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Bedtime Stories, Fairytales and Folk Tales: Lily, a frog, tells stories for kids & families
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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.
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
A retelling and rearrangement, by Marlene Wurfel, of the Excalibur legend. This story is more than 2000 years old and how much of it is folklore and how much of it is historical is unknown.
Monday Dec 14, 2015
Monday Dec 14, 2015
A Christmas story about Joy, the mouse, who lives in a candy cane factory. Caution: sweeter than gingerbread. Also, contains mice wearing toques. Merry Christmas from Lily in a frozen pond.
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.
Monday Oct 26, 2015
Monday Oct 26, 2015
Tales from the Lilypad's 1st Birthday Episode: a sequel to Twin Baby Unicorns. This original story, by Marlene Wurfel, is about how Twylandia the Unicorn, despite a jealous witches' curse that turned her into "just a horse," got her unicorn horn and the magical powers that come with it back.
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.
Thursday Aug 27, 2015
Thursday Aug 27, 2015
A favourite bedtime story of mine when I was a little polywog with a silly ending.
Thursday Jul 30, 2015
Thursday Jul 30, 2015
An obscure Brother's Grimm fairy tale re-arranged for modern audiences. Two sisters, Snow White and Rose Red, grow up side by side in an enchanted forest.
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.