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Bedtime Stories, Fairytales and Folk Tales: Lily, a frog, tells stories for kids & families
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Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Lily. This is calming, meditative story about a star suit that fits you just right. Put it on to travel through the clouds, dance with the Northern Lights, and visit the stars. "See" Great Bear (Ursa Major), Cygnus, Sirius, Tama Rereti, and other constellations.
Original script and narration by Marlene Wurfel
Audio Mix Features Creative Commons Music via YouTube Studio:
Peacefully by E's Jammy Jams
Angel Guides by Jesse Gallagher
Shasta Trinity by Jesse Gallagher
Owls by Lish Grooves
Cosmic Groove Space Travel by Cooper Cannell
#starlore #cygnus #ursamajor #sirius #greatbear
Saturday Jan 14, 2023
Saturday Jan 14, 2023
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 Young Folks.
Original music composed by Reid Alexander Whelton for Tales from the Lilypad.
Project Gutenberg link to eBook version of Dutch Fairytales for Young Folks: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7871/pg7871-images.html
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
A blend of storytelling, ambient music and meditation celebrating the changing of seasons and the starry night sky. Ochek the Fisher from Cree star lore, Orion's dogs Canis Major & Canis Minor from Roman antiquity, the Blackfoot story of Lost Children in the stars, Lyra the Harp and Cetus the Whale reinvented plus Inuit, Indian, Ukrainian & Chinese mythologies combined in this episode with love to and from the stars and everyone who has gazed up at them and told a story.
Orca sounds from www.orcaresearch.org
Thursday Jun 30, 2016
Thursday Jun 30, 2016
This Tales From The Lilypad original bedtime story by Marlene Wurfel is a tribute to one of the best dogs who ever lived. We love you and miss you Gus!
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
This bedtime story is inspired by a 1959 picture book called "Winter and the Children." Rewritten and rearranged for contemporary listeners at the Lilypad, the story "The Winter City" is set in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is about snow, children, magpies, snow removal, snowflake fairies, and a husky puppy named Luna.
Monday Nov 30, 2015
Monday Nov 30, 2015
Gary, a crayfish, visits the lilypad to tell, with Rascal the Racoon's help, the classic folktale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Sunday Oct 04, 2015
Sunday Oct 04, 2015
A Tales from the Lilypad original fable (by Marlene Wurfel) about overcoming obstacles, learning and growth. Features: enchanted forests, unicorn queens, and twin baby unicorns.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
Tuesday Jun 30, 2015
In Episode 8 Rascal the Raccoon and Lily recount a true story about The White Mouse, or Nancy Wake, a WWII heroine who fought Nazis using sabotage, espionage, and intelligence. Caution -- gun fights and explosions. Also, nuts falling on frogs.
Friday May 29, 2015
Friday May 29, 2015
Beatrix Potter's classic tale Peter Rabbit is re-arranged and re-told by Marlene Wurfel. Set in a community garden in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Peter is a jackrabbit who must escape humane relocation after being tempted by the cabbage patch.
Thursday Apr 30, 2015
Thursday Apr 30, 2015
This original Tales From the Lilypad Story is about a race... in geological time. Featuring Rocky the Rock and his friends Balthazar, Chocolate and Feldspar.