HeyJaredMr Morton's Barmy Book of Bonkers Bits: Funny Bedtime Stories for Kids
Odd little tales for big imaginations, told by Mr Morton with warmth, wit, and theatrical flair.The weekly kids podcast that makes bedtime easier. Audio stories for children full of wholesome chaos and warm endings.
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How Wombats Invented Minecraft (opens the original)
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Wombats do cube-shaped poos. Minecraft is made of blocks. Coincidence? Professor Derek Wombat-Smythe thinks not. Mr Morton and Brian venture into the Aisle of Totally Ridiculous and Possibly Not True to discover the astonishing history of wombat cubes, from Australian explorers and extremely questionable dice to the mysterious origins of one of the world’s biggest computer games. It’s a ridiculous investigation involving wombats, Minecraft, poo, architecture and a deeply underappreciated wombat
Ice Cream Soup (opens the original)
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Ollie has brought the best ice cream in the world to school. There’s just one problem. By break time, it has melted into a tub of brown goo. But when Raff decides to call it Ice Cream Soup , things take a turn. Soon the whole school is adding sprinkles, chocolate, marshmallows and something called “cone croutons” to the strangest dessert anyone has ever tasted. Ice Cream Soup is a funny story for kids about friendship, imagination and what happens when a terrible idea turns out to be delicious.
Giraffes: The Naval Years (opens the original)
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What happens when you put a giraffe on a submarine? Probably best not to ask the Navy. Mr Morton has discovered a mysterious new section of the Bookshop, and inside it he meets Brian, a very hungry bookworm with a taste for punctuation and a nose for a good story. Together they open Giraffes: The Naval Years and discover the astonishing tale of giraffes, submarines, sailors and one rather serious problem with having an enormous neck at sea. This is the first trip down the Aisle of Totally Ridicu
The Battle of the Bug Rug (opens the original)
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There are twenty-eight places on the Bug Rug. Leo has counted them. Twice. Unfortunately, there are twenty-nine children who want to sit on it. What begins as a perfectly ordinary fight for space soon becomes a full-scale struggle involving elbows, knees, increasingly complicated negotiations and a rug that suddenly seems much, much smaller than it did five minutes ago. The Battle of the Bug Rug is a funny story for kids about sharing, stubbornness and what happens when everybody decides they ab
Mr Morton Returns (opens the original)
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Mr Morton is back. After quite a lot of walking, several wrong turns, one extremely rude goose and a sandwich he would rather not discuss, Mr Morton has finally returned to the Bookshop. And he's brought stories. The doors open again on 1 September with brand new funny stories for kids, ridiculous characters, peculiar facts and considerably more nonsense than is probably sensible. This time, you can help fill the shelves too. Got a ridiculous title, a strange character, a useless superpower or a
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