About this episode
In this episode, River Reads features five fairy tales retold by Bridget Hadaway as part of the show's fifth season.
This week on River Reads we enter Season Five with Episode 40- They Change, featuring five tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Princess & the Pea, and The Swan Maiden. River Reads is a program where those of all ages can escape into fairy tales and strange stories; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little c...
People in this episode
Host: River Wilde
Topics covered
- fairy tales
- storytelling
- family
- children's literature
- retellings
Keywords
- fairy tales
- Bridget Hadaway
- The Adventures of Pinocchio
- The Swan Maiden
- The Princess & the Pea
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Adventures of Pinocchio, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Princess & the Pea, The Swan Maiden
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