Hello listeners! In this story from the Cheyenne Tribe of the Great Plains, our hero Falling Star must face danger to find his people and his place on earth.

The Cheyennes were once a warrior tribe, but they have a great tradition of storytelling and living in balance with the land and nature around them. They respect nature so much …. Believe that nature is sacred and that everything has its own spirit. This story has warriors and lots of animals – and some monsters in it.There’s also a place called the ‘in-high’ up in the sky where the star people live and as our stories called ‘Falling Star’ maybe you can guess what might happen…

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Hi story lovers! We're off to look for pixies on Dartmoor for this lovely folktale. Dartmoor is a real place and it's very magical! It's situated in the county of Devon, in the west of England. People have inhabited the moorland for about 10,000 years, but the land is ancient, stretching back into the primordial mist. It's an important reserve for rare plants and animals, and of course, PIXIES!

Pixies are mischievous sprites, a bit like fairies. They can be trixy but can also be kind to those who respect them.

You can find out more about pixies HERE.

If you want to know more about mysterious Dartmoor, you can do so HERE.

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Bye 'O Baby Lullaby - Traditional American Folksong

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Hello folks! This episode we're off to Eastern Europe to find Mareshka in the snowy landscape.

Winters there can be terribly cold in Slovakia – with lots of snow and ice. And long ago, it was really important to store food for the winter and to live by the seasons, AND get to know the personalities of the twelve months.

What do you think February would look like as a person? Or August? Draw a picture and send it to us!

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Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. 

Our sixth episode invites renowned storyteller Liz Weir MBE to the podcast.

Liz has been telling stories for over 40 years and has told her captivating tales on five continents!! 

She is also an author and has written three brilliant books: Boom Chica Boom, When Dad was Away and Here, There and Everywhere. If you would like to purchase them you can contact Liz HERE.

Liz tells one of her own lovely tales, based on Irish lore, The Mermaid's Gift.

We met Liz at the wonderful Glens of Antrim Storytelling Festival and stayed with her in the cosy Ballyeamon Barn, where storytellers come from all over the world to share stories and have a lovely time. If you're ever in the Glens, why not go and stay at the Barn?

If you want to find out more about Liz Weir then you can visit her website HERE.

Our story this episode is a classic fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen - but told with our own Dragonfly Tales flavour.

Andersen wrote some of the most well loved fairy tales ever, including The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinder Box. This book, An Illustrated Treasury, is a lovely introduction to his stories.

Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

Our fifth episode is a tale from the lands of Ice and snow - a Norse myth. Norse myths are ancient stories of gods, goddesses, heroes and battles from Scandinavia. They were passed down to the Vikings and have had a lasting impression on us too! Our days of the week are named after Norse gods!

In this story, the Thunder god Thor loses his most precious possession - and finds himself in an embarrassing situation (thanks to Loki).

For more great Norse myths check out this fabulous D'Aulaire's collection for kids.

Or for older children and adults, check out Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology.

If you fancy being a GUEST TELLER this season, then you can get in touch with us and we'll tell you how it works.

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Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

Our fifth episode is a tale from the lands of Ice and snow - a Norse myth. Norse myths are ancient stories of gods, goddesses, heroes and battles from Scandinavia. They were passed down to the Vikings and have had a lasting impression on us too! Our days of the week are named after Norse gods!

In this story, the Thunder god Thor loses his most precious possession - and finds himself in an embarrassing situation (thanks to Loki).

For more great Norse myths check out this fabulous D'Aulaire's collection for kids.

Or for older children and adults, check out Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology.

If you fancy being a GUEST TELLER this season, then you can get in touch with us and we'll tell you how it works.

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Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

It's our Halloween Special! WOOOOOOOOO!

We have two stories for you. What a TREAT - not a trick!

Our first story is by Leo and is a version of the Hairy Toe. We found this version from master storyteller Margaret Read MacDonald, a very famous North American tale spinner who specialises in interactive storytelling.

Our little poem 'The Troll' was by poet Jack Prelutsky . You can find out more about him HERE.

Our main story is probably Emily's favourite story ever.... it's called The Boy Who Drew Cats!

Huge thanks to our long-time listener AMY for recommending this one. It's magical, mysterious and and scary - maybe not one for our very young listeners. There are MANY different versions of this one that you can search - but we're very fond of our take!

