Episodes
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Return to the Crystal Castle
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Another original story written by Marlene Wurfel especially for Tales from the Lilypad listeners everywhere. Return to the Crystal Castle with an ambitious princess for some adventure in the moonlight. Will Princess Dee succeed in a heroes quest?
Intro music by Reid Alexander Whelton
FairyTale Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100232
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Chuckles and the Wolverine
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Chuckles is a snow gnome who performs a daring rescue of a wolverine in this original story by Marlene Wurfel for Tales from the Lilypad. New music by Reid Alexander Whelton.
Sound effects courtesy Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Licence and a Creative Commons Attribution Licence via freesound.org. Thank you Pedaling Prince.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Teddy Bear Island Tuffy's Loving Kindness Meditation
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
In this epsiode, written & performed by Marlene Wurfel, Waffles the Black Bear learns a loving-kindness meditation technique from Tuffy the Griz. It helps him calm down when he's afraid to hibernate.
Music courtesy of YouTube’s Audio Library:
“Whispering Stream” by E’s Jammy Jams
“Somnolent” by The Tides
& "AnaCaptainslogue" by Noir et Blanc Vie
Meditation technique inspired with gratitude by a loving-kindness meditation by Dr. Emma Seppala, Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Teddy Bear Island
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
A sequel, of sorts, to the Velveteen Rabbit, in which the nursery magic fairy from Margery William's classic story is hard at work today. An original bedtime story modern fairytale by Marlene Wurfel.
Licences and Attributions:
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1922) is part of the public domain
Music: Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod
under a Creative Commons Attribution license via the YouTube Audio Library
https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?nv=1
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100787
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
& Fantasy Windchimes by Northern87 on freesound.org
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
The Velveteen Rabbit with Annotations
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
This beautiful story written in 1922 by Margery Williams is almost 100 years old and about a time in history before there was antibiotic treatment for scarlet fever, a potentially fatal childhood disease. It's a story not only about survival, but resilience, change, love, and fairy magic.
Read and annotated by Marlene Wurfel
Licences and Attributions:
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1922) is part of the public domain
Music:
Gymnopedie No.1 by Kevin MacLeod
Meditation Impromptu No.2 by Kevin MacLeod and Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod
under a Creative Commons Attribution license via the YouTube Audio Library
https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?nv=1
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100787
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Birdsong sample by juskiddink on freesound.org via a creative commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
& Fantasy Windchimes by Northern87 on freesound.org
Sunday May 03, 2020
Lily Reads Letters from her Bright Green Mailbox
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
In this episode of Tales from the Lilypad, Lily reads her letters from all over the world and shares her recipe for stories.
Here's the song lyrics for the song Lily recommends to help kids learn to wash their hands properly:
Urm urm went the little green frog one day
Urm urm went the little green frog
Urm urm went the little green frog one day
And the frogs went urm urm eh
But we know frogs go La de dah de dah
La de da de da, La de da de da,
We all know frogs go La de dah de dah
They don't go urm urm eh
Thanks for all the love from you listeners! Getting these letters was like the best virtual hug!
XOX
Friday Dec 20, 2019
The Little Fir Tree
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
This is a sad story, listeners. Like so many stories of yore, it has suffering and loss.
It's a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Fir Tree, a Noreweigan fairytale and beloved Christmas story, a retelling of a classic by Marlene Wurfel for Tales from the Lilypad.
Friday Nov 29, 2019
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Friday Nov 29, 2019
Friday Nov 29, 2019
A rearrangement and retelling by Marlene Wurfel of the classic Norwegian folktale: the Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
The Very Unimportant Mouse
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Part IV of the Enchanted Cat Castle Series, Tales from the Lilypad original bedtime stories and folktales by Marlene Wurfel. Curd is the littlest and most unimportant creature in the enchanted kingdom. But, oh my cheddar, he's kind. And kind matters.
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Cat Castle III: Primrose Escapes
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
A Tales from the Lilypad original bedtime story for kids by Marlene Wurfel in which Primrose the Mouse must escape from the Cat Castle to perform a heroic task. Cats! Alicorns! Razzle Dazzle! An Enchanted Clock Tower!