Ep 41 - Flesh & Bones

From River Reads by River Wilde

May 9, 2026 · 58 min · Season 5 · Episode 41

About this episode

This episode features four fairy tales retold by Bridget Hadaway, exploring classic stories with a mix of humor and confusion.

This week on River Reads Episode 41- Flesh & Bones, featuring four tales from the collection Fairy Tales as retold by Bridget Hadaway, called Jack the Giant-Killer, The Firebird, Cinderella, and Blackbeard. 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 confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles words, and then there’s those stories who...

People in this episode

Host: River Wilde

Topics covered

fairy tales
storytelling
family
children's literature
retellings

Keywords

fairy tales
Bridget Hadaway
Jack the Giant-Killer
Cinderella
Blackbeard
storytelling
family

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jack the Giant-Killer, The Firebird, Cinderella, Blackbeard