Huge thanks to Robi-Jo for an excellent story last episode - you are AWESOME!

If you fancy being a GUEST TELLER this season, then you can get in touch with usand we'll tell you how it works.

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Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. 

Our third episode is a tale from the East - a tale of mystical dragons. Eastern dragons are very different to those in stories from the west. In countries such as China, Korea and Japan, dragons are thought to be noble and wise, elemental gods that ruled over the skies and the oceans. They don’t have wings, and have long serpent-like bodies and magical powers.

We have a guest teller this week and we're so looking forward to their story!

If you fancy being a GUEST TELLER this season, then you can get in touch with usand we'll tell you how it works.

Next week is our HALLOWEEN Special! We are doing an extra spooky episode for the podcast.

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Chinese Music

Title: Asian Travel

Style: World / Chinese music

Composer: Hicham Chahidi

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Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

Our second episode is a classic Greek Myth about a brave hero who must defeat a hideous monster and escape a mysterious labyrinth.

WARNING: it gets a bit scary when Theseus goes into the Labyrinth!

For more great myths and legends, check out this fabulous collection by Anthony Horrowitz.

If you fancy being a GUEST TELLER this season, then you can get in touch and we'll tell you how it works.

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Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

We're back! We hope you've had a lovely summer and are looking forward to some story fun. We will be releasing episodes every two weeks from now on - but don't worry. We have lots planned this season - Leo's Top Fives, guest storytellers and a spooky Halloween episode for half term!

Our first episode is an old Scottish tale about a clever baker lady who manages to fool the faeries into letting her leave fairyland. 

If you like our podcast and would like to donate a little something towards our second season, we would be so grateful. You can donate to Dragonfly Tales Podcast by clicking here: DONATE

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Serpents, Sweets and Sausages

Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode is our last one of the first season. We'll be taking a break for the summer but we'll be back in September for more story fun.

For our finale, we bring you something a bit special - a special guest! Our friend Ella has been working on a story for our podcast and it's just brilliant! Ella presents a fantastic tale of her own design, based on a Greek myth - The Minator.

Leo also tells his own story this week and we hope you enjoy his original story The Sweet Shop at the End of the World. It's awesome!

Finally, we present a rhyming version of a Swedish tale about wasted wishes. If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?

If you like our podcast and would like to donate a little something towards our first season, we would be so grateful. You can donate to Dragonfly Tales Podcast by clicking here: DONATE

Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

See you in the Autumn!

If you would like a shout out, the best thing to do is join the Dragonfly Tales story chat on Facebook. However, if you don't use Facebook, you can email us at emilydragonflytales@gmail.com and we will try our best to give you a shout out.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

 This episode we head down to the sea in this beautiful story by Margaret Mahy. You find her story, and lots of other stories about pirates in this brilliant book The Kingfisher Treasury of Pirate Stories.

Leo's activity this week is all about Pirates! Head over to the Royal Museums Greenwich website for tons of Pirate facts and activities! ARRRRRRRR!

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode we venture into the Amazonian rainforest to hear a story from the Anambe people. You can find a version of today's tale, 'Ceuci the Witch who ate a lot' in this book: Amazonia - Indigenous Tales from Brazil

We'd also like to thank our lovely friend and fellow storyteller Sef Townsend for helping us with the Brazilian nursery rhyme. Sef has been singing songs from lots of different cultures for many years to celebrate diversity and share common experiences. He's recorded two lovely CDs - Singing with Mr Sef. To order them, just email seflondon@gmail.com. We have both Cds and we adore them!

Leo's activity this week is all about the layers of the rainforest. Here is a cool video that shows you the layers! Exploring Life within the Layers of the Rainforest.

And here is a useful fact file where you can read more about the layers. You can now create your own fact file or draw the different layers and the animals that live on each one. What other animals live in the Amazon rainforest?

Finally, if you like our podcast, please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

 This episode we venture to Zimbabwe to hear a story from a clan of the Shona tribe - the Karanga! African storytelling is amazing and our telling would not have been possible without these two awesome books The Lion on the Path and Party Croc!

Leo's activity this week is making banana bread - and it's DELICIOUS! Emily is now so into bananas! You can find the recipe at ZimboKitchen, where you can find lots of amazing recipes from Zimbabwe.

