Episodes
Sunday Aug 28, 2016
The Princess and the Pea
Sunday Aug 28, 2016
Sunday Aug 28, 2016
Classic and beloved fairytale The Princess and the Pea retold by Marlene Wurfel. Who is the stranger knocking at the door in the middle of a terrible thunderstorm? Could she be... is she possibly... a real princess?
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Amethyst
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Thursday Jul 28, 2016
Amethyst, a cinnamon-coloured black bear, develops a taste for people food at a Kootenay Mountain campsite.
Thursday Jun 30, 2016
A Good Dog
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!
Friday May 27, 2016
Buttercup Cools Down
Friday May 27, 2016
Friday May 27, 2016
This mindfulness story was recorded in a pond full of little froggies. It's about the littlest frog in the pond, Buttercup, and how she learns to calm down.
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
City Mouse and Country Mouse
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
Thursday Apr 28, 2016
The more than 2000 year old fable of City Mouse and Country Mouse, re-told at the Lilypad by Lily, a frog, and two little mice.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016
Lucky the Leprechaun and the Rainbow Dragon
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016
Happy St. Paddy's day. In this original Tales from the Lilypad story by Marlene Wurfel, Lucky the Leprechaun finds more than he was expecting in a pot of gold. This one has gold, mischief, rainbows, magic, dragons, fairies, shamrocks and a good mug o' dandelion ale.
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
The Winter City
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
The Legend of Excalibur
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
Joy the Mouse a Christmas Story
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
The Pied Piper
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.