Bedtime Stories Podcast Fairytales and Folk Tales from the Lilypad for kids

The Little People: A Fairy Tale by a Real Queen

A version of The Little People by Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania (1901). Edited, annotated and re-arranged by Marlene Wurfel.

Music Intro by Reid Alexander Whelton.

Legend of the Wooden Shoe

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

 

Merry Christmas from Lily

Peace, love & joy from Lily to you!

Music by DJ Williams courtesy YouTube Audio Library

Six Husky Puppies

This poem is inspired by the land and literature of Yukon, Canada

 

The Orange Shirt Story featuring Phyllis Webstad

“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 30^th, 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

 

Thor and the Storm Fairies

A chocolate lab named Thor is caught in a summer storm. He catches something in the rain: a storm fairy. 

A Tales From the Lilypad original story by Marlene Wurfel

Music: Midsummer Sky by Kevin MacLeod & Danse Macabre by Kevin MacLeod

Storm sounds courtesy of a Creative Commons Licence via freesound.org

Midsummer Sky 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=USUAN1100158
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Danse Macabre - Busy Strings 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=USUAN1100556

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

The Moosicorn Part III

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

Update from Lily

Update: Lily is just fine but still hibernating. She'll be back in May with a brand new season of Tales from the Lilypad Bedtime Stories and Folk Tales. 

Looking to stream older stories? Visit talesfromthelilypad.com

Amazon Music, Apple Music and Spotify subscribers can search for "Best of Tales from the Lilypad" to find the Best of Tales from the Lilypad Sleep Stories and Best of Tales from the Lilypad Stories albums.

Music for this episode "Bedtime" courtesy Reed Mathis 

The Dream Train

You are the hero of this audio adventure through a dreamscape. Happy New Year 2022! Wishing you great sleeps, much growth, and big love. 

Story, voicework, and audio mix by Marlene Wurfel > www.marlenewurfel.com

Train sounds & miscellaneous by:

Benboncan; Caquet; Mredig & Inspector J
via a Creative Commons Attribution Licence freesound.org
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Music
A Simple Lullaby by Jesse Keller via Jamendo

Blue Dream by Cheel via YouTube audio library

Sea of Ancestry by Jesse Gallagher via YouTube audio library

Snowy Peaks by Chris Haugen via YouTube audio library

* Emily Carr and Woo are real historical figures you can learn more about :)

Joy the Christmas Mouse

From deep in the Tales from the Lilypad archive (2016) an original Christmas story by Marlene Wurfel. Joy! Magic! Sweetness! This story is about mice who live in a Candy Cane factory and the kind janitor who finds their village under the pile of rejected boxes.