DescriptionI'm Miss Misinformation, it's my gratifying task to tell you all you need to know; you only need to ask. The seas are thick with elephants, the skies are purple straw, you measure with an octopus, you hammer with a saw. Rat for lunch! Rat for lunch! Yum! Delicious! Munch munch munch! One by one or by the bunch! Rat, oh rat, oh rat for lunch!"…
DescriptionListen to these irresistible poems and learn about things that you may never have thought about before. There's jellyfish stew, a ridiculous dog, and a boneless chicken. Meet a wolf at the laundry, a monster in a swamp, and an alley cat with one life left. Visit Gussie's Greasy Spoon and Bleezer's Ice Cream Store. Hear about what happened when Dracula went to the blood bank, and enjoy the song of the gloopy Gloppers.
DescriptionAs soon as Fred gets out of bed, his underwear goes on his head. His mother laughs, 'Don't put it there, a head's no place for underwear!' But near his ears, above his brains, is where Fred's underwear remains. "I am digging a hole in the ceiling in order to gaze at the sky, I began at the end of September, I intend to be done by July."…
DescriptionRex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his "counting house" when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme.
DescriptionFrom the heart of the Appalachian Mountains come these folktales and folk rhymes for young children. In this recording of timeless children's tales, Davis, one of our most gifted storytellers, weaves for a new generation the same tales his grandmother told him as he sat in her lap so many years ago. As the oral tradition takes root in the hearts of each new generation of children, compelling folk rhymes and irrepressible folk stories such as these play a role in the transmission of our cultural wisdom: be wary of strangers, honor your elders, work hard, but play hard, too. Donald Davis has a gift for story; these stories have a gift for your child. For Ages Three to Seven…
