
Animal Tales: The Kids' Story Podcast
Josephine Chadwick
4.4from 370 ratings
- 663
- Episodes
- 383
- Transcribed
- 370
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Animal Tales: The Kids' Story Podcast
Over 500 original short stories for kids! Welcome to Animal Tales, where YOU get to suggest what animals appear in each story. All our short stories are written by Alice or Simon especially for the Animal Tales podcast, and read by me, Josephine. From jungle critters to farm animals, from dinosaurs to dodos, and from unicorns to extraordinary mythical beasts, you can find them all at Animal Tales. With three new stories added every week, they're perfect for car journeys or bedtime – you can even suggest an animal you'd like to hear a story about! Our stories are calm but fun, where kindness and thoughtfulness are often the backbone to each tale. And they're educational too, with informative animal facts after the story about the creatures featured. We've written stories especially for childen across the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Singapore, and many more – even the Cook Islands in the middle of the Pacific ocean! We love that our stories are enjoyed by so many children and their families every week, all across the globe. Become a PREMIUM Subscriber You can now enjoy Animal Tales by becoming a Premium Subscriber. This gets you: All episodes in our catalogue advert free Bonus Premium-only episodes (one per week) which will never be used on the main podcast We guarantee to use one of your animal suggestions in a story You can sign up through Apple Podcasts or through Supercast (https://animaltales.supercast.com/) and there are both monthly and yearly plans available. Find out more about us at www.animaltales.uk So sit back, relax, and we'll begin...
- Publisher
- Josephine Chadwick
- Category
- fiction · kids & family · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
383 of 663 episodes have a transcript.

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The Bank Bag
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was another panda, and she was clearly delighted to see the younger panda and his bag. You made it, she said as they hugged. I sure did, Mum, smiled Archie. Thanks to Rico here. Well, thank you, Rico, said the older panda, and just in time too. And you've got your bag. Let's get that dealt with now. Ah, but there's a small problem, confessed Archie. You see, in order to get here on time, I had to promise to give some of it to Rico. That seems perfectly fair, said Archie's mum. How much did you agree on? Well, in the end, said Archie awkwardly, three quarters of it. Three quarters, yelped Archie's mum. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 181 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 189 ratings
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