Tales of Willy and Francesca Episode 11
Can the North Wind blow Willy into the sky
to bring back the sun?
Again, sigh, ignore the title that claims this is Episode 9.
I can’t fix it without a ton of work.
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Tales of Willy and Francesca Episode 12
In which the children of the world help Willy bring the sun back.
One last time, the title screen gives the wrong episode number and I have no good way to fix it!
Tales of Willy and Francesca Episode 13
Mommy Wolf warns Willy, “Don’t eat the moss on the walls of the cave, it could make you sick!” But Willy can’t help himself…
A Christmas story from the Austrian Tirol. Kids love when I do the baby voice for the youngest brother! Source: The Long Christmas, by Ruth Sawyer. This telling copyright (c) 2015 by Michael Litzky
An old folk tale, interpreted for young kids, with lively audience participation!
Glooscap the warrior can’t fight the Winter Giant. Join the kids in the spell which puts Glooscap to sleeeepppzzzzzz… Source: The Maid of the North, by Ethel Johnston Phelps. This telling copyright (c) 2016 by Michael Litzky
a Silly Ghost Story
Here’s a tale that the kids love around Halloween time. Kids aren’t scared of the ghost at all because the ghost is scared of them (after all, ghosts are made of clouds, how could a ghost hurt you?). Copyright (c) 2010 by Michael Litzky
I found this Swedish folk tale in a collection called The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the World , edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps. This version is aimed more at younger viewers but can be enjoyed by all.
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Wiley and the Hairy Man
It seems that every storyteller has a version of this African American tale. I can’t even remember who I first heard it from but you can find it in The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton. The Hairy Man is all kinds of fun to act out.
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Coyote and the Wonderful News
The many native American tales of Coyote the trickster inspired me to make up my own. Copyright (c) 2010, Michael Litzky.