Dragonfly Tales

Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Dragonfly Tales

A story podcast for children of all ages. Join professional storyteller Emily Hanna-Grazebrook for stories from all around the world. Tell us your own tales and share your art. Let your imagination run wild!

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Oct 8, 2020 · 32 min
Episode 2 - Theseus and the Minotaur
Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. Our second episode is a 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 fancy being a GUEST TELLER this season, then you can get in touch and we'll tell you how it works. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 24, 2020 · 25 min
Episode 1 - The Baker Lady who Fooled the Faeries
Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. We're back! We hope you've had a lovely summer and are looking forward to some story fun. We will be releasing episodes every two weeks from now on - but don't worry. We have lots planned this season - Leo's Top Fives, guest storytellers and a spooky Halloween episode for half term! Our first episode is an old Scottish tale about a clever baker lady who manages to fool the faeries into letting her leave fairyland. If you like our podcast and would like to donate a little something towards our second season, we would be so grateful. You can donate to Dragonfly Tales Podcast by clicking here: DONATE Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your top five ideas and shout-out requests in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 14, 2020 · 26 min
Episode 18 - Season Finale: Serpents, Sweets and Sausages
Serpents, Sweets and Sausages Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode is our last one of the first season. We'll be taking a break for the summer but we'll be back in September for more story fun. For our finale, we bring you something a bit special - a special guest! Our friend Ella has been working on a story for our podcast and it's just brilliant! Ella presents a fantastic tale of her own design, based on a Greek myth - The Minator. Leo also tells his own story this week and we hope you enjoy his original story The Sweet Shop at the End of the World. It's awesome! Finally, we present a rhyming version of a Swedish tale about wasted wishes. If you had three wishes, what would you wish for? If you like our podcast and would like to donate a little something towards our first season, we would be so grateful. You can donate to Dragonfly Tales Podcast by clicking here: DONATE Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. See you in the Autumn! If you would like a shout out, the best thing to do is join the Dragonfly Tales story chat on Facebook. However, if you don't use Facebook, you can email us at emilydragonflytales@gmail.com and we will try our best to give you a shout out. You can follow us on: Facebook Instagram Twitter Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling, songs and music by Dragonfly Tales Produced by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Zapsplat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jul 7, 2020 · 18 min
Episode 17 - The Man whose Mother was a Pirate
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode we head down to the sea in this beautiful story by Margaret Mahy. You find her story, and lots of other stories about pirates in this brilliant book The Kingfisher Treasury of Pirate Stories. Leo's activity this week is all about Pirates! Head over to the Royal Museums Greenwich website for tons of Pirate facts and activities! ARRRRRRRR! Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 30, 2020 · 22 min
Episode 16 - Zico & The Greedy Witch
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This 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 We'd also like to thank our lovely friend and fellow storyteller Sef Townsend for helping us with the Brazilian nursery rhyme. Sef has been singing songs from lots of different cultures for many years to celebrate diversity and share common experiences. He's recorded two lovely CDs - Singing with Mr Sef. To order them, just email seflondon@gmail.com. We have both Cds and we adore them! Leo's activity this week is all about the layers of the rainforest. Here is a cool video that shows you the layers! Exploring Life within the Layers of the Rainforest. And here is a useful fact file where you can read more about the layers. You can now create your own fact file or draw the different layers and the animals that live on each one. What other animals live in the Amazon rainforest? Finally, if you like our podcast, please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 23, 2020 · 23 min
Episode 15 - Mayita and the Crocodile
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode we venture to Zimbabwe to hear a story from a clan of the Shona tribe - the Karanga! African storytelling is amazing and our telling would not have been possible without these two awesome books The Lion on the Path and Party Croc! Leo's activity this week is making banana bread - and it's DELICIOUS! Emily is now so into bananas! You can find the recipe at ZimboKitchen, where you can find lots of amazing recipes from Zimbabwe. Finally, if you like our podcast, please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 16, 2020 · 21 min
Episode 14 - The Mermaid of Bulgham Bay
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode we had two stories! We hope you enjoyed Leo's excellent telling of The Frog and the Locust. It's a wonderful tale about working together and and making our voices heard to make the world a better place for everyone. We found it in this awesome book Earth Care. Our main story is from the magical Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. The Isle of Man has a very rich history of folklore and fairy tales, and the people who live still believe in the wee folk to this day. They are especially fond of stories about Mermaids. You can find more stories in this lovely book - Manx Fairy Tales. Leo's activity this week is making a mermaid fairy lantern and there is an excellent video and tutorial on this website - Red Ted Art: DIY Mermaid Lantern. Finally, if you like our podcast please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 9, 2020 · 24 min
Episode 13 - The Chinese Red Riding Hoods
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode our story is a Chinese version of a classic fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. But this one is a bit different. It was written by Isabelle Chang and can be found in this lovely book Womenfolk and Fairy Tales. Our activity this week is about the is all about the wonderful grey wolf! They are not at all the big bad wolves of fairy tales. Visit Wolf Watch UK to learn more about these shy animals and create your own fact file about them. Awoooooooooo! Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 2, 2020 · 21 min
Episode 12 - The Fisherman and the Genie
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode comes from the fabulous collection - The Arabian Nights. The stories are told by the character Scheherazade, who tells a story every night for 1001 nights so that her husband, the King, will keep her alive. Yikes! The famous composer Rimsky Korsakov took several of the stories from the collection and turned them into pieces of music. The voice of the storyteller Scheherazade was represented by a solo violin. You can listen to a clip here. Our activity is all about creating a time capsule that you can hide and then open many years from now. We found a great website with printables and suggestions for making your time capsule. Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 26, 2020 · 23 min
