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Booster Box Games presents

Story Time Fairy tales in a cardboard theatre

Classic stories, performed by hand-painted cardboard puppets, read aloud to your child, with learning games after the show.

Meet the shows

Coming Soonto the Cardboard Theatre

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Story Time: Three Goats Gruff

Three hungry goats. One rickety bridge. And underneath it, a very grumpy troll.

The old tale from the mountains of Norway, retold for today's little audience. Your child helps each goat trip, trap across the bridge, meets the troll with eyes as big as saucers, and cheers when Big Billy sorts him out.

Tap a goat to help them across!

Grows with your child

Little Billy ages 3–4
Short, sing-song lines and big pictures. The troll goes SPLOSH! onto a rubber ring, and comes back to share the grass.
Middle Billy ages 5–6
Simple sentences and little help moments. A big splash, then a sheepish troll asks to share, and the goats say yes.
Big Billy ages 7–8
Full storybook prose, closest to the old tale. The rushing river sweeps the troll far, far away.

Pages from the show

Three goats on a bare brown hillside — The Bare Hill

The troll peeking out from under the bridge — Under the Bridge

Little Billy Goat crossing the bridge — Little Billy Crosses

Big Billy Goat sending the troll into the river with a splash — Big Billy Crosses

The goats munching green grass in the sunshine — The Green Hill, Again

After the show

Build a Troll
Memory Match
Story Quiz
What Happened Next?
Big and Small
Word Fun
Phonics

Coming soon

Story Time: Three Little Pigs

Straw, sticks or bricks? Three little pigs set off to build homes of their own, and the big bad wolf comes huffing down the lane.

Your child taps to help each pig build their house, then makes the wolf huff and puff at the brick house, which only wobbles. When he tries the chimney, a pot of water is waiting.

Tap the wolf to make him huff and puff!

Grows with your child

Little Pig ages 3–4
One or two short lines a page. The wolf lands in a pot of cold water, says “Brrr!”, says sorry, and stays for soup.
Middle Pig ages 5–6
Simple sentences and building help moments. The wolf shoots back up the chimney like a rocket, and never comes back.
Big Pig ages 7–8
Full storybook prose, closest to the old tale. A bubbling pot, a howl, and a wolf who's never seen again.

Pages from the show

Mother Pig waving the three little pigs off down the lane — Leaving Home

Little Pig building a house of straw — The Straw House

The wolf blowing the straw house away — Huff and Puff!

The wolf huffing at the brick house, with three pigs at the window — The Brick House

The wolf dropping down the chimney into a pot of water — Down the Chimney

The three pigs dancing outside the brick house — Happily Ever After

After the show

Build a House
Memory Match
Story Quiz
What Happened Next?
Big and Small
Word Fun
Phonics

In every Story Time show

Each story is its own production, with its own sets, songs and surprises. But every show comes with the same friendly features, so children (and grown-ups) only learn them once.

Read to me, or read myself

A warm storyteller reads every line, with a different voice for every character. Words light up as they're spoken, and any word can be tapped to hear it again.

A real theatre show

Curtains, footlights and painted cardboard puppets on sticks. Tap anything on stage and it wobbles, hops or giggles back.
Three versions of every story

A grown-up picks the age band: 3–4, 5–6 or 7–8. The words, the games and even the ending change to suit.
Learning games

Memory, quizzes, story order, sizes and counting, words and spelling, plus a build-your-own creation for each story.
Phonics lessons

Short UK synthetic-phonics lessons built from the story's own words: letter sounds, blending and building words.
Stickers and trophies

Every finished game earns a cardboard sticker for the Sticker Book. No fail states, no timers for little ones, and retries are always free.
Made for every reader

An easy-read font, bigger text and buttons, high-contrast text, calmer motion, and every instruction read aloud.

A note for grown-ups

Pay once, play forever. No adverts and no in-app purchases.
A parent gate keeps settings and age bands in grown-up hands.
Gentle by design. The troll and the wolf are pantomime villains, never scary, and the endings are chosen to suit each age.
Our own words and pictures. Every story is a fresh retelling of a traditional tale, written and painted by us.
Coming to phones and tablets, PC and Steam Deck, and games consoles.