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Carl Sandburg was a favorite author in my house. My parents loved his poetry and my mother loved to read us stories from “The Rootabaga Stories”. Her favorite was “How The Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away.” My favorite is “How Bimbo the Snip’s Thumb Stuck to His […]
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Did you grow up with this story? Of course you did, as did I! When I started telling as a new storyteller the Three Billy Goats Gruff was a request story – one that children always wanted to hear. After so many retellings it has emerged as my favorite tale of group action to combat […]
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This is another of Aesop’s well known fables. In a world of constant speed-up and multi-tasking, it is good to remember that “Slow and steady wins the race.” For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on the Sher”, by Skip LaPlante, […]
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I look for fables when I have a need to get a quick reminder of ancient wisdom. They always help me find perspective. Such a story is Aesop’s fable, “The Body.” Enjoy it on several different levels! For more information about Robin Bady, please visit RobinBady.com The music from this podcast is “Before She Is […]
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A story for the harvest! “The Little Red Hen: is one of the standard European folktales we tell to children, read to children and act out with children. I always enjoy listening to it, reading it and of course telling it. A question: which one of the animals do you relate to most? For more […]
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Grapes…I have always loved grapes. These days we buy them from the Park Slope Food Co-op, organic, from Chile or some such place. I remember so fondly the Concord grapes taken fresh off the vine, warm and sweet in the sun, that my best friend Stephanie Argyris and I stole from her parents’ backyard grape […]
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The animal stories of the fabulists Aesop and Jean La Fontaine are simple and profound. These fables are as relevant for us today as we go about our lives as they were in the times they were told and written. What are the truths you find in them? For more information about Robin Bady, please […]
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This story is derived from a song from the Yiddish Theater, “I Had a Little Overcoat” or “Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl”. It is a popular story, for reasons you will understand when you hear it! There are many versions told by storytellers of different heritages, and two beautiful books for children (Something From Nothing, […]
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The fables attributed to Aesop spoke to the silliness as well as the deep injustices in his world, and continue to do so in our world today. I particularly love this story, “A Bundle of Sticks.” I hope you do too! The music from this podcast is “Before She Is Even Born – Variations on […]
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Every culture has stories of silly people, ridiculous animals, and strange beliefs. In Eastern European Jewish folklore, many of these tales of foolish folk take place in the town of Chelm. Thank goodness for Chelm. We the audience get to laugh, think, and decide how things really should be. And of course, we all know […]
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