Hat Business: Fun Stories for Kids

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Happy Hatmas in July! (Because December Is Too Hot for Snow)

July 25, 2026

Ruby is ready for Christmas: tree, presents, festive snacks… and SNOW. Except Australia has other ideas. Like sunshine. And swimmers. And a Christmas Day so warm your pudding might need sunglasses.In this Hatmas in July adventure, Ruby discovers why it doesn’t snow in Australia at Christmas and learns that a sunny Christmas can still be properly, spectacularly magical.Sign up to our website for free and unwrap more Hatmas episodes.Hat Business an award winning podcast, winning the Australian ...

Ruby Gets a New Tennis Racquet (and Learns How to Get Better)

July 02, 2026

Ruby gets a brand new tennis racquet.Which sounds simple… until you realise racquets have had quite the journey. From heavy wooden beginnings (think: “furniture with ambition”) to today’s much more sensible versions, Old Nan Nan (who is 99 and remembers basically everything) is suddenly VERY interested in giving a full tennis history lesson.Hat is also here. He has opinions. None of them historically accurate.Between the racquet upgrades, the stories from “back in my day” (which in Old Nan Na...

Is My Teacher a Secret Spy?

June 25, 2026

Ruby is convinced something strange is happening at school… and when Mrs North suddenly disappears, things get even weirder. The substitute teacher arrives with a very odd explanation that sends Ruby and the Hat spiralling into theories, questions, and full-blown detective mode.Is this just a normal school day… or is something much bigger going on behind the scenes?In this episode of Hat Business – Fun Stories for Kids, we explore how our brains try to “fill in the blanks” when we don’t have ...