Kenneth Reads You A Story
Episodes
The Brave Little Tailor - A Grimm Fairytale
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Brave Little Tailor is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. In this story a little tailor greatly exaggerates his bravery, which l...
The Model Millionaire - A short story audiobook by Oscar Wilde
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, is one of those short stories that earned the title of "Classic" and ends up is most collections and a...
The Hitchhiker - A short story By Roald Dahl (Audiobook)
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Hitchhiker is a short story by the British Author Roald Dahl. The story focuses on a Hitchhiker that a writer picks up when on his way to London....
Television - Poem By Roald Dahl
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Television is a poem by Roald Dahl, talking about the problem with letting children watch too much television. How staring constantly at a screen for...
Don't Quit - Poem by Edgar Guest
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dont Quit is a Poem by Edgar Albert Guest. It's a poem of perseverance. When we face challenges in life that make us feel like giving up, those a...
I Am - Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The poem "I Am", is a poem of hope and strengthening. It aims to help the reader cast away doubts and worries that may stop them from enjoyi...
The Elm tree and The Willow (Audiobook) Short story by Enid Blyton
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Elm tree and the willow is a (really) short story of two trees that grow side by side. It shows the importance of a strong foundation and not bei...
Black Bibs (A short story) By Enid Blyton
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a short story of a group of sparrows, who feel they need a bit of colour in their lives, after watching all the other birds change into more v...
The Tail of Bup the Bunny (Audiobook) short story - Enid Blyton
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The tail of Bup the bunny is a story of a vain bunny rabbit, who decides that he wants a better looking tail. Listen on to know what happens once he g...
A Letter To God (Audiobook) Short story by Gregorio Lopez Fuentes
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Letter to God is a short story written by Gregorio Lopez Fuentes, who was a Mexican novelist, poet, and journalist. He was one of the leading chroni...
The Christmas Present (Audiobook) Short Story by Richmal Crompton
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
First published in 1992, this story tells us of a unique present that is passed down to the women of a family.
The Gift of the Magi (Audiobook) Short Story by O. Henry
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The gift of the Magi is a Christmas story, so it seemed appropriate to share it in the Christmas week. It tells us of a couple that each try to get th...
The Nightingale (Audiobook) Short Story by Hans Christian Andersen
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Nightingale is a short story by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the tale of a Chinese emperor, in whose garden resides a Night...
Wasp's Nest By Agatha Christie, Ft Hercule Poirot
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wasps's Nest is a short story by Agatha Christie, with the detective Hercule Poirot as the Protagonist. The story deals with a Wasps Nest, and a detec...
The Alligator War (Audiobook) Short Story by Horacio Quiroga
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The alligator war is a short story, that tells us of a river in south america, inhabited by alligators. One day a boat arrives, and its presence means...
The Emperors New Clothes (audiobook) short story by Hans Christian Andersen
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The emperors new clothes is a Danish literary folktale, this particular story was written by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells us of a King, who is ob...
The Adventures of Toto (Audiobook) Short Story by Ruskin Bond
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Adventures of Toto, is a short story by eminent author Ruskin Bond, taken from his own life. It tells us of his Grandfathers deep love for all ani...
Puss In Boots - Audiobook - short story
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Puss in Boots is one of those stories that has existed for a few hundred years, shared among people. This means, over time the story has shifted and b...
A General in The Library (Audiobook) short story by Italo Calvino
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The military leaders of the nation of Panduria have stumbled on some shocking news, the idea that books might not paint war and invasion as positive t...
See It Through. A Poem by Edgar Albert Guest
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a poem that encourages the listener to take charge of their lives and face whatever challenge lies in their path. There's also a very physical...
The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse (audiobook) short story by William Saroyan
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Summer of The Beautiful White horse is a tale of two cousins, Aram and Mourad, who belong to the Garoghlanian family, a poor tribe, but known for ...
