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Stories Without Borders

Stories Without Borders

Hosted by: Kate Markland

Stories Without Borders: Bedtime Stories Written by Real Children Listen to stories written and narrated by children from Bradford, Islamabad, Delhi, and Toronto. Listen anywhere: 🚗 School run 🛏️ Bedtime 🏠...

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The Kitten

Once there was a little princess walking through the hot, damp, misty forest. She went for a walk every day. She loves walking.One day, she heard a small cry.What could it be? Chapter Two: Kitty.The sound caught her...
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The Daring Duo and the Leviathan

What happens when you're 14 years old, work as an assassin with code name Burning Acid, and your friend Raman (code name: Twilight) is a spy and master of disguise who works for a different agency? Todotoki has spiky...
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The Climb

What happens when you're one of five most powerful humans on earth, get challenged to find a hidden village behind the biggest rock on the globe, use teleportation to pass through, and the village isn't there? Ahmed...
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Winter In A Twisted World

"After exactly five minutes and 21 seconds, he was here by my side." That's not an approximation. Not "about five minutes." Not "a little while later." Exactly five minutes and 21 seconds. This is the level of...
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My Quest: Ava's Time Machine

What happens when you're just minding your own business, have a brilliant idea to build a time machine, and your cat speaks English? In this episode, Ava's story "My Quest" proves that when children are given complete...
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My Shadow Self

What happens when a 12-year-old girl writes a story about superpowers, sea monsters, and best friend loyalty, and breaks every grammar rule along the way? In this episode, Taleba's story "My Shadow Self" proves that...
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Allona's Adventure

    What happens when you relocate from the forest of Asia to the cities, hear screams from your neighbours at night, and discover a monster is killing people? Allona has X-ray vision, exceptional hearing, and...
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Perry and the Leviathan

What happens when you're 11 years old and your dad the king tells you it's time to prove your worth by bringing back a Leviathan's heart? Perry lives in Atlantis. One gloomy night, a sudden bang wakes everyone. The...
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Ally and the Krakens

What happens when you're a 17-year-old mermaid princess with water powers and mind reading, and Krakens attack your kingdom? Ally has dark brown hair, dark hazel eyes, two brothers who are small and strong. She's got...
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Fast Forward and Ivy

"Hi I'm Strange. Oops. I meant to say Hi I'm Faith." That's not a mistake. That's social anxiety documented in real-time. Faith thinks she sounds stupid, so she introduces herself as "strange," then corrects: "I meant...
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The Criminal Quest

What happens when you're 19 years old, have telekinesis powers from a science experiment gone wrong, and two powerful robbers are on the loose in New York City? Detective Aliea is on top of a building in her office...
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Experiment Gone Wrong

What happens when you're brewing a potion to make stuff grow in size and forget to set the 15-minute timer? On the 9th of May 2016, Gary and Jack Black are conducting an experiment. Gary thinks he's started the timer,...
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