Shiok Shuffle
The Story StreamRoger Jenkins introduces The Shiok Story Shuffle storymaking game (how to choose your story ingredients) and offers tips on how to structure a story around the interactions of the ...
Upper Primary library
From the Belly of the Carp
The Story StreamThe 1995 Singapore Literature Prize winner gets a different treatment as author Roger Jenkins shares some of the poetic monologues accompanied by illustrations drawn by artist Bidd...
Wise Man of the Steppes
The Story StreamDo you get upset when something bad happens? Does your mood change a lot between happy and sad? The Wise Man of the Steppes is a famous folktale from Mongolia about a man whose jo...
One Grain of Rice (Bilingual – English : Tamil)
The Story StreamRoger plays the mean and greedy King who is saved from a nasty encounter with a cobra by a clever young woman. Grace Kalaiselvi plays the said Rani whose seemingly ridiculous reque...
DON’T EAT Your Little SISTER!!
The Story StreamThis story was my first signature tale when I began my professional career. It's fun to revisit it bilingually with my good friend GENE SHA RUDYN as this version of the story comes...
The Last Laddu
The Story StreamTHE LAST LADDU is one of three folktales told bilingually in ENGLISH and TAMIL by Roger Jenkins and Grace Kalaiselvi. When you click on the SEE FULL VIDEO button you will see all t...
Gecko Can’t Sleep!
The Story StreamThis is part of a BI-LINGUAL ENGLISH-MALAY Storytelling playlist - click on the SEE FULL VIDEO button and the title of the 3 videos (plus two complimentary stories) will appear an...
SWE605 – Senggutru
The Story StreamThis story of adventure and filial piety from Indonesia, features a brave and hard working young girl, her loving mother and a fearsome giant. Will Senguttru and her mother ov...
SWE604 – Rajah Suran
The Story StreamThis story, which had been recrafted from the Sejarah Malayu (Malay Annals), takes in a wide sweep of Asia. From India, to Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,
China, Indonesi...
RJE455 Pithyas and Damon: a legendary friendship
The Story StreamThis legend from ancient Greece tells the story of two friends on holiday. Pithyas gets into trouble and faces the death penalty. He accepts his punishment but asks the King that h...
RJE440 Six Blind Men and an Elephant
The Story StreamSix blind men have each formed a different impression of what an elephant is, based on what they've heard. When each man gets to feel a different part of an actual elephant (body, ...