Stories From Now And Then: Short Stories for Kids
Aug 25, 2026 · 18 min · 9 segments
All about four lads from Liverpool: John, Paul, George, and Ringo, and how they became the biggest band of all time. For this episode, all you need is Nicola... To spin the tale of how it all…
They didn't know each other just yet.
They were ordinary children growing up in ordinary neighborhoods, going to ordinary schools, but their story is far from ordinary.
The first boy was John.
John had a sharp mind, always making jokes.
He loved to draw pictures and write silly poems and make people laugh.
The second boy was Paul.
Paul had the kind of voice that made people stop and listen.
He was clever at school, good at almost everything he tried, and was instantly likable to anyone who spent time with him.
He was the youngest, a bit shy, and when he picked up a guitar, something magical happened.
His real name was Richard, and Richard had been a sick child, spending long months in hospitals, but he got better and he developed quite a sense of humor.
He also had a knack for the drums.
Now, when John was a teenager, something happened that changed his life forever.
He heard a new kind of music.
It was called rock and roll.
John heard Elvis Presley sing rock and roll, and he thought, "I want to do that.
I want to make music like that." So John started a band with some schoolmates to play at parties and school dances.
The sun was shining, people were eating cake and drinking tea, and John and his friends were making music on a little stage.
And in the audience that day was Paul.
He was 15 years old.
They didn't know each other just yet.
They were ordinary children growing up in ordinary neighborhoods, going to ordinary schools, but their story is far from ordinary.
The first boy was John.
John had a sharp mind, always making jokes.
He loved to draw pictures and write silly poems and make people laugh.
The second boy was Paul.
Paul had the kind of voice that made people stop and listen.
He was clever at school, good at almost everything he tried, and was instantly likable to anyone who spent time with him.
He was the youngest, a bit shy, and when he picked up a guitar, something magical happened.
His real name was Richard, and Richard had been a sick child, spending long months in hospitals, but he got better and he developed quite a sense of humor.
He also had a knack for the drums.
Now, when John was a teenager, something happened that changed his life forever.
He heard a new kind of music.
It was called rock and roll.
John heard Elvis Presley sing rock and roll, and he thought, "I want to do that.
I want to make music like that." So John started a band with some schoolmates to play at parties and school dances.
The sun was shining, people were eating cake and drinking tea, and John and his friends were making music on a little stage.
And in the audience that day was Paul.
He was 15 years old.
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