Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt

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This is a weekly podcast of funny stories for kids. There are side-splitting versions of my own fractured fairy tales. Also short stories from some of my best-selling books, featuring characters from 'The Adventures of Nanny Piggins' and 'Friday Barnes, Girl Detective'. The stories are perfect for bedtime, long car rides or even if you're just stuck waiting a really long time at the doctor's office. They're written for 7-11 year olds but these are tales the whole family can enjoy. The silliness is ageless. I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoy recording it. After years of being a children's author, typing away in my office with only my goldfish for company, I was bursting to tell my stories out-loud and with lots of silly voices! So please - sit back, get comfy and enjoy some amazing, some silly and some just plain ludicous tales direct from my imagination to you.

Recent Episodes
  • Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Last Cake of the Romanovs
    Apr 23, 2025 – 31:08
  • Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Ghosts of Easter
    Apr 16, 2025 – 26:10
  • 'Odyssseus and the Evil Enchantress' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Apr 9, 2025 – 21:12
  • 'Odysseus, the Giants and the Evil Beauty' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Apr 2, 2025 – 17:48
  • Friday Barnes and the Case of the Dangerous Letter
    Mar 26, 2025 – 27:23
  • 'The Legend of the Giant's Causeway' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Mar 19, 2025 – 20:30
  • Epically Good Greek Myths - Recording from the Livestream Book Launch
    Mar 12, 2025 – 01:08:42
  • 'Fin McCool and the Fire Breathing Fairy' a told by Nanny Piggins
    Mar 5, 2025 – 20:57
  • 'Odysseus and the Bag of Wind' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Feb 26, 2025 – 24:20
  • 'Huengbu and Nolbu' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Feb 19, 2025 – 19:54
  • 'Odysseus and the Cyclops' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Feb 12, 2025 – 31:17
  • Friday Barnes and the Case of the Bunya Bunya Pine
    Feb 5, 2025 – 21:40
  • 'The Woodcutter and the Heavenly Nymph' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jan 29, 2025 – 23:52
  • 'The Salmon of Knowledge' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jan 22, 2025 – 19:46
  • 'Odysseus and the Lotus Eaters' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jan 15, 2025 – 18:58
  • 'Odysseus' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jan 8, 2025 – 23:20
  • Holiday Rerun - 'The Story of Hanukkah' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jan 1, 2025 – 24:10
  • Holiday Rerun - 'The First Christmas' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Dec 25, 2024 – 26:30
  • Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Christmas Carol Showdown
    Dec 18, 2024 – 29:34
  • Holiday Rerun - 'Saturnalia and the First Christmas Cracker' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Dec 11, 2024 – 16:59
  • Holiday Rerun - Nanny Piggins and the Santa Photos
    Dec 4, 2024 – 24:26
  • 'The Story of Bluebeard' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Nov 27, 2024 – 23:03
  • Nanny Piggins and the Origin Story
    Nov 26, 2024 – 22:44
  • Nanny Piggins and the Attempted Escape
    Nov 20, 2024 – 24:13
  • 'Joseph and his Multi-Coloured Coat' as told by Nanny Piggins - Part 2
    Nov 13, 2024 – 16:43
  • 'Joseph and his Multi-Coloured Coat' as told by Nanny Piggins - Part 1
    Nov 6, 2024 – 15:21
  • Friday Barnes and the Case of the Jade Necklace
    Oct 30, 2024 – 27:35
  • 'The Truth About the Loch Ness Monster' according to Nanny Piggins
    Oct 23, 2024 – 22:19
  • 'Aesop and the Sour Grapes' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Oct 9, 2024 – 18:18
  • 'The Story of Chang e and the Moon' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Oct 2, 2024 – 16:13
  • 'The Jade Rabbit and the Moon' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Sep 25, 2024 – 16:21
  • 'The Real Reason the Sea is Salt' according to Nanny Piggins
    Sep 18, 2024 – 18:09
  • Nanny Piggins and Her Dramatic Entrance
    Sep 11, 2024 – 18:37
  • 'The True History of St George' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Sep 4, 2024 – 19:56
  • 'The True History of Pigthagoras' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Aug 28, 2024 – 21:10
  • Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue - Part 2
    Aug 21, 2024 – 19:43
  • Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue - Part 1
    Aug 14, 2024 – 17:04
  • 'The Story of Johnny Appleseed' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Aug 7, 2024 – 18:33
  • 'The Story of Paul Bunyen' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jul 31, 2024 – 19:31
  • Holiday Rerun - 'Nanny Piggins and the School Bus'
    Jul 17, 2024 – 31:54
  • Holiday Rerun - 'Macbeth' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jul 10, 2024 – 23:34
  • 'The Quest for the Golden Sheet Cake' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Jun 19, 2024 – 16:29
  • Nanny Piggins and the Campaign Strategy - Part 2
    Jun 12, 2024 – 15:18
  • Nanny Piggins and the Campaign Strategy - Part 1
    Jun 5, 2024 – 25:09
  • 'Pigerella' as told by Nanny Piggins - Redux
    May 29, 2024 – 17:29
  • Yellowhead and the Three Traumatised Bears - Redux
    May 22, 2024 – 14:14
  • Mr Wolf Pie - Redux
    May 15, 2024 – 20:12
  • 'The Golden Fleece' as told by Nanny Piggins
    May 8, 2024 – 20:38
  • Friday Barnes and the Case of the Missing Passports
    May 1, 2024 – 13:19
  • 'The Story of St David' as told by Nanny Piggins
    Apr 24, 2024 – 20:03
Recent Reviews
  • miss Andreasen
    Cute panda🐼
    could you put the name Chloe in a book please please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease I looooove listening to NP. can NP adopt a little girl named Chloe who is basically a baby np
  • danceswithyaks
    Is nanny piggins and the race to power recorded?
    IS IT?
  • Em&Lu
    Idea!
    Can you do an episode about one of the children's birthdays and nanny piggins makes them a cake please🍰🧁🎂🍭🍪🍩🧋🍧🍨🍦
  • laney nainy
    Love your stories!
    Your stories are amazing I have listened to them since 2020 and basically everyday love them so much P.S.
  • jahoka
    Same thing
    I agree with Fan
  • Juihnhyhbgtvftfc
    Nnnnn pppppp
    Please write one about Mr green getting fired love podcast more Friday Barnes please
  • Gummybear 360
    The peski kids
    Please write more family drama storys like the peski kids.👫🏻🧑🏻‍🦯‍➡️🙎🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️🙍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇰🇷🇯🇵🐻
  • I ❤️‍🔥 YOUR STORIES
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    I LOVE your tall tales! PLEASE do more!!!!!!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
  • Jsmith6834
    10000 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    I LOVE nanny piggins so so so much. I sleep so good thank you for all you do and can you put the name Olivia in a nanny piggins episode please please please 🙏🏻 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
  • Waverly 😎😎😎👠👠👠👙
    Hi
    Can you make a story about nanny Piggins telling the kids about Zeus?
  • Loved it🤎🧡💜💛
    💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
    Nanny Piggins is the best and so so so so funny I LOVE IT and also please make another peski kids book
  • Sneaky-PaNda
    Fantastic work
    1# i sleep so so so sooo good! 2# really really funny! 3# the best podcast!
  • grace and francis
    Bedtime Stories with RA Spratt
    RA Spratt is brilliant and hilarious; her podcast is a riot!
  • kmsgarrett
    Clever and Entertaining
    This has been one of our five year olds favorite podcasts for at least one year now. Pretty sure the retelling of the myths are why he is now a HUGE fan of all things mythology. As a parent, these are also some of our favorites as well. We love finding podcasts that everyone can enjoy and this is a favorite for all of us!
  • D-bird🍋🍒🍋‍🟩🍓🍑🥝🍌🥭🍉🍍
    Dahlia+Bird =D-bird
    I love nanny piggins and I have listened to all of the audio books it’s so funny 😂
  • I-love-nanny-piggens
    ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
    This is so great I love going to sleep to it
  • Happyfan2023
    Great podcast and book series
    I absolutely love Nanny Piggins! I listen to it wherever I go. The stories are so good and creative . I can’ t wait for the new book.🐷🐻
  • avawoodland
    🐷🐻🧒🏼👧🏼🧑🏻👨🏻
    Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes are a Major part of my life and we dutifully listen to your podcast every week thank you for adding so magic to our life. On the next book week please go to Washington USA. I’ve bought eight of your books and I have finished all of them. A magical book series
  • Fenny🐻🐻🐻
    Best podcast I’ve ever listened to!
    I really love the as told by nanny piggins, maybe you could do one of Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War? 🤩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️that’s how many stars I rate your podcast!🐷🐻🐷
  • Tapas Bapas
    Yay
    This is the best podcast ever I love the books just as much. But the way she reads the stories it’s almost as if I am their and some of the stories are really helpful.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🐷🐻
  • This game is super 🤩
    Read this it’s the best🥰😍🥰😘🥰🥰🥰
    Is the best person in the world I love this store they’re funny sweet and I love nanny pins and I love Friday bond. Oh my gosh and I love April. April is so sassy oh my gosh there’s so many good characters. How do you come up with such funny things, love it. Oh my gosh, you should read this you have my the best ever thank you😘🥰🥰😍😘😘😍🥰🥰🥰🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🎂🎂🍩🍩🍪🍪🍪🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍧🍰🫔🫔🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🧁🧁🧁🧁🍡🍡🍡🍡🍡🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🥪🫔🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍭🍭🍭🫔🍙🍭🍭🍭🍬🍬🍦🧁🍡🍡🍧🍰 I love that pig is so sweet like nanny Pickins character in the world it’s my favorite nanny. Pickins I think is my favorite. Thank you for listening.
  • Hello😊🦦🐿
    👁️❤️Nanny🐷🍫 so much! 🐻
    I have already read all of the Nanny Piggins books already and finding this podcast was so amazing. Because I learned that she writes Friday Barnes and The Peski Kids too as well as tall tales. If you are in America it is also fun because there was a chapter that I’d never heard before because of the American Vs Australian versions. I love listening to this podcast because it makes unpleasant tasks and cleaning so much more fun. Sometimes if I’m doing a repetitive or quiet project I can relisten to an entire Peski Kids Book in one day. Even for cooking I listen to Fraday Barnes or a Nanny piggins story while doing a puzzle. Thank you R.A. Spratt for making some things a little more fun and/or entertaining. Also in a tall tale about socks and goblins Vanessa asks what tooth fairies do with teeth and mum says that it was a story for another time and not to sidetrack her. Do you think that mum could explain to Tammy and Vanessa about tooth faries? Gotta Love Boris🐻
  • ❤️🧡💛💚y💙💜
    Grace
    I really like all of your books, and I think there should be more.Love the Nanny Piggins
  • Will8297
    Love your podcast
    I love your podcast and I love Friday Barnes and the Tall tales and my friend loves Nanny Piggins. 🐷
  • 🍁🍂🌺🍄🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
    #noticedsomthing
    In the episode about the Trojan hour session you said that Athena got the golden apple 🍎 in the actual story Aphrodite gets the apple 🍏
  • 🎃🧜🏻‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️
    Awesome podcast
    I really like your podcast. I listen to it every day. My favorite’s are the Friday Bauns story’s and the Nanny Piginns. Can you please make more.🐷👱🏼‍♀️
  • Jlynnbrad
    Addie grundeman10:)
    I’m almost ten I love this podcast could you write some more stories?💜💜💜and i almost always listen to your podcastWhen I’m doing the dishes
  • reading 3 books per day
    Amazing
    I LOVE your books. The creativity is amazing. Thank you for writing these stories. Especially your books. I am in the regional spelling bee and your books have helped me learn better vocabulary. Your podcast has helped me with the pronunciation of words. I highly recommend this author. R. A. Spratt’s books are good books to improve literacy, spelling, pronunciation, and for when you want a good book to read. These books are especially good for road trips, except if your siblings are yelling and you can’t focus on the book.
  • emilyandrich
    Woke undertones
    Obnoxiously woke undertones in a children’s story. Not necessary.
  • Clara.N.P
    Noel Carsons
    incredibly creative and funny, it is a joy to listen to this podcast
  • 😺👱🏻‍♀️📚
    💖
    Please make more Nanny Pigins
  • nannypiggens
    Great Podcast
    I love this podcast. I think you are amazing. You are a master at story telling. Thank you for taking your time to do this for us.
  • Carter Stach
    Great show
    I personally love this show. I want to see it live, and I am in the U.S.A. Will you ever come to the us? If so, please come to Atlanta, Georgia.
  • PupsterQueen113
    👁️🫶 RA Spratt
    💕im a 10 yr old from the USA and love this podcast soooo much!💕 🌈I’ve listened to this entire podcast over and over and over again 🌈 Nanny piggins: 🐷👦🏻👩🏻🧑🏻👨🏻🐻 Tall Tales: 👩🏼👧🏼👱🏼‍♀️🐶
  • Mableleaf
    🐷🐻👦🏼👧🏼🧑🏻👨🏻
    I love Nanny Piggins podcast it is the greatest I’m love how do you re-tells the stories we know in love of classics miss it and twists and turns them like cotton candy hey I just use the nanny pig and the reference and 1 Warroad chocolate 🍫
  • calliope and noli
    I love bedtime stories r.a. Sprat!!!!!
