This story was written by Marlene Wurfel in response to this randomly generated fairytale prompt: The story is about a brave girl who must break a curse, defeat a giant, and find a magic ring to defeat a tyrant.  Things are complicated by a jealous rival.  Assistance comes in the form of a magic swan. 

The Curse on the Crystal Castle

Bedtime Stories, Fairytales and Folk Tales: Lily, a frog, tells stories for kids & families

Kids & Family

Stories for Kids

The Nightingale by Marlene Wurfel
Rewritten and rearranged from the Hans Christian Anderson literary fairytale version
Intro Outro Music by Reid Alexander Whelton
The story of an Emporer, his empire, and a little brown bird whose voice has the power to change the world, something like yours does.

The Nightingale

Beautiful listeners, this is Lily's Christmas card to you. Evergreen is a 10-minute calming mediation for kids and family, wishing your love, light, rest, relaxation and growth in the New Year.

Evergreen: Affirmations for a New Year

A Finnish fairy tale re-written and re-told for Tales from the Lilypad by Marlene Wurfel. Eino must look for a sweetheart but gets lost in the Dark Woods. Then he sees a little cottage with a bright light in the window and smoke curling up from the chimney. Could his true love be inside?

The Forest Bride a Finnish Fairy Tale

A camping story forged in some of Canada's beautiful national and provincial parks, with gratitude to all the squirrels who helped write, voice, and edit this episode. 
A Tales from the Lilypad original inspired by Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit: Peter Squirrel knows he shouldn't hang around Campsite #11, his father had a terrible accident there, but it smells like marshmallows and cookies. 
Original music by Reid Alexander Whelton

Peter Squirrel

A version of The Little People by Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania (1901). Edited, annotated and re-arranged by Marlene Wurfel.
Music Intro by Reid Alexander Whelton.

The Curse on the Crystal Castle

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