20 episodes

Lily, a frog, tells fairytales, folk tales and bedtime stories to kids.

Bedtime Stories Podcast Fairytales and Folk Tales from the Lilypad for kids Lily, a frog

    • Kids & Family
    • 4.5 • 129 Ratings

Lily, a frog, tells fairytales, folk tales and bedtime stories to kids.

    The Forest Bride a Finnish Fairy Tale

    The Forest Bride a Finnish Fairy Tale

    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? 

    • 18 min
    Peter Squirrel

    Peter Squirrel

    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

    • 17 min
    The Little People: A Fairy Tale by a Real Queen

    The Little People: A Fairy Tale by a Real Queen

    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.

    • 35 min
    Legend of the Wooden Shoe

    Legend of the Wooden Shoe

    Lily finds this old folktale about the origins of wooden shoes, The Netherlands, and gnomes to have a fascinating and different way of looking at our relationship with nature.
    It's rewritten and rearranged for Tales from the Lilypad by Marlene Wurfel. “The Legend of the Wooden Shoe” is adapted from a 1918 version in English by William Elliot Griffis in Dutch Fairytales for Young Folks. 
    Original music composed by Reid Alexander Whelton for Tales from the Lilypad.
    Project Gutenberg link to eBook version of Dutch Fairytales for Young Folks: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7871/pg7871-images.html
     

    • 14 min
    Merry Christmas from Lily

    Merry Christmas from Lily

    Peace, love & joy from Lily to you!
    Music by DJ Williams courtesy YouTube Audio Library

    • 8 min
    Six Husky Puppies

    Six Husky Puppies

    This poem is inspired by the land and literature of Yukon, Canada
     

    • 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
129 Ratings

129 Ratings

Right back to me ,

I love froggy

Are you a froggy I like froggy

bigandlittle-fromSquamish ,

A staple in our house!

We have been listening to Lily since the beginning. Car trips and quiet time. Great stories, great messages, and entertaining for all ages. Thank you!
PS- Where did Billy Goats Gruff go?

rob.hillstead ,

Good name but bad podcast

My name is lily

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