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Hainuwele the Coconut Girl

In this story we hear where root vegetables (tubars) and root spices came from and how people with good and evil hearts are separated.
The god Ameta finds a coconut one day, he plants it and a lovely girl Hainuwele (coconut girl) grows from the ground…

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Rocking Out with Andy and The Band!

In today’s Stream It we’re hearing all about the CBBC series Andy and The Band, from Andy Day from Andy and The Oddsocks (that’s a lot of Andy’s!) Plus, we have our Top 5 recommendations on what you should be watching this week, including lots of PAWso…

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Rocking Out with Andy and The Band!

In today’s Stream It we’re hearing all about the CBBC series Andy and The Band, from Andy Day from Andy and The Oddsocks (that’s a lot of Andy’s!)
Plus, we have our Top 5 recommendations on what you should be watching this week, including lots of PAWs…

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The Tomb Raider Experience and Chalk Balloon Bombs

In this week’s Activity Quest Dan is at The Tomb Raider experience, braving the zipline and solving puzzles. Meg is making chalk bombs for a messy art project and we have events from across the country.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat…

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How We’re Seeing The Oldest Stars in the Universe!

This week’s special guest opens up by telling us about how she gouges out fish eyes to find out where they’ve been, it’s Anna from Ocean Travellers telling us about how they can find out where sea creatures move and how they live.
Techno Mum is back i…

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Alien sketches

You decide what happens next in Truthdiggers.
Morgana and Alfie are investigating the strange disappearance of Odd Colin and last week, they left you with a choice. But where did you instruct them to go?
It’s all down to you to decide what happens ne…

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The next Prime Minister and UK heatwaves

Anna, Vanessa and Bushra talk about the contest to lead the Conservatives, the heatwave sweeping the UK and how reading builds empathy.

We also debate whether emojis are a good way to communicate and test Bex’s critical thinking skills by challenging her to work out if a hairy tale is real or rubbish!

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Trixy Tixy

Having an imaginary friend is an amazing privilege…as long as you don’t completely neglect them as you grow older. They might be like Tixy and react rather…badly.Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for p…

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Trixy Tixy

Having an imaginary friend is an amazing privilege…as long as you don’t completely neglect them as you grow older.
They might be like Tixy and react rather…badly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Great Drought

This story tells how there was a terrible drought followed by a lethal flood. There’s a terrible drought and all the animals get together and realise that all water is being held inside a giant frog called Tidilick, the only way to get the water out is…

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