Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world. This episode, Emily tells a folk tale from Mongolia, about two friends who have very different ideas about studying! It features an ancient boardgame - chess! Can you play chess? If you're interested to give it a try, you can learn more about this famous game HERE. If you would like a shout out, you can email us at emilydragonflytales@gmail.com or get in touch via social media. You can follow us on: Facebook ...
May 31, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world. It is the merry month of MAY! This episode is all about witches, who love to flit through the moonlight on the eve of May day or Bealtaine. (BeeYALtinna) They have a bad reputation, but we think they're misunderstood. This story is about how people can be afraid of those who are different. We hope you like our little song, sung by Agatha, Mildred and Nancy. If you would like a shout out, you can email us at e...
May 06, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world. This episode is brought to you from Ireland! Leo and I explored the capital city of Dublin, learned about an unsolved crime, did some sight-seeing and had some super Irish grub! Leo tells a brilliant TRUE story about Dublin Castle. We then headed west to the beautiful County Mayo, and the mysterious Lough Mask. There are many legends about Loughs in Scotland and Ireland, and Emily's story features a malevolen...
Apr 21, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with tales from around the world. This episode, we feature guest teller Aaron Oliver and the story The Floating Heads. Aaron is a Prop Maker and Storyteller based in London, passionate about creating stories, whether on the stage or behind the scenes! Aaron performs for a variety of audiences at venues such as libraries, theaters, community centers and cabarets, telling folk tales and myths alongside original stories. Aaron also co-runs Eleph...
Apr 01, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We've been away for a while but we're back with the final part of Hans Christian Anderson's Snow Queen! In part 3, Gerda must finally face her fears to save Kai. Will she succeed?Or is it too late?If you would like a shout out, you can email us at emilydragonflytales@gmail.com or get in touch via social media. You can follow us on:Facebook InstagramTwitterThanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBandStor...
Mar 05, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Spring is coming! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it mat feel cold and windy, but underneath the ground the seeds are stirring for Imbolc - the coming of Spring. We love to celebrate St Brigid's day by feeding the birds, lighting candles to scare away the dark, or perhaps by making a Brigid's Cross! We found a little video to show you how to make one from paper HERE, or you can try the traditional way and make them from ru...
Jan 31, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.Happy New Year! It's 2024 and we have so many fabulous new stories and tellers coming your way this year.We have a big treat for you - a three part story!The Snow Queen is a wonderful fairytale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson. Anderson wrote many of the famous stories we have grown up with - The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New clothes, The Ugly Duckling and many more.You can find out more about Hans Christian And...
Jan 07, 2024•41 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.Thank you all so so much for your patience - we've had a bit of family illness but we're all feeling much better now!Our story is a sinister tale from Germany, and some believe it really happened! Hamelin is actually a real town and you can find out about it HERE.If you would like a SHOUT OUT, or to tell a tale on the podcast, the best thing to do is join the Dragonfly Tales story chat on Facebook. However, if you don't use Fac...
Dec 11, 2023•19 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.This episode we decided to let Leo tell his own folk tale, The Wolf and the Nurse. It's a beautiful tale of healing and compassion. Well done, Leo! Our story is a very old folktale from Slavic folklore about a very famous witch BABA YAGA! She is a bit scary, but she is also quite a complicated character. You can learn more about her HERE.If you would like a SHOUT OUT, or to tell a tale on the podcast, the best thing to do is jo...
Nov 13, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Welcome to Season 5 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children (and grown ups) of all ages. It’s our Halloween Special!!!!!! Wooooooo! You know we LOVE this time of year! As with our previous Halloween shows, Leo and Emily will do something that’s not too scary. And then Emily will tell one that is a bit more scary We also have the return of LISTENERS SPOOKY JOKES! Check out how freakishly funny these folks are!!!! Leo came up with the idea of something witchy - and you can't get more witc...
Oct 31, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode we welcome young guest teller Magda, who is 11, from Forest Gate London. Magda shares her brilliant story of a very skillful pussycat and her circus tricks! We absolutely love it! We also share details of Chewing-gum artist Ben Wilson. Ben has been bringing magic to the streets and landmarks of London for over 10 years and now is lovely art is in peril of disappearing. Please sign his petition HERE and find out mo...
Oct 15, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. It's Season 5 - season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!! And stories! We're back and we can't wait to share our next season with you. We are joined by an amazing storyteller and author Daniel Morden. Leo does his first interview EVER, learns some amazing things about storytelling and story writing, and gets to be one of the first to read Daniel's amazing new book: STRANGE TALES! We've read it and it's fantastic! You can buy D...
Oct 02, 2023•44 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. Season 5 is coming very very soon and we have lots of wonderful things to share with you. So this bonus episode is a musical journey through our favourite stories, revisiting our songs and music. Leo and I love singing and making ORIGINAL songs that go with our episodes, often accompanied on guitar by me or by professional guitarist Andy (Daddy producer). We hope that the songs will remind you of your favourite tales so you ca...
Sep 10, 2023•34 min
Hello and welcome to the season finale of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We have been nominated in the Kids Category of The British Podcast Awards 2023!!!! A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support and for inspiring us to get this far - we are honoured and very proud! Please check out the other kids Podcasts nominated, including our buddies at Super Great Kids Stories! You can still vote for us in 'The Listeners Choice Category ' Here is the link and ...
Aug 28, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo.We're off to festivals to hear more stories!A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support. We have entered the British Podcast Awards 2023!There is a special category called 'The Listeners Choice Vote' and we be absolutely THRILLED if you could take the time to vote for us.Here is the link and THANK YOU SO MUCH! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Our story is about a magical gift - a pumpkin! It's...
