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Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. It's Season 5 - season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!! And stories! We're back and we can't wait to share our next season with you. We are joined by an amazing storyteller and author Daniel Morden. Leo does his first interview EVER, learns some amazing things about storytelling and story writing, and gets to be on...

Welcome to Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages.  Season 5 is coming very very soon and we have lots of wonderful things to share with you. So this bonus episode is a musical journey through our favourite stories, revisiting our songs and music. Leo and I love singing and making ORIGINAL songs that go with our episodes, often accompanied on guitar by me or by professional guit...

Hello and welcome to the Season 4 finale of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We have been nominated in the Kids Category of The British Podcast Awards 2023 !!!! A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support and for inspiring us to get this far - we are honoured and very proud! Please check out the other kids Podcasts nominated, including our buddies at Super...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We're off to festivals to hear more stories! A big thank you to all our listeners for their continued support. We have entered the British Podcast Awards 2023 ! Our story is about a magical gift - a pumpkin! It's an old Turkish tale and definitely reminds of stories like the Magic Porridge Pot.  Remember to join us ov...

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 ! 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...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We hope you like lullabys, as we've made another one. The words come from the wonderful poem by W.B.Yeats called Stolen Child. Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we've hid our faery vats, Full of berrys And of redd...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. This episode is brought to you from Zest Fest , an exhilarating new festival at Westenhanger Castle near Hythe in Kent, UK  We enjoyed everything from daring circus skills and performing arts to exploring how to nourish the mind, body and soul through yoga, breathwork, meditation, music, dance, mindful walks and much more. We...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We hope you're looking forward to SUMMER TIME! We've been out in the garden weeding and tidying, learning new songs and playing instruments, and playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends. We've also been walking around London lots, exploring its hidden parts, picking up facts and stories. Leo has also been getting...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Welcome, one and all to the Merry Merry month of May!  May day is a really lovely time of year – we celebrate the beginning of summer, which in the Celtic wheel is called Bealtaine. (which is actually Gaelic for the month of May)  The earth is tilting towards the sun here in the northern hemisphere and the warm season is comi...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We can't wait to hear your stories so keep practising, record it and send it to us to listen to. So we want to tell you about a podcast we know you’ll enjoy. It's called the Kid Stories Podcast . It’s hosted by Phil Bechtel who reads original stories.  You can hear about The Ninjas of Valleytown , Dropkick Kittycat an...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. As it is Spring time, we would really like to have some new guest tellers join us. And it could be you!! Listen to our top tips and give it a go. We would love to hear your telling! 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...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Time is crazzzzzy! Here in England, we just lost an hour. Poof! Gone. And our producer (Daddy Andy) has been away travelling and he's no idea what time it is! This episode we welcome another winner of the Otterpool Park Storywriting competition. Evie is 12 and she is from New Romsey in Kent in the UK. She brought us a ver...

Hello and welcome to Season 4 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with Emily and Leo. We are so grateful to you folks for hanging on in there while we got ourselves better. It's been icy cold here in London, but things are looking greener and we could be heading off on holiday soon! This episode we welcome another winner of the Otterpool Park Storywriting competition. Jasmine is 12 and she is...

Hello and welcome to Dragonfly Tales a story podcast with Emily and Leo. And we have a very special treat for our listeners this episode. Emily was fortunate enough to be asked to judge a story-writing competition based around the mysterious Westenhanger Castle , believed to be owned by Henry VIII. There’s a possibly a new garden town being built nearby called Otterpool Park and they ran the story...

Hello and welcome to Season 4 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast with Emily and Leo. Spring is coming! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it mat feel cold and windy, but underneath the ground the seeds are stirring for Imbolc - the coming of Spring.  We love to celebrate St Brigit's day by feeding the birds, lighting candles to scare away the dark, baking tasty treats and getting the house and...

Hello and welcome to Season 4 of 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 mu...

Hello and welcome to season 4 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’ Sto...

Hello and welcome to season 4 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 cla...

Hello and welcome to season 4 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  - W...

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...

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 l...

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 st...

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...

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 to...

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 Horrow...