Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic | 
| Author: Amy Friedman
Creators: Laura Hall, Jillian Gilliland
Publisher: Friedman Danziger
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 59788
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 6
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 097908671X
EAN: 9780979086717
ASIN: 097908671X
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Parents' Choice Silver Honors Award, National Association of Parenting Publications Gold Medal, this is the second in a series. Seven multicultural tales, selected from Universal Press Syndicate's worldwide popular newspaper feature Tell Me A Story by Amy Friedman. Readings are by some of stage and screen's most luminous performers, and each story is accompanied by music by composer Laura Hall. Stories from Africa, China, Australia, East India, Canada, North America and Central America. Sixty-one minutes.
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Animal folktales from around the world August 1, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is another delightful collection of seven folktales from around the world, which can be enjoyed by all ages. Written by Amy Friedman, and directed by Lori Ada Jaroslow, the music was composed by Laura Hall of "Who's Line is it Anyway?" The beautiful and colorful illustrations on the CD jacket are by Jillian Gilliland.br /br /br /1.The Tortoise the Magic Drumbr /Narrated by Glenna Forster-Jones (Sierra Leone): Broadcaster, Performer, Actressbr /Setting: Nigeriabr /br /[The secret of a magic drumbr /Makes a tortoise rather glum]br /br /br /2.The Poet the Dragonbr /Narrated by Peter James Smith: Actor (Ed, from The West Wing)br /Setting: Chinabr /br /[Poems soothe a noble beastbr /In this fine story from the East]br /br /br /3.Kerplunkbr /Narrated by Gideon Emery: Actor, Voice credits on games including Final Fantasy XIIbr /Setting: Australiabr /br /[Just like the Chicken Little talebr /You should let common sense prevail]br /br /br /4.The Elephant's Rewardbr /Narrated by Meera Simhan: Actressbr /Setting: Indiabr /br /[Even though you may be smallbr /You may be useful after all]br /br /br /5.The Talking Catbr /Narrated by Len Cariou: Performer, Actor, Academy Award winning Narratorbr /Setting: Canada (French)br /br /[A woman living with her catbr /Is startled when it starts to chat]br /br /br /6.Coyote's Giftbr /Narrated by Arigon Starr: Award winning singer, songwriter, musician, actor, artist and playwrightbr /Setting: Native Americanbr /br /[Stolen fire from the sunbr /Has animals working as one]br /br /br /7.The Cricket's Songbr /Narrated by Giselle Achecar: Actressbr /Setting: Guatemalabr /br /[The little yellow cricket's songsbr /Show her where her heart belongs]br /br /br /br /br /Also of note is the use of musical instruments from the countries of origin of the stories. Listen for the African xylophone (balafon), ganjukoi bells, bongos, gamelon, koto, Tibetan bowl, penny whistle, dulcimer, sruuti box, tabla, melodica, marimba, maracas, flute and shaker.br /br /Very interesting stories narrated by a talented group of performers, this would be another age appropriate gift for that budding storyteller on your list.br /br /br /br /br /Amanda Richards, August 1, 2008br /
 Book on CD May 15, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a good CD. My son is very sensitive to "conflict" in stories. He's only three and not ready for the content. It's creative listening for older children.
Adults as well as children are sure to enjoy this engrossing audio anthology. February 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
br /Tell Me a Story 2: Animal Magic is an audiobook on CD comprised of fantastic retellings of classic folktales about animals. The stories have diverse origins from around the globe, and each revolves around a different amazing beast. The narratives are The Tortoise and the Magic Drum, a Nigerian Tale (5:38); The Poet and the Dragon, a Chinese tale (9:15); Kerplunk, an Australian tale (8:07); The Elephant's Reward, an East Indian tale (7:52); The Talking Cat, a French Canadian tale (10:36); Coyote's Gift, a Native American tale (8:52), and The Cricket's Song, a Guatemalan tale (11:28). Adults as well as children are sure to enjoy this engrossing audio anthology.br /
Tell Me a Story 2 : animal magic December 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We absolutely love this cd. Our kids LOVE it too. So inventive and fun to listen to the amazingly told stories. Great voices and a wonderful alternative to watching TV or movies for sure. Our kids want to go to bed listening to the CD and it is working wonders to get them settled and happy in the evening. We listen to it in the car too and the kids alwasy ask for it. A must have!
Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic will delight many attentive listeners, both young and old. December 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As long as humanity had a language, there existed storytelling where people exchanged myths, history, philosophical musings, etc. br /br /In every culture and corner of the world there are storytellers who amuse, educate, entertain, spread knowledge, preserve their traditions and values, and in some cases even mislead with false facts.br /br /Amy Friedman's second in her series Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic has once again reflected this art of storytelling as she presents in CD format with music composed by Laura Hall eight international tales from all corners of the world. As summed up by the CD's cover, "The multicultural rhythms and tales of Tell Me A Story: Animal Magic reflect the spirit of these words offered in 1854 by Chief Seattle: ...if all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit..."br /br /Read by some of the most gifted screen and stage actors, Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic contains tales even the most TV addicted reader can listen to into without distraction. In addition, as pointed out to me by Friedman, one element that distinguishes this CD from the first one is that all the actors (or their families) hail from the story's land of origin.br /br /Listeners are swept away to all corners of the globe where we can be enchanted with the Nigerian tale, The Tortoise and the Magic Drum, the Australian Tale, Kerplunk, the Chinese tale, The Poet and the Dragon, an East Indian tale, The Elephant's Reward, a French Canadian tale, The Talking Cat, a Guatemalan tale, The Cricket's Song, and a Native American tale, the Coyote's Gift.br /br /As is the case with all stories, each one reflects a different theme, some may be humorous, perhaps inspirational or educative. For example, The Tortoise and the Magic Drum explains the origin of one animal's uniqueness-why it often lays hidden in muddy waters. br /br /In the Chinese tale, The Poet and the Dragon, we learn that according to the traditional Chines calendar, Duanwu Jie-or the Dragon Boat Festival in English-takes place on the 5th day of the fifth lunar month. The origins of the festival are told in this tale of the poet, Qu Yuan, a great patriot, loved by his people and who warns his king, King Chu, of his impending removal from power. br /br /Moreover, what all of these stories have in common is their knack of providing just enough clues to capture our imagination, intellect, and emotional response involved in figuring out what is going on in the story. br /br /Children thrive in their need to hear a good story-something that will ignite their imaginations, and no doubt, Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic will delight many attentive listeners, both young and old.br /br /As the American novelist, poet, dramatist, Reynolds Price stated in his book A Palpable God, "A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens--second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day's events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths." br /br /Norm Goldman, Editor Bookpleasures
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