The Three Billy Goats Gruff: Surfside Edition

The summer 2009 variety show is coming to a branch near you soon! In order to whet your appetite, we're giving you a sample. Library staff rewrote The Three Billy Goats Gruff and gave it a Brazoria County twist. Listen as the library staff perform just a taste from the 2009 variety show Texas Three Step: The Good, the Bad and the Funny.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff: Surfside Edition
written by Sara Joiner
performed as part of Texas Three Step: The Good, the Bad and the Funny, the 2009 summer variety show

Direct link: goats.mp3
Total time: 1:42 minutes

Rapunzel

The original version of Rapunzel is probably different than you remember it. Listen as Jo reads this classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Rapunzel
written by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

Direct link: rapunzel.mp3
Total time: 7:29 minutes

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Did you see the 2008 variety show, Jacked Up Fairy Tales: 3½ Stories (and a Song)? If you missed it, here’s your chance to listen to part of it. Three library staff members wrote a new version of the Aesop fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf. What do you think will happen? Find out as the children’s staff of the library system presents our first creative production.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
written by Sara Joiner, Tom West & Jered Smith
originally performed as part of Jacked Up Fairy Tales: 3½ Stories (and a Song), the 2008 summer variety show

Direct link: wolf.mp3
Total time: 4:00 minutes

The Hare and the Hound

A dog eagerly chases a rabbit, hoping to make a meal of him. Will the rabbit get away? Find out in this short Aesop fable, The Hare and the Hound, read by Laura.

The Hare and the Hound
originally told by Aesop

Direct link: hare_hound.mp3
Total time: 0:27 minutes

The Angler and the Little Fish

The fisherman has caught a tiny fish for supper. Will the little fish be able to outwit the fisherman? Find out as Regina reads The Angler and the Little Fish, a fable by Aesop.

The Angler and the Little Fish
originally told by Aesop

Direct link: angler.mp3
Total time: 0:50 minutes

Hen Lake

There’s a new bird in the barnyard, and he’s always bragging about himself. Poulette knows that the other chickens are just as good as he is, but can she convince the others to believe in themselves? Miss Emmy reads Hen Lake by Mary Jane Auch.

Hen Lake
written & illustrated by Mary Jane Auch
published by Holiday House, 1995

Direct link: hen.mp3
Total time: 11:47 minutes

What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave the School)?

Once all the students have gone home, how do the teachers spend their time? Discover the answer when Miss Diane reads What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave School)? by Anne Bowen.

What Do Teachers Do (After You Leave School)?
written by Anne Bowen, illustrated by Barry Gott
published by Carolrhoda Books, copyright 2006

“What Do Teachers Do (after You Leave School)?” by Anne Bowen, illustrated by Barry Gott. Text copyright © 2006 by Anne Bowen. Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Barry Gott. Reprinted with the permission of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this text excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Direct link: teachers.mp3
Total time: 3:47 minutes

ETA: Link to mp3 recording removed per agreement with publisher. Please see our list of other titles featuring school and teachers.