Name: "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper by A.Y. Barker
Duration: 7 min 17 s
Description: A reading of Watty Piper's "The Little Engine That Could"

New song. Bass by Andrew Dolny. Tracked/mixed/mastered by Nick Shoemake

Hold Out Your Hand

Composed by @alexanderamadeo

Featured in "Mowgli's Brothers", a story within The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook. 

Produced by Root and Twig Soundscape Audiobooks, 2022

The Red Flower | The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook Official Soundtrack

Composed by @alexanderamadeo

Featured in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", a story within The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook. 

Produced by Root and Twig Soundscape Audiobooks, 2022

Run and Find Out | The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook Official Soundtrack

Composed by @alexanderamadeo

Featured in "Toomai of the Elephants", a story within The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook. 

Produced by Root and Twig Soundscape Audiobooks, 2022

The Life of Kala Nag | The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook Official Soundtrack

Mowgli is stolen away by the Bandar-Log, the Monkey People, who dwell in the treetops far removed from the rest of the Jungle People. His friends Baloo the Teacher of the Jungle Law and Bagheera the fearsome Black Panther seek the aid of the one creature in the jungle that the Bandar-Log fear - Kaa, the 30-foot long Rock Python.

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It is our distinct pleasure to present to you a new way to experience the story - a 'soundscape audiobook'. Word-for-word, this is not an 'adaptation' or 'radio drama'. This is a way to experience the book as if you are within the very pages of the tale. We hope you enjoy!

Directed and Produced by Phil Dragash & A.Y. Barker
Featuring Original Music by @alexanderamadeo
Read by Phil Dragash
Creature Voices by Phil Dragash
Edited and Mixed by Phil Dragash and A.Y. Barker
Original Text by Rudyard Kipling
Preview Clip from Chapter 2 of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book', published in 1894.

A Root and Twig Soundscape Audiobooks Production, 2022

Root and Twig's mission is to be a beacon of classic stories spectacularly done, helping the world remember its great storytelling heritage.

This project was produced with generous funding provided through our Kickstarter backers during the spring of 2021.

Special Thanks to our Executive Producers - Jim Barker, Georgi Barker and Reciticus.

Also, special thanks to the following for their vocal contributions:

Monkeys & Cold Lair Cobras:
Jim Barker, Georgi Barker, Caroline Mills Barker, James Barker, Lindsay Verno, David Verno, Emma Purzycki, Ryan Purzycki & Monica Daniels

*Directors Note: This immersive soundscape preview experience contains very detailed sound effects in each chapter. For full enjoyment of the production, we recommend that your first experience of this story is through a pair of quality headphones or quality set of speakers without background noise interfering.*

Kaa's Hunting Preview | The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook EP

This is the great war fought with courage in the tiny garden.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a young Indian Grey Mongoose who comes under the care of Teddy, a young English boy who has just moved with his parents into a bungalow in India. Little does Rikki-Tikki know that his arrival is unwelcome by the king and queen of the bungalow's garden - the fearsome cobras Nag and Nagaina. As he discovers the nefarious plan of the cobras, valiant Rikki-Tikki-Tavi summons within himself the courage of his mongoose ancestry to 'fight and kill snakes'.

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It is our distinct pleasure to present to you a new way to experience the story - a 'soundscape audiobook'. Word-for-word, this is not an 'adaptation' or 'radio drama'. This is a way to experience the book as if you are within the very pages of the tale. We hope you enjoy!

Directed and Produced by Phil Dragash & A.Y. Barker
Featuring Original Music by Alexander Amadeo
Read by Phil Dragash
All Creature Voices by Phil Dragash
Edited and Mixed by Phil Dragash and A.Y. Barker
Original Text by Rudyard Kipling
Preview from Chapter 5 of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book', published in 1894.

A Root and Twig Soundscape Audiobooks Production, 2022

This project was produced with generous funding provided through our Kickstarter backers during the spring of 2021. 

Special Thanks to our Executive Producers - Jim Barker, Georgi Barker and Reciticus.

Root and Twig's mission is to be a beacon of classic stories spectacularly done, helping the world remember its great storytelling heritage.

*Directors Note: This immersive soundscape preview experience contains very detailed sound effects in each chapter. For full enjoyment of the production, we recommend that your first experience of this story is through a pair of quality headphones or quality set of speakers without background noise interfering.*

'Rikki Tikki Tavi' Preview | The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook EP

Voice talent and co-producer and director Phil Dragash gives an introduction to The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook EP edition release.

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It is our distinct pleasure to present to you a new way to experience the story - a 'soundscape audiobook'. Word-for-word, this is not an 'adaptation' or 'radio drama'. This is a way to experience the book as if you are within the very pages of the tale. We hope you enjoy!

A Root and Twig Soundscape Audiobooks Production, 2022

This project was produced with generous funding provided through our Kickstarter backers during the spring of 2021. 

Directed by Phil Dragash and A.Y. Barker
Composed by Alexander Amadeo
Introduction script written by A.Y. Barker

Special Thanks to our Executive Producers - Jim Barker, Georgi Barker and Nathaniel Trainor.

Root and Twig's mission is to be a beacon of classic stories spectacularly done, helping the world remember its great storytelling heritage.

*Directors Note: This immersive soundscape preview experience contains very detailed sound effects in each chapter. For full enjoyment of the production, we recommend that your first experience of this story is through a pair of quality headphones or quality set of speakers without background noise interfering.*

Phil Dragash Introduction | The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook EP

Hans Zimmer - DUNKIRK (The Mole , End Titles , The Oil) Edit

once again, the Star Spangled Banner will not go quietly into the night.

Phil Sings "The Star Spangled Banner" 2016

Ch. 11 - Knife in the Dark | The Fellowship of The Ring
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien

A Soundscape Audiobook by Phil Dragash
Root & Twig Studios

Find more masterworks read as full production audiobooks at:
www.rootandtwig.co.uk

The Fellowship of the Ring - Read By Phil Dragash

Ch. 11 - A Knife in the Dark | The Fellowship of The Ring | The Lord of The Rings Audiobook

A reading of Watty Piper's "The Little Engine That Could"

"The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper

I collaborate with storyteller Phil Dragash and composer Alexander Amadeo. Our production of The Jungle Book Soundscape Audiobook will be released in 2023.


Message for inquiries/bookings/audiobook licensing.

"The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper

A.Y. Barker

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