Drift with Erin Davis

There's more than one version of the Cinderella story, and this one comes from Celtic folklore. In it, a young girl named Trembling is picked on mercilessly by her sisters. Fortunately, help comes in…

Lesser known than many of their other tales, this is the Brothers Grimm story of six boys who are changed into birds, and whose younger sister makes a difficult vow to break their spell. Will she be …

When asked if he'd ever write his life story, Hans Christian Andersen said that this tale was it. With that in mind, I shaped this popular classic for Drift, while staying loyal to its theme of rejec…

This campfire tale is about a tiny plant that can bring great and positive change to a kingdom, but who will find it – and how? It's a lovely story that I'm pleased to share with you here to bring yo…

In this tale, we imagine a girl who is cursed with a lack of gravity; she actually floats freely and constantly but finds her love and her life in the water. It’s an unusual story and I hope you’ll d…

What a joy it is to bring you the words of A.A. Milne in stories he wrote for his son. And in this third podcast rendering of Mr. Milne's creation, Pooh and his best pal (other than Christopher Robin…

A young boy's legendary rise from crushing poverty to London's highest office combines fact, folklore and a fearless feline heroine. It's a “Man's Best Friend” story, if a clever cat wrote it, instea…

In this gentle tale by the Brothers Grimm, we meet a young woman sent to a faraway kingdom where her royal identity is stolen and she ends up working in the fields. That is...until a surprise ally le…

From well-loved Edith Nesbit's collection of Dragon Tales, this is a delightful story of love, envy, virtue and triumph over evil. Princess Sabrinetta outfoxes a hungry dragon and rescues her town's …

This heart-warming fiction (or is it?), Man May Love was chosen from among 30,000 short story entries to a war-time LIFE magazine contest. What happens when a nurse for ailing soldiers begins to cons…

Some say this truly beautiful tale is actually a story that Hans Christian Andersen wrote about his love for an opera singer – a love that was never returned to him. Listen to the gentle story of a b…

A young girl grows up hearing ages-old legends of a magical talisman that no one has been able to use for its abilities. Asha decides it will be she who finds it and uses it to change things – but ho…

The Queen Bee is a sweet story from the Brothers Grimm that is not grim at all! It's actually about the third of three brothers who is either ignored or ridiculed by his siblings. But when it comes t…

From the man often called the Father of the Fairy Tale, this little-known story written by Charles Perrault is about a hard done-by young woman who is bestowed with a most unusual gift. But when her …

We all know the story of Little Red and her preferred garment, but what if we took all of the classic story's fear and turned it into compassion and empathy? Listen to find out – and sweet dreams!

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How wonderful to discover another tale from the wonderful, wizard-like mind of Oz author L. Frank Baum! What happens when a group of people at a dinner party all partake of spell-bound candies? Let's…

How many times have we heard this tale? Well, not enough! For this story of a young girl - ill-treated by her family but beloved by not just her fairy godmother but a prince who is smitten at first s…

What an unexpected delight to come across a new-to-us story from such a brilliant writer! The man who brought us The Wizard of Oz tells a tale of magic, deception and an ending that everyone deserves…