Poem: Have You Earned Your Tomorrow, By Edgar Guest
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This Poem is one I imagine would be most effective to listen to right before sleeping, and right after waking. This was one of the first poems I recor...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 3
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I really recommend you find this on Youtube, where it is accompanied with the video version of me pointing out several visual elements of the story, H...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 2
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I really recommend you find this on Youtube, where it is accompanied with the video version of me pointing out several visual elements of the story, H...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland- chapter 1
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I really recommend you find this on Youtube, where it is accompanied with the video version of me pointing out several visual elements of the story, H...
Invictus (Poem) by William Ernest Henley
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This particular poem was something that just sounded right to me the very first time I read it. I used to find empty stages and auditoriums and shout ...
IF, By Rudyard Kipling
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"If—" is a poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling; It is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. The poem is from the point of view of...
Taste (audiobook) short story by Roald Dahl
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This short story takes place at a party hosted for a famous food and wine connoisseur (they're good with food, got good taste). The critic has a bet w...
A Retrieved Reformation (Audiobook) Short Story by O. Henry
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"A Retrieved Reformation" is a short story by American author O. Henry first published in The Cosmopolitan Magazine, April 1903. It describes the ev...
The Brazilian Cat by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The main character, Marshall King, has many aristocratic and wealthy relatives. He himself is next in line to be 'Lord Southerton', but at the present...
Factory Town (Audiobook) A Japanese short story by Betsuyaku Minoru
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Factory Town is a Japanese short story by Betsuyaku Minoru. This story was translated by Royall Tyler. The story tells the tale of a simpl...
The Flying Machine (Audiobook) Short story by Ray Bradbury
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”- Kurt Vonnegut. The world develops due to the ideas of gr...
The World Where Wishes Worked (Audiobook) Short Story by Stephen Goldin
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where your every desire came true. Sounds nice. What if everyone had the same ability though? would you be happy knowing everyone in t...
The Cold Equations (audiobook) short story by Tom Godwin
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is the year 2178, a group of researchers from earth are trying to collect data on an unknown planet when a tornado destroys their shelter and medic...
Audiobook Trailer: The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A tiny ship is carrying medical supplies to a research team, but this tiny ship might not have the fuel required to complete its journey. If you...
The Mouse (audiobook) short story by Saki
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a simple story of a man with an interesting name. The name itself isn't important to the story, but I liked saying it, you give it a try: Theo...
The Cactus (Audiobook) by O. Henry
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Cactus embodies the witty, twisting, shocking short stories that O. Henry is famous for. The story revolves around a particular cactus plant...
Clean Sweep Ignatius (Audiobook - Short Story) by Jeffrey Archer
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Clean Sweep Ignatius is the story of Ignatius Agarbi, the 17th Financial minister of Nigeria in seventeen years. The story follows a man with zero exp...
Hearts and Hands (Audiobook) O. Henry
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hearts and Hands is a short story with a wonderful twist, Listeners should pay close attention to the body language of the characters. O Henry shows h...
We Can Get Them For You Wholesale (Audiobook) By Neil Gaiman
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever met a person that made you think the phrase "If only murder was legal"? Well, it's not, so I advise you against causing physical harm to...
The Bet (Audiobook) short story by Anton Chekhov
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever taken a stupid bet that you ended up regretting? Well, this short story by Anton Chekhov tells the tale of a bet made by a Banker 15 yea...
Man From The South (Audiobook - Short Story) By Roald Dahl
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There will be a warning, and there will be a description, in precisely that order. The warning goes as follows: The above audiobook contains an inordi...
The lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton.
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes life will require of you to make a choice. You may not know what to choose, or where that choice will lead you. Yet as time passes and you l...
To Serve Man (audiobook) by Damon Knight
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To Serve Man is a short story by Damon Knight. It is told from the point of view of a translator working at the United Nations, as he narrates the sto...
Kenneth Reads You A Story (Trailer)
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas