Stone Soup

Super Great Kids' Stories

Wardour Studios

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Anne Johnson from the London storytelling charity Everyday Magic tells this moving European story about a family which is unexpectedly forced to flee their home and seek shelter elsewhere. Where will they sleep and how will they find food? Listen to Anne tell this moving story enhanced with beautiful songs and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories, wise tales from storytellers around the world, which will make you laugh and sometimes
0:25.1	cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories. Today's story is Stone Soup, a European tale told by Anne Johnson. Hello, super great
0:43.4	kids, and how are you? Do you remember how to say hello, or literally I see you, in Zulu from last
0:51.8	week's story? Well, it's San Bonani.
0:56.3	Can you remember that?
0:57.8	San Bonani.
0:59.6	That'll impress your teacher.
1:01.7	I hope you had a happy week.
1:04.1	I'm happy because next weekend,
1:06.2	super great David and I get to go
1:07.9	to the Stealing Thunder Storytelling Festival.
1:13.0	I'll be telling stories with Toop, Dominic Kelly and Shane Ibs. Looking forward to seeing some of you there. Another reason
1:21.3	to be cheerful is that we have a special storyteller to introduce you to today. She's from South London.
1:28.8	She's called Anne Johnson,
1:30.8	and she's going to tell you a beautiful European story
1:34.2	called Stone Soup.
1:37.0	Anne tells stories and writes songs,
1:39.7	and her work involves bringing live storytelling
1:42.8	and music into schools.
1:45.5	She believes that children need stories and music and art
1:49.9	in the same way that plants need sunshine and rain.
1:54.6	So, for more than 20 years she's run a charity called Everyday Magic,
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