Welcome to Season 4 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages. It’s our Halloween Special!!!!!! Wooooooo! And we have some treats in store for you – or are they tricks? As with our previous Halloween shows, Leo is going to tell a story that’s not too scary. And I’ll tell one that is a bit more scary We also thought we would tickle your funny bone with some spooky Halloween jokes from our listeners! Huge thanks to Marcus Zoe, George, Sharon, Mila, Tom, Will and ...
Oct 29, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Welcome to Season 4 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages. We are feeling the Autumn breeze and seeing the leaves become lovely colours. Smelling the smokey, misty air and enjoying all the fruits of the harvest. This week we are delighted to welcome fantastic guest Teller Jon Mason. Jon is a Brighton-based storyteller known for his captivating delivery and love of roots: folktales and myths that connect our history and our present, our surroundings and ours...
Oct 14, 2022•32 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome to Season 4 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.We are delighted to welcome back a young guest teller - Robi Jo! He is sharing the epic Hindu tales of the Ramayana.This story of Rama and Sita, and the Flying monkey Hanuman is celebrated each year at Diwali - the Hindu festival of lights. We're sure you'll love Robi Jo's telling!Our story is a wonder tale from the Himalayas and Tibet. Tibet is called the 'Roof of the World' and it is a very spiritu...
Oct 02, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to Season 4 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.We're back! We hope you had a fantastic summer and a great start to the new school year.This week, we have a brilliant guest teller - Will from Melbourne, Australia. Will is only 7 and is a bit of a comedy genius. He shares some of his very own jokes with us.Our story is from Canada - the French speaking part. Centuries ago, French colonies settled in parts of Canada and that is why there are still F...
Sep 18, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Hey folks! We hope you are enjoy the summer break, wherever you are. This episode is one of EMILY's favourites and features the lovely Liz Weir MBE, telling one of her own lovely tales, based on Irish lore, The Mermaid's Gift.If you want to find out more about Liz Weir then you can visit her website HERE.Our story this episode is a classic fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen - but told with our own Dragonfly Tales flavour.Andersen wrote some of the most well loved fairy tales ever, including Th...
Aug 27, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Hey folks! We hope you are enjoy the summer break, wherever you are. This episode features one of Leo's favourites from Season 2 - the classic Greek Myth about a brave hero who must defeat a hideous monster and escape a mysterious labyrinth.WARNING: it gets a bit scary when Theseus goes into the Labyrinth!For more great myths and legends, check out this fabulous collection by Anthony Horrowitz.If you would like a SHOUT OUT this season, then you can get in touch with us HERE or in our Dragonfly T...
Aug 21, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Hey folks! We hope you are enjoy the summer break, wherever you are. In this favourite episode, we venture into the Amazonian rainforest to hear a story from the Anambe people. You can find a version of today's tale, 'Ceuci the Witch who ate a lot' in this book: Amazonia - Indigenous Tales from BrazilIf you would like to watch Emily tell this story, you can do so HERE. If you would like a SHOUT OUT this season, then you can get in touch with us HERE or in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group, telli...
Aug 10, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.While Emily is recovering, we have chosen one of our favourite episodes for you - with TWO stories.The first one is a fable by Aesop, brilliantly told by Leo! If you like this short fable, you can read more of them in this book - Orchard Aesop's Fables.And the second one is The Bremen Town Musicians. This is a very popular folk tale in Germany, most famously told by the Brothers Grimm. Bremen is a re...
Jul 16, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages. This is one of our FAVOURITE episodes - Odysseus and the Cyclops from Season 1.It is THOUSANDS of years old. It’s a very long epic and we only had time to tell a part of it. If you liked the story and want to follow Odysseus on the rest of his journey, we’d recommend this version by Daniel Morden and Hugh Lupton – two amazing storytellers - The Adventures of Odysseus. Here is a YouTube link to Sinba...
Jul 02, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages. We're nearly at the end of Season 3 and we are so grateful that you are still here listening with us! This week, we have the return of guest teller Sharon Carr, from our second season. She tells a tale of King who wants far too much. THE MOON!! If you'd like to learn more about Sharon's storytelling, you can out HERE. Our story is from Mexico and we LOVE the folklore from this area. It's full of tra...
