Podcasts by Bedtime Stories Podcast Fairytales and Folk Tales from the Lilypad for kids

The Forest Bride a Finnish Fairy Tale from 2023-10-21T21:09:05

A Finnish fairy tale re-written and re-told for Tales from the Lilypad by Marlene Wurfel. Eino must look for a sweetheart but gets lost in the Dark Woods. Then he sees a little cottage with a br...

Peter Squirrel from 2023-09-10T14:44:13

A camping story forged in some of Canada's beautiful national and provincial parks, with gratitude to all the squirrels who helped write, voice, and edit this episode. 

A Tales from the L...

The Little People: A Fairy Tale by a Real Queen from 2023-04-19T20:15

A version of The Little People by Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania (1901). Edited, annotated and re-arranged by Marlene Wurfel.

Music Intro by Reid Alexander Whelton.

Legend of the Wooden Shoe from 2023-01-14T16:30:41

Lily finds this old folktale about the origins of wooden shoes, The Netherlands, and gnomes to have a fascinating and different way of looking at our relationship with nature.

It's rewrit...

Merry Christmas from Lily from 2022-12-03T18:11:12

Peace, love & joy from Lily to you!

Music by DJ Williams courtesy YouTube Audio Library

Six Husky Puppies from 2022-10-19T21:47:58

This poem is inspired by the land and literature of Yukon, Canada

The Orange Shirt Story featuring Phyllis Webstad from 2022-09-13T20:28:23

“The Orange Shirt Story” read by author Phyllis Webstad with permission from Medicine Wheel Education www.medicinewheel.edu...

Thor and the Storm Fairies from 2022-07-05T21:27:21

A chocolate lab named Thor is caught in a summer storm. He catches something in the rain: a storm fairy. 

A Tales From the Lilypad original story by Marlene Wurfel

Music: Midsummer...

The Moosicorn Part III from 2022-05-22T18:44:54

Lily is back for Season II of Tales from the Lilypad with an original story by Marlene Wurfel: The Moosicorn Part III. Mordecai is taking magic lessons from the Aurora Borealis. But what was his...

Update from Lily from 2022-03-12T10:30:34

Update: Lily is just fine but still hibernating. She'll be back in May with a brand new season of Tales from the Lilypad Bedtime Stories and Folk Tales. 

Looking to stream older stories? ...

The Dream Train from 2021-12-31T10:05:52

You are the hero of this audio adventure through a dreamscape. Happy New Year 2022! Wishing you great sleeps, much growth, and big love. 

Story, voicework, and audio mix by Marlene Wurfel...

Joy the Christmas Mouse from 2021-11-28T18:14:01

From deep in the Tales from the Lilypad archive (2016) an original Christmas story by Marlene Wurfel. Joy! Magic! Sweetness! This story is about mice who live in a Candy Cane factory and the kin...

Three Witchy Ghosty Fairy Stories for Halloween 2021 from 2021-10-31T12:30:35

Happy Halloween to my favourite witches, ghosts, fairies, gnomes, golems, princesses, ghostbusters, Cruellas, Ted Lassos, dragon protectors, cats, mice, zombies, doctors, pokemons, skeletons, cl...

The Forest Library feat. Lexi the Squirrel Librarian from 2021-09-30T13:05:52

This Tales from the Lilypad original by Marlene Wurfel is a story within a story within a story. Enjoy! 

Original intro and outro music by Reid Alexander Whelton. 

Star Lore from 2021-08-31T22:15:36

A blend of storytelling, ambient music and meditation celebrating the changing of seasons and the starry night sky. Ochek the Fisher from Cree star lore, Orion's dogs Canis Major & Canis Minor f...

Ranchland Gnomes from 2021-07-25T00:42:14

Ranchland gnomes Tumbles and Hilda, and their twins River and Kit, help gophers afraid of a rattlesnake. 

Stone Soup from 2021-06-30T14:46:16

The classic folk tale Stone Soup is about soldiers traveling home after a war. The villagers they meet are afraid of strangers and have forgotten how to be neighbors. Stoen Soup, like all great ...

Have You Seen This Frog? from 2021-05-29T15:16:12

In this episode, Lily answers questions from listeners including the number 1 question: Are you really a frog? & Where can I find older episodes? Answer: Listen

The Royal Rabbit from 2021-03-31T21:14:57

A Tales from the Lilypad literary fairytale by Marlene Wurfel. A re-smashing, re-mixing, re-arranging and retelling of A.A. Milne's "Prince Rabbit." 

Intro and Outro music created for Tal...

Return to the Crystal Castle from 2021-03-01T00:51:18

Another original story written by Marlene Wurfel especially for Tales from the Lilypad listeners everywhere. Return to the Crystal Castle with an ambitious princess for some adventure in the moo...