Finally, if you like our podcast, please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Hello lovely listeners! This episode we have a Jack story for you from France!

Do you remember Lazy Jack from Season 2? Well, this classic fairytale introduces another, more clumsy Jack and lots of magic. There are versions of this story by the Grimm brothers, Henri Pourrat, the Comtesse D'Aulnoy and Joseph Jacobs. I hope you like this one.

What are doing for the Holidays? How do you celebrate? And what is your favourite thing about the festive season? Let us know.

We are now on PATREON!

We have a special new club for superfans of our podcast. It’s free to join and we post pictures, facts and other little things on our patreon page.

But! If you would like some extra special Dragonfly Tales content – you can subscribe to our page for a small monthly fee. You can sign up to be a Little Sprite or a Power Pixie! And when you do, you get extra stories, videos of me telling, member shout outs, birthday shout outs and special content that is just for Sprites and Pixies.

So please please, grown ups, pop over to our patreon page and help to support us. We really want to keep the podcast going, but we can’t do it without your help!!!

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

 This episode we had two stories!

We hope you enjoyed Leo's excellent telling of The Frog and the Locust. It's a wonderful tale about working together and and making our voices heard to make the world a better place for everyone. We found it in this awesome book Earth Care.

Our main story is from the magical Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The Isle of Man has a very rich history of folklore and fairy tales, and the people who live still believe in the wee folk to this day. They are especially fond of stories about Mermaids. You can find more stories in this lovely book - Manx Fairy Tales.

Leo's activity this week is making a mermaid fairy lantern and there is an excellent video and tutorial on this website - Red Ted Art: DIY Mermaid Lantern.

Finally, if you like our podcast please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode our story is a Chinese version of a classic fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. But this one is a bit different. It was written by Isabelle Chang and can be found in this lovely book Womenfolk and Fairy Tales.

Our activity this week is about the is all about the wonderful grey wolf! They are not at all the big bad wolves of fairy tales. Visit Wolf Watch UK to learn more about these shy animals and create your own fact file about them. Awoooooooooo! 

Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.  

This episode comes from the fabulous collection - The Arabian Nights. The stories are told by the character Scheherazade, who tells a story every night for 1001 nights so that her husband, the King, will keep her alive. Yikes!

The famous composer Rimsky Korsakov took several of the stories from the collection and turned them into pieces of music. The voice of the storyteller Scheherazade was represented by a solo violin. You can listen to a clip here.

Our activity is all about creating a time capsule that you can hide and then open many years from now. We found a great website with printables and suggestions for making your time capsule.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

 This episode, we have TWO animal tales for you. 

The first one is a fable by Aesop, brilliantly told by Leo! If you like this short fable, you can read more of them in this book - Orchard Aesop's Fables.

And the second one is The Bremen Town Musicians. This is a very popular folk tale in Germany, most famously told by the Brothers Grimm. Bremen is a real place and there is actually a statue there of all the animals one on top of the other. You can see it here.

Here is a link to the website for Leo's musical activity. There are 52 instruments to choose from! We would love to see (and hear) your instruments when you've finished them.

Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

 This episode, we are telling a folktale from Sicily, which is an island south of Italy. It has a volcano on the island, called Mount Etna!

There are lots of versions of this type of folktale - but this is our version.

If you would like to read more Sicilian Tales, we can recommend this lovely book Catarina the Wise and other Wondrous Folk and Fairy Tales.

And here is a youtube link to Leo's Coffee Filter Roses activity! We can't wait to see how they come out!

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode, we are telling a tale written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare - The Tempest, which means the storm!

It's a story about a mystical island far far away across the sea.

If you'd like to find out more about William Shakespeare you can check out these Shakespeare Fun Facts!

And this is a nice introduction to Shakespeare's works by Michael Rosen & Sarah Nayler.

We'll put some photos of Leo's Puppet theatre in the Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.  

This episode, we introduce a classic story archtype - The Trickster!

Anansi the spider is a trickster - he's sneaky, funny and a bit lazy too!

The Anansi stories were first told by the Ashanti people in Ghana, a country in West Africa. They were not written but passed down through telling from generation to generation. Until they had spread far and wide. They spread across oceans to the Caribbean – they crossed continents and are now told all over the world.

