Storynory - Stories for Kids

Storynory - brilliant idea

We don't just exist to sell you stuff. We are in fact a valuable resource with interesting things to say and witty jokes. We have just found a fantastic website for uncles wishing to impress kids, so we thought we better tell you.

Remember that sinking feeling when some wide-eyed kid goes "Tell me a story, Uncle Michael" and your mind goes blank. Or worse you think up some really cool story and halfway through discover the kid is terrified, just as you are doing that graphic description of the monster with three heads who lurks in the cupboard and comes out at night to eat little kids.....The solution is Storynory.

Storynory is a website with stacks of stories suitable for kids, old classics, scary fairy tales and some new stuff that they write. All the stories have an audio version read by their storyteller. You can download an MP3 file and play the story to the kid or just go on line with your Blackberry/iPhone, choose a story and read it yourself. And it is all free. Which is bad news because they can't pay us for telling you how cool it is.

It has been extensively tested by us on the sample 4 year old and he loves it. Plus they get plenty of kids who are really keen. Check it out.

Last week we announced our new Hobby Horse without the Stick (as seen here). Demand has been fantastic. To celebrate we are going to give one free from our fast diminishing stock to the first reader to email us with the definitive answer to the question: "Who is the coolest Western hero/anti-hero ever ?" You need to name the movie, the actor and the character's name correctly to win.

Some might feel the answer to this is subjective, but a short period to ponder will quickly set you right.

If you do win, some lucky kid will get a cool, new pony substitute.

And remember if you are allergic to horses, then there are lots of other cool toys at our site www.wickeduncle.com.

Happy Western Shopping,



The Wicked Uncle Team

PS And here is the cowboy joke:

The Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a bar and sat down to drink a beer. After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said, "Who owns the big white horse outside?" The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched his gun belt, and said, "I do...Why?" The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, "I just thought you would like to know that your horse is about dead outside!"

The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside, and sure enough, Silver was ready to die from heat exhaustion. The Lone Ranger got the horse water, and soon, Silver was starting to feel a little better. The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, "Tonto, I want you to run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him start to feel better." Tonto said, "Sure, Kemosabe," and took off running circles around Silver. Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to the bar to finish his drink.
A few minutes later, another cowboy struts into the bar and asks, "Who owns that big white horse outside?" The Lone Ranger stands again, and claims, "I do, what's wrong with him this time?" The cowboy looks him in the eye and says, "Nothing, but you left your Injun runnin'."