In Episode 2 - FairyTales & River Reads' Rating System (originally aired on CICK Smithers Community Radio @ smithersradio.com),  host narrator River Wilde discusses the history of Fairytales and what is and isn't a Fairytale. Wilde dives into the collection the Grimms' Fairy Tales, narrating five stories: 1) The Twelve Dancing Princesses; 2) The Three Spinning Fairies; 3) The Cat and Mouse in Partnership; 4) The Golden Bird; and 5) The Queen Bee.

Later in the program, Wilde discusses their “River Reads Rating System” designed for listeners to better gauge their comfort level with possible upcoming material. Not a kids show but not not a kids show. Viewer discretion is advised. 

River Reads introduces 'River Reads Rating System':

• M O N: Maybe Offensive but the Narrator can not quite put their finger on why, it just feels weird.
• Q M: Questionable Message; for those easily offended, or who do not want to engage in a possible involved discussion with your child.
• P G D: Possible Gore and/or Death (“gore” is subjective)
• G G D: Gross Gore and/or Death (Wilde's favorite kind of stories)

River Reads is a program for all ages to escape into creative commons bedtime stories and fairy tales; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles words, and then there’s stories who have not aged well.

Stories Narrated in Episode Two:

1. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Grimms’ Fairy Tales By Brother Grimm, Translated By: Mra. E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane and Marian Edwards. Grosset & Dunlap. Publishers. New York. 1976
2. The Three Spinning Fairies. Grimms’ Fairy Tales By Brother Grimm, Translated By: Mra. E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane and Marian Edwards. Grosset & Dunlap. Publishers. New York. 1976
3. The Cat and Mouse in Partnership. Grimms’ Fairy Tales By Brother Grimm, Translated By: Mra. E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane and Marian Edwards. Grosset & Dunlap. Publishers. New York. 1976
4. The Golden Bird. Grimms’ Fairy Tales By Brother Grimm. Translated By: Mra. E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane and Marian Edwards. Grosset & Dunlap. Publishers. New York. 1976
5. The Queen Bee. Grimms’ Fairy Tales By Brother Grimm, Translated By: Mra. E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane and Marian Edwards. Grosset & Dunlap. Publishers. New York. 1976

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River Reads: Fairytales and Stories
Host, Producer, Composer, Narrator: River Wilde
Cover Art: River Wilde

The River Reads Show - "Not a kids show but not not a kids show"

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