Jun 30, 2022
Received a message from a listener the other day. It came about as a result of her child listening to a story from our friend Thornton W. Burgess. In honor of this special occasion, I figured another story from Mr. Burgess was in order. Today, we read the story “Where Big-Horn Got His Curved Horns” from the book...
Jun 27, 2022
Has somebody ever played a trick on you and you try to get them back? Well, today, we see what happens with a boy, who thinks the sun was messing with him. We read the story “The Boy Who Set a Snare for the Sun” written by H.R. Schoolcraft from the book “The Junior Classics, Volume 2, Folk Tales and...
Jun 24, 2022
It's a poetry double feature day! We revisit the book “Poems of American Patriotism” written by Brander Matthews. We read a poem about the Civil War and we will read a poem about World War I. First, we have “Sheridan's Ride” written by Thomas Buchanan Read. Second, we have “America's Welcome Home” written by...
Jun 21, 2022
Skunks are cute to look at but they are surely not cute to smell. Also, why do they have white stripes on them? Well, in today's story, we find out why skunks have a black coat and white stripes. We will read the story titled “Why Jimmy Skunk Wears Stripes” from the book “Old Mother West Wind” written by our...
Jun 18, 2022
As we draw near to Independence Day here in the United States, I figured I would sprinkle some patriotic cheer with some poems from the book “Poems of American Patriotism.” Today will actually be a double feature with the poem “The Unknown Soldier” written by Angela Morgan and the second being the poem “O...