Snuggle Close Stories: Recent Episodes
Gaya Arasaratnam
Short stories from around the world for children and their grownups.
Snuggle Stories are inspired by David Attenborough and the ancient wisdom of legends and folktales.
They center on a single theme of nature (like honey bees!) and encourage us all to slow down and imagine wildly.
So #snuggleclose, a story is about to begin...
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Once upon a time, billions of years ago, a planet about the size of Mars rammed into ours. That crash created the earth's most precious piece of space junk: the moon, and it's been hanging around the crash site ever since, giving us our tides, our seasons, and oh! So, Many. Stories.
So tonight, join me for a gentle tale about the lighter side of the moon. And then, for a children's tale about how the moon was made...
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Tonight's children's story is a snuggly adaptation of a wonderous tale by Maori writer, Edith Howse.
It's set in New Zealand and is about how two brave little girls
outwitted some demons to put the moon in the sky.
So snuggle close, our story is about to begin...
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Snuggle into a buzzing world of monarchies, matricides, and wedding night murders. It’s the world of the honey bee; where medieval-styled assassinations are common, and where work tastes sweet. Get bonus content on Patreon
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Tonight’s sweet story is a cuddly adaptation of Brothers Grimm: Queen of Bees. It’s about 2 princes - one naughty, one nice – a dreadful curse, and... (obviously) a queen of bees... Get bonus content on Patreon
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Snuggle into a charming story about how tulips got their name, and why the Dutch paid a king’s ransom for a single tulip bulb. Then, join me for a children’s story about why red tulips bloom. Our snuggly tale is inspired by a Romeo and Juliet-styled legend about Farhad and Shirin -- but without all the deathly bits. A version of the Iranian tale can be found here: www.mia.org.qa/en/qajar-women/qajar-shirin-farhad Get bonus content on Patreon
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Tonight we head to Iran’s distant past for the legend about why blood-red tulips blossomed.
Our snuggly tale is inspired by a Romeo and Juliet-styled legend about Farhad and Shirin -- but without all the deathly bits. A version of this tale can be found here: www.mia.org.qa/en/qajar-women/qajar-shirin-farhad. I hope you like the Snuggle Close version.
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Snuggle into a cozy backstory about rabbits, hares, and the bizarre reason we think rabbits like carrots... Get bonus content on Patreon
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Once upon a time, there was a little rabbit, who was actually a hare, who… was actually a… bird? Hmm… Tonight’s wonderful tale is adapted from a German folktale about Eostre, and is a sequel to the snuggle story: Why Evergreens are Ever-Green Get bonus content on Patreon
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Feature-length story: Join me for a delicious tale that travels through history to find where rice first took root. We discuss the three types of rice, contend with an "imposter," and learn the guidelines behind the perfect rice dish... Get bonus content on Patreon
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Thousands of years ago, in Ancient Vietnam, the earth was square, the sky was round, and two delicious rice cakes are just about to be discovered… Join me for a delicious tale that is adapted from Vietnams’s oldest collections of legends, about how bánh chưng and bánh dày were created for Vietnamese New Year.
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Tonight we explore cinnamon, a fragile tree bark that launched wars, sparked monopolies, and fired-up love potions… We learn about “true cinnamon” and its cousin “cassia,” and how Persian merchants convinced the Ancient Greeks that cinnamon was found by special birds. And then, later… hear their tall tale in the children’s bedtime story. Get bonus content on Patreon
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Inspired by the VERY TALL tale that Persians told the Ancient Greeks -- just so they could charge them high prices for cinnamon. Snuggle Close, our scent-sational story begins once upon a time, when a beautiful bird somersaulted through the skies and left a delicious trail of cinnamon in the breeze... Get bonus content on Patreon
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