In this weeks, Episode 22 - Things From a Trunk,  fairy tales involve things one might find in, you guessed it, a trunk! Featuring stories from collection, Fairy Tales and Stories, by Hans Christian Andersen, including, 'The Shirt Collar', 'The Red Shoes', 'The Flying Trunk', and 'The Puppet Showman'.

Remember to tune till the end of the show for Episode 21 - Fatal Flowers' Gender Blender tale(s) are  revealed.

River Reads is not a kids show but not not a kids show. Listener discretion advised.

River Reads is the recipient of a national award, winning the 2023  Broadcast Dialogue’s Canadian Radio Awards: Best Podcast in the Small Market category. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and 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 words; and then there’s those stories whose premise have not aged as well over the years. Let’s face it, you can’t be too picky when you’re dependent upon creative commons copy right free material. 

This episode's fairy tales are:
 

1. The Shirt Collar. Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407
2. The Red Shoes. Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407
3. The Flying Trunk. Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407
4. The Puppet Showman. Fairy Tales and Stories. Hans Christian Anderson. Source: File:Fairy tales and stories (IA fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf. (2020, December 16). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved 01:34, January 18, 2024 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fairy_tales_and_stories_(IA_fairytalesstorie0ande).pdf&oldid=519179407

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River Reads: Fairytales and Stories
Host, Producer, Composer, Narrator: River Wilde
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