Mar
20
Introducing Cody’s Cuentos!
Last month I announced that I was cooking up a surprise for you guys. Well, today is finally the day that I go public with it. “It” is a new podcast in Spanish called Cody’s Cuentos featuring classic fairy tales. Have you ever heard Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rapunzel or Rumpelstiltskin in Spanish? Soon you will be able to find all of these classics and many more over at Cody’s Cuentos.
Who’s Cody? He’s the digital version of my real-life dog. And why fairy tales? Well, when I was a kid, I enjoyed hearing them. And then when I was old enough to read on my own, I loved reading them. In fact, my father bought a book of illustrated fairy tales that I spent so much time with that the pages eventually fell out. Thanks to fairy tales, I discovered the joy and the power of reading. The vivid images that those classic stories painted in my young mind were more powerful than anything I could’ve seen on television.
Times have changed but many of these fairy tales are still relevant and insightful. At the very least, they’re still very enjoyable. And so, at least twice a month, I will bring you some of these classics in a modern mp3 format. Each story will be read by a native Spanish speaker and transcripts of the stories will be available on the Cody blog. In the future there will be podcasts of legends, folk tales and original short stories for children. When you get a second, check it out and let me know what you think. I hope you like it.
¡Hasta pronto!
Cody’s Cuentos: www.codyscuentos.com
RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/codyscuentos
Wow, I’m stunned. This is REALLY professional, I like it.
When I have more time I’ll review it and maybe write a post about it on my blog.
Buenísimo! Excellent, excellent work, Eleena.
Wow, thanks very much, guys! @Rmss, yes, that would be great if you have time to do a post about it. Much appreciated. And if anyone out there would like to Stumble it or Digg it (hint, hint, nudge, nudge) that would be mighty kind.
This is such a great website…although they are fairy tales, I am already learning quite a bit of Spanish from them since I am familiar with the stories. I’ll definitely keep checking back for new fairy tales to appear…awesome job!
Dugg. Buena suerte!
Eleena, Me encantó el cuento de hadas mucho. Muchas gracias. Es una idea fabalosa y la mujer que leyó la cuenta es fenomenal. Los cuentos de hadas estan hechos para ayudar los los ninos aprender su idioma y entretenerles. Por eso pienso que los pueden ayardarnos mejorar nuestro español también.
Estoy tan impresionado con tu sitio de red y todos tus podcasts Eleena.
?Estas viviendo en Madrid ahora y estas enseñando englés ahí? Yo visité Madrid hace seis meses y lo me encantó. Especialmente el parque de buen retiro.
Continua el buen trabajo,
Esteban
¡Hola Esteban!
Mil gracias por tus palabras tan amables. Te lo agradezco. Me alegra mucho que la idea de los cuentos sea bien recibida.
Sí, vivo a caballo entre Madrid y EE.UU. y enseño inglés. Estoy de acuerdo contigo sobre el parque Retiro. ¡Qué tranquilidad!