    It’s The best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
  • SiBry-on-the-road
    Best podcast ever!
    I’m ten years old and I listen to your story’s ever night and I’ve listen to ever one at least 10 times and never gets old or boring!
  • composte
    Lindsey 😉
    Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good 🥹😂🤣🥲😀😃😄😁😆😋😛😝😜🤪🤩😎🤭😺😸😹😻👍🏼👊🏼🤜🏼🤛🏿✌🏼 Z. 👱🏼‍♀️🐔🐧🐦🐤🐦
  • qdgrdbdsghr
    Every episode
    Not again Bramwell😤🐷
  • friday barnes forever
    Love it 🥰
    It is so good! But why did you put ads in the episodes!
  • Claire 🌼
    R.A. Spratt is the best!!!
    I’m a 13 year old girl from California. R. A. Spratt is the best author ever!! Seriously how can you even be that good?!?!?!?! My best friend just gave me a signed copy of Shockingly Good Stories for my birthday, and I still can’t believe it!!! Thank u R.A. Spratt!!!
  • KENDRA🍫
    BIG R.A.Spratt fan!♥️
    I love this podcast! Ever story is amazing! I especially love: Nanny Piggens and the Christmas Carol Showdown ——-S1 E96 A Tall Tale of Ducks and Piranha———S1 E15— The Case of the Incriminating Trousers ———-S1 E42
  • Patsy🧁:)
    Bedtime stories with R. A Spratt
    I am a 10 year old girl in the U.S and R.A Spratt has an amazing podcast that has stories from the Peski Kids, Nanny Piggins, and Friday Barnes books.❤️❤️❤️❤️I love listening to this podcast when I’m bored, or going to sleep. R.A spratt’s stories are so funny😂😂😂, entertaining , and exciting. This podcast is great for people who love good podcasts. It is so good!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩
  • Valdysses
    Amazing!
    i,m kora🐖
  • 😘😘😘12😘😘😘
    100 stars!!!
    I’m a 13 year old and a HUGE Friday Barnes fan(and frian if your to that book yet😉 sorry for the spoiler if not tho 😐) I would TOTALLY suggest you listen to this! And I have LITERALLY memorized every word of the case of the incriminating trousers from this podcast. LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE WORD and I tell it to myself and others when I’m bored 🤣🤣 Any way I hope you listen to this podcast and love it as much as I do! P.S. FRIDAY BARNES 10 is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS-UPER AMAZING!!!!!!!!😍🤩😍🤩😍 Can’t wait for book no.11!!!!! ;p R.A. Spratt is an AMAZING AUTHOR!!!
  • Charli 🌸🌼🌺
    The best podcast!!
    This is the best podcast ever!! I love listening to the podcast when I go to sleep!!
  • Addie🙈😍😎😉✌️
    Best Podcast Ever!!
    I am a 12 year old and LOVE Ra Spratts books. Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes. When I listen to the podcast when I go to bed I have good dreams and go to sleep laughing. It is so funny and I love Tuesdays! The day the podcast comes out. 11 o’clock. Anyway, this is so good and you can watch them at anytime or any day. So good.
  • gfjgiv
    Love your podcast!! <3
    Hi I'm a viewer of your podcast I love it!!! I listen to it every night when I am going to bed I will try to buy you a coffee at buymeacoffee. Com/storiesrasprat anyways have a nice day love your podcasts!!!!! <3 :)
  • Waking213
    Fabulously witty
    Nanny Piggins is the best. I met her through this podcast and fell in love This is such a fun podcast. Thank you.
  • Hsitt10
    Reading lover!❤️📖
    I love R. A. Spratt books especially Friday Barnes because I am a mystery lover!💕 I am always excited about Tuesdays they are one of my favorite days. I listen to the podcasts at breakfast and lunch (because me and my sister share a room and she’s always asleep when I come in😉) These podcasts are filled with adventure, comedy, and, mystery I highly suggest. Keep up the awesome stories! WARNING ⚠️ these podcasts will make you want to buy the books! If you haven’t already.😉 That is what happened when I listened to Friday Barnes podcasts. It sounded like something good so I checked it out at the library AND I LOVED IT!!!
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