Chuckles and the Wolverine from 2021-01-31T22:31:52

Chuckles is a snow gnome who performs a daring rescue of a wolverine in this original story by Marlene Wurfel for Tales from the Lilypad. New music by Reid Alexander Whelton. 

Sound effe...

The New Year's Fairy from 2020-12-30T22:45:52

Happy New Year from Lily and Josephine (as Linda Dawn)

This largely forgotten but wonderful fairytale is written and rearranged by Marlene Wurfel, based on the concept and story by the A...

The Rich Man and the Shoemaker from 2020-11-29T12:06:04

The Rich Man and the Shoemaker is a fable first penned by LaFontaine and rearranged and recorded here by Marlene Wurfel. This episode features a very special performance by Captain Thunderpants,...

Stella and Neon from 2020-10-31T00:15:34

This is 15 minutes of relaxed visualization. 

Stella Starwalker and her wolf, Neon, journey through the star scape. They drink from the Milky Way, see Pleiades and other storied constell...

Teddy Bear Island Tuffy's Loving Kindness Meditation from 2020-09-30T23:41:36

In this epsiode, written & performed by Marlene Wurfel, Waffles the Black Bear learns a loving-kindness meditation technique from Tuffy the Griz. It helps him calm down when he's afraid to hiber...

Teddy Bear Island from 2020-08-03T20:17:04

A sequel, of sorts, to the Velveteen Rabbit, in which the nursery magic fairy from Margery William's classic story is hard at work today. An original bedtime story modern fairytale by Marlene Wu...

The Velveteen Rabbit with Annotations from 2020-06-28T18:07:18

This beautiful story written in 1922 by Margery Williams is almost 100 years old and about a time in history before there was antibiotic treatment for scarlet fever, a potentially fatal childhoo...

Lily Reads Letters from her Bright Green Mailbox from 2020-05-03T14:00:49

In this episode of Tales from the Lilypad, Lily reads her letters from all over the world and shares her recipe for stories. 

Here's the song lyrics for the song Lily recommends to help ...

For Parents How to Write to Lily from 2020-03-31T17:50:36

Instructions for parents on how to write a letter to Lily and how to find older episodes. 

Lily's Big Bright Green Mailbox from 2020-03-31T17:47:02

The story land mail system brings mail from all over the world to Lily's Big Green Mailbox and she loves to get letters. This episode is inspired by #AloneTogether, one of the key messages of th...

Puff and Rose from 2020-02-28T20:17:26

This is a Tales from the Lilypad original story by Marlene Wurfel which originally aired in Spring 2017. It is inspired by Puff the Magic Dragon the song by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton popul...

Three Tales of Yore from 2020-01-26T13:47:28

Three of Aesop's fables re-told and re-arranged by Marlene Wurfel for kids: The Donkey in the Lion's Skin, The Crow and the Pitcher, and The Milkmaid and the Pail. Aesop was one of the sages of ...

The Little Fir Tree from 2019-12-20T23:36:47

This is a sad story, listeners. Like so many stories of yore, it has suffering and loss. 

It's a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Fir Tree, a Noreweigan fairytal...

The Three Billy Goats Gruff from 2019-11-29T22:37:22

A rearrangement and retelling by Marlene Wurfel of the classic Norwegian folktale: the Three Billy Goats Gruff. 

The Very Unimportant Mouse from 2019-10-28T23:17:59

Part IV of the Enchanted Cat Castle Series, Tales from the Lilypad original bedtime stories and folktales by Marlene Wurfel. Curd is the littlest and most unimportant creature in the enchanted k...

Cat Castle III: Primrose Escapes from 2019-09-30T12:18:15

A Tales from the Lilypad original bedtime story for kids by Marlene Wurfel in which Primrose the Mouse must escape from the Cat Castle to perform a heroic task. Cats! Alicorns! Razzle Dazzle! An...

Cat Castle Part II: Sleepytime in the Enchanted Castle from 2019-08-24T14:49:23

This is a sequel to the Tales from the Lilypad's version of Grimm's The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat. In the Grimm's fairytale, a poor boy is rescued by a cat who brings him to her enchanted castl...

Cat Castle Part I: Fairytale from 2019-07-27T18:08:13

A Tales from the Lilypad retell of Grimm's The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat. This fairytale has it all: romance, adventure, comeuppance, revenge, enchanted forests, and a magic castle where all th...

The Polka Dot Story from 2019-06-30T19:44:57

Vintage Tales from the Lilypad circa 2015: The Polka Dot Story. An original story for Kids & Family by Marlene Wurfel.