River Reads

This week on River Reads, season 6, Episode 53 - What You Whisper in Your Sleep, features two  tales;  one,  from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, called  The Brave Little Tailor , and the second tale from the collection  Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen , and apologize for my pronunciation, is titled  Ole Luköje (or also known as The Sandman or The Dream God). River Reads is...

This week on River Reads , season 6, Episode 52 - The Snow Queen: Finale, is the finale episode of a three (3) part series, The Snow Queen.    We finish featuring tales from the collection of 7 stories, called The Snow Queen, from Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen , titled, The Snow Queen- Fifth Story: The Little Robber Girl, The Snow Queen - Sixth Story: The Lapp Woman & The Finn Woman, and The Sn...

This week on River Reads season 6, Episode 51 - The Snow Queen: Part 2 , we continue featuring tales from the collection of 7 stories, called The Snow Queen, from  Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen, today’s  three tales are titled, T he Snow Queen- Second Story: A Little Boy and A Little Girl, The Snow Queen - Third Story: The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Knew Magic, and The Snow Queen- Forth Story:...

This week on River Reads season 6, Episode 50- Fifty Fifty - Part 1 - The Snow Queen, featuring two tales from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, called, Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper and Trusty John , and the first of seven tales from the collection Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen, called , The Snow Queen - First Story: Which Treats of the Mirror and the Broken Piec...

This week on River Reads Episode 49- Morality of Survival featuring two longer tales from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, called, Snow-White and Rose-Read and Little Thumb, and one tale from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called, Rumpelstiltzkin . River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; bo...

This week on River Reads Episode 48- Tarnished Gold featuring two longer tales from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, called, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks and The Water-Lily. The Gold-Spinner. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a...

This week on River Reads Episode 47- Your Own Worst Enemy featuring two longer tales from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, called Prince Darling and The Forty Thieves . River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as writt...

This week on River Reads Episode 46 - The Yellow Dwarf featuring one tale from the collection The Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles...

This week on River Reads Episode 45 - Skin Deep featuring three tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Goose Girl, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Thumbelina. Our three tales today highlight the importance of inner truth and virtue over superficial appearances. All three stories explore how appearances can be deceiving, or how superficiality (pride, stat...

Forests stand as mysterious sanctuaries where ghostly and sinister creatures thrive in shadowed secrecy, whispering stories of forgotten time and awakening a deep, primal sense of awe, and fear. It is here, at the edge of the forest, that the light fades as you enter the trees, turning into a strange dark and quiet place, where sounds all but vanish–absorbed into the dark and here you feel the cre...

This week on River Reads Episode 43 - What’s a Wise Age? Features three tales. Two tales from Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called,  The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy Kills the Witch and The Red Shoes . Plus, one tale from the collection Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, called, What the Old Man Does is Always Right . River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and...

This week on River Reads Episode 42- Stranger Danger features one longer tale from the collection The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, called, A Voyage to Lilliput. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host...

This week on River Reads Episode 41- Flesh & Bones , featuring four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Jack the Giant-Killer, The Firebird, Cinderella, and Blackbeard. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little...

This week on River Reads we enter Season Five with Episode 40- They Change , featuring five tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Princess & the Pea, and The Swan Maiden. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange st...

This week on River Reads , Episode 39- The Pain of Envy, features two longer tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a...

This week on River Reads , Episode 38- Magic & Pancakes, features five tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Three Little Pigs, Aladdin & His Lamp, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Aniello & His Little Speckled Hen, and The Thick, Fat Pancake.  River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; bo...

This week on River Reads , Episode 37- Rosemary & Gold, features four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Beauty & the Beast, Foolish Jim & Clever James, The Pied Piper of Hamelin and The Sprig of Rosemary.  River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at tim...

We're back!! This week on River Reads, Episode 36- Snakes, Bear, Fish, & a Gingerbread Man, features five tale from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks & the Three Bears, The Snake Prince, The Knights of the Fish and Cannetella & the Wizard. Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip and play...

This week on River Reads, Episode 35- A Cat, Fairies Be Disturbed, features  two longer  tale from the collection The Blue Fairy Book from Andrew Lang, called The History of Whittington and The Terrible Head  Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip and play with traditional gender roles, reimagining classic fairy tales. Only revealing which tale is our Gender Blend...

Remembering Alice Maitland, a special River Rambles. This week on River Reads , Episode 34- Wonderful Sheep , features a single longer  tale  from the collection The Blue Fairy Book from Andrew Lang,  The Wonderful Sheep. Plus a special River Rambles as the host discusses the passing of and the legacy that was Alice Maitland. Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip...

This week on River Reads, Episode 33- Bits of Flesh , features two gruesome tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy tales:  Cinderella and The King of Golden Mountain. Please note:  River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show and may contain content suitable for a mature audience; listener discretion is advised. Remember to Tune in weekly for our Gender Blender segment, where we flip an...

Back from a long break River Reads returns with Episode 32 - Proposing Opposites Beware, with t hemes of greed, love and karma. Of warnings of wanting too much of others and other things. This episode features, in no particular order, four tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy tales :  1) The Fisherman and His Wife, 2) The Robber Bridegroom, 3) Jorinda and Joringel  and 4) The Clever Gretel. Be...

This week on River Reads , Episode 31- Bears, Thieves & Trickery, featuring two tales from the collection Grimm’s Fairy Tales,   "Snow-White and Rose-Red" and "The Table, the Ass, and the Stick." Be sure to listen ‘til the end for the reveal of the episode's Gender Blender tale. Please note:  River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show and may contain conten...

This week, River Reads will launch Season 4 with Episode 30, titled "Fire, Ash & Death.” This episode includes two stories: a brief narrative titled "The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep" from Hans Christian Andersen's collection   Fairy Tales, and the longer, gruesome tale, "The Master-Maid," from Andrew Lang’s " The Blue Fairy Book. " Be sure to liste...

T his week on River Reads, Episode 29 - Love To Death, will be featuring the stories, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and Elder-Tree Mother,  f rom  the collection FairyTales by Hans Anderson . As well as the tale, How Six Traveled Through the World, by the Brothers Grimm’s. Stick around til the end, for this episode's Gender Blender tale reveal! The suspense! Plus a longer and more intimate River...