Here is Leo's YouTube link to the Spider Puppet activity. It's nice and easy to make. 

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode, our tale is THOUSANDS of years old. It’s a very long epic and we only had time to tell a part of it. If you liked the story and want to follow Odysseus on the rest of his journey, we’d recommend this version by Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton – two amazing storytellers - The Adventures of Odysseus.

Here is a YouTube link to Sinbad and the Cyclops and here is a really nice blog about the genius of Ray Harryhausen.

And here is a really cool link about Stop Motion Animation for beginners!

Can’t wait to see your monsters! There are tons of apps out there - we really like Stop Motion Studio.

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

 This episode is a classic tale from India – there are many different versions of this story, but our favourite is in this lovely Usbourne book of Indian tales.

Here is a great link to Leo’s activity: Mango and Banana Smoothie.

Ask a grown up for help with chopping and whizzing!

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Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode is a tale from Northern Ireland about the mystical and magical Faerie Thorn tree. I first heard the wonderful Liz Weir MBE tell a version of this at the Glens of Antrim Story Festival.

Here are the instructions for making Leo’s fairy tree:

You will need:

·    A big sheet of blank paper and a pencil

·    Some prittstick or gloopy glue

·    Some twigs and branches

·    Lots of different sized leaves

·    Some little gems or shiny buttons

·    And some glitter

First, draw an outline of a tree in winter on your paper. Try to make your branches nice and big and do lots of them.

Next, using your glue, stick your twigs down over your outline so you have a winter tree.

Next turn your tree into a summer tree by sticking on your leaves. The more leaves you add the fuller your tree will look.

You can also add little flowers to your tree too – to make it more spring like.

Finally, to make it a fairy tree, stick some gems or buttons onto your tree and then shake over some glitter.     And now you have a magical fairy tree!

You can find photos of Leo's tree and the REAL Faerie Thorn in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Hello storylovers! This episode we have two great stories for you! Our first is from storyteller Sarah Rundle from West London. 

Sarah has performed at Festivals all around the world, she’s told tales in museums and theatres, pubs and cafes. I love hearing Sarah’s stories because they’re often very funny and a bit crazy. And this is very famous old folktale called The Dauntless Girl. It's a slightly spooky story about a girl who thinks she’s not scared of anything – even ghosts!

If you would like to find out more about Sarah, you can do so HERE.

Emily's story is a fishy tale made famous by the fabulous Brothers Grimm. The two brothers Wilhelm and Jacob came from Germany and travelled far and wide collecting folktales and fairy tales. They wrote famous verions of Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, The Bremen Town Musicians and hundreds of other well-loved tales.

This tale is all about making a wish. If you were granted your greatest wish, what would you wish for?

We are now on PATREON!

We have a special new club for superfans of our podcast. It’s free to join and we post pictures, facts and other little things on our patreon page.

But! If you would like some extra special Dragonfly Tales content – you can subscribe to our page for a small monthly fee. You can sign up to be a Little Sprite or a Power Pixie! And when you do, you get extra stories, videos of me telling, member shout outs, birthday shout outs and special content that is just for Sprites and Pixies.

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Storytelling and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook

Produced by Andy Grazebrook

Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Zapsplat

Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages. 

This episode is a tale from old Japan and features the Oni – they are Japanese trolls who live underground! There are lots of different versions of this story, but our favourite version is by Arlene Mosel.

Here is the link to Leo's Sudoku puzzles. We'd love to see some of your own, along with any drawings of the story. You can post them in our new Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

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Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Uppbeat

Welcome to the 3rd episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages.

This episode is a tale from Australia! It's a beginning story, or a 'pourquoi' story.

These stories explain why something is the way it is - do you think the story is true?

You can find more lovely stories from the Australian Bush in the gorgeous book:

Stories from the Billabong

Here is the link to Leo's Eardrum Experiment. We'd love to see some videos of your model eardrum in action! Post them in our new Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group.

And here is the link to the incredibly talented LYRE BIRD!

We would love to see some of your pictures on our new Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group on Facebook.

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Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Uppbeat

Welcome to the 2nd episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages. 

