Past Stories and Poems featured on Tell Us A Tale
Some of my favorite stories are animal tales from around the world. I generally try to get one such story in each week; although I must admit that I just like the image Frank Riccio created.
To listen to any of the stories, just click on the appropriate segment.
Week of 11 May 2008 – Mother’s Day Tales…
Nanny Goat and the Seven Little Kids,a Brothers Grimm tale
Author: Eric A. Kimmel (retold by)
Illustrator: Janet Stevens
Publisher: Holiday House; ISBN 0-823-40789-6
Song: The Goat
Artist: Burl Ives
The Mountain That Loved a Bird
Author: Alice McLerran
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster; ISBN 0-887-08000-6
Lazy Jack, an English tale
Author: Vivian French (retold by)
Illustrator: Russell Ayto
Publisher: Candlewick Press; ISBN 1-564-02130-0
Song: Mama Don’t Allow
CD: Remembering Merle
Artists: Doc & Merle Watson
Heckedy Peg, an English tale
Author: Audrey Wood (retold by)
Illustrator: Don Wood
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; ISBN 0-152-33678-8
Song: Marie Laveaux
Artists: Nickeltown
Week of 4 May 2008 – Clever Little Critters…
Rumpelstiltskin, a Brothers Grimm tale
Author: Paul O. Zelinsky (retold by)
Illustrator: Paul O. Zelinsky
Publisher: Dutton; ISBN 0-525-44265-0
Musical Bed: John Bullard, Bach on the Banjo
Jack the Giant Chaser, an Appalachian tale
Authors: Kenn and Joanne Compton (retold by)
Illustrator: Kenn Compton
Publisher: Holiday House; ISBN 0-823-40998-8
Song: Hey Jack, What’s in the Sack?
CD: Naughty Songs for Boys and Girls
Artist: Barry Louis Polisar
Mule Eggs
Author: Cynthia DeFelice
Illustrator: Mike Shenon
Publisher: Orchard Books; ISBN 0-531-06843-9
Song: Old Grey Mule
CD: Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big)
Artist: Pete Seeger
Sody Sallyratus, an Appalachian tale
Author: Teri Sloat (retold by)
Illustrator: Teri Sloat
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books; ISBN 0-525-45609-0
Song: Biscuit Blues
CD: Saddle Pals
Artists: Riders in the Sky
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Days of the Blackbird, a tale of Northern Italy
Author: Tomie DePaola (retold by)
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons; ISBN 0-399-22929-9
Musical Bed: J. Rodrigo, Concierto de Aruenjez
Music: Raven, Reeltime Travelers
CD: Reeltime Travelers
The Gingerbread Man, a classic tale
Author: Jim Aylesworth (retold by)
Illustrator: Barbara McClintock
Publisher: Scholastic Press; ISBN 0-590-97219-7
Song (CD): I’m a Little Cookie (Mail Myself to You)
Artist: John McCutcheon
Rainbow Bird, an Aboriginal Folktale from Northern Australia
Author: Eric Maddern (retold by)
Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; ISBN 0-316-54314-4
Musical Bed: Stephen Kent, Landings
Music: Free Little Bird (Jan Smith Band live performance)
The Toll-Bridge Troll
Author: Patricia Rae Wolff
Illustrator: Kimberly Bulcken Root
Publisher: Harcourt Brace; ISBN 0-152-77665-6
Song: The Riddle Song
Artist: Burl Ives
