Catch Me in the Kitchen Audio Snacks: an English-French stories podcast for kids

East of the Sun and West of the Moon, with Ingrid Hansen

Catch Me in the Kitchen Audio Snacks: an English-French stories podcast for kids

Show Notes

Imagine: The Troll Queen has imprisoned your friend! You embark on a rescue mission. The trouble is, the troll castle lies east of the sun and west of the moon. How will you get there? And how will you outsmart the trolls?

About today's storyteller: Ingrid Hansen is a professional television/theatre puppeteer and voice actor with experience performing as a lead for Sesame Workshop, APTN, Corus Entertainment, and Skyship Entertainment. In 2006 she co-founded SNAFU to create unexpected theatre, dance, and puppet theatre. Ingrid is fascinated with ways of creating temporary communities out of groups of strangers. Her favourite performances invite the audience to participate in an unexpected way. snafudance.com

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Our first audiobook, ‘Pigs, Princesses, and One Tough Turtle’, along with a paperback copy, is available through our website.

Les mots sont délicieux! Words are delicious. French/English from today's snack:

A white bear: un ours blanc

Une montagne: a mountain

Avez-vous peur? Are you afraid?

Je n'ai pas peur. I am not afraid.

Je suis désolé. I am sorry.

Je n'ai jamais soufflé aussi loin que ça. I have never blown as far as that.

Salut: hi

Au revoir: goodbye

On y va! Let's go!

Merci beaucoup! Merci à Ingrid Hansen for sharing her story ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon.’

This Audio Snack was performed by Ingrid Hansen, Professor Pineapple, and Bearkin. Mixed by Tim Freeman. Story illustration by Professor Pineapple. Creative and production support by Ginette Mohr, Liz Pounsett, and Stephen LaFrenie. Episode music composed and performed by Tim Freeman and Red Velvet Revolution. 'Into the Forest 2' performed by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.

See you soon! A bientôt!

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