Stories by Russell

09/16/2026

New video! 🎥 The ants 🐜 are hard at work preparing for winter but all grasshopper 🦗wants to do is make music! 🎶How will it turn out when the cold weather comes? ❄️ Aesop's fable of THE ANTS & THE GRASSHOPPER, with a musical twist!

09/01/2026

New video! 🦀LITTLE CRAB & HIS MOTHER🦀 Aesop's clever fable about teaching by example

🦀Mama Crab wants Little Crab to walk straight.🦀 But can she do it h...

08/26/2026

In honour of International Dog Day, here's Aesop's fable of a silly dog 🐶 who fights her own reflection 🪞 over a piece of meat! 🥩

08/18/2026

New video!✨ A fun fable by Aesop where the 🦶FEET and the🫃BELLY try to decide who is stronger!

08/12/2026

New video!✨ The tale of The Dishonest Doctor, a fun twist on an old fable about a thieving eye doctor who can't see when he's incriminating himself!

Old Mrs. Oggle 👵 is going blind. So sneaky Doctor Mentissimo 👨‍⚕️ t...

08/05/2026

TODAY! at 11 AM in Confederation Park, Burnaby (by the Spray Park), I'm rockin' the Summer Stages with silly stories for kids and families! 🎤🌳☀️

08/04/2026

New video! ✨Fox 🦊 is HUNGRY! So, he makes a plan to turn an empty sack👜 into a tasty snack.😋 But as Fox tricks his way into a bigger and bigger meal, somebody else plans to play a trick on him!🔄

07/27/2026

New video!✨ Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poem 🌙THE MOON 🌕 first published in 1885!

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poem 🌙THE MOON 🌕 first published i...

07/21/2026

TOMORROW! July 22nd at 11am, I'm performing at Confederation Park (near the splash pad! 🌊) for the City of Burnaby Summer Stages!

Telling tales of sprinting cookies 🍪, lucky lumberjacks🪓, tricky lions 🦁 and more!

No tickets needed! Just grab your picnic blanket & sunscreen and come enjoy the show! ☀️

07/21/2026

Who is stronger? 💪The cold NORTH WIND💨🥶 or the beaming SUN? 🌞🔥These forces of nature battle it out and the outcome may surprise you! 🫢 New video, with Aesop's classic fable about the power of persuasion! ✨