Storytelling, Crafts and Kids!

Once upon a time there was an honest shoemaker, who was very poor. He worked as hard as he could, and still he could not earn enough to keep...

There was once an old man who lost his mitten. A mouse came running up, and she climbed into the mitten and sat there. By and by a Frog came...

Yes! It's another recycling blog! Instead of a story for this blog, I have a song. This song, I HAD AN OLD COAT , is based on a a Yiddis...

ONCE upon a time a Dog used to go into the stable where the king's Elephant lived. At first the Dog went there to get the food that was ...

This extremely educational and catchy tune was written by Lou Singer and Hy Zaret in 1959. Hy Zaret(who cowrote Unchained Melody)became inte...

THERE was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of fi...

"Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky" is an African folktale from Nigeria. ******************************************** Long,...

Long, long ago, the flowers had a huge argument about which of them was the most beautiful, the most special, the most loved by the humans a...

This is a marvelous recycling story and can be found in a wonderful book called Spinning Tales Weaving Hope BTW, Papa Joe has generously g...

I suppose it was inevitable. After I started my "recycle" blogs, I seemed be pushed by an unseen force (curiosity or maybe just no...

This Yiddish folksong is the original source for the Thrifty Tailor story in the previous blog. I HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT (traditional Yiddis...

You're saying to yourself..."I thought this was a storytelling blog. She said she was a storyteller..storysinger...whatever! So wha...

There once lived a poor family without enough food to eat or enough wood for their fire. The mother decided to go into the forest to search ...