Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt

Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt

This is a weekly podcast of funny stories for kids. There are side-splitting versions of my own fractured fairy tales. Also short stories from some of my best-selling books, featuring characters from 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' and 'Friday Barnes, Girl Detective'. The stories are perfect for bedtime, long car rides or even if you're just stuck waiting a really long time at the doctor's office. They're written for 7-11 year olds but these are tales the whole family can enjoy. The silliness is ageless. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoy recording it. After years of being a children's author, typing away in my office with only my goldfish for company, I was bursting to tell my stories out-loud and with lots of silly voices! So please - sit back, get comfy and enjoy some amazing, some silly and some just plain ludicous tales direct from my imagination to you.

Episodes

December 31, 2025 16 mins

Nanny Piggins finishes the gripping tale of Joseph, his coat and his incredibly naughty brothers.

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Nanny Piggins tells the story of Joseph and his rainbow coat. NB. I will post the second part tomorrow as a bonus episode.

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Nanny Piggins tells the children what really happened on the first Christmas, because it just so happens that one of her distant relatives was there at the time, in the stable in Bethlehem.

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When Mr Green instructs Nanny Piggins to go down to the shopping centre to have their photo taken with Santa, things do not go smoothly. Nanny Piggins takes exception to Santa's business practises and decides to teach him a lesson, mainly about not underestimating fabulously dressed pigs.

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Nanny Piggins explains to the children the origins of Hanukkah. One of her distant relatives just happened to be there at the time, due to a series of sticky date pudding related problems.

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To celebrate the release of the audiobook version of 'Friday Barnes 3, Big Trouble' my publishers graciously gave me permission to use an extract. I narrated it myself. If you'd like to hear the rest you can buy the audiobook from Spotify, Audbile, Apple Books and all the other audiobook platforms.

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December 2, 2025 28 mins

To celebrate the audiobook release of 'Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue' the 7th book in the Nanny Piggins series. I am playing an extract from the audiobook for this weeks episode. Please do go and buy the rest of the audiobook. You'll get 4 hours 48 minutes of wall to wall Nanny Piggins audio entertainment.

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Odysseus runs into a princess doing her laundry, and at long last someone helpful helps her.

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Odysseus is trapped by an incredibly good looking sea nymph on an island paradise. Will she escape? Of course she will! She is a Piggins after all.

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November 11, 2025 31 mins

Nanny Piggins is outraged when she discovers that the local council intends to build a new park on her favourite vacant lot. Obviously the children have to be immediately pulled out of school so they can help her put a stop to it.

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November 4, 2025 23 mins

The recent real life heist at the Louvre prompted a listener to request I do a Louvre Heist story. So this episode is chapter from my Friday Barnes book set at the the Louvre.

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Nanny Piggins finishes telling the story of Rama and Sita and the first Diwali. A ten-headed evil demon is involved.

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When the children come home to find Nanny Piggins making crepe suzette, she explains it is to celebrate Diwali - the Indian Festival of Lights. 

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When Odysseus and her men are stranded on the Island of the Sun they find it incredibly difficult to resist eating the cows, with terrible consequences.

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Odysseus has yet another really bad day on his incredibly long journey home to Ithaca. This time his men have just about had enough.

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When Hans cupcakes "call" to Nanny Piggins on their morning bus ride, she explains how this is exactly like the Sirens from the Ancient Greek Mythology days.

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When the children go a geography excursion, Nanny Piggins warns of the dangers that lurk within forests. It's not wild animals or huntsmen she's concerned about but a particular fairy with a passion for cake.

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I'm on tour in Emerald, Central Queensland this week so I'm playing this classic episode. I hope you enjoy it. It's reminded me I should do a few more tales from the Arabian Nights.

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Because I'm finishing up my next book 'Romeo v Juliet' I need to play a rerun this week, so I'm posting Nanny Piggins version of the great Shakespearean tale.

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Nanny Piggins tells the tale of how the Vasa, Sweden's great 17th century warship, managed to sink in the first thirty minutes of it's maiden voyage, and how the maritime tragedy would have been much worse if it weren't for the involvement of her Cousin Astrid Piggins and her cinnamon buns.

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