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Hello listeners!
We are delighted to bring you this wonderful tale from Granada in Spain! Granada is a beuatiful city at the the foot of the Sierra Nevada. When we visited there, we found it very magical. You can find out more about Granada HERE.
We found a version of this folktale in the book Three Golden Oranges and other Spanish Folktales. It's a bit old fashioned about disability so we made some changes to be more sensitive. We hope you like our version.
Huge thanks to our friend Maria Gomez-Diez for her help with this lovely story.
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Mirada by Dan Barracuda
Andalusia by Cruen
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is all about the wise fool Nasruddin.
He’s a wonderful character whose tales are told all across the Islamic world – India, Pakistan, the middle east, turkey, Afghanistan, even parts of Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Russia, even China.
Mullah Nasruddin is sometimes called 'Hodja' – which means master, and his lessons are very interesting. He gets up to all sorts of funny antics, but we also learn that he can be unusually wise. Lots of people go to him to advice – from peasants to Emperors.
You can find out more about Nasruddin HERE and there is a lovely book of his tales HERE.
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Art by Light Creative
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Arabic music by ALD - No Copyright Music
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Hello Listeners!
Here's our next exciting installment of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves! Will Ali Baba evade the Bandits? Will Morgianna come up wth a plan? And will Amin get some peace and quiet?
Listen and find out...
If you want to read more of the tales in this brilliant collection, you can find them HERE.
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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook
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Art by Light Creative
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Danse des Flammes by Arnito
Snake Charmer by Theo Gerard
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Hello Story lovers! We are so excited to bring you a two parter from the famous collection: Arabian Nights, also known as ‘The Thousand and One Nights!’
Do you remember the Fisherman and the Genie back in Season one? That’s from the Arabian nights. All the tales are told by the beautiful Sheherazade who tells a story every night for 1001 nights so that her husband, the King, will keep her alive - yikes!
Her stories are so entertaining, and she’s so very clever, she leaves them on a bit of a cliff hanger so the King just has to hear how the story ends the next night! And it saves her life.
We are leaving a bit of cliffhanger too! Part 1 this week and Part 2 next week!!
If you want to read more of the tales in this brilliant collection, you can find them HERE.
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story comes from a collection of stories from the Southern states of America.
And features a very tricky character who loves getting up to mischief.
Brer Rabbit.
These stories were carried over the ocean by African slaves, and although we might now feel a bit uncomfortable with the voice of Uncle Remus (stories told through a white man's lens) these animal stories are fantastic and need to be celebrated in their own right!
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Storytelling and songs by Dragonfly Tales
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story comes all the way from India! It’s a type of story very popular in India, where the parts of the story are connected to each other, like the links in a chain - a chain story!
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Storytelling and songs by Dragonfly Tales
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Hey story lovers! It's very sunny here in the UK and we're loving the Merry Month of May. Lots of birthday shout outs coming this episode. But first, our story. It's based on an African story about a parrot, but we tell our own version here. We hope you like our little song too!
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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is a very very old tale from the Australian Aboriginal people. They do not have a written down language, so their wisdom is passed down through word of mouth, symbols and beautiful art work. Aboriginal people of Australia believe that the Dreamtime was way back, in the very beginning of time. Everything was created by ancestor spirits. They made the rivers, streams, water holes hills, rocks, plants and animals. They believe the earth is sacred, and should be honoured and protected. You can learn more about their culture, religion, landscape and animals HERE
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Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand
Storytelling and songs by Dragonfly Tales
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Hello story lovers! We're back with the second exciting part of our May Day special - The White Hare! Will Billy succeed in his quest? Time to find out...
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Art by Light Creative
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One wrong step by Sky Cassette
Eldamar by Danijel Zambo
Hidden Past by Kevin Macleod
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Happy May Day one and all! This is a magical time of year, the first of May, or May day. In Ireland it’s the festival of Bealtainne - the beginning of summer!
And our story has Celtic roots. It's a story of transformation, the wheel of the year and HARES!
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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 and extra music by Uppbeat
One wrong step by Sky Cassette
Eldamar by Danijel Zambo
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story this episode features a very famous hero from English Legend - Robin Hood!
There have been many stories and films about Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. Most are based in Nottinghamshire, sharing the story of him stealing from the rich to give to the poor. If you want to find out more about Robin and his Merry Men, you can do so HERE.
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Hello listeners! We're having a sunny April here in London. Lots of baby animals are being born. Do you think they all get on? Do you get on with your brothers and sisters? In this story from Ancient Japan, a brother and sister have a big fight. I hope it will be alright ...
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Art by Light Creative
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Takayama by Simon Folwar
Wasabi Kick by Monument Music
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
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 listen.
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Storytelling and songs by Dragonfly Tales
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Art by Light Creative
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Happy Easter folks! To celebrate the Easter weekend, we have a fabulous fairytale from Hans Christian Anderson. When Emily was little, her Dad gave her a book of Anderson's Fairytales and this was one of her favourites. You can listen to another of his brilliant fairytales - The Snow Queen - in season 5, and find out more about this famous author HERE.
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Storytelling and songs by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook
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Art by Light Creative
Sound effects and extra music by Zapsplat and Jacob Taylor Armerding UppBeat
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story this episode, is from Ukraine - a wonder tale from the mystical Carpathian mountains. Ukraine has a rich history of folk tales and fairy tales, handed down by word of mouth. If you would like to read more stories from Ukraine you can do so HERE.
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Hey storylovers! We're back! Thank you so much for your patience. This episode, we bring you a story from South Africa. A tale of tribes, leaders and a clever girl.
The original story was written by Tessa Paul, but we have done our own version here. We hope you like it!
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is a tale that was collected by the famous Brothers Grimm, from Germany. The brothers travelled about, listening to stories that they heard people telling. They collected them and put them in books. You can find out more about the Brothers Grimm HERE
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is an old Yiddish tale about a tailor who finds that, with a little ingenuity and hard work, he can make something new from something old. We got lots of inspiration from Helen East's version of this tale. You can find her version in an excellent book called The Singing Story Cloth!
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Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is a Native American tale about how things came to be. You can find out more about the wonderful connections between humans and nature in many Native American Tales and this is a great place to start: The Girl who helped Thunder and other Tales
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Thanks for listening!
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Hey storylovers! It's time to rejoin Beowulf in the concluding part of our epic tale. Is there another creature out there in the dark marshland?
This story is said to be the greatest (and possibly oldest) epic poem written down in the English language - though it's an English we wouldn't recognise today. The Beowulf manuscript is kept at the British Library and you can find out more about it HERE.
WARNING - The monsters in the story are quite scary and the story is a bit creepy and gory. So feel free to check out another episode if you want to.
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