Episodes
Published 07/02/21
It's time for the final part of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams! Get your hankies ready! The book of the week is 'I Get Loud' by David Ouimet and published by Canongate. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Get tickets for Mama G's Family Pride Party at Stanley Arts on July 4th here: https://stanleyarts.org/event/family-pride/ Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Grub and Liquor on...
Published 07/02/21
It's time for part two of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams and, to celebrate the end of Pride Month, I've re-recorded by poem about the rainbow flag! The book of the week is 'Windrush Child' by Benjamin Zephaniah, published by Scholastic. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Get tickets for Mama G's Family Pride Party at Stanley Arts on July 4th here: ...
Published 06/25/21
I'm starting a new classic children's book this week: The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams. I hope you enjoiy it! The book fo the week is 'Love is Powerful' by Heather Dean Brewer and LeUyen Pham, published by Walker Books. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Squish (Camberley) on June 19th here:...
Published 06/18/21
Today's story if 'The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies' by Beatrix Potter! And the book fo the week is 'Rain Before Rainbows' by Smriti Halls and David Litchfield, published by Walker Books. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Squish (Camberley) on June 19th here: https://www.camberleytheatre.co.uk/events/mama-gs-story-time-roadshow Get tickets for Mama G's Family...
Published 06/11/21
This week's story is 'The Tailor of Gloucester' by Beatrix Potter and the book of the week is 'Nen and the Lonely Fisherman' by Ian Eagleton, James Mayhew and publushed by Owlet Press. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Squish (Camberley) on June 19th here: https://www.camberleytheatre.co.uk/events/mama-gs-story-time-roadshow Get tickets for Mama G's Family...
Published 06/04/21
More Beatrix Potter this week and it's a double bill! The book of the week is 'Tiny Penguins and the New Baby' by Jane Porter, published by Simon and Schuster. Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Squish (Camberley) on June 19th here: https://www.camberleytheatre.co.uk/events/mama-gs-story-time-roadshow Get tickets for Mama G's Family Pride Party at Stanley Arts on July 4th here: https://stanleyarts.org/event/family-pride/ Don't forget to find me on Facebook, Instagram and...
Published 05/21/21
This week's story is 'The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle' by Beatrix Potter! The book of the week is 'Pride Puppy' by Robin Stevenson, illustrated by. Julie McLaughlin and published by Orca Book Publishers. You can get your own copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1459824849 Find out more and Support Tiggywinkles here: www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Squish (Camberley) on June 19th here:...
Published 05/14/21
More Beatrix Potter for you this week and it's the turn of one of my favourites: Squirrel Nutkin! The book of the week is 'Grandad's Camper' by Harry Woodgate, published by Andersen Press. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Roadshow at Squish (Camberley) on June 19th here: https://www.camberleytheatre.co.uk/events/mama-gs-story-time-roadshow Don't forget to find me...
Published 05/07/21
It was bound to happen! For the next few episodes I'll be sharing some of my favourite stories in the Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter. I'm going to do them as double bills - hopefully matching a less well-known tale with one of the very famous ones. And of course, we had to start with the rabbit himself! No guesses what the book of the week is. (It's Peter Rabbit!) To buy the book of the week just head to:...
Published 04/30/21
It's the finale of 'The Reluctant Dragon' by Kenneth Grahame! I hope you've been enjoying it! Don't forget to let me know which classic children's book you'd like me to read next! The book of the week is (surprise, surprise!) 'The Reluctant Dragon', adapted from Kenneth Grahame's original by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Fred Blunt and published by Usborne as part of their Usborne First Readers series. To buy the book of the week just head to:...
Published 04/23/21
It's time for part two of 'The Reluctant Dragon' by Kenneth Grahame! And I've got TWO books of the week - because I just couldn't choose! 'The Strangeways Travel Agency: The Edge of the Ocean', by L. D. Lapinski, published by Hachette Children's Group and 'Monster Doughnuts' bu Gianna Pollero with illustrations by Sarah Horne, published by Piccadilly Press. To buy the books of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Don't...
Published 04/16/21
I'm hitting up another children's classic this week: 'The Reluctant Giant' by Kenneth Grahame. The book of the week is by the same author (and it's one of my absolute favourites!): 'The Wind in the Willows', the 'illustrate your own' version, published by The History Press. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Don't forget to find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, just search for @MamaGStories! If...
Published 04/09/21
This week's story is all about the Easter Bunny (sort of!) - but plenty of opportunities for dancing and joining in! The book of the week is 'Worm Loves Worm' by J. J. Austin and Mike Curato, published by HarperCollins. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week And you can get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Eggs-Travaganza here:...
