Episodes
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Peter Squirrel
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
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 cookies.
Original music by Reid Alexander Whelton
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
The Orange Shirt Story featuring Phyllis Webstad
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
“The Orange Shirt Story” read by author Phyllis Webstad with permission from Medicine Wheel Education
www.medicinewheel.education
This is the true story of a little girl and her very important orange shirt. Six-year-old Phyllis Webstad was as excited to wear her shiny new orange shirt as she was to attend school for the first time. But her first day at the St. Joseph Mission near Williams Lake, BC was nothing like she expected. Her orange shirt was taken away from her, never to be returned.
Since 2013, each year on September 30th, we wear orange to honour the Residential School survivors like Phyllis. We honour their experiences and the experiences of their families. Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples, local governments, schools and communities to all come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for future generations of children.
It is a day to reaffirm that EVERY CHILD MATTERS.
Music by Alexander Reid Whelton
For more information about Orange Shirt Day visit www.orangeshirtday.org
Books available: medicinewheelpublishing.com/collections/english-books/products/the-orange-shirt-story
Sunday May 22, 2022
The Moosicorn Part III
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
Lily is back for Season II of Tales from the Lilypad with an original story by Marlene Wurfel: The Moosicorn Part III. Mordecai is taking magic lessons from the Aurora Borealis. But what was his homework?
Intro Music by Reid Alexander Whelton
Sound Effects courtesy and Creative Commons Licence via freesound.org
Lake sounds and warbler sounds by BenBonCan, Story Logo sound by SergeQuadrado
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
The Forest Library feat. Lexi the Squirrel Librarian
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
This Tales from the Lilypad original by Marlene Wurfel is a story within a story within a story. Enjoy!
Original intro and outro music by Reid Alexander Whelton.
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.
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.
Friday Mar 30, 2018
Peter Not-A-Rabbit: Episode 42 Happy Easter from the Lilypad
Friday Mar 30, 2018
Friday Mar 30, 2018
In Episode 42, Peter (who is not a rabbit) visits the Easter Bunny. Happy Easter from the Lilypad. An original story by Marlene Wurfel.
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
The Moosicorn Part II
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Part II of a Tales From the Lilypad original story about a singular creature who learns how to make light in the darkest depths of winter.
Monday Jul 24, 2017
The Moosicorn Part I
Monday Jul 24, 2017
Monday Jul 24, 2017
A Tales From the Lilypad original story: The Moosicorn is a singular creature who is searching for someone like him in the Boreal forests of Canada.
Friday Jun 30, 2017
The Potlatch by Pauline Johnson Episode 33 Happy 150 Canada
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Friday Jun 30, 2017
It's Canada's 150th and the Lilypad is featuring a favourite Canadian storyteller: E. Pauline Johnson, also known as Tekahionwake. In this story, Pauline Johnson describes a little boy named Talapus who longs to leave his home on Vancouver Island to see the wider world and attend a Potlach, or great gift-giving feast on the mainland of British Columbia. Will he dance? Will he please the great Tyee? Will he make his father and his namesake, the Prairie Wolf, proud?