Storytelling, Cooking and Kids!!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Here We Come A-Wassailing

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(As with most carols, there are several versions) Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand'ring So fair ...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Legend of the Christmas Spider

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On Christmas eve, a long time ago, a gentle mother was busily cleaning the house for the most wonderful day of the year... Christmas day, th...
Friday, November 27, 2009

The King, the Maiden and the Pumpkin....a tale from the Phillipines

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One day in a time long ago, King Adoveneis went out into the plains to hunt for deer, and he accidentally became separated from his compani...
Friday, November 13, 2009

The Recipe.....a Hodja tale

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The Recipe The Hodja purchased a piece of meat at the market, and on his way home he met a friend. Seeing the Hodja's purchase, the frie...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Strawberry.....a Zen tale from Japan

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There was once a man who was being chased by a ferocious tiger across a field. At the edge of the field there was a cliff. In order to esca...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese....a Dutch Folktale

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Kees van Bommel was a boy from Holland, 12 years old, who lived where cows were plentiful. He was over 5 feet high, weighed a hundred pounds...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Why Sea Water is Salty.....a German Folktale

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Once upon a time there was a dear, brave boy who had nothing on earth but a blind grandmother and a clear conscience. After finishing school...
Friday, September 25, 2009

The Apple Dumpling

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The Apple Dumpling (England) There WAS ONCE UPON A TIME an old woman who wanted an apple dumpling for supper. She had plenty of flour a...
Friday, September 11, 2009

The Flies and the Honey....an Aesop Fable

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A number of flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. While eating, howev...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Legend of the Watermelon....a Vietnamese legend

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Once upon a time, the sixth son of King Hung Vuong the Fifth named An-Tiem disobeyed the King's order and was exiled to a deserted islan...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Omusubi Kororin - TheTumbling Rice Balls

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Long ago and far away across the wide blue sea, there lived a hard working old man and old woman. One day, the old man went up into the moun...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The Moose Song...A Storytelling song / Songtale

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I learned this song at Camp Togowoods in Wasilla, Alaska which is not very far from Anchorage. This is an echo song. First you, the leader s...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Apple of Contentment

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There was a woman once, and she had three daughters. The first daughter squinted with both eyes, yet the woman loved her as she loved salt, ...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Milkmaid and Her Pail, an Aesop fable

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A farmer's daughter had been out to milk the cows, and was returning to the dairy carrying her pail of milk upon her head. As she walked...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Crabfish Song...a storysong sing-along

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Tom Chapin singing The Crabfish Song on a great PBS children's show (which we don't get in my area..argh!) called Lomax The Hound of...
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