Jun 17, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 20
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages. This is one of our FAVOURITE episodes - The Faerie Thorn.It is a tale from Northern Ireland about the mystical and magical Faerie Thorn tree. I first heard the wonderful Liz Weir MBE tell a version of this at the Glens of Antrim Story Festival.Here is an extract from Jane Talbot’s wonderfully dark collection of fairy tales, The Faerie Thorn: ‘Now, if you don’t know about faerie thorns, you should. T...
Jun 01, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 19
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.This episode, we celebrate Leo's end of his first EVER exams. And he has chosen to tell a brilliant Anansi story. Our listeners know Anansi well, as a naughty trickster from the ancient tales of West Africa. The tales travelled across the ocean to the Caribbean and on then throughout the whole world.If you want to know more about Anansi and the Ashanti people, you can do so HERE.Emily's story is a ta...
May 18, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.This episode, we welcome our guest teller Maria Gillen, from County Cork in Ireland. Maria is a great friend and a fabulous teller of tales. She loves stories of magic, healing and old wisdom and has told to big crowds and small. Maria is also the storyteller in residence at the Kerry Writer's Museum. If you want to see more of Maria telling you can do so HERE.Our story is a tale from Sweden about a ...
May 07, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.This episode, we learn about Leo's top five Inventors and Discoverers. Here they are! Click on their names to learn more!5. Marie Curie4. Patricia Bath3. Ada Lovelace2. Nikola Tesla1. Leonardo Da VinciIf you would like to tell a tale on the podcast, have a practise at telling a 5minute folktale. Then you can record it for us (an iPhone works great if you place it on a flat surface and keep one hands ...
Apr 20, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.This episode, we are celebrating the Spring and Easter. There are many wonderful celebrations happening around the world at this time of year. You can find out about them HERE. Leo shares a lovely story about peace and friendship. You can read the original in Margaret Read Macdonald's wonderful book 'Peace Tales'. If you would like to tell a tale on the podcast, have a practise at telling a 5minute f...
Apr 06, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.This week, we don't have a guest teller and we really need you! If you would like to tell a tale on the podcast, have a practise at telling a 5minute folktale. Then you can record it for us (an iPhone works great if you place it on a flat surface and keep one hands width away from the microphone). You can send it to us by emailing it to emilydragonflytales@gmail.com and we will have a listen. Our sto...
Mar 23, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.This week's guest teller is Camden, who is 11, from Denver Colorado in the USA. Listen to this brilliant version of Goldilocks and the three Bears. If you would like to tell a tale on the podcast, have a practise at telling a 5minute folktale. Then you can record it for us (an iPhone works great if you place it on a flat surface and keep one hands width away from the microphone). You can send it to u...
Mar 09, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.Thank you so much for being patient with us this week - we had some naughty gremlins at work and had to re-do the recording . Gah!! However, we are so happy with this episode, as it features the lovely Kaila from California, who shares her tale of How the Sea became Salty. She is just BRILLIANT! If you would like to tell a tale on the podcast, have a practise at telling a 5minute folktale. Then you c...
Feb 27, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.We are really looking forward to welcoming some new YOUNG guest tellers to the podcast. If you would like to tell a tale on the podcast, have a practise at telling a 5minute folktale. Then you can record it for us (an iPhone works great if you place it on a flat surface and keep one hands width away from the microphone). You can send it to us by emailing it to emilydragonflytales@gmail.com and we wil...
Feb 09, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.Next here in the UK is National Storytelling Week! If you want to join in the story fun, you can visit the Society for Storytelling Website – they have lots of fun story activities for you. You can also support their brilliant work by donating to their crowd funder and keep the art of oral storytelling going strong. Hurray! Our guest teller this week is the wonderful Carl Merry - who joined us for Se...
Jan 26, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Welcome to Season 3 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages.Happy New Year to all our wonderful listeners! We hope that 2022 is a great year for you.We have two lovely stories for you and in this episode we welcome back guest storyteller Rachel Ann Harding. She is a traditional storyteller and musician, passionate about myth, and traditional tales. In 2018 she performed at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN and is the creator and producer ...
Jan 12, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 9
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 ...
Dec 22, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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 ...
Dec 09, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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...
Nov 24, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 6
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 HER...
Nov 10, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 5
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....
Oct 29, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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. S...
Oct 20, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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 jo...
Sep 30, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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 ...
Sep 16, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 mak...
Jul 22, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 23