Jul 18, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo.A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support. We have entered the British Podcast Awards 2023!There is a special category called 'The Listeners Choice Vote' and we be absolutely THRILLED if you could take the time to vote for us.Here is the link and THANK YOU SO MUCH! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Our story is about one of the most mystical of all beasts - the UNICORN! We hope you enjoyed ou...
Jul 03, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo.We hope you like lullabys, as we've made another one. The words come from the wonderful poem by W.B.Yeats called Stolen Child.Where dips the rocky highlandOf Sleuth Wood in the lake,There lies a leafy islandWhere flapping herons wakeThe drowsy water rats;There we've hid our faery vats,Full of berrysAnd of reddest stolen cherries.Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's mor...
Jun 18, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. This episode is brought to you from Zest Fest, an exhilarating new festival at Westenhanger Castle near Hythe in Kent, UK We enjoyed everything from daring circus skills and performing arts to exploring how to nourish the mind, body and soul through yoga, breathwork, meditation, music, dance, mindful walks and much more. We love telling stories to live audiences; there's nothing like the sparkling, rippling energy of intera...
Jun 07, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We hope you're looking forward to SUMMER TIME! We've been out in the garden weeding and tidying, learning new songs and playing instruments, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends. We've also been walking around London lots, exploring its hidden parts, picking up facts and stories. Leo has also been getting into Japanese Anime and Manga. He grew up watching beautiful films from Studio Ghibli, and is now watching lots...
May 21, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Welcome, one and all to the Merry Merry month of May! May day is a really lovely time of year – we celebrate the beginning of summer, which in the Celtic wheel is called Bealtaine. (which is actually Gaelic for the month of May) The earth is tilting towards the sun here in the northern hemisphere and the warm season is coming. If the sun were a few degrees nearer we would burn up. And if the sun were a few degrees farther a...
May 06, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We can't wait to hear your stories so keep practising, record it and send it to us to listen to.So we want to tell you about a podcast we know you’ll enjoy. It's called the Kid Stories Podcast. It’s hosted by Phil Bechtel who reads original stories. You can hear about The Ninjas of Valleytown , Dropkick Kittycat and Hummus Wrinklesmith the Chicken Wizard. It’s zany, it’s mad, it’s brilliant ! If you like the sound of that, ...
Apr 24, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. As it is Spring time, we would really like to have some new guest tellers join us. And it could be you!! Listen to our top tips and give it a go. We would love to hear your telling! Our story is from the island of Cuba. Cuban folktales are full of different flavours - just like Cuban food. There are lots of different cultures mixing together in Cuba - Spanish, African and Caribbean. And this episode is a lovely bed time lis...
Apr 09, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Time is crazzzzzy! Here in England, we just lost an hour. Poof! Gone.And our producer (Daddy Andy) has been away travelling and he's no idea what time it is! This episode we welcome another winner of the Otterpool Park Storywriting competition. Evie is 12 and she is from New Romsey in Kent in the UK. She brought us a very different Elizabeth - wild and freee! If only for a short time. We absolutely love her story and her te...
Mar 27, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We are so grateful to you folks for hanging on in there while we got ourselves better. It's been icy cold here in London, but things are looking greener and we could be heading off on holiday soon! This episode we welcome another winner of the Otterpool Park Storywriting competition. Jasmine is 12 and she is from Cambridgeshire. We absolutely love her story and her telling. Well done, Jasmine! You can find out more about We...
Mar 11, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. And We have a very special treat for our listeners this episode. Emily was fortunate enough to be asked to judge a story-writing competition based around the mysterious Westenhanger Castle, believed to be owned by Henry VIII. There’s a possibly a new garden town being built nearby called Otterpool Park and they ran the storywriting competition. The entrants were between the ages of 7 and 14 years old and the winners were gi...
Feb 19, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Spring is coming! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it mat feel cold and windy, but underneath the ground the seeds are stirring for Imbolc - the coming of Spring. We love to celebrate St Brigit's day by feeding the birds, lighting candles to scare away the dark, baking tasty treats and getting the house and garden in order 'spring cleaning'. Our story celebrates the battle between winter and spring - who do you think will w...
Feb 03, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday with family and friends. We're bringing in the New Year with stories about winter, cozying down and dreaming of springtime. We are so delighted to welcome our first guest teller of the New Year - Lucy Lill Lucy is a performer from London and she works in museums, theatres, schools and festivals - anywhere people will let her tell stories! You can often find her working with...
Jan 21, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Hello and welcome to season 3 of Dragonfly Tales Podcast. Each episode we will tell you a story from around the world and share some fun and silly things with you. IT’s CHRISTMAS!!!!! We'd like to wish all our listeners a very HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We hope you enjoy our special festive episode. Our first story is by Kim Normanton. She’s the host of one of our favourite podcasts Super Great Kids’ Stories! If you haven’t checked out this amazing podcast you really should! Super Great Kids’ Stories is an...
Dec 18, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Hello and welcome to season 3 of Dragonfly Tales Podcast. Each episode we will tell you a story from around the world and share some fun and silly things with you. A big HELLO! to all our new listeners and subscribers - welcome to the podcast family! Be sure to share your drawings and pictures in our Facebook Group. Our first story is from our Guest Teller Grethe Mangala Jenson. It's the classic tale Jack and the Beanstalk, with a Grethe twist!Grethe, from Sandal Sticks Theatre, is a very gifted...
Dec 03, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Hello and welcome to season 3 of Dragonfly Tales Podcast. Each episode we will tell you a story from around the world and share some fun and silly things with you. We’d like to thank our listeners for their patience – we’re always sorry when we have to postpone an episode but we all get sick sometimes. Coming up this season on Dragonfly Tales: - we will be joined by some amazing guest tellers - We’ll have a Christmas competition for our listeners - we also have a new Instagram account @dragonfly...
Nov 18, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 5
