Episodes
Sunday May 03, 2020
Lily Reads Letters from her Bright Green Mailbox
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
In this episode of Tales from the Lilypad, Lily reads her letters from all over the world and shares her recipe for stories.
Here's the song lyrics for the song Lily recommends to help kids learn to wash their hands properly:
Urm urm went the little green frog one day
Urm urm went the little green frog
Urm urm went the little green frog one day
And the frogs went urm urm eh
But we know frogs go La de dah de dah
La de da de da, La de da de da,
We all know frogs go La de dah de dah
They don't go urm urm eh
Thanks for all the love from you listeners! Getting these letters was like the best virtual hug!
XOX
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
For Parents How to Write to Lily
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Instructions for parents on how to write a letter to Lily and how to find older episodes.
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Lily's Big Bright Green Mailbox
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
The story land mail system brings mail from all over the world to Lily's Big Green Mailbox and she loves to get letters. This episode is inspired by #AloneTogether, one of the key messages of the UN to people around the world fighting pandemic with self-isolation.
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Puff and Rose
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
This is a Tales from the Lilypad original story by Marlene Wurfel which originally aired in Spring 2017. It is inspired by Puff the Magic Dragon the song by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton popularized by the musical group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 hit. In this retelling by Marlene Wurfel, a little girl named Rose finds Puff hidden in a cave in the land called Honalee. Featuring an acoustic guitar version of the song Puff the Magic Dragon by Jorge Nolla. Thank you for your music, Jorge, at http://profdeguitare.com/
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Three Tales of Yore
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Three of Aesop's fables re-told and re-arranged by Marlene Wurfel for kids: The Donkey in the Lion's Skin, The Crow and the Pitcher, and The Milkmaid and the Pail. Aesop was one of the sages of Ancient Greece, like Socrates. The stories ascribed to him are thousands of years old (all dating to at least 600 b.c.) and are called fables because they always include a moral lesson. Storytellers are always philosophers at heart, and so are kids.
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 Nov 29, 2019
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Friday Nov 29, 2019
Friday Nov 29, 2019
A rearrangement and retelling by Marlene Wurfel of the classic Norwegian folktale: the Three Billy Goats Gruff.
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.
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Cat Castle III: Primrose Escapes
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
A Tales from the Lilypad original bedtime story for kids by Marlene Wurfel in which Primrose the Mouse must escape from the Cat Castle to perform a heroic task. Cats! Alicorns! Razzle Dazzle! An Enchanted Clock Tower!
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
Cat Castle Part II: Sleepytime in the Enchanted Castle
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
Saturday Aug 24, 2019
This is a sequel to the Tales from the Lilypad's version of Grimm's The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat. In the Grimm's fairytale, a poor boy is rescued by a cat who brings him to her enchanted castle in which all the servants are kittens. Inspired by the fairytale, this original 20 minute sleepycast or sleep mediation by Marlene Wurfel is to help kids fall asleep or to just rest and relax at naptime. Welcome to sleepytime at the Enchanted Castle where the sweetwater river flows past all the sleepy little kittens in the sleepy fortress in the enchanted forest.