This episode is a tale from Turkey! We first came across this story told by the incredible storyteller Margaret Read MacDonald in Little Rooster's Diamond Button but we've put our own spin on it.

Here is the link to Leo's bird feeder activity - It's good to get an adult to help with scissors! 

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Sound effects by Uppbeat

Welcome to the 1st episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages.  Join professional storyteller Emily, and her son Leo, for stories from all around the world.  Then try out a fun activity to do at home which links to the story!
This episode is about the famous natural wonder, The Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 

You can read the story of Fionn Mac Cumhaill in the O'Brien Book of Irish Fairytales and Legends

And remember to have a go at baking Leo's delicious Scottish Oat Cakes! is the link to the recipe for Leo's baking activity: Gluten-Free Oat Cakes!

Music by Leo on Garageband
Art by Light Creative

It’s Halloween and LEO'S BACK! This episode we introduce our special radio play - Horror at the Hotel de Ville! We had so much fun making this very silly story - we hope you enjoy it!

Huge thanks to all our spooky comedians for their hilarious jokes ...

Mila, Casimir, Sky, Magda, Bianca, Nara, George, Frankie, Tess, Farley and Elle.   

We'd also like to say a BIG THANK YOU to our patrons - Little Sprites and Power Pixies:

Kuihi from New Zealand, Bea and Graham from Minnesota and Kennedy and Bryson from California! Extra goodies coming your way!

If you would like to support us, grown ups, pop over to our patreon page. We really want to keep the podcast going, but we can’t do it without your help!!!

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Storytelling and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook

Produced by Andy Grazebrook

Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Zapsplat

La Grand Chase music by Kevin MacLeod

We are now on PATREON!

We have a special new club for superfans of our podcast. It’s free to join and we'll be posting pictures, facts and other little things on our patreon page.

But! If you would like some extra special Dragonfly Tales content – you can subscribe to our page for a small monthly fee. You can sign up to be a Little Sprite or a Power Pixie! And when you do, you get extra stories, videos of me telling, member shout outs, birthday shout outs and special content that is just for Sprites and Pixies.

So please please, grown ups, pop over to our patreon page and help to support us. We really want to keep the podcast going, but we can’t do it without your help!!!

Here's the link: Patreon.com/DragonflyTales

This episode we have two stories for you! Our first is from storyteller Suzanne Thomas.

Suzanne lives in South Shropshire and loves to tell stories of the landscape. She and can often be found on hilltops, searching beneath stones, and listening to whispers on the wind. Suzanne brings us a strange tale with a bit of twist - The Baker and the Black Cat.

If you would like to find out more about Suzanne, you can do so HERE.

Emily's story is a tale from Somalia about an animal doctor. But being a doctor is a highly skilled and important job - as Monkey soon discovers!

Remember to send in your spooky jokes for our Halloween Special! The easiest way to do it, is to record yourself on a smart phone and email it to us HERE

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Storytelling and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook

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Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Zapsplat

Music Faerie Garden by Chris Collins / Indiemusicbox

This episode features an old tale from Scotland - all about the power of a name. There are many versions of this tale from around the world: Rumplestiltskin, Tom Tit Tot, Ricdin Ricdon. But Whuppity Stoorie is by far our favourite.

Remember to send in your spooky jokes for our Halloween Special! The easiest way to do it, is to record yourself on a smart phone and email it to us.

If you would like to send in a joke, or be a guest teller on our podcast, you can get in touch with us HERE

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Art by Light Creative

Sound effects and incidental music by Zapsplat

Original Music by Dragonfly Tales

Welcome to Season 6! This episode we welcome the Yarnsmith Dave Tonge to our podcast.

Dave has many a yarn to spin. He is a fabulous storyteller – and also a Historian and an award-winning author! He’s written books on Northfolk folktales for children, Medieval folk tales and Tudor tales too. So if you like a bit of history to your tales, you’ll love Dave’s books.

But today, he’s telling us a very old tale from Aesop about cunning. If you'd like to find out more about Dave Tonge, you can do so HERE.

And you can buy Dave's books HERE.

My story today, The Freedom Bird, is about a mythical bird from Asia. There are versions of this story from Thailand from Vietnam and India, but the message is always the same. It’s one of my favourite stories to tell in live performance, because it’s so simple and easy to join in with. 

