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

A Christmas story about Joy, the mouse, who lives in a candy cane factory.  Caution:  sweeter than gingerbread.  Also, contains mice wearing toques.  Merry Christmas from Lily in a frozen pond.

Gary, a crayfish, visits the lilypad to tell, with Rascal the Racoon's help, the classic folktale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Tales from the Lilypad's 1st Birthday Episode: a sequel to Twin Baby Unicorns.  This original story, by Marlene Wurfel, is about how Twylandia the Unicorn, despite a jealous witches' curse that turned her into "just a horse," got her unicorn horn and the magical powers that come with it back.

A Tales from the Lilypad original fable (by Marlene Wurfel) about overcoming obstacles, learning and growth. Features: enchanted forests, unicorn queens, and twin baby unicorns.

A favourite bedtime story of mine when I was a little polywog with a silly ending.

An obscure Brother's Grimm fairy tale re-arranged for modern audiences.  Two sisters, Snow White and Rose Red, grow up side by side in an enchanted forest.

In Episode 8 Rascal the Raccoon and Lily recount a true story about The White Mouse, or Nancy Wake, a WWII heroine who fought Nazis using sabotage, espionage, and intelligence. Caution -- gun fights and explosions.  Also, nuts falling on frogs.

Beatrix Potter's classic tale Peter Rabbit is re-arranged and re-told by Marlene Wurfel.  Set in a community garden in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Peter is a jackrabbit who must escape humane relocation after being tempted by the cabbage patch.