Story Quest – Stories for Kids

Bex reads a Fun Kids original story, The Spirit Dog, about a young boy called Joseph, his dog, and its journey into the afterlife.

Once upon a time there was a family called the Topps, who lived in a very nice house. Some of the Topps were big enough to be grown-ups and some were small. They might have been girls or boys, (you never could be quite sure), but one thing is certain – all the Topps loved their house.  Find out what happens next in this original story from the UK's children's radio station Fun Kids, read by Dan Simpson.

Bex from Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station, reads a story all about cats. Lots of cats, in fact. The cats of the normal (sort-of) road, Cobblestone Road.

George reads an original story from Fun Kids all about different types of dragon, including a very special one nicknamed Teakettle.

Colin isn't your average cockroach. He's a cockroach that loves going on space missions. He's telling everyone the story of his latest adventure on a mission to Mars!

Story Quest is a podcast from Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station, packed full of brand new, original stories, that are perfect for just-before-bed.

Subscribe to The Space Programme by searching for it wherever you're listening to this or by tapping here: https://podfollow.com/tsp The Space Programme is a brand new radio drama from the UK's children's radio station, Fun Kids. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts and hear it first, 4:30pm every Friday on Fun Kids.

Narrated by Mathew Baynton. If you love quirky and slightly weird books, books like Future Ratboy or Captain Underpants, you’re going to love this! It’s called King Flashypants and it’s by author and illustrator Andy Riley! It’s all about a boy called Edwin. Edwin isn’t an ordinary boy. He is a King, with a throne, his own suit of armour, a castle with secret passages, guards, and everything else a King might need. But he also lives next to the most horribly evil man in the universe...

Narrated by Mathew Baynton. If you love quirky and slightly weird books, books like Future Ratboy or Captain Underpants, you’re going to love this! It’s called King Flashypants and it’s by author and illustrator Andy Riley! It’s all about a boy called Edwin. Edwin isn’t an ordinary boy. He is a King, with a throne, his own suit of armour, a castle with secret passages, guards, and everything else a King might need. But he also lives next to the most horribly evil man in the universe...

Narrated by Mathew Baynton. If you love quirky and slightly weird books, books like Future Ratboy or Captain Underpants, you’re going to love this! It’s called King Flashypants and it’s by author and illustrator Andy Riley! It’s all about a boy called Edwin. Edwin isn’t an ordinary boy. He is a King, with a throne, his own suit of armour, a castle with secret passages, guards, and everything else a King might need. But he also lives next to the most horribly evil man in the universe...

Narrated by Mathew Baynton. If you love quirky and slightly weird books, books like Future Ratboy or Captain Underpants, you’re going to love this! It’s called King Flashypants and it’s by author and illustrator Andy Riley! It’s all about a boy called Edwin. Edwin isn’t an ordinary boy. He is a King, with a throne, his own suit of armour, a castle with secret passages, guards, and everything else a King might need. But he also lives next to the most horribly evil man in the universe...

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure... Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came... Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it. In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort. Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure... Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came... Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it. In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort. Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure... Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came... Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it. In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort. Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...

If you love Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans, you're going to love this! Embassy of the Dead is the first book in a spooky new series, where the living meets the dead and survival is a race against time! When Jake opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void. Yep, it's as fatal as it sounds. Now Jake's running for his life but luckily he isn't alone... he can see and speak to ghosts! Jake's hanging around with his deadly gang who all have one mission, to find the Embassy of the Dead and to seek protection! There's Stiffkey the undertaker, hockey stick-wielding Cora, and Zorro the ghost fox. Unfortunately, not everything is as it seems...

If you love Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans, you're going to love this! Embassy of the Dead is the first book in a spooky new series, where the living meets the dead and survival is a race against time! When Jake opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void. Yep, it's as fatal as it sounds. Now Jake's running for his life but luckily he isn't alone... he can see and speak to ghosts! Jake's hanging around with his deadly gang who all have one mission, to find the Embassy of the Dead and to seek protection! There's Stiffkey the undertaker, hockey stick-wielding Cora, and Zorro the ghost fox. Unfortunately, not everything is as it seems...

If you love Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans, you're going to love this! Embassy of the Dead is the first book in a spooky new series, where the living meets the dead and survival is a race against time! When Jake opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void. Yep, it's as fatal as it sounds. Now Jake's running for his life but luckily he isn't alone... he can see and speak to ghosts! Jake's hanging around with his deadly gang who all have one mission, to find the Embassy of the Dead and to seek protection! There's Stiffkey the undertaker, hockey stick-wielding Cora, and Zorro the ghost fox. Unfortunately, not everything is as it seems...

Greg and his family have to cope with their mum leaving them for a few weeks – what could go wrong?! Well, with Dad attempting to help Greg with homework and his older brother being a nightmare in the kitchen, it might not go all that smoothly…

In the 4th book in the Wimpy Kid series, Greg’s on summer holidays, and his Mum has set up a Book Club – much to Greg’s horror…

This extract is from the 3rd book in the Wimpy Kid series, in which Greg has decided he needs to be less ‘wimpy’ and more… manly! How does he attempt to do that, you ask? By digging a very big hole, of course…

We're sharing extracts of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series! In the opening chapter of the second book, Greg gets ready to go back to school after a long summer holiday, and finds out that he is horribly contagious…

There's a brand new story in the Fun Kids Story Quest podcast channel! This time it's an extract from the very first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book! In the opening chapter of the very first book in the Wimpy Kid series, Greg uses his journal for the first time ever…

Ep 10: Now trapped in the great glass tower – The Shard - Penny and Devin are at the mercy of the Centaur, who is planning Devin's execution. With the both of them trapped, how can they escape? Created by Mog McIntyre.

