Chapter 6, "The Little Miner." Princess Irene meets her co-hero, Curdie, son of Peter the Miner and an overall delight. They're great together-- first he rescues her, then she rescues him, and maybe they're in love but they're too young to really grasp the concept or the problems. Irene also has her first near-encounter with the goblins, so this is where the plot really starts to kick in. Lots of good Lydia questions in this episode, so be prepared to go down a couple rabbit holes with us.

Sorry the music's so loud in the opening here. Not so bad if you're not wearing headphones, but still needs an adjustment. #learning

 The sources for our text are the cyber-scribes at gutenberg.org;   Our theme song is Jimbo’s Lullaby by Claude Debussy performed by the Riverside Wind Consort via musopen.org. Pleasant dreams. 

A short chapter this week, "The Princess Lets Well Alone." It's an interesting idea, zooming in on a main character trying to find something magical, but failing. It doesn't move the plot forward much, but it does make a larger point about faith, which I think is the allegorical Mister MacDonald's goal here.

Lydia's extra spunky during this recording. ;-)

The sources for our text are the cyber-scribes at gutenberg.org;   Our theme song is Jimbo’s Lullaby by Claude Debussy performed by the Riverside Wind Consort via musopen.org. Pleasant dreams.

My favorite episode so far. We triple down on the defunct name "Sleepytime Stories," but otherwise we seem comfortable as we delve into Irene's description of her encounter with her magical Great-Great Grandmother, and her nurse' skepticism.

Questions of faith aside, adults should listen to children. Their stories have meaning, even when they don't seem to make much sense.

 Our theme song is Jimbo’s Lullaby by Claude Debussy performed by the Riverside Wind Consort via musopen.org  Our text comes from the version of George MacDonald's "The Princess and the Goblin" available on Gutenberg.org. Thanks for listening! If you feel like subscribing, go right ahead. We'll be back next week.

Lydia and Matt read Chapter 3 of George MacDonald's classic fairy tale "The Princess and the Goblin," as dutifully recorded by the cyber-scribes at Gutenberg.org

This is actually the first appearance of our defunct title, "Sleepytime Stories." It will be heading up the next... 27 episodes or so. Sigh.

It is also the first appearance of Lydia's amazing, explosive sneezes-- always a surprise for all involved. Enjoy, and pleasant dreams.

 Our theme song is Jimbo’s Lullaby by Claude Debussy performed by the Riverside Wind Consort via musopen.org 

Lydia and Matt read chapter 2 of George MacDonald's classic story, "The Princess and the Goblin," as recorded as an ebook on Gutenberg.org. Some banter arises, and I feel like we start to hit our stride.

Sleepy Stories is a daddy-daughter podcast intended to entertain and help others get to sleep. Our theme music is  Jimbo’s Lullaby by Claude Debussy performed by the Riverside Wind Consort via musopen.org 

Lydia and Matt read the first chapter of George MacDonald's classic (public domain) fantasy story, The Princess and the Goblin-- "Why The Princess has a Story About Her." This is a daddy-daughter podcast, focusing on public domain stories as found on Gutenberg.org.

The podcast "Sleepytime Stories with Robots" has been published since Lydia and I started recording, so I have changed the podcast's title to "Sleepy Stories." Please forgive this discrepancy and enjoy.

Theme music is Jimbo's Lullaby, as performed by the Riverside Wind Consort via musopen.org.