Earthchildren Stories with Ann

When The Little Red Hen finds seeds to plant in the barnyard she asks for someone to help her : to plant the seeds, harvest the seeds, make the wheat into flour and bake bread.

Find out who helps and who doesn't help. And who gets to share in eating the baked bread.

Season 2, Episode 4; Ann reads a Norwegian fairy tale about a daughter has to go rescue her twelve brothers that transform them into geese.

Season 2, Episode 3; Ann reads a story about a dying farmer who leaves his possessions to his 3 sons, and each go to an island where the item was never seen before. The third son's quest, however, has unforeseen consequences.

Season 2, Episode 2; This story is about a dying king who is told he can be saved with the water of life, so he sets all of his sons out on a mission to retrieve it.

Season 2, Episode 1; In this episode, Ann reads the German fairy tale Mother Hulda, about a widow with two very different daughters.

Season 1, Episode 6; Ann reads the story with delightful sound effects. So listen carefully to If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. Find out exactly what could happen, if you give a mouse a cookie.

Season 1, Episode 5; Ann reads the classic story of The Princess and The Pea, about a beautiful young traveler, who arrives at the palace drenched in rain, whose royal status is determined by a test. 

Season 1, Episode 3; Ann reads the classic story Rumplestiltskin. A story about an imp who is compensated with an agreement for a firstborn child if he spins straw into gold, for the Millers daughter. 

Season 1, Episode 2; Ann reads the classic story of The Elves and The Shoemaker, a story about two, tiny helpful elves providing much-needed assistance to a struggling shoemaker and his wife. This podcast is dedicated to Karen E. Dabney, and made independently.