Ep 9: Devin and The Centaur have decided to join forces – using the Centaur's piece of the Scroll to track down one of the treasures – a mystical horn. But on Devin's travels to London, it turns out everything is not as it appears... Created by Mog McIntyre.

Ep 8: A tall, frightening, man, has a revelation for Devin: He has another piece of the Scroll. A section missing from Devin's! This man is another Keeper of the Scroll and demands to see the thief who stole the rest – Professor Penny Phlegm! Created by Mog McIntyre

Ep 7: Out of her pocket Penny produces the twinkling coin, immediately grabbing the Pirate Captain‟s attention. This is no ordinary coin. The coin holds the worth of all the money in the world. But the Captain surprises her with his own revelation. Aboard he has 'the chest'. One of the 13 treasures and it has a secret... Created by Mog McIntyre

Ep 6: Devin and Penny set sail on the high seas on The SS. Centaur, a luxurious modern cruise liner. The Professor knows that an old Pirate Ghost Ship will soon rise from the depths of the Oceans... but she's not sure when, exactly. So in the mean time – FISHING! And Devin can‟t get over how good his new boss is at the sport. But there is no time for Penny to show off... Created by Mog McIntyre

Ep 5: Penny Phlegm has... well... PHLEGM! She's got the flu. There's nothing to do but work around the shop and Devin is bored! But if they won't go to the adventure... The adventure is coming to them! Created by Mog McIntyre.

Ep 4: Penny suddenly remembers one piece of advice very clearly: "Never reunite the horseman and his head." Oops... too late! Created by Mog McIntyre.

Ep 3: Something eerie and very spooky seems to be afoot. In the dark depths of the Wild West men are complaining of hauntings. They claim it is a ghastly figure... who appears to be missing something. Created by Mog McIntyre.

Everybody in Clenchwart is losing their memory! Forgetting everything like to go to work, where they live and even forgetting who they are! Could this have something to do with the Scroll in Penny's shop? Created by Mog McIntyre.

Devin has just moved to the small town Clenchwart, in the middle of the summer holidays, and he is bored out of his wits. He attempts to find a summer job, if only to give him something to do! Upon his search, he is entranced by the strange sounds of whispering, the same voices he's been hearing in his sleep every night... Created by Mog McIntyre.

Episode 10: Sammy’s fed up of being the only one without a superpower. And on a school trip to the Freedom Fortress, he decides he’s had quite enough of the others going on about all their magic skills, thank you very much! But when he stomps off on his own to explore the Fortress, he accidentally stumbles back in time and into an old banquet, where the ancient Lord Cranium gives him some surprising news… the end of the world is coming and he’s the only one who can stop it!

Episode 9: Izzy’s love potion seems to have worked, but soon things get out of hand and she wants to reverse it. Unfortunately, when she heads back to the Bubbly Green Lab, Doctor Dimples is nowhere to be found! What’s worse, nobody there has even heard of her. How strange! Time to take a trip to the wise librarian, Zoey, to see if she can shed some light on this mystery…

Episode 8: Star science pupil Izzy’s won an internship at the Bubbly Green Laboratory. But she wasn’t expecting her mentor, Doctor Dimples, to teach her how to make a love potion on her first day! Hmm, who will she use it on?!

Episode 7: The quest to discover where Ginger’s dog learnt to dance leads Bryony and the gang to Mr Pondfrog’s Circus, even though Ginger’s mum warned them never to go there after dark… But a chance encounter with a posh tiger unearths something even MORE mysterious. Who exactly is Mr Pondfrog?

Episode 6: Ginger’s got a new puppy called Peppercorn. Awww. But things turn a bit weird when Peppercorn appears at the school disco… breakdancing! Where on earth did he learn to dance? Bryony and the gang set out to solve the mystery…

Episode 5: Bryony needs to save the school from an alien invasion! So her homework might be a little late Miss Chickpea!

Episode 4: Headmaster Crump’s decided we’re putting on a school play. It’s all about a diner in outer space, where aliens link up and eat fast food (yeah, bonkers, right?!) And Bryony was hoping to get the main part. But instead, she’s been cast as a waitress alongside dippy Xandria Lemon. What a joke. Bryony is not impressed. But when she hears strange bleepy noises emanating from the school library and discovers a small puddle of glittery gloop in the main hall, Bryony begins to suspect there’s a real alien hiding amongst them…!

Episode 3: There is a secret sorcerer helping the gang out, but who could it be?

Episode 2: Bryony Brownwell has a very crazy super secret superpower, and when she starts spending more and more time with the rest of the gang at the ice-cream van, she’s worried they’ll find out. What if they tell Headmaster Crump? What if she gets expelled from Rowbotham?

Episode 1: Bryony Brownwell hates homework and definitely isn’t prefect material! But when her Headteacher reads out her name on the list of new prefects, Bryony’s year is going to turn out very differently!