• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
    Oct 16 2025

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    Continuing The epic European adventure Our Heroes briefly pass through Norway on their way to Shetland.

    This is a re-telling of the Classic Norwegian story : The Three Billygoats Gruff...told with verve and panache by BattLamb and Tanya....While Pete joins in pluckin' on the Banjo.

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    14 mins
  • The Seals/Selkies of the Vee Skerries & Papa Stour
    Oct 8 2025

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    During their big adventure, Tanya, Pete and Batt lamb were lucky enough to visit Papa Stour, one of the most westerly isles of the Shetland Islands.

    One of the old stories connected to Papa Stour is about a fisherman who gets stranded on the Vee Skerries and the bargin he makes that saves with a seal/selkie that saves his life.

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    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
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    17 mins
  • Cuckoo Song and The Crow Who Stole the Seeds
    Sep 30 2025

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    At long last, Pete, Tanya and Batt Lamb are back from their epic adventure, with new stories and songs to share - this month the stories are from Thailand, Shetland and Norway.

    In celebration of spring, this episode begings with a Cuckoo song. Then Tanya shares a traditional Thai story all about planting seeds.Kasem is given some special seeds by his Grandfather, with instructions to 'not let the crows steal the seeds'. You can probably guess what happened! This fun story comes from a collection of stories that were collected by the Singaporian Storytelling Association, that Tanya was gifted.

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    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
    Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
    Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
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    30 mins
  • Hare brings Light - a midwinter story from Siberia
    Jul 24 2025

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    In the second half of the Batt-Cave from Sweden where the days are long and full of light, Tanya, Pete and Batt-lamb share a story from Siberia about how hare brought light to a very dark world - a story for those experiencing the southern mid winter. Pete also shares a small refrain from a Swedish 70's classic all about summer and picking smöltron (wild strawberries) that was written by Mats Paulson. This song was taught to us by two Swedish women whom we met on our travels that we shared the straweberries we found in the forest with.

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    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
    Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
    Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
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    And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
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    21 mins
  • Salt on a Magpie's Tail - a special podcast from Sweden
    Jul 17 2025

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    Tanya, Pete and Batt-lamb continue on their world storytelling adventure and are joined in Sweden by Greger (and Lena) who are long time fans of the Batt- Cave. This story is musical remake of a traditional Swedish folktale about making your wishes come true. Greger's wish comes true on this podcast - he and Batt-lamb sing a duet 'Baa, baa vita lamb' - the swedish version of 'Baa, baa black sheep.'

    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
    Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
    Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
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    And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
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    33 mins
  • Happy Just Where They Are - a story with Xanthe Gresham Knight
    Jun 26 2025

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    This episode was recorded in Sutri, Italy with the wonderful UK storyteller Xanthe Gresham - Knight. (Tanya and Xanthe were on their way to FEST - the Federation of European Storytellers Conference).

    Batt-lamb is thrilled to help Xanthe tell a story with a sheep in it, and three other animals who set out to seek a holy man to help with their coughs.

    Turns out that companionship is a cure all for many ailments.

    You can find out more about Xanthe's wonderful storytelling and other projects here

    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
    Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
    Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
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    And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
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    26 mins
  • Stories from Singapore Part 2
    Jun 12 2025

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    This is the second part of our podcast from Singapore with Singaporian storyteller Mindy Neo. Tanya shares the story of the Hindu elephant headed god Ganesha after a visit to a local Hindu temple in Joo Chiat, the 2nd oldest in Singapore.

    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
    Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
    Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
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    And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
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    14 mins
  • Stories from Singapore Part 1
    Jun 5 2025

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    Tanya, Pete and Batt- lamb are out in the world having an adventure and their first stop was Singapore where we met some of the local storytellers who are part of the Storytelling Association of Singapore. Mindy Neo is a member of the association and joined us to share a local story about the island Palau Ubin but not before we got into a bit of singing songs from Singapore and Waiheke respectively.

    You can find our audios and books to purchase at https://imagined-worlds.net/story-shop
    Or join the live monthly Batt Cave storytelling club at https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027/tiers
    Or if you are an educator for children 0 - 8 years subscribe to 'Batt on the Mat' - a monthly online, professional development storytelling and arts programme
    https://imagined-worlds.net/batt-on-the-mat
    And finally, if you enjoyed our podcast, please share with friends and write a review. Or make a donation to support what we do here https://ko-fi.com/tanyabatt0027
    Kia Ora!

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    17 mins