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

 Season 5 is coming very very soon and we have lots of wonderful things to share with you.

So this bonus episode is a musical journey through our favourite stories, revisiting our songs and music.

Leo and I love singing and making ORIGINAL songs that go with our episodes, often accompanied on guitar by me or by professional guitarist Andy (Daddy producer).

We hope that the songs will remind you of your favourite tales so you can listen to them again!

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook

Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Uppbeat

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Hello and welcome to the Season 4 finale of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with Emily and Leo.

We have been nominated in the Kids Category of The British Podcast Awards 2023!!!!

A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support and for inspiring us to get this far - we are honoured and very proud!

Please check out the other kids Podcasts nominated, including our buddies at Super Great Kids Stories!

Our story comes from the Louisiana Bayou. It's a Cajun story, and you can learn more about Louisiana and the rich Cajun culture HERE.

The little song we sing is a French Cajun ditty. The lyrics are quite horrid but also funny:

Cajun French

Les maringouins l'ont mangé ma belle. 

ils'ont resté de ses gros orteils 

c’est Pour me faire des bouchons de liège,

c’est Pour boucher mes demi-bouteilles. 

Et mon papa s'en alle mulet, 

Et Ma maman s'en allait 'léphant, 

Et Mon p'tit frer' sur un ouaouaron,

Et ma p'tit' soeur, sur un coin d'mon coeur.

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

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

We're off to festivals to hear more stories!

A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support. We have entered the British Podcast Awards 2023!

Our story is about a magical gift - a pumpkin! It's an old Turkish tale and definitely reminds of stories like the Magic Porridge Pot. 

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

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

A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support. We have entered the British Podcast Awards 2023!

Our story is about one of the most mystical of all beasts - the UNICORN! We hope you enjoyed our interesting facts about unicorns, and the nursery rhyme we told:

The lion and the unicorn

Were fighting for the crown

The unicorn beat the lion

All around the town.

Some gave them white bread,

And some gave them brown;

Some gave them plum cake

and drummed them out of town.

When Emily was younger, she read a beautiful book by Marianna Mayer, which drew on the ancient myths of the Unicorn and Serpent story. You find a link to this lovely text HERE.

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook

Art by Light Creative

Sound effects by Uppbeat

Harp Music - royalty free music by Giorgio Di Campo

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

We hope you like lullabys, as we've made another one. The words come from the wonderful poem by W.B.Yeats called Stolen Child.

Where dips the rocky highland

Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,

There lies a leafy island

Where flapping herons wake

The drowsy water rats;

There we've hid our faery vats,

Full of berrys

And of reddest stolen cherries.

Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild

With a faery, hand in hand,

For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Our story is an old fairytale from Ireland about a 'changeling'. Changelings feature in lots of folklore and you can find out more about them HERE.

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

This episode is brought to you from Zest Fest, an exhilarating new festival at Westenhanger Castle near Hythe in Kent, UK 

We enjoyed everything from daring circus skills and performing arts to exploring how to nourish the mind, body and soul through yoga, breathwork, meditation, music, dance, mindful walks and much more.

We love telling stories to live audiences; there's nothing like the sparkling, rippling energy of interaction between people.  And festivals are a great place for storytelling and magic making.

With lots of things happening at the same time, you can hear music and singing in the background of our story session. We hope it doesn't distract too much - most people in the word tent didn't seem to notice. That's the sign of a good story!

With special thanks to Kerry Ryan and her creative writing workshop, and the incredible events team at Otterpool Park.

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

We hope you're looking forward to SUMMER TIME! We've been out in the garden weeding and tidying, learning new songs and playing instruments, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends. We've also been walking around London lots, exploring its hidden parts, picking up facts and stories.

Leo has also been getting into Japanese Anime and Manga. He grew up watching beautiful films from Studio Ghibli, and is now watching lots of Anime series. You can learn more about Anime HERE.

Leo's story is an old Japanese tale about soothing babies - something we've all done - and we continue to pass down these techniques through the generations.

Our main story is a very famous Japanese fairytale - Momotaro, the Peach boy. He is a famous hero in Japanese folklore and there is a statue of him and his animal companions in Okoyama. (a bit like the Bremen Town Musicians!)

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

Welcome, one and all to the Merry Merry month of May!

 May day is a really lovely time of year – we celebrate the beginning of summer,

which in the Celtic wheel is called Bealtaine. (which is actually Gaelic for the month of May)

 The earth is tilting towards the sun here in the northern hemisphere and the warm season is coming. If the sun were a few degrees nearer we would burn up. And if the sun were a few degrees farther away all life on earth would be frozen.

But the position of our sun is 'just right', just like baby bear's porridge.

And it's called - the Goldilocks Zone. Stories are indeed everywhere. You can find out more about the Goldilocks Zone Here.

 For our story, we return to ancient Greece and Perseus' quest for the head of Medusa, the gorgon. Will he succeed, or be turned to stone??

You can find out more about Perseus and Medusa HERE.

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

We can't wait to hear your stories so keep practising, record it and send it to us to listen to.

So we want to tell you about a podcast we know you’ll enjoy. It's called the Kid Stories Podcast. It’s hosted by Phil Bechtel who reads original stories. 

You can hear about The Ninjas of Valleytown , Dropkick Kittycat and Hummus Wrinklesmith the Chicken Wizard. 

 It’s zany, it’s mad, it’s brilliant ! If you like the sound of that, then just click Here and listen to the Kid Stories Podcast today

Our story is from ancient Greece and its an epic tale of gods, monsters and winged sandals. This is only part 1 so make sure you listen out for part 2. 

You can find out more about Perseus and Medusa HERE.

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

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

As it is Spring time, we would really like to have some new guest tellers join us. And it could be you!! Listen to our top tips and give it a go. We would love to hear your telling!

Our story is from the island of Cuba. Cuban folktales are full of different flavours - just like Cuban food. There are lots of different cultures mixing together in Cuba - Spanish, African and Caribbean. And this episode is a lovely bed time listen.

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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

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