Published 04/02/21
If you enjoyed 'The Canterville Ghost' that I was reading over Christmas then you are going to love this story! It's called 'The Selfish Giant' and I've adapted it from the original by Oscar Wilde! The book fo the week is 'Hom' by Jeanne Willis and Paddy Donnelly, published by Andersen Press. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week And you can get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Eggs-Travaganza here:...
Published 03/26/21
It's Shakespeare Week - so to celebrate the Bard here's a story about him! (sort of!) and the book of the week is The Shakespeare Stories by Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross, published by Hachette Children's Group. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week And you can get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Eggs-Travaganza here: https://www.petitepantos.com/event-details/mama-gs-story-time-eggs-travaganza Don't forget...
Published 03/19/21
This week's story is a brand new one: 'The People of Rightwayround Land'. What's it like to be upside down in world designed to be the right way round? The book of the week is 'Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow', by Benjamin Dean, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat and published by Simon & Schuster. To buy the book of the week just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week And you can get tickets for Mama G's Story Time Eggs-Travaganza...
Published 03/12/21
It's a bit of a windy podcast this week with my version of the classic 'Three Billy Goats Gruff'! If you want to join in make sure you've eaten plenty of beans! The book of the week is 'Katy Has Two Grampas' by Julie Schanke Lyford and Robert A. Schanke. If you'd like you're own copies you can get the Kindle version here: bit.ly/UK_Katy_Kindle and a print copy here: bit.ly/UK_Book Don't forget to find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, just search for @MamaGStories! If you'd like to...
Published 03/05/21
It's 'Tell a Fairy Tale Day' when this episode is released - so I'm going to do just that! This week's story is a sequel (check out 'Once Upon a Time') and also a crossover! It's got some guest appearances from two of my favourite fairies: Fran and Vera! The book of the week is 'Harriet Gets Carried Away' by Jessie Sima. To buy the books just head to: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-story-time-with-mama-g-podcast-books-of-the-week Don't forget to find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube,...
Published 02/26/21
Today's story is a traditional Australian folk tale about how fish became fish! I hope you enjoy it! The book of the week is 'In the City of the Nightmare King' - the second in the 'I'm a Gay Wizard' series by V. S. Santoni and published by Wattpad Books. You can get your own copy here: https://books.wattpad.com/in-the-city-of-the-nightmare-king You can find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, just search for @MamaGStories! You can get tickets for 'Telling Tales on Telly'...
Published 02/19/21
This week's story is all about understanding who we are and of course, to do that I needed foxes, voles, badgers and frogs! The book of the week is my new book: 'The Fairies Fran and Vera', by myself and with illustrations by Anouska Sutherland. You can get your copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairies-Fran-Vera-Mama-G/dp/1838332901/ref= and don't forget to leave a review if you do! You can find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, just search for @MamaGStories! You can get tickets for...
Published 02/12/21
Today's episode is very exciting because I am meeting one of literary idols - Jeanne Willis! If you read books you have definitely read one of hers and if you've ever seen me live then you have definitely seen me read one of Jeanne's books out loud! It was such a delight to talk to her! If you'd like to find out more about Jeanne you can can visit www.jeannewillis.com There are two books of the week in this episode: 'Slug Needs a Hug' (which I love SO much it has already been a book of the...
Published 02/04/21
This week's podcast is an interview with the amazing theatre designer Cleo Pettitt! Have a listen and find out about her amazing career and how she creates her fabulous pantomime scenery. If you'd like to see Cleo's work for yourself you can find her on Instagram and Facebook - or head to her Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CleoPettittArt The book of the week is 'Anne of Green Gables' by L. M. Montgomery. You can get your own copy...
Published 01/29/21
This week's story is the classic 'Rapunzel' - which also happens to be the pantomime I am in that you can download and watch from home until January 31st! The book of the week is 'Over the Shop' by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng, published by Walker Books. If you would like your own copy you can head to my new bookshop.org affiliate page and get it there! uk.bookshop.org/shop/mamagstories Don't forget to find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, just search for @MamaGStories! If you'd like to...
Published 01/22/21
Listen to all seven chapters of 'The Canterville Ghost' by Oscar Wilde in one place and uninterrupted! My voice in your ears for 80 minutes! What could be better?! Don't forget to find me on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, just search for @MamaGStories! If you'd like to support my work you can head to: https://www.ko-fi.com/mamag You can get tickets to download 'Rapunzel' here: www.woodville.co.uk
Published 01/18/21