Episodes
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
The Nightingale
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
Wednesday Feb 21, 2024
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.
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 Sep 30, 2016
Thumbelina by Marlene Wurfel
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016
A retelling of Thumbelina. The best known version was written by Hans Christian Anderson in 1835. In Marlene Wurfel's version, the tiny, beautiful girl born in a flower does not become a child bride, and some Canadian fauna play roles in the story.