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Grandma's lap stories [sound recording] / Donald Davis.

Summary:

A collection of folktales and folk rhymes from the Appalachian Mountains.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0874837529 (s.r.)
  • Physical Description: 1 sound disc (57 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Little Rock : August House Audio, [2004], p1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
Formatted Contents Note:
Working in the garden (4:08) -- The little red hen (8:13) -- Jack poems (6:36) -- Jack and the animals (9:22) -- The pig who went home on Sunday (22:55) -- The little old woman who lived in a syrup can (6:25)
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Donald Davis.
Target Audience Note:
"Ages 3 to 7"--Container.
Subject: Tales > Appalachian Region
Folklore > Appalachian Region
Children's poetry, American

  • NBN
    Beginning with some of the earliest he heard as a lap-child, Donald Davis recounts Little Red Hen, Jack and Jill, and The House that Jack Built, a Walking Game. Also includes Davis's own retelling of Jack and the Animals, which is published as a picture book in our August House LittleFolk line. Continuing in a traditional theme, the recording features stories about Jack and a narrative on making molasses with Grandmother that leads into the final story, The Lady in a Syrup Can. Grandma ....
  • NBN
    Beginning with some of the earliest he heard as a lap-child, Donald Davis recounts Little Red Hen, Jack and Jill, and The House that Jack Built, a Walking Game. Also includes Davis's own retelling of Jack and the Animals, which is published as a picture book in our August House LittleFolk line. Continuing in a traditional theme, the recording features stories about Jack and a narrative on making molasses with Grandmother that leads into the final story, The Lady in a Syrup Can. Grandma ....

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