Episodes
Published 03/05/24
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 [email protected] or get in touch via social media. You can follow us on:Facebook  InstagramTwitterThanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on...
Published 03/05/24
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...
Published 01/31/24
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...
Published 01/07/24
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...
Published 12/11/23
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...
Published 11/13/23
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...
Published 10/31/23
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...
Published 10/15/23
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! ...
Published 10/02/23
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...
Published 09/10/23
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...
Published 08/28/23
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...
Published 07/18/23
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...
Published 07/03/23
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 highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we've hid our faery vats, Full of berrys And of reddest stolen cherries. Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in...
Published 06/18/23
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...
Published 06/07/23
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...
Published 05/21/23
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...
Published 05/06/23
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...
Published 04/24/23
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...
Published 04/09/23
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...
Published 03/27/23
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...
Published 03/11/23
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...
Published 02/19/23
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...
Published 02/03/23
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...
Published 01/21/23
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’...
Published 12/18/22