Episode 11 - The Bremen Town Musicians
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode, we have TWO animal tales for you. 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 real place and there is actually a statue there of all the animals one on top of the other. You can see it here. Here is a link to the website for Leo's musical activity. There are 52 instruments to choose from! We would love to see (and hear) your instruments when you've finished them. Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 19, 2020 · 33 min
Episode 10 - Mama Draga
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode, we are telling a folktale from Sicily, which is an island south of Italy. It has a volcano on the island, called Mount Etna! There are lots of versions of this type of folktale - but this is our version. If you would like to read more Sicilian Tales, we can recommend this lovely book Catarina the Wise and other Wondrous Folk and Fairy Tales. And here is a youtube link to Leo's Coffee Filter Roses activity! We can't wait to see how they come out! Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 12, 2020 · 17 min
Episode 9 - The Tempest
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode, we are telling a tale written by the famous playwright William Shakespeare - The Tempest, which means the storm! It's a story about a mystical island far far away across the sea. If you'd like to find out more about William Shakespeare you can check out these Shakespeare Fun Facts! And this is a nice introduction to Shakespeare's works by Michael Rosen & Sarah Nayler. We'll put some photos of Leo's Puppet theatre in the Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 5, 2020 · 25 min
Episode 8 - Anansi and Turtle
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode, we introduce a classic story archtype - The Trickster! Anansi the spider is a trickster - he's sneaky, funny and a bit lazy too! The Anansi stories were first told by the Ashanti people in Ghana, a country in West Africa. They were not written but passed down through telling from generation to generation. Until they had spread far and wide. They spread across oceans to the Caribbean – they crossed continents and are now told all over the world. Here is Leo's YouTube link to the Spider Puppet activity. It's nice and easy to make. Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 28, 2020 · 31 min
Episode 7 - Odysseus and the Cyclops
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode, our tale 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 Sinbad and the Cyclops and here is a really nice blog about the genius of Ray Harryhausen. And here is a really cool link about Stop Motion Animation for beginners! Can’t wait to see your monsters! There are tons of apps out there - we really like Stop Motion Studio. Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 21, 2020 · 24 min
Episode 6 - The Monkeys and the Bell
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode is a classic tale from India – there are many different versions of this story, but our favourite is in this lovely Usbourne book of Indian tales. Here is a great link to Leo’s activity: Mango and Banana Smoothie. Ask a grown up for help with chopping and whizzing! Please please leave us a lovely review and keep posting your pics and drawings in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 14, 2020 · 28 min
Episode 5 - The Faerie Thorn
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. This episode 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 are the instructions for making Leo’s fairy tree: You will need: · A big sheet of blank paper and a pencil · Some prittstick or gloopy glue · Some twigs and branches · Lots of different sized leaves · Some little gems or shiny buttons · And some glitter First, draw an outline of a tree in winter on your paper. Try to make your branches nice and big and do lots of them. Next, using your glue, stick your twigs down over your outline so you have a winter tree. Next turn your tree into a summer tree by sticking on your leaves. The more leaves you add the fuller your tree will look. You can also add little flowers to your tree too – to make it more spring like. Finally, to make it a fairy tree, stick some gems or buttons onto your tree and then shake over some glitter. And now you have a magical fairy tree! You can find photos of Leo's tree and the REAL Faerie Thorn in our Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Apr 7, 2020 · 18 min
Episode 4 - The Woman who lost her Dumpling
Welcome to the next episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages. This episode is a tale from old Japan and features the Oni – they are Japanese trolls who live underground! There are lots of different versions of this story, but our favourite version is by Arlene Mosel. Here is the link to Leo's Sudoku puzzles. We'd love to see some of your own, along with any drawings of the story. You can post them in our new Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 31, 2020 · 19 min
Episode 3 - Why the Frog Croaks
Welcome to the 3rd episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages. This episode is a tale from Australia! It's a beginning story, or a 'pourquoi' story. These stories explain why something is the way it is - do you think the story is true? You can find more lovely stories from the Australian Bush in the gorgeous book: Stories from the Billabong Here is the link to Leo's Eardrum Experiment. We'd love to see some videos of your model eardrum in action! Post them in our new Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group. And here is the link to the incredibly talented LYRE BIRD! We would love to see some of your pictures on our new Dragonfly Tales Podcast Group on Facebook. Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 24, 2020 · 23 min
Episode 2 - Little Ducky and the Turkish Sultan
Welcome to the 2nd episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages. This episode is a tale from Turkey! We first came across this story told by the incredible storyteller Margaret Read MacDonald in Little Rooster's Diamond Button but we've put our own spin on it. Here is the link to Leo's bird feeder activity - It's good to get an adult to help with scissors! Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us. You can follow us and join us on: Patreon Facebook Instagram Thanks for listening! Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Guitar & Production by Andy Grazebrook Art by Light Creative Sound effects by Uppbeat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 19, 2020 · 25 min
Episode 1 - The Giant's Causeway
Welcome to the 1st episode of Dragonfly Tales, a new story podcast for children of all ages. Join professional storyteller Emily, and her son Leo, for stories from all around the world. Then try out a fun activity to do at home which links to the story! This episode is about the famous natural wonder, The Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. You can read the story of Fionn Mac Cumhaill in the O'Brien Book of Irish Fairytales and Legends And remember to have a go at baking Leo's delicious Scottish Oat Cakes! is the link to the recipe for Leo's baking activity: Gluten-Free Oat Cakes! Music by Leo on Garageband Art by Light Creative Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy