The Palace of Stories
Inspiring Audio Stories for Children by Leo Sofer
Episodes
A strong blacksmith comes to the aid of a little girl when she needs protecting from the boys in the street. But can he protect her from the harsh words she speaks to herself inside her head?
This story explores the themes of inner strength, self-acceptance, kindness and love.
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A King sets an old farmer a test: he must make the journey from his impoverished farm to the royal palace without spending any of the King's gold coins. It takes the farmer many attempts before he succeeds, but in the end he is rewarded beyond his wildest dreams!
This story explores themes such as self-discipline, honesty, responsibility and choice.
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For as long as anyone could remember the Dragon had sat in his cave, huddled around a feeble fire and weeping for lack of warmth. Only when a curious boy comes and offers to help him does he remember where his true fire comes from.
Music by Sundara Sofer
This story explores themes such as love, purpose, abundance and giving/ receiving.
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A postman, saddened that he never has anything to give the boy who every day asks him if he has any letters for him, decides to write the boy a letter. But from whom should he say it has come?...
This story explores themes such as love, kindness and family.
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A boy loved eating pancakes with sugar, pancakes with jam, pancakes with honey, and even with chocolate spread. But his mother had once told him that love was the sweetest thing of all, so he set off to find some love to spread on his pancake...
This story explores themes such as love, kindness and family.
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The King handed a large lump of gold to the Blacksmith. "I need a crown made for my son!" he said. But once the crown was made, the blacksmith waited and waited for the King to return. When at last he returned, he had a strange and sorry story to tell, which had an equally strange and happy ending for the blacksmith.
This story explores themes such as love, integrity and honesty.
Read an article about this story here : The Blacksm...
A boy builds a ladder one day in the hope of conversing with the stars. Soon Mr and Mrs Star have dropped down from the sky and are happily telling him stories!
This story explores themes such as spiritual connection, storytelling and imagination.
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"What's your favourite flavour?" This simple question becomes a long conversation between a mother and her young daughter that leads to the most important thing of all!
This story explores themes such as love, kindness, and family.
Read an article about this story here : My favourite flavour
A young man's car slides off the road in heavy snow, and that's just the start of his troubles...
This story explores themes such as dreams, wonder, interconnectedness and imagination.
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A bus driver mysteriously finds that no-one is waiting at any of the stops on his normally busy route, until a strange young man gets on and all is revealed...
This story explores themes such as stillness, peace, christmas and purpose.
Read an article about this story here : A Christmas Story
A boy with a heavy cold goes to bed to recover. But when he sneezes all over the pages of his story book, the characters complain! A story all about covering your mouth and wiping your nose!
This story explores themes such as imagination and consideration.
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A boy finds a tractor standing in a field with the keys still in it. He does what he knows he shouldn't do, with calamitous results!
This story explores themes such as imagination, adventure and dreams.
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A fish who has never imagined what might lie above the sea, sees one day the hull of a boat cutting through the waves, and simply has to know what it is. And after that, there's no turning back...
This story explores themes such as consciousness, discovery and storytelling.
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Two girls, Anna and Bella, were inseparable friends. But one day Anna hears from her mum that the whole family must move to a new city. How will Anna cope with the loss of Bella?
This story explores themes such as loss, grieving, love, losing and finding.
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The captain of a ship that was about to be wrecked in a storm, sees a huge whale rising up out of the ocean beneath him, and is gripped by a desperate impulse...
This story explores themes such as asking for help, prayer and God.
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Three interwoven tales... The boy, overwhelmed with loneliness, finds support in a kindly teacher.... The Princess, desperate to the point of distraction to be liked and accepted, finds solace in the arms of the palace cook.... The King, secretly lonely and longing for real friendship, finds the key to his dreams in a most unlikely place....
This story explores themes such as self-confidence, friendship, self acceptance and manifes...
One day Betty's fish said "I'm bored of this fish tank! All I see are the same things day after day after day". Betty's solution to the fish's boredom leads from one thing to another to an outcome she never could have dreamed of.
This story explores themes such as freedom, home, belonging and stories.
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Once there was a girl whose hair could not be cut. Her mother tried scissors, which only broke! Her father tried an axe. Same thing! But why? Why is she the only girl with magical hair? It takes a meeting with a wise old woman and many more adventures before she discovers what her hair is really for.
This story explores themes such as authenticity, purpose and love.
Read an article about this story here : Claire’s Unbreakable Hair
...A man, seeking music that he loves, finds it - most unexpectedly - flowing out of him!
This story explores themes such as creativity, manifestation, contribution and intuition.
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After flipping two pancakes unsuccessfully, the boy has an ingenious idea...
This story explores themes such as fun and creativity.
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