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...

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’...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 Brazil If 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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Curie 4. Patricia Bath 3. Ada Lovelace 2. Nikola Tesla 1. Leonardo Da Vinci 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...

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...

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 [email protected] and we will have a...

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...

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. ...

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 [email protected]...

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...

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...