Dragonfly Tales
A story podcast for children of all ages. Join professional storyteller Emily Hanna-Grazebrook for stories from all around the world. Tell us your own tales and share your art. Let your imagination run wild!
Episodes
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story comes from the Louisiana Bayou. It's a Cajun story, and you can learn more about Louisiana and the rich Cajun culture HERE.
The little song we sing is a Frenc...
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We are delighted to bring you this wonderful tale from Granada in Spain! Granada is a beuatiful city at the the foot of the Sierra Nevada. When we visited there, we found it very magical. You can find out more about Granada HERE.
We found a version of this folktale in the book Three Golden Oranges and other Spanish Folktales. It's a bit old fashioned about disability so we made some changes to be more sensitive. We h...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is all about the wise fool Nasruddin.
He’s a wonderful character whose tales are told all across the Islamic world – India, Pakistan, the middle e...
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Here's our next exciting installment of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves! Will Ali Baba evade the Bandits? Will Morgianna come up wth a plan? And will Amin get some peace and quiet?
Listen and find out...
If you want to read more of the tales in this brilliant collection, you can find them HERE.
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs...
Hello Story lovers! We are so excited to bring you a two parter from the famous collection: Arabian Nights, also known as ‘The Thousand and One Nights!’
Do you remember the Fisherman and the Genie back in Season one? That’s from the Arabian nights. All the tales are told by the beautiful Sheherazade who tells a story every night for 1001 nights so that her husband, the King, will keep her alive - yikes!
He...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story comes from a collection of stories from the Southern states of America.
And features a very tricky character who loves getting up to mischief.
Brer Rabbi...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story comes all the way from India! It’s a type of story very popular in India, where the parts of the story are connected to each other, like the links in a...
Hey story lovers! It's very sunny here in the UK and we're loving the Merry Month of May. Lots of birthday shout outs coming this episode. But first, our story. It's based on an African story about a parrot, but we tell our own version here. We hope you like our little song too!
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and hel...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is a very very old tale from the Australian Aboriginal people. They do not have a written down language, so their wisdom is passed down through word of ...
Hello story lovers! We're back with the second exciting part of our May Day special - The White Hare! Will Billy succeed in his quest? Time to find out...
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support us.
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Happy May Day one and all! This is a magical time of year, the first of May, or May day. In Ireland it’s the festival of Bealtainne - the beginning of summer!
And our story has Celtic roots. It's a story of transformation, the wheel of the year and HARES!
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and ...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story this episode features a very famous hero from English Legend - Robin Hood!
There have been many stories and films about Robin Hood and his band of Merry ...
Hello listeners! We're having a sunny April here in London. Lots of baby animals are being born. Do you think they all get on? Do you get on with your brothers and sisters? In this story from Ancient Japan, a brother and sister have a big fight. I hope it will be alright ...
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to sup...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
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 mixin...
Happy Easter folks! To celebrate the Easter weekend, we have a fabulous fairytale from Hans Christian Anderson. When Emily was little, her Dad gave her a book of Anderson's Fairytales and this was one of her favourites. You can listen to another of his brilliant fairytales - The Snow Queen - in season 5, and find out more about this famous author HERE.
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story this episode, is from Ukraine - a wonder tale from the mystical Carpathian mountains. Ukraine has a rich history of folk tales and fairy tales, handed d...
Hey storylovers! We're back! Thank you so much for your patience. This episode, we bring you a story from South Africa. A tale of tribes, leaders and a clever girl.
The original story was written by Tessa Paul, but we have done our own version here. We hope you like it!
Remember to join us over on Patreon. You also get early access, AD FREE episodes, bonus content, videos and birthday shout outs!! So hop on over and help to support u...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is a tale that was collected by the famous Brothers Grimm, from Germany. The brothers travelled about, listening to stories that they heard people ...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is an old Yiddish tale about a tailor who finds that, with a little ingenuity and hard work, he can make something new from something old. We got lots of ins...
Hey story lovers! While you’re waiting for the next new story, we’ve decided to look back into the archives at some stories that got a bit lost for a while.
Every other week, we will be giving these episodes a spot light and calling them 'the lost stories'.
Our story is a Native American tale about how things came to be. You can find out more about the wonderful connections between humans and nature in many...
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