Written by Don Linden
Format: MP3

About Don...

Don Linden, a popular New Zealand entertainer and broadcaster, brings together this collection of children stories and songs that in some cases have not been heard on radio since the 1960s.

While his Sunday Morning radio programme, Small World, was targeted at children, the audience included all generations, as parents and grandparents alike shared in the childhood memories of the timeless, enchanting stories, some of which are featured in these recordings.



Children’s Favourites Vol 1

Waltz of the Flowers (Don Wilson), Flick the Fire Engine (Robert Dann), The Little Engine that Could (Art Gilmore), Dinky Pinky the Elephant (Stan Freberg), Gerald Mc Boing Boing (The Great Gildersleeve), Diana and the Golden Apples (Art Gilmore), Hopalong Cassidy & the Story of Topper (William Boyd), Little Toot (Don Wilson), Sparky and the Talking Train (Henry Blair), Tubby the Tuba (Danny Kaye).


Children’s Favourites Vol 2

El Torito The Little Bull (Art Gilmore), Peter and the Wolf (Victor Jory), Molly Whuppie (John Cronan), Maxi the Taxi (Eddie Cantor), Bugs Bunny meets Elmer Fudd (Mel Blanc), Three Billy Goats Gruff (Margaret O’Brien), The Foolish Koala (George Simpson-Lyttle), The Golden Palomino (Carlton Warren), Hinemoa and Tutanakai (Peter Sinclair), Old Macdonald Had A Farm (Story Book Singers).


Children’s Favourites Vol 3

The Christmas Collection - Double CD

The Littlest Angel (Loretta Young), The Small One (Bing Crosby), The Enchanted Trumpet (Jack Jackson), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Paul Wing), The Happy Prince (Bing Crosby/Orson Wells), All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth (Spike Jones), The Snow Goose (Herbert Marshall), How the Kiwi Lost His Wings (Peter Gwynne), The Selfish Giant (Frederic March).


Children’s Favourites Vol 4

Captain Beaky (Keith Michell), Pinocchio (Art Gilmore), Sparky’s Magic Piano (Henry Blair), Hopalong Cassidy and the Haunted Goldmine (William Boyd), Bugs Bunny meets Hiawatha (Mel Blanc), The Little Red Engine (Charles Stidwell), The Noisy Eater (Jerry Lewis), The Trojan Horse (Art Gilmore), Gossamer Wump (Frank Morgan), Little White Duck (Danny Kaye).


Children’s Favourites Vol 5

The Kiwi Collection - Original New Zealand Songs & Stories for Children


The Kiwi Bird (Max Cryer), Harry the Fell Engine (Merv Smith), The Great Fish of Maui (Kenneth Melvin), Sticky Beak the Kiwi (Julie Nelson), Harvey the Helicopter (Owen Patterson), The Lonely Mountain (Paul Walden), The Ballad of Captain Cook (Max Cryer), No Moa (Paul Walden), Puki & the Bird’s Singing Contest (Peter Gwynne), How Maui Caught the Sun (Kenneth Melvin), Pelorus Jack (Max Cryer), Harvey Travels South (Owen Patterson), The Big Fish (Paul Walden), Merry Old Farmer (Max Cryer).


Children’s Favourites Vol 6

The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Frank Luther), Little Red Riding Hood (Margaret O’Brien), The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck (Vivien Leigh/Cecile Courtnidge), Wood Woodpecker in Mixed-Up Land (Mel Blanc), The Little Fiddle (Danny Kaye), The Story of Robin Hood (Nestor Paiva), Little Toot Lost in the Fog (Art Gilmore), Puff and Toot (Victor Jory), Aladdin (Roger Moore), Tongue Twisters (Danny Kaye), How Much is that Doggy in the Window (Pinky and Perky).


Children’s Favourites Vol 7

Bugs Bunny & Aladdin’s Lamp (Mel Blanc), Jack & the Beanstalk (Hugu Peretti),
The Three Little Pigs (Dwight Weist), The Magic Toy Shop (Danny Kaye), Tales of Uncle Remus (James Baskett), The King's New Clothes (Danny Kaye), The Little Tune That Ran Away (Peter Lind Hayes), Treasure Island (The Rockinghorse Orchestra & Chorus), Hansel & Gretel (Richard Hayes & June Winters), Daffy Duck’s Feathered Friend (Mel Blanc), Rob Roy (Art Gilmore), Peer Gynt’s Adventure in the Hall of the Mountain King (Art Gilmore)


Children’s Favourites Vol 8 - The Bible Collection Stories & Songs

Noah and The Ark (Claude Rains), Noah's Ark (Terry Gilkyson), David & Goliath (Claude Rains), Daniel - In the Lion's Den (Joseph Cotton), Moses in the Bulrushes (Claude Rains), Moses - The Child and The Man (Terry Gilkyson), Joseph and His Coat of Many Colours (Claude Rains), Samson (Terry Gilkyson), The Story of Jesus (Claude Rains)



Old Stories For Young Children

The Magic Porridge Pot, The House that Jack Built, Rumplestiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood, The Great Big Story, Old Mother Hubbard, The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Man, You Are Old Father William, The Old Lady and The Pig, The Shoemaker and The Elves, Hansel and Gretel, The Quangle Wangle’s Hat, Goldilocks and The Three Bears, The Owl and The Pussycat, As I Was Going to St. Ives, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, The Night Before Christmas.


More Old Stories For Young Children

The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Nursery Rhymes, Chicken Licken, The Princess and The Pea, The Golden Goose, Snow White, Cinderella, King Midas, The Pobble Who has No Toes, Tongue Twisters, Puss in Boots.