Dragonfly Tales

Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

It's the Holidays and it's Christmas Eve tomorrow! Hurray! We hope you enjoy this special episode to celebrate this special time of year.

Our first story is from Leo, who brings us the long awaited return of CINDERELLA: Assassination Santa - The Revenge of the Elves. Leo really really enjoyed coming up with part two of this story. We hope you love it too!

Our second story is from Norway, where they take their trolls very seriously! It's an old folktale, with lots of different versions. But we hope you like our little version. You can find out more about this story HERE.

Finally, we have a lovely seasonal poem for you, 'A Visit from St Nicholas' , more commonly known as ''Twas the Night Before Christmas' penned by Clement Clarke Moore in 1837. 

We read this poem every Christmas Eve and it makes us feel all warm and happy inside.

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

It's December! The Christmas trees are up and it's cold outside. We hope you're looking forward to the holidays.

Our first story comes from guest teller Belinda McKenna Bicknell, also known as the Steampunk Storyteller!

Belinda spends her life in story land with people of all ages, sharing all types of stories. She particularly likes telling stories in her beautiful Mongolian yurt known as The Curious House of Stories which travels around the country making new friends wherever it goes.

Belinda shares a lovely story about a very special little bird who brings warmth to the world.

If you would like to find out more about Belinda, you can check out her website HERE.

As it's Panto season here, our story is a classic tale about a rather splendid pussy cat -

Puss in Boots! There are lots of versions of the brilliant fairy tale, but we really like ours. We hope you do too!

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

This episode is brought to you from County Antrim in Northern Ireland. We stayed at the wonderful Ballyeamon Barn and explored all the magical sites of the Glens of Antrim. We saw the Fairy Thorn tree from Season1 Episode 5 and The Giant's Causeway from our very first episode. Leo even sang the song on the actual Causeway - you can see it in our Facebook Group.

The Barn is home to master storyteller Liz Weir MBE. Liz is the storyteller in residence for Northern Ireland's libraries. She has been telling tales for over forty years and there isn't much she doesn't know about stories! 

Liz is a wonderful host and was kind enough to do a little interview with Leo and tell a story from her fabulous book 'Here There and Everywhere'.

If you would like to find out more about Liz, you can check out her website HERE.

You can also find out more about the wonderful place Liz lives in this TV show HERE.

Our story is an old Celtic folktale about a very brave girl - The Lass who went out at the Cry of Dawn. We absolutely love the version by Sorche Nic Leodhas, and you can find it in this brilliant book 'Womenfolk and Fairy Tales'.

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

It's November and things have been going with a whizz and a bang! On the 5th November, we celebrate Bonfire Night here in the UK, to commemorate the failed gunpowder plot of 1605. A group of Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament. They failed, but we still celebrate today with bonfires and firework displays! You can learn more about the Gunpowder Plot HERE.

Today is also the 11th November, also known as Remembrance day or Poppy Day. At 11am on the 11th November in 1918, the first world war finally came to an end. So on this special day every year, people remember those who have died in all wars, not just WW1, by holding a two minute silence for them. You can learn more about it HERE.

Our first story this episode is from our guest teller Amy Douglas. 

Amy is a word-hoarder, a word-storer, a word-catcher and a word explorer. She plays with words, riddles and puzzles.

She likes hide and seek, jumping in puddles, getting muddy, treasure hunts and has a favourite tree where she likes to sit with a book and an apple.

She lives in Shropshire, which is wild, magical and has stories hidden everywhere! She's also written a book! You can buy it HERE.

And if you want to find out more about what she does, visit her website HERE.

Our second story is a very very old tale from the Australian Aboriginal people. They do not have a written down language, so their wisdom is passed down through word of mouth, symbols and beautiful art work.

Aboriginal people of Australia believe that the Dreamtime was way back, in the very beginning of time. Everything was created by ancestor spirits. They made the rivers, streams, water holes hills, rocks, plants and animals. They believe the earth is sacred, and should be honoured and protected. You can learn more about their culture, religion, landscape and animals HERE.

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

It's our Halloween Special! WOOOOOOOOO!

We have lots of TREATS for you this episode, including the return of LEO'S TOP FIVE - and a few tricks too!

Firstly, we have a song that we learned from Kate Corkery and Winston Nzinga, also known as Spud and Yam! The Boogie Man song! We hope you join in at home.

Our first story is from Emily and she heard it from the lovely Liz Weir, who appeared in season 2. This is Liz's favourite spooky story for little ones with a nice surprise at the end. Make sure you use your spookiest voices!

Our second story is from Leo and it's a little bit creepy - The Cursed Doll - but it's actually a joke that's been turned into a story. So if you're brave enough to hold on until the end, you'll get a good giggle.

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

We are so grateful to all our listeners for their patience - Leo and Emily have been a bit sick with colds - but we're SO glad to be back with a new episode!

Our first story this episode is from our guest teller Pyn Stockman. Pyn is a professional storyteller who lives on a boat! She loves fairy tales, folktales, all sorts of stories! Pyn tells at festivals, community events, schools and libraries. She really enjoys using props and masks to bring her stories to life. The story she shares was created with young people in Birmingham as part of the Secret City Arts project and is about Friendship.

Our second story is an old tale from Micronesia, a group of Islands in the Pacific Islands. Did you know Mogmog is a real island? Thankfully, there isn't an evil spirit there now! We love how brave the younger sister is in this story.

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

This episode, we are thinking about how we can mend and make do - reduce, reuse and recycle things - so that everyone can enjoy the wonders of our beautiful planet. It's not too late, if we all work together for change.

Our first story this episode is from our guest teller Maria Credali. Maria takes traditional tales and makes them her own, breathing life into characters and taking the listener on journeys of magic and myth. Her favourite stories are those that leave you feeling that all is well in the world…..perhaps those are just the sort of stories we need at the moment…

Our second story is an old old Yiddish tale about a tailor who finds that, with a little ingenuity and hard work, he can make something new from something old. We got lots of inspiration from Helen East's version of this tale. You can find her version in an excellent book called

The Singing Story Cloth!

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Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.

We're back back back! We hope you've had a lovely summer and are looking forward to some story fun. We have so much planned for this season - more Leo's Top Fives, guest storytellers and, of course, our spooky Halloween and festive Holiday episodes!

Our story this episode is an old Turkish tale, but there are variations from lots of different countries. It is a quest story with lots of 3s in it. How many 3s can you spot?

Also, which brother gave the greatest gift? Let us know.

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

Its the summer holidays here in England! Hurray!

We will be taking a break for the summer but will be back in September with brand new stories and guests for season 3. Yippee!

 We thought it would be fitting to end the season with a story from Leo - he tells the tale that is sometimes called 'Regrets'. There are lots of different versions of this tale and it makes you think about choices you make. We all have regrets but it's best to learn from a bad to decision and move on, than spend your whole life regretting.

Emily's story is a funny version of a Pig and Bear tale from Slovakia. Pig and Bear get up to all sorts and this story they try selling food - it doesn't go very well though!

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

So this 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!

Our guest teller is the absolutely brilliant young talent Nuala, who is 7 years old from Philadelphia USA. Nuala tells a Korean folktale; she practised and practised her tale and I'm sure you'll agree that she is fantastic. We hope she continues to tell stories and influences more of our young listeners to try it for themselves. Well done, Nuala!

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Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand

Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook 

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