So I hope you join in at home listeners – it will annoy your grown ups ALL DAY!

Nah na Nah na NAH NAH!

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Art by Light Creative

Sound effects and incidental music by Zapsplat and Alexander Nakarada

Oringinal Music by Dragonfly Tales

Hi Story fans! In this episode we introduce Coyote, a superstar of Native American folklore. We can’t believe it’s taken us this long to give him his own episode.

A coyote is a real animal, a wild dog that lives in the wide plains, forests and even urban areas of North America. They can be found right across the continent, but particularly in places like Texas, Colorado, California, and New Mexico.

They can make their home anywhere, which means they are cunning and able to adapt to their surroundings. They eat virtually anything so can always find a way to live off the land. They are intelligent and great survivors. You can find out more about the coyote HERE.

Native Americans, the indigenous tribes who lived on the land before the arrival of Europeans, have great respect for coyote and see him as sacred. In some old stories, coyote is a divine being and created the world itself. In others, he’s a cunning trickster just trying to survive. Sometimes he can be righteous and helpful to animals and humans, othertimes he can be selfish and a bit foolish. Just like Anansi from the old Ashanti stories of West Africa.

But whatever story he is in – it’s always sure to be a good one. You find some more coyote stories HERE.

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Produced by Andy Grazebrook

Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Zapsplat

Oringinal Music by Dragonfly Tales

Hi folks! We go way back to old Japan in this famous story of a poor young man who saves a fish. Japan is surrounded by water, so much of their folklore comes from the sea.

Japanese mermaids are called Ningyo, and they are not like European mermaids at all! Thankfully, our hero catches the Dragon king's daughter and sets her free. That's got to be worth a reward, right?

You can find out lots more about Japanese folklore in this wonderful book HERE.

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Hello story lovers! This episode we travel to Ireland to learn about a famous Irish fairy - the Leprechaun. Young Bridget decides it's easier to catch a leprechaun and get his gold than working hard for what you want. But fooling a fairy is not that easy!

Leprechauns have existed in Irish mythology for hundreds, maybe thousands of years! Many believe they are descended from the old Irish gods, or are types of Fae or fairy.

They can grant wishes. bring you luck and even make you very rich! But catching a Leprechaun is very hard - they are full of trickery and have the power to disappear if you take your eye off them.

You can learn more about Leprechauns in this wonderful book HERE.

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Hello listeners! This episode, our story is a Hungarian version of a classic fairytale. I'm sure you know the story of the three little pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. But I bet you haven't heard THIS version. There are far too many wolves in this story. Let's hope Little Pig can best them!

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Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Zapsplat

Music by Dragonfly Tales

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode is an emotional one (sniff), as it is Leo's last episode hosting with Emily. He's off on lots of adventures but has promised to stop by from time to time.

But stories go on...

In our story, it is the final stage of our epic norse tale and Odin, the All Father of the Norse gods. And the battle is about to begin for Asgard, for Midgard and all of the nine realms. YIKES!

You can lots about Norse mythology HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we welcome back LEO for part 2 of our epic! He also shares his top 4 favourite episodes of the podcast.

And because we have so many shout outs and lots of action still to come in our story, he's coming back for PART 3! Hurray!!!

In our story, we continue with our epic norse tale and Odin, the All Father of the Norse gods, is about to discover what Ragnarok is and what will come to pass in the future. It doesn't look good!

You can lots about Norse mythology HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we welcome back LEO! Leo has been really busy lately and has grown up a lot! He is joining us for this special two part epic. He's also sharing his favourite stories from the whole podcast - it was a hard decision, as we've done over 100 EPISODES!

Leo won't be hosting on the podcast from now on, but he will be popping by now and then.

But, we still have lots of exciting things coming up this seasons - including NEW GUEST TELLERS and LOTS more stories.

If you would like to be a guest teller on our podcast, you can get in touch with us HERE

Our story is Ragnarok - it is the final big story of the Norse gods so prepare yourselves for a huge epic battle! You might want to listen to our episode The Death of Baldur in Season 4, to remember how it was set into motion. You can lots about Norse mythology HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we have a guest teller! Aurora, who is 6, tells us her own story 'The Girl of the Sun'.

We can't wait to hear it!

