Download or read book Tall Tales and Tunes written by University of the State of New York. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Never Met a Story I Didn t Like written by Todd Snider and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose intelligence, self-deprecation, experience, and sense of humor make him a uniquely American character. In live performance, Snider's monologues are cheered as much as his songs. But never before has he told the whole story. Running the gamut from personal memoir to shaggy-dog comedy to rueful memories of his troubles and triumphs with drugs and alcohol to sharp-eyed observations from years on the road, I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like is for fans of Snider's music, but also for fans of America itself: the broad, wild country that has produced figures of folk wisdom like Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Tonya Harding, Garrison Keillor, and more. There are storytellers and there are performers and there are stand-up comedians. And then there's Todd Snider, who is all three in one, and something else entirely.
Download or read book America s Tallest Tales written by John Heath and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you teach the standards while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required¿you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: "America's Tallest Tales" takes kids on a delightful journey featuring the stars of America's folktales, including Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed, Annie Christmas, Bess Call, and many more. 25 minutes; grades 2-6. /// SYNOPSIS: Babe the Blue Ox is missing, and Paul Bunyan will stop at nothing to find him. He teams up with Bess Call, the strong-armed heroine of the Adirondacks, on a quest to find his beloved companion. /// WHAT IT DOES: "America's Tallest Tales" is a great complement to your curriculum resources in language arts. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!
Download or read book Bella An American Tall Tale written by Kirsten Childs and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 2019 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bella boards a train west to reunite with her Buffalo soldier sweetheart, she encounters the most colorful and lively characters ever to roam the Western plains. Bullets and fists will fly, heads and hearts will break, but—blessed with a big heart, and a voluptuous figure—Bella will breeze on through it all.
Download or read book A Children s Guide to Folklore and Wonder Tales written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Harvey jumps into the 20th century to demonstrate how Tall Tales reinforce the ideals of the cultures where they were born. After sharing the stories of "Pecos Bill," "Katy Goodgrit" and "Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox," Dr. Harvey delves into how ballads and folksongs served as a voice from those who couldn't speak. She presents "The Ballad of John Henry" and "The Ballad of Casey Jones."
Download or read book American Tall Tales written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall Tales introduces readers to America’s first folk heroes in nine wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. Here are Paul Bunyan, that king-sized lumberjack who could fell “ten white pines with a single swing”; John Henry, with his mighty hammer; Mose, old New York’s biggest, bravest fireman; Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, who could “outgrin, outsnort, outrun, outlift, outsneeze, outsleep, outlie any varmint”; and other uniquely American characters, together in one superb collection. In the tradition of the original nineteenth-century storytellers, Mary Pope Osborne compiles, edits, and adds her own two cents’ worth—and also supplies fascinating historical headnotes. Michael McCurdy’s robust colored wood engravings recall an earlier time, perfectly capturing all the vitality of the men and women who carved a new country out of the North American wilderness.
Download or read book Tall Tales written by Rick Steber and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tall tale begins innocently with convincing facts and a few trivial details thrown in. But in the course of the story the limits of believability are stretched to the breaking point. In the end we are left wondering how we could have been so naive, so darn gullible.America's tall tales have been handed down through generations and are tirmly rooted in character, situation and landscape. In the past a skillfully-told yarn was a diversion from the drudgery and monotony of everyday life and tellers of tall tales were held in high regard because their stories made people laugh.A tall tale is best enjoyed when told aloud. Dialect, intonation and gestures add to the story. A pause here. A shake of the head there. A practiced laugh. A wink, a sly smile or a deadpan look provide seasoning and can communicate as much as a well-placed word.In our modern fast-paced world, dominated by instant communication, changing technology and constant entertainment, the tall tale is no longer considered an essential part of everyday life. As a result, the telling of tall tales has become a dying art form.
Download or read book Heavy Metal Mater and Other Tall Tales written by RH Disney and published by RH/Disney. This book was released on 2010 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mater the tow truck tells race car Lightning McQueen far-fetched stories about how he used to be a rockstar, a UFO, and a drifting king.
Download or read book Legends and Tales of the American West written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology. In this wonderfully boisterous treasury of tall tales, everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form. Many of these stories are of real people and real events; more than a few, however, grew taller and funnier as they made their rounds from wagon train to campfire to rodeo to miners' quarters. But even if it is far from established that Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett were able to kill three men with one bullet or subdue ferocious grizzly bears with their fists, they come vividly to life here as beloved characters who have become part of the fabric of the American imagination. With black-and white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Download or read book A Treasury of Railroad Folklore written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Folk Tales and Songs written by Richard Chase and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of lively stories, jokes, and games for performance, the book also includes 40 songs with melody and guitar chords. Written by outstanding practicing folk performer. Includes 44 illustrations.
Download or read book Tall Tales of the Wild West written by Eric Ode and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 20 side-splitting poems and knee-slapping songs, including poems about a cowboy who only bathes once a year, a chilli eating contest with a very explosive ending and the world's smallest cowboy who rounds up mice instead of cattle.
Download or read book The American People in Their Stories Legends Tall Tales Traditions Ballads and Songs written by Benjamin Albert Botkin and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Donna Cody written by Jeanie Murphy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donna Cody is an aspiring fiddler with contentious ideas about what constitutes the great cathedral of folk music. She dreams of John and Alan Lomax camping on the side of the road, Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles trekking through the mysterious Appalachians, collecting their treasures. Like them, she longs to find the true old-time players of tunes and singers of songs before it's too late. In her sky-blue Rambler, with her newfound banjo-playing, cigar-smoking, proverb-spouting friend, Sandy Panther, Donna Cody will collide with: -a dog named Buster and some cows -folksingers -earnest young Christians -a writer -an innkeeper -prison guards and their prisoners -a shantyboater -feral cats -a Nashville record producer -and more. Will Donna Cody find the living music without getting herself and her companions killed? Will Sandy Panther find fame and fortune and a recording contract? It's a dark and mysterious time, with no Internet or tiny handheld thingamajigs to help out. But together, maybe these two women can find just what they need, even if it's not always what they've been looking for.
Download or read book Tunes for Teachers written by Susan Paul and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Play, music and movement are important for a child's cognitive development. Tunes for teachers will guide you in the use of songs for teaching new concepts and thematic units, the introduction of new vocabulary words, and ways to grab the attention of your students! Based on brain research, Tunes for teachers is an effective and user-friendly book. Anyone can integrate the songs since they are all based on traditional tunes."--Back cover.
Download or read book Rock Roll on Columbia written by Darren Balch and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Rock Music - History and Criticism - Pictorial Works. 2. Rock Musicians - Portraits
Download or read book A TREASURY OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
