Bedtime Stories Podcast Fairytales and Folk Tales from the Lilypad for kids

Oct 15 2024 20 ep. 13 mins 1.8k
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Bedtime Stories, Fairytales and Folk Tales: Lily, a frog, tells stories for kids & families

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The Boneyard Dog and Friends Halloween Story

Oct 15 2024 12 mins  
An original tale of skeletons who get a chance to dance and play one magical halloween night in a spooky boneyard. Music: Corny Candy by The Soundlings and Among the Stars by Everet Almond.

Three Dandelion Stories

Jul 25 2024 9 mins  
Three stories that explore the relationship between dandelions and the wisdom of children. The Dandelion Who Couldn't Roar is an original fable by Marlene Wurfel for Tales from the Lilypad The Legend of the Flower Fairy is based on an Aesop's Fable, rewritten and rearranged by M Wurfel The third story about dandelions in the garden is based on a traditional Sufi tale and rewritten

A Good Dog Re-released

May 24 2024 14 mins  
A 2016 story re-released form the vaults. An original story, dedicated to the best dog ever, for Tales from the Lilypad by Marlene Wurfel.

The Nightingale

Feb 21 2024 15 mins  
The Nightingale by Marlene Wurfel Rewritten and rearranged from the Hans Christian Anderson literary fairytale version Intro Outro Music by Reid Alexander Whelton The story of an Emporer, his empire, and a little brown bird whose voice has the power to change the world, something like yours does.

Evergreen: Affirmations for a New Year

Dec 24 2023 9 mins  
Beautiful listeners, this is Lily's Christmas card to you. Evergreen is a 10-minute calming mediation for kids and family, wishing your love, light, rest, relaxation and growth in the New Year.

The Forest Bride a Finnish Fairy Tale

Oct 21 2023 18 mins  
A Finnish fairy tale re-written and re-told for Tales from the Lilypad by Marlene Wurfel. Eino must look for a sweetheart but gets lost in the Dark Woods. Then he sees a little cottage with a bright light in the window and smoke curling up from the chimney. Could his true love be inside?

Peter Squirrel

Sep 10 2023 17 mins  
A camping story forged in some of Canada's beautiful national and provincial parks, with gratitude to all the squirrels who helped write, voice, and edit this episode. A Tales from the Lilypad original inspired by Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit: Peter Squirrel knows he shouldn't hang around Campsite #11, his father had a terrible accident there, but it smells like marshmallows and

The Little People: A Fairy Tale by a Real Queen

Apr 19 2023 35 mins  
A version of The Little People by Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania (1901). Edited, annotated and re-arranged by Marlene Wurfel. Music Intro by Reid Alexander Whelton.

Legend of the Wooden Shoe

Jan 14 2023 14 mins  
Lily finds this old folktale about the origins of wooden shoes, The Netherlands, and gnomes to have a fascinating and different way of looking at our relationship with nature. It's rewritten and rearranged for Tales from the Lilypad by Marlene Wurfel. “The Legend of the Wooden Shoe” is adapted from a 1918 version in English by William Elliot Griffis in Dutch Fairytales for Youn

Merry Christmas from Lily

Dec 03 2022 8 mins  
Peace, love & joy from Lily to you! Music by DJ Williams courtesy YouTube Audio Library