Dragonfly Tales

Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.
We hope you enjoyed this episode's Scavenger Hunt! We would LOVE to see some photos of all the things you found. Did you manage to find them all?
Don't forget to post pics in the FaceBook Group.
This episode, we welcome storyteller Carl Merry to the podcast.
Carl was once a teacher and ran storytelling clubs and story days in schools to engage children with storytelling.

He’s been a professional storyteller for over 20yrs, and has performed at loads of festivals, theatres, community groups and schools across the country. He’s performed in medieval costume too at re-enactment days. He loves the history and folklore of Essex and has devised lots of stories about ancient burial grounds, witch trials.
You can find out more about Carl at his website HERE.

Our story is an old trickster folktale from ancient China - it features a recurring character called Lazy Dragon, who is a thief. But he only steals from the rich, and gives what he steals to the poor and needy - a bit like Robin Hood. Most of the stories are a bit grown up, but we thought you'd like this one!
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 don't use Facebook, you can email us at [email protected] and we will try our best to give you a shout out.

And If you would like to donate a little something towards our podcast, we would be so grateful. You can donate to Dragonfly Tales Podcast by clicking here: DONATE
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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
Music from Free Music Archive and Beat Source

Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.
It's March! Happy coming of Spring!
And we have two great stories for you in this episode.
This episode, we welcome storyteller Jill Lamede to the podcast. Jill, The Tintagel Storyteller, lives in the magical birthplace of King Arthur, and may often be found telling tales on the cliffs above Tintagel Castle.
Jill is telling a lovely story called Small Creatures, a tale from Romania shows that even the Creator may make a few mistakes.

You can find out more about Jill on her website HERE. And you can watch Jill telling her stories on her YouTube channel HERE.

Our story follows Rosie and Tommy, two children living in London in WW2. Lots of children lived through the Blitz in London and were evacuated to the countryside.
If you would like to find out more about children in London during WW2, you can learn more HERE or check out these excellent books:
Bombs and Blackberries by Julia Donaldson
Horrible Histories - Woeful Second World War
Wave me Goodbye - Jacqueline Wilson
If you 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
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 [email protected] and we will try our best to give you a shout out.

You can follow us on:
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Instagram
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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
Fairy Garden Harp Music by Chris Collins

Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.
Our sixth episode invites renowned storyteller Liz Weir MBE to the podcast.
Liz has been telling stories for over 40 years and has told her captivating tales on five continents!!
She is also an author and has written three brilliant books: Boom Chica Boom, When Dad was Away and Here, There and Everywhere. If you would like to purchase them you can contact Liz HERE.
Liz tells one of her own lovely tales, based on Irish lore, The Mermaid's Gift.
We met Liz at the wonderful Glens of Antrim Storytelling Festival and stayed with her in the cosy Ballyeamon Barn, where storytellers come from all over the world to share stories and have a lovely time. If you're ever in the Glens, why not go and stay at the Barn?
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, including The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinder Box. This book, An Illustrated Treasury, is a lovely introduction to his stories.
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
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 [email protected] and we will try our best to give you a shout out.

You can follow us on:
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Instagram
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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

Welcome to Season 6! This episode we welcome the Yarnsmith Dave Tonge to our podcast.

Dave has many a yarn to spin. He is a fabulous storyteller – and also a Historian and an award-winning author! He’s written books on Northfolk folktales for children, Medieval folk tales and Tudor tales too. So if you like a bit of history to your tales, you’ll love Dave’s books.

But today, he’s telling us a very old tale from Aesop about cunning. If you'd like to find out more about Dave Tonge, you can do so HERE.

And you can buy Dave's books HERE.

My story today, The Freedom Bird, is about a mythical bird from Asia. There are versions of this story from Thailand from Vietnam and India, but the message is always the same. It’s one of my favourite stories to tell in live performance, because it’s so simple and easy to join in with.

So I hope you join in at home listeners – it will annoy your grown ups ALL DAY!

Nah na Nah na NAH NAH!

If you would like to be a guest teller on our podcast, you can get in touch with us HERE

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Thanks for listening!

Theme Music by Leo Grazebrook on GarageBand

Storytelling and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook

Produced by Andy Grazebrook

Art by Light Creative

Sound effects and incidental music by Zapsplat and Alexander Nakarada

Oringinal Music by Dragonfly Tales

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 you enjoyed our interesting facts about unicorns, and the nursery rhyme we told:
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown
The unicorn beat the lion
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town.
When Emily was younger, she read a beautiful book by Marianna Mayer, which drew on the ancient myths of the Unicorn and Serpent story. You find a link to this lovely text HERE.

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 [email protected] 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 and singing by Emily Hanna-Grazebrook
Harp Music - royalty free music by Giorgio Di Campo
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Produced by Andy Grazebrook
Art by Light Creative
Sound effects by Zapsplat