Kenji & The Runaway Hot Air Balloon 🎈🏃 Fun Kids Short Stories!

It's Christmas! And we're visiting Hector and Sunny! What a treat! The only thing is, something strange is going on in the neighbourhood. Everyone keeps finding gifts on their doorstop, but they open them to find the most unpleasant surprises! Books that bite, shoes that kick, and worst of all, everything STINKS! It's up to Hector and Sunny to sniff out the culprit... Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Luke Prendergast Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Are you guys ready to go on another adventure to the North Pole? Our elf friends, Sasha Mungo and Whizz, are getting ready for Christmas, but there's a problem. Santa won't get out of the loo! Turns out... he's stuck! And he needs help! Let's see if the little elves are up for this ginormous challenge... Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Luke Prendergast Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Today, we're joining Auntie and nephew duo, Tilly & Bo, as they cross the countryside on a trip in their van, with their vanimal friends. Their plans are derailed when they stumble across a rare phenomenon- a nonsense tree! And climbing up and down its trunk, is Koko the Koala! Turns out, a snake at the foot of the tree is having an argument with an eagle on the top, and it's up to poor Koko to be their messenger! Let's see if Bo can help him put an end to all that nonsense.  Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Jane Thomas Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Today, we're meeting Theo as he goes to meet his grandma's new pet- a bearded dragon. Only, when he gets there, he realises she hasn't got a lizard, but a real life fire-breathing dragon! Of course, chaos ensues... Let's go see what happens!  Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Elisha Ainsley Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Today, we're accompanying a young alien called Kizzy on his visit to Earth. Kizzy lands in Alice Springs, Australia, where he meets kids Marley & Billie, who are on their way to a birthday party. It becomes Kizzy's mission to join the party and blend in... which is not easy when you're from outer space! Let's see how he gets on... Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!  Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Elisha Ainsley Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Today, we're meeting up with Alan, who's had ANOTHER crazy occurrence in his garden. This time he was visited not by aliens, but by a very frazzled and annoyed Humpty Dumpty, who has come to tell him to stop singing the nursery rhyme wrong, and making him look silly! Turns out the song we all know so well is totally wrong about Humpty. Let's hear why!  Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Luke Prendergast Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Today, we're heading to a far-off land where Fizz the pixie, assistant to the legendary firework-maker Flash Whistleboom, is preparing for the Fairy Queen's birthday. When her boss injures his back and is unable to continue with the work, it's up to Fizz to make the flying horse firework finale they'd planned... but it won't be easy! Let's see whether she can do it, or whether she cracks under the pressure!  Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Luke Prendergast Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Hey Koala Kids! Kelly here, and I’ve got a very special mission, just for you. We need your help to make Koala Shine’s stories even more fun and exciting! And here’s the best part — you get to tell us exactly what you want! All you have to do is a quick, fun survey. It’s super easy and takes just a few minutes. Your answers will help us create more of your favourite episodes. 👉✨ Click here for the survey: https://sleepiest.typeform.com/koalashine ✨👈 There are two paths on the survey —one for your grown-up’s ideas and one for you amazing Koala Kids! We’d love to hear from all of you, because your ideas can help make Koala Shine the best it can be! So, grab a grown-up, click the link in the show notes, and let’s make Koala Shine even brighter. And who knows — your ideas might even inspire our next big adventure! Thanks for being the best listeners ever, and remember — keep on shining! 👉✨ Click here for the survey: https://sleepiest.typeform.com/koalashine ✨👈

It's a big day for Hector and Sunny! They're running for president and vice-president, and there's a lot to do! Do you think they can do it? Do you think Sunny could actually become PRESIDENT of the whole of dog kind?! Let's find out! This episode is a part of the Girl Tales’ podcast party, in celebration of the upcoming U.S. Election that’s taking place on Tuesday, November 5th! If you want to hear more, don’t miss out on Bearily Bear Reimagined Fairy Tales, and their episode, The Three Goats Gruff and the Angry Troll 🧌 Listen here on Spotify 🎙️ or here on Apple Podcasts 🍏 Listen now, and make sure to follow Bearily Bear Reimagined Fairy Tales wherever you get your podcasts!  Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Suzanna Mcloughlin Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis

Let's go back to hear from Kenji today as he learns about the last element - air! An explorer's visiting his school, and bringing his hot air balloon to show the class. When Kenji decides to give it a test drive, he ends up on a wild adventure in a runaway balloon, on a journey around the globe! Upgrade to Koala Kids Plus for full ad-free access to our collection of kids’ shows, with bonus adventures and 8-hour episodes ⭐️ Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or visit https://koalashine.supercast.com/ Want to send in a note, joke, memo or monologue? Click here. 🌞 How do you like the show? Let us know. Instagram 📸 @koalakids.fm Tiktok ⏰ @koalakids.fm Narrator 🎙️ Kelly MacBride Author ✏️ Jane Thomas Original Music 🎸 Sokratis Seirlis