4 December 2011
Theme: Silliness…
[Format: Song, Artist, CD, Label]
Ain’t Got No Home, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, New Orleans Playground, Putumayo
The Hot Canary, Ella Fitzgerald, Miss Ella’s Playhouse, Verve
I Got Ants in My Pants, James Brown, Songs for the Car, Universal
Itsy Bitsy Spider, Little Richard, Every Child Deserves a Lifetime, Shout Factory
Polly Wolly Doodle, Leon Redbone, Folk Playground, Putumayo Kids
Me and My Arrow, Harry Nilsson, A Child’s Celebration of Song 2, Music For Little People
Anything You Can Do (Annie Get Your Gun), Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton, Future Idols, Universal
Rappin’ Backwards, Nickeltown (Apr 2003)
Dinosaurus, Nickeltown LIVE on Tell Us A Tale April, 2003
Furry Happy Monsters, REM, Songs From the Street: 35 Years of Music, Koch Records
Nella Vecchia Fattoria, Quartetto Cetra, Animal Playground, Putumayo Kids
Let’s All Sing A Yodeling Song, Riders in the Sky, cELLAbration, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Hey You, Get Off of My Cow (Bonus Track), Buck Howdy, Giddyup, Prairie Dog Entertainment
You Only Love Me For My Lunchbox, Asylum Street Spankers, Mommy Says No, Yellow Dog Records
Pico de Gallo, Trout Fishing in America, Big Trouble, Trout Records
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To hear the stories below, visit the Tell Us A Tale Past Stories Page, where they will be available in RealAudio through Saturday, 17 December, 2011.
Stephanie’s Ponytail
Author: Robert Munsch
Illustrator: Michael Martchenko
Publisher: Annick Press; ISBN 1-550-37485-0
Song: I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
CD: Walt Disney’s Jungle Book
Cinderella’s Rat
Author: Susan Meddaugh
Illustrator: Susan Meddaugh
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; ISBN 0-395-86833-5
Song: I’ve Got a Dog and My Dog’s Name is Cat
Artist: Barry Louis Polisar
CD: Old Dogs, New Tricks
The Miller, His Son and Their Donkey
Author: Aesop
Illustrator: Eugen Sopko
Publisher: North-South Books; ISBN 0-030-05733-7
Song: A Funny Man
Artist: Donovan
CD: Pied Piper
Strega Nona: an old tale
Author: Tomie dePaola (retold by)
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster; ISBN 0-671-66283-X
Musical Bed: Bela Fleck, Perpetual Motion
Song: On Top of Spaghetti
Artist: Jane Baxter Miller
CD: The Bottle Let Me Down
Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons
Author: Tomie De Paola
Illustrator: Tomie De Paola
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; ISBN 0-152-81785-9
Song: One Day My Best Friend Barbara Turned Into a Frog
Artist: Barry Louis Polisar
CD: Old Dogs, New Tricks
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