The Dancing Spider

Product Code: D29000

Approx. Run Time: 55 min.

The plot, drawn from West African folktales and enhanced by songs based on authentic African rhythms, forms, and themes, concerns the trickster-