If you would like to be a guest teller on our podcast, you can get in touch with us HERE

Emily tells a folk tale from China, about a little girl who is given a parasol for her birthday.

Do you know what a parasol is? It's like an umbrella but you use it to shade you from the hot sun! You can find out more about umbrellas and parasols HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, Emily tells a folk tale from Mongolia, about two friends who have very different ideas about studying!

It features an ancient boardgame - chess! Can you play chess? If you're interested to give it a try, you can learn more about this famous game HERE.

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

It is the merry month of MAY! This episode is all about witches, who love to flit through the moonlight on the eve of May day or Bealtaine. (BeeYALtinna)

They have a bad reputation, but we think they're misunderstood. This story is about how people can be afraid of those who are different. We hope you like our little song, sung by Agatha, Mildred and Nancy. Here are the words:

NOW the moonbeam's dance and play

Cares are only made for day

Spiral through the milky way

Among the endless starlight

Hear the music of night’s call

sigh of wood and waterfall

pebbles tiny, mountains tall

in the endless starlight

Bless the moon and bless the breeze

Beasts of land and birds of trees

we are all a part of these

We are endless starlight

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode is brought to you from Ireland! Leo and I explored the capital city of Dublin, learned about an unsolved crime, did some sight-seeing and had some super Irish grub!

Leo tells a brilliant TRUE story about Dublin Castle.

We then headed west to the beautiful County Mayo, and the mysterious Lough Mask. There are many legends about Loughs in Scotland and Ireland, and Emily's story features a malevolent creature that lurks in the dark waters.

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Sound effects by Uppbeat

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world.

This episode, we feature guest teller Aaron Oliver and the story The Floating Heads.

Aaron is a Prop Maker and Storyteller based in London, passionate about creating stories, whether on the stage or behind the scenes!

Aaron performs for a variety of audiences at venues such as libraries, theaters, community centers and cabarets, telling folk tales and myths alongside original stories.

Aaron also co-runs Elephant Tales, a monthly storytelling for adults (16+) in Elephant and Castle, London.

If you'd like to find out more about Aaron, you can do so here!

Our story is an old tale from the Shona Tribe of Southern Africa. Huge elephant thinks he's the greatest and doesn't need to show respect to anyone. Squirrel has other ideas.

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Harp Music by Lumiere Tales

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo.

We've been away for a while but we're back with the final part of Hans Christian Anderson's Snow Queen! 

In part 3, Gerda must finally face her fears to save Kai. Will she succeed?

Or is it too late?

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Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo.

Spring is coming! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it mat feel cold and windy, but underneath the ground the seeds are stirring for Imbolc - the coming of Spring. 

We love to celebrate St Brigid's day by feeding the birds, lighting candles to scare away the dark, or perhaps by making a Brigid's Cross! We found a little video to show you how to make one from paper HERE, or you can try the traditional way and make them from rushes HERE.

Our story - Part 2 of the Snow Queen - continues Gerda's quest to find her best friend Kai. She is getting closer, but what dangers lie in her way? 

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Bonjour listeners! This episode, our story is from the city of Paris, France. It's a fairytale created by a writer called Pierre Gripari in the 1960s. When he was a boy, he read lots of traditional French fairy tales by Charles Perrault – like sleeping beauty and little red riding hood. And he loved them!

But when he grew up, he realised that he wanted fairytales that were about where he lived – the streets of Paris. So he made up his own. And this is our version of one of his most famous – the Witch of the Rue Mouffetarde. ‘Rue’ means street in French. All the locations in the story can be found in Paris today – hopefully there are no witches there though.

You can read more stories by Pierre Gripari HERE.

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Music by Dragonfly Tales

Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

Happy New Year! It's 2024 and we have so many fabulous new stories and tellers coming your way this year.

We have a big treat for you - a three part story!

The Snow Queen is a wonderful fairytale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. Anderson wrote many of the famous stories we have grown up with - The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New clothes, The Ugly Duckling and many more.

You can find out more about Hans Christian Anderson and his wonderful tales HERE and buy them HERE.

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Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.

Thank you all so so much for your patience - we've had a bit of family illness but we're all feeling much better now!

Our story is a sinister tale from Germany, and some believe it really happened! Hamelin is actually a real town and you can find out about it HERE.

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