Family Storytelling Tips

Choose from these exciting, original kids’ audio stories.

Tall Tales Audio CD Audiobooks

Clem the Detective Dog
Ralphie The Gopher
Sheriff Daisy & Deputy Bud
Rainbow of the Sioux
The Monotonia Chronicles
Tibbodnock Stories
Fiona the Smart Ghost
Ivan the Not-So-Terrible
Nikki the Invisible Girl
Sarabel to the Rescue

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—Pat, Mom, Marin County, Ca

Storytelling Tips

Listen to storytelling podcasts (fun for parents and kids) or subscribe to free TallTales Audio podcasts at the iTunes Store.

Storytelling Jokes

Just about every kid loves a funny joke. Jokes let us laugh with our friends, teach us interesting new things, and can be a great way for shy kids to make friends.

But while a really good joke is great on its own, it can be even better when you make it part of a cool story. That way your story gets better and your joke gets funnier. To see how this works check out our podcast called The Yoyo on the Wall. You can either listen to this podcast or read it.

But there is one important trick to successfully putting jokes into your stories — the jokes must be short so the chuckles will add to the story without causing the listener to forget what the story is about.

Here are a few jokes we like. Perhaps you’ll be able to put one or two into your stories.

Q: What do you get if you cross a duck with a firework?
A: A firequacker.

Q: What do you get when you cross a witch with an iceberg?
A: A cold spell.

Q: Why did Tony go out with a prune?
A: Because he couldn’t find a date.

Q: What has four wheels and flies?
A: A garbage truck.

Q: What did the porcupine say to the cactus?
A: Are you my mother?

Q: Why were the giant’s fingers only eleven inches long?
A: Because if they were 12 inches they would be a foot.

Q: What happened at the cannibal birthday party?
A: They toasted the bride and groom.

Q: What did the big firecracker say to the little firecracker?
A: My pop is bigger than yours.

Q: What is the one room a ghost can’t go in?
A: The living room.

Q: Why did the skeleton go to the grocery store?
A: To get some spare ribs.

Q: What is a polygon?
A: A dead parrot.

Q: Why do witches wear name tags?
A: So they know which is witch.

Q: Where do sheep get their haircuts?
A: At the Baa Baa Shop.

Q: What do you get when you cross a cat and a lemon?
A: A sourpuss

The Yahoo! Kids website has thousands of jokes in different categories, such as animals, school, and sports. Check it out at http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes/.

And there are dozens of joke books for kids, such as Knock Know Who’s There: My First Book of Knock Knock Jokes, by Tad Hill (for preschoolers) and Kids Silliest Jokes, by Jacqueline Horsfall (ages four to eight).