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Presented by the Sarasota County Library System. Funded by the Siesta Key Kiwanis Club.

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04:56

Henny Penny

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2015/04/24

Henny Penny, more commonly known in the United States as Chicken Little and sometimes as Chicken Licken, is a folk tale with a moral in the form of a cumulative tale about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. The phrase "The sky is falling!" features prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as a common idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent. Versions of the story go back more than 25 centuries. The moral of the story is

05:37

The Gingerbread Boy

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2015/03/19

The Gingerbread Boy (also known as The Gingerbread Man or The Gingerbread Runner) is a fairy tale about a Gingerbread man's escape from various pursuers and his eventual demise between the jaws of a fox.

04:36

A CatFish Tale

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2015/03/19

A CatFish Tale is an original story by author Kathy Brodsky. This story is about a cat that looks after his best friend's fish. For more information about Kathy check out her website http://www.kathybrodsky.com. Her books are available at the Sarasota County Library System.

03:05

Hanukkah Poems for Children

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2014/12/10

Poems read are Let's be Happy, Joyous Hanukkah and Happy Hanukkah. Authors are unknown. Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights or Feast of Dedication. It is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BC. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar.

04:21

A Visit From St. Nicholas

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2014/12/10

On Christmas eve night, while his wife and children sleep, a man awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he sees St. Nicholas in an air-borne sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. This poem was first published anonymously in 1823, and later attribted to Clement Clarke Moore in 1837. However it is also attributed to Major Henry Livingston, Jr.

03:17

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes 4

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2014/01/29

A collection of favorite Mother Goose rhymes read by Cris Walton are: Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat; A Ten O'Clock Scholar; I Saw a Ship Sailing; and Sing a Song of Six Pence.

03:17

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes 3

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2014/01/29

"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or simply "London Bridge") is a traditional nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It deals with the depredations of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it. It may date back to bridge rhymes and games of the late Middle Ages, but the earliest records of the rhyme in English are from the seventeenth century. The lyrics were first printed in close to its modern form

03:41

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes 2

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2014/01/27

Includes the following Nursery Rhymes read by Cris Walton: The Moon Shines Bright; Come Out and Play; I See the Moon; Star Light, Star Bright; Hey Diddle, Diddle; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; The Man in the Moon; and Hush-A-Bye Baby. Produced by Marilyn Nykiforuk and closing music "I Remember You" written by Angie Tysseland.

03:01

Old Mother Goose

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2014/01/27

The first known publication of a collection of Nursery Rhymes was in 1744 and the first confirmed collection of Nursery Rhymes using the term "Mother Goose" was published in 1780, although a collection of stories called "Mother Goose's Tales" was published in 1729! The Mother Goose title had caught the imagination of printers, publishers and the population! Old Mother Goose is told by Cris Walton. Production by Marilyn Nykiforuk.

02:45

The Fox and the Crow

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2014/01/27

A crow with an inflated ego learns a lesson from a wise fox. Story told by Cris Walton. Produced by Marilyn Nykiforuk.

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