Past Stories 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 29 January 2012 – Trekking the Globe…
The Funny Little Woman, a Japanese legend
Author: Arlene Mosel (retold by)
Illustrator: Blair Lent
Publisher: Dutton; ISBN 0-525-30265-4
Musical Bed: Shakuhachi Flute
Artist: Kohachiro Miyata
Song: Ha, Ha, This A-Way
Artist: Lead Belly
CD: Lead Belly Sings For Children
Three Sacks of Truth, a French Tale
Author: Eric A. Kimmel (retold by)
Illustrator: Robert Rayevsky
Publisher: Holiday House; ISBN 0-823-40921-X
Song: Honesty is the Best Policy
Artists: Smothers Brothers
The Mysterious Giant of Barletta: an Italian Folktale
Author: Tomie DePaola (Retold by)
Illustrator: Tomie De Paola
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; ISBN 0-152-30776-1
Song: Bella Notte (Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp)
How Jackrabbit Got His Very Long Ears, a Native American tale
Author: Heather Irbinskas (retold by)
Illustrator: Ken Spengler
Publisher: Northland; ISBN 0-873-58566-6
Musical Bed: R. Carlos Nakai, Desert Dance
Elephant’s Wrestling Match, an African tale from Cameroon
Author: Judy Sierra (retold by)
Illustrator: Brian Pinkney
Publisher: Dutton; ISBN 0-525-67366-0
Song: The Elephant
Artist: Pete Seeger
CD: Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes (Little and Big)
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Days of the Blackbird, a tale of Northern Italy
Author: Tomie de Paola (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
Artists: 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: I’m a Little Cookie (Mail Myself to You)
Artist: John McCutcheon
CD: Mail Myself to You
Jack and the Beanstalk
Author: John Howe (retold by)
Illustrator: John Howe
Publisher: Little Brown; ISBN 0-316-37579-9
Song: Hey Jack, What’s in the Sack?
Artist: Barry Louis Polisar
CD: Naughty Songs for Boys and Girls
Princess Gorilla and a New Kind of Water, a Mpongwe tale
Author: Verna Aardema (retold by)
Illustrator: Victoria Chess
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers; ISBN 0-803-70412-7
Song: The Monkey’s Uncle (Walt Disney)
Artist: Annette Funicello
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)
Shingebiss, an Ojibwe legend
Author: Nancy Van Laan (retold by)
Illustrator: Betsy Bowen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; ISBN 0-316-89627-6
Musical Bed: R. Carlos Nakai, Desert Dance
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
Where the Wild Things Are
Author: Maurice Sendak
Illustrator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: Harper Collins; ISBN 0-060-25492-0
Song/Album: Wild Thing
Artist: Sugar Beats
