Children’s stories. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Hero motifs in fairy tales (Part 2 of 2)

Examination of literary themes in children’s stories. Produced by Clare Loeb (now Clare Spark). Open: GREEN/VU tone/WHITE/”What happened to… Close: Clare Loeb/RED Complete and self-contained.

August 24, 2025

The Spider’s web / produced by George Moreney.

Readins from Charlotte’s Webb, Earthways, Marshall Dodge, and Treasure Island.

August 24, 2025

Come again in the spring / read by Uncle Ruthie.

August 24, 2025

Aladdin and the lamp.

Chldrens’ story.

August 24, 2025

Pinocchio / produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

Radio adaptation of Walt Disney’s movie.|PINOCCHIO / produced by Cecil B. DeMille. – SERIES: Lux radio theatre – Radio adaptation of Walt Disney’s media. – RECORDED: Dec. 25, 1939. A CBS broadcast. BROADCAST: KPFK, Dec. 21 1977.

August 24, 2025

Wolf story / by William McCleery.

Reading of McLCeery’s story for children.

August 24, 2025

Belling the tiger / by Mary Stolz.

Reading of Stolz’s story for children.

August 24, 2025

Hero motifs in fairy tales

Clare (Loeb) Spark introduces Dr. Harold Stone, clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, and they discuss the hero motif in fairy tales. Stone first expounds on the place of fairy tales in our culture, and how they illustrate the dreams and consciousness of a culture. He tells the myth of “The dragon’s teeth” about Europa and…

August 24, 2025

Story hour at Studio City / Martha Gould.

Reading of three children’s stories. |The Dragon’s grandmother (15 min.) — A Baba Yaga tale (13 min.) — Mollie Whuppie (12 min.).

August 24, 2025

The Thousand annd one nights / by Valerie Nicore.

Selection from the volume of children’s stories.

August 24, 2025