Pete Seeger brings more than fifty years of performing folksongs to the art of storytelling in this unique collection of tales, ideas, and music. He and Paul Jacobs have put together fresh versions of familiar tales; stories based on songs, family histories, and America's past; as well as entirely new tales created just for this book. Each section describes the origins of the stories and there are suggestions for retelling and personalizing the tales to turn them into family favorites for bedtime or family time. And in keeping with the theme that a story never really ends-in fact gets better and better each time it is told-the book concludes with some beginnings, story openers to get you going on the path to creating your own storytelling tradition. Pete Seeger, a Grammy Award winner as well as the recipient of the N.E.A. National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honors, has spent sixty years singing in peace rallies and civil rights marches, at schools and camps, and for unions. His internationally recognized songs include, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "If I Had a Hammer," and "Turn, Turn, Turn." He lives in Beacon, New York, with his wife of over fifty years, Toshi Seeger.

Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book

Literature & Fiction

Jacobs, Paul DuBois

Seeger, Pete

History & Criticism

Harcourt

Folk icon Pete Seeger carries on the storytelling tradition by teaching parents old and new classics to pass on to their children. For more than fifty years, Pete Seeger has been sharing his songs and stories with the world. Now in this wonderful collection of stories, ideas, and music, he shows how anyone-grandparents, parents, teachers-can start a storytelling tradition of their own. In Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book, he and Paul Jacobs include Pete's own family stories, tales from America's past, new versions of familiar legends, and stories based on Pete's favorite songs, such as "Abiyoyo." And, in keeping with the theme that a story never really ends-in fact it gets better each time it is told-the book sends the reader away with wonderful story openers to get started. With suggestions on how to personalize the stories, this is not only a valuable resource for any classroom or household but a precious, intimate gift from one of America's most beloved musicians.

Mariner Books

A poor but clever traveler finds a way to get the townspeople to share their food with him in this retelling of a classic tale, set in Germany at the end of the Thirty Years War.

Some Friends to Feed: The Story of Stone Soup

Children's Books

Putnam Juvenile

Poor Lee! He used to be a jazzman who could make the piano go yimbatimba- TANG—zang-zang. But now he's lost his hearing, and the bandleader had to let him go.
 So Lee goes to a school for the deaf to learn sign language. There, he meets Max, who used to play the sax. Riding the subway to class, they start signing about all the songs they love. A bass player named Rose joins in and soon they've got a little sign language band. And in no time they're performing for audiences in the subway, night after night.
 Living legend and Kennedy Center honoree Pete Seeger, renowned poet Paul DuBois Jacobs, and Coretta Scott King honor winner R. Gregory Christie present a jazzy riff on the power of music, overcoming obstacles, and all the different ways to hear the world. So, who will listen to a deaf musician? Everyone!

The Deaf Musicians

Arts, Music & Photography

G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'

Based on a South African tale, this story tells what happens when a giant who had been banished from a town by a magician thirty years earlier is called back to save the town from flooding.

Abiyoyo Returns

Demco Media

Thirty years later... The little town that was once threatened by the giant Abiyoyo has grown by leaps and bounds. But now that the townspeople have chopped down all their trees, every year they have floods and droughts. Worse yet, there's a giant boulder blocking up the site of their new dam! Something has to be done. Well, the young boy who helped make Abiyoyo disappear way back when now has a little girl of his own. And she knows the only way to save the town: Bring back Abiyoyo to help move the boulder. "Bring back Abiyoyo?" the townspeople cry. "The giant that eats people up?" But the little girl has a plan for that, too.... Fifteen years after Pete Seeger's storysong "Abiyoyo" came to life as a picture book, his beloved giant is back in a wonderful new story. With Michael Hays's brilliant illustrations and a sing-along score included, Abiyoyo Returns is destined to become a family favorite.

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

After Abiyoyo the giant left, the small town he had bothered grew by leaps and bounds. The boy who helped his father make Abiyoyo disappear grew older and became a father, too. The people were filled with new life and spirit. But now there are new dangers: droughts and floods. The town needs a dam before it gets washed away. And sitting right where the dam would be is a boulder too big for anyone to move. Anyone, that is, except Abiyoyo. Father still has his courage. Grandfather still has his magic wand. And his granddaughter knows he can bring Abiyoyo back, then make him disappear. But Abiyoyo is dangerous. People think the giant will eat them. Will lots of good food and beautiful songs keep Abiyoyo happy long enough to move the boulder and once again leave the town in peace?

Aladdin

The children in this kindergarten class know what to do when there's a fire drill. They put down their toys and get in line. They file out of the building, slowly and calmly. They listen to the teacher. And when the teacher says "Okay!" the children know everything is safe. Back they go to their classroom to learn and play.
Bouncy and bright, this simple rhyming text guides youngsters through all the steps of a fire drill. Fire Drill is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Fire Drill

Swender, Jennifer

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

"Hail taxi! Hey taxi! Ho taxi! Yo taxi! Where to Miss? Where to Mister? Where to brother? Where to sister? All around New York town!" Take a wild ride in a yellow taxi that's "buzzin' down the street like a bumblebee," visiting famous New York sites along the way, including Broadway, the Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, and Central Park. This book is perfect for people everywhere who love New York City, and a fun multicultural jaunt into the Big Apple for kids everywhere. A bus is fine, but it sticks to a line. That's okay if you've got the time. A train is a treat, but it's stuck on a track. That's a drag if you're late to get back. A car is cool but you gotta park it. A bike is groovy but you gotta lock it. In a rush? No time to spare? Hail a cab to take you there. To the store or to the theater, Just keep one eye on the meter. As long as you've got the fare, New York cabs go anywhere! Anywhere you need to be- Directly from point A to B.

My Taxi Ride

Gibbs-Smith

From air wrench to banking to crew, young NASCAR® fans can discover the ins and outs of stock-car racing with this revved up new book from the award-winning writing team of Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender. Race through the alphabet with car terminology, race-day lingo, and exciting illustrations as fast as these brave drivers race around the track! It's the perfect way to introduce young readers to the thrill of the race-and of reading.

NASCAR ABCs

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Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book

Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book

Some Friends to Feed: The Story of Stone Soup

The Deaf Musicians

Abiyoyo Returns

Abiyoyo Returns

Abiyoyo Returns

Fire Drill

My Taxi Ride

NASCAR ABCs