Stories by Russell

06/02/2026

New video, featuring Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, THE SWING, written in 1885. I guess a good swing set never gets old!🌞

Is there anything better than swinging on a swing set on a sunny da...

05/27/2026

New video!✨Fox 🦊 plans to trick a big, juicy chicken 🐔 into becoming his breakfast... But the trickster might find himself getting tricked instead! 🔄😲 Aesop's fable: THE SMART CHICKEN!

Fox 🦊 plans to trick a big, juicy chicken 🐔 into becoming his break...

05/22/2026

New video! ✨HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL!⚡Zeus⚡is getting married 💍and it's party time on Mount Olympus🎉... but the king of the gods can't believe why Tortoise isn't there⁉️ A delightful 'pourquoi' tale attributed to Aesop. 'Pourquoi' tales are kind of like mini-myths that explain how something small, like a feature of an animal or plant, came to be. ✨

⚡Zeus⚡is getting married 💍and it's party time on Mount Olympus🎉... but the king of the gods can't believe why Tortoise isn't there⁉️A delightful 'pourquoi'...

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day! 💐To celebrate all the moms out there, here's one of Aesop's fables: DON'T MESS WITH MAMA LION! 🦁(Yes, that's totally what Aesop named it!) ✨

Mama Lion 🦁 has a baby. 🐱 Just ONE baby... The other animals 🦊 🐰🐜 love boasting about how many babies they have, but Mama Lion will get the last word in...

05/06/2026

New video! ✨THE 3 WISHES! When a magical tree spirit 🌳🪄grants Jack the Woodcutter 🪓 3 wishes, he can have anything he wants... But his wishes go wrong in a hurry! 🤦 This is great folktale with a fun twist at the end!

When a magical tree spirit 🌳🪄grants Jack the Woodcutter 🪓 3 wishes, he can have anything he wants... ✨But his wishes go wrong in a hurry! 🤦 ...

05/05/2026

Vancouver Tellers present…

A Story That I Love

Sunday, May 17th, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:45)
at Trinity Grace United Church
803 East 16th Avenue (near Kingsway and Fraser)*

With stories from
Beth Hutchinson, Patricia Smith, and Marylee Stephenson
Our story circle follows,
with music from our special guest, Mary Brunner

Sliding scale admission $20-15-10

Please join us after the stories for tea and treats. The story circle will follow after a quick break.
We’ll provide the tea - please feel free to contribute a treat if you are so inclined!

*There is a parking lot at the back of the building. Roads around the church are also available for parking.

04/29/2026

New video! ✨ Performing THE KING WHO LOVED RIDDLES 👑🧩(a.k.a THE THREE DOLLS) -- one of the first folktales I ever learned to tell. This version is based on the one by master storyteller David Novak, in the book Ready-To-Tell Tales, which is an invaluable resource for beginning storytellers.

2 likes. "The King Who Loved Riddles | LIVE FOLKTALE PERFORMANCE"

04/21/2026

New video!✨FREDERICO THE FOOL, an original tale of a silly prince 🤪 whose imagination saves his kingdom. 🏰 Told live last summer in Burnaby, BC! 🎤

Frederico the Fool | STORY FOR KIDS - LIVE Performance!

04/21/2026

Smelled like the sea outside today! 🌊🐚🌞

04/15/2026

New video!✨One of my faves! The tale of the Pied Piper! The town of Hamelin is full of rats, rats, rats! 🐀🐀🐀 And only a mysterious man with a flute has the power to make them disappear... 🪈🎶

The town of Hamelin is full of rats, rats, rats! 🐀🐀🐀 And only a mysterious man with a flute has the power to make them disappear... 🪈🎶 Storyteller Russe...