Markham
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle (folktale), adapted and told by Hilary Greatorex
The Oracle's Wisdom (Daniel Shaw, aged 9), read by Sally Ann Burnett
The Princess and the Pea (folktale), adapted and told by Hilary Greatorex
The Queen Bee (the Brothers Grimm), read by Martina Schwarz
The Three Little Pigs (folktale), told by Diana Quick
​The Vain Little Mouse
 (folktale), told by Montserrat Roig de Puig
​Two Tunes for Three Hundred Rubles (Yiddish folktale), read by Rob Gildon
​​What Shall We do, Blue Kangaroo? written and read by Emma Chichester Clark
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Verse (5-7 years)

A Sticky End / I Am Boj / To See a Unicorn (Adrian Mitchell), read by Sasha Mitchell
In the Summer When I Go to Bed
(Thomas Hood), read by Hugh Fraser

Silver (Walter de la Mare), read by Petra Markham
The Bubble Wrap / Constable's Clouds, written and read by Dean Parkin
The Finger Lock (folktale) / The Green Grass (folk rhyme), read by Morven Macbeth and Julia Blackburn
​The House that Jack Built (traditional), recited by Julia Blackburn
The Pear Tree's Wedding / Foreign Lands (Olive Dehn / Robert Louis Stevenson), read by Petra Markham
The Quangle Wangle's Hat (Edward Lear), read by Julia Blackburn
​
Activities (5-7 years)
​

A Drum​
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book

Fender (automatic download of Veronica Lamond's Teaching Resource pack. Find out more here.)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
In the Summer When I Go to Bed
The Big Breath

The Princess and the Pea
The Bubble Wrap

The Little Red Hen
Mr Vinegar

Stories (7-11 years)

​A Drum (folktale), performed by Anusha Subramanyam and Prathap Ramachandra
Cap O'Rushes (folktale), read by Ann Firbank
Clever Gretel (fairytale), read by Sally Ann Burnett
How the Beetle Got Its Colours (Brazilian folktale), read by Alfie Enoch
​Switch on the Night (folktale), read by Morven Macbeth
The Big Breath, written and read by Cleo Sylvestre
​
The Finger Lock (folktale) / The Green Grass (folk rhyme), read by Morven Macbeth and Julia Blackburn
The King's New Suit (folktale), told by Vincent Franklin
The Musicians of Bremen (folktale), read by Matt Prendergast
​
The Oracle's Wisdom (Daniel Shaw, aged 9), read by Sally Ann Burnett
​The Queen Bee (the Brothers Grimm), read by Martina Schwarz
The Two Brothers (Leo Tolstoy), read by Will Hackett-Jones
The Swineherd
(folktale), read by Ann Bryson

The Woman from the Sea (folktale), read by Gemma Jones
​
​Two Tunes for Three Hundred Rubles (Yiddish folktale), read by Rob Gildon
​
Verse (7-11 years)

Fairy & Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare), read by Jenny Hall
Four poems by Walter de la Mare (folktale), read by Petra Markham
In the Summer When I Go to Bed
(Thomas Hood), read by Hugh Fraser
The Bubble Wrap / Constable's Clouds, written and read by Dean Parkin
The Evacuee (Arthur E. King, VE Day poem), read by Hilary Greatorex

Activities (7-11 years)
​

A Drum​​
Cap O'Rushes (& King Lear)

In the Summer When I Go to Bed

Silver

The Big Breath
The Bubble Wrap
The Finger Lock
The Musicians of Bremen
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More activities being added all the time so check back for new ones soon.

STORIES FOR GROWN-UPS AND OLDER CHILDREN

Our Stories from the Archives podcast has a bank of fantastic folk tales told by some of our most famous actors. They're
funny, touching and brilliantly performed. Available on Spotify, iTunes and through the website, you can take a look here to listen online.
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LOOKING FOR MORE YOUNG CHILDREN'S STORIES?

Many of you will remember our Early Years productions 
Orla and the Sun and Orla's Moon, and the 2018 Orla Tour. Audio versions of the stories have now been made available online through Shining Cat, and you can listen here: Orla and the Sun / Orla's Moon. ​
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​LOOKING FOR MORE ACTIVITIES?


​Our partners at Early Arts have created the Early Arts' Creative Care Package: a quarterly e-bulletin, jam-packed with creative ideas, training events and research to help make life a little more exciting.

Find out more and sign up for some great ideas here.
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funders

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​Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust
Scarfe Foundation


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