DescriptionHey, did you hear the one about the lady who had her beehive hairdo sprayed so hard that spiders started to nest in it? Of course you did, it happened to your next-door neighbor's cousin. Or was it your cousin's next-door neighbor? Folktales are not the exclusive domain of the past. They are alive and kicking in urban legends. We hear them in conversation, recognize them in movies and on the Internet, and read about them as vaguely substantiated news items. They are those stories that are told as true, but never in the first person - because they always happen to a friend of a friend. Based on David Holt and Bill Monney's two-man storytelling show, this Grammy nominated collection will make your hair stand on end - possibly into the shape of a beehive hairdo. Music by jazz great Dick Hyman.
DescriptionIf you're looking for the scariest stories you can get your ears on, your search is over. Accomplished storyteller Roberta Simpson Brown unfolds her thrilling stories for listeners of all ages. Adapted from her own book The Walking Trees, Brown specializes in ghost stories and tales of terror and has traveled the country sharing her imagination. For All Ages…
DescriptionFormer teachers Richard and Judy Dockrey Young bring their frightening performances alive on in audio with 14 ghost stories from the American Southwest: "The Head on the High Road", "You Can't Get Out", "Call from the Grave", "Michael and the Ghost Light", "The Ghostly Battle", "La Llorona", "The Lady of White Rock", "Yellow with Brown Trim", "Killer of Alien Gods", "Pedro de Urdemalas", "Ghost Light Along the Chisos", "The Flying Head", "The Big Thicket Light", "The Haunted House at Howe", Winchester Mansion", "Hell and Its Horrors", "The El Monte Ghost", and "It Has No Face." For ages Eight and Up…
DescriptionEverybody loves scary stories, and nobody loves them more than children. Storytellers Richard and Judy Dockrey Young gathered these stories from the most discerning of critics: the children themselves. These are the tales kids tell most often and most often ask to be told. The stories in this multicultural collection come from the Ozark Mountains and the desert Southwest, from Native Americans and Hawaiians, and from American immigrants from such faraway places as Japan and Laos. The 14 favorites in this collection for younger children include: "The Red Velvet Ribbon", "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary", "The Changelings", and "Stop the Coffin!" For Grades K-3…
DescriptionThese shivery tales were collected from the oral tradition, from people all over the Southwest, and represent the rich cultural diversity of the region, from the Ozarks to the Rio Grande, California to the Big Thicket. There are stories from the Spanish-American, Mexican-American, Cajun, Ozark, and other tranditions. Old favorites such as "Mary Calhoun" and "The Vanishing Hitchhiker" are here, along with the ghostly mother who keeps her baby supplied with milk, the haunted mansion which was the model for Scarlett O'Hara's Tara, and stories laced with truly black humor. For Ages 12 to Adult…
DescriptionIf you're looking for the scariest stories you can get your ears on, your search is over. Accomplished storyteller Roberta Simpson Brown unfolds her thrilling stories for listeners of all ages. Adapted from her own book The Walking Trees, Brown specializes in ghost stories and tales of terror and has traveled the country sharing her imagination. For Ages 12 and Up…
DescriptionScary stories help children face fear and master it, by portraying the elements of conflict in clear, good-versus-evil terms with good triumphant in the end. This appeals to the strong moral sense of children. Parents are sometimes concerned that violence or gore in scary stories will be bad for children. This is not so; they provide hope through happy endings, and offer the child both positive and negative examples of behavior. With their imaginary violence, scary stories teach moral principles, good social behavior, courage, heroism, and hope. The stories is in this collection include: "Old Raw Head", "Frozen Charlotte", "Mary Calhoun", "Blood in the Root Cellar", "Old Walleyes", "Pennywinkle!", and "Vanishing Rider." For Adults and Young Adults…
DescriptionFormer teachers Richard and Judy Dockrey Young bring their frightening performances alive in this recording with 14 ghost stories from the American Southeast: "There's No Such Thing as Ghosts", "The Bell Witch", "The Brown Mountain Light", "They Dance in the Moon", "The Bowl of Blood", "Blackbeard's Light", "Spin! Spin! Reel Off, Skin!", "The Cascos del Diablo", "Black Dog of the Blue Ridge", "The Ghost of Alice", "The Ghost of Fiddler's Rock", "I Shall but Love Thee Better", "The Secret of the Lilac", and "The White Dress." For Ages 8 and Up…
