CallerTales

Ama and Tam found an old brass cage in their grandmother's attic. Every ball inside is a year — and a place where people play a calling game. Draw a ball to travel.

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Meet the cast — the characters who teach this

Each one stands for an idea you’ll practice. Tap a character to read their illustrated story and hear their audio drama.

Ama Draws the balls and keeps the call book
Tam Reads every call aloud, and gets braver each stop
Rima Ends every call on a rhyme, as lô tô singers do
Riddla Never names a thing
Smorfia Sees a picture in every number, as tombola players do
Hiệu Sings the hint before the card, the way bài chòi is sung
Kelly Gives every number a nickname, like a housie caller
Beano Marks with whatever is to hand
Cartella Is a tombola card: three rows, five numbers each, every column its own decade
Quina Shouts the moment five in a line are marked, and checks the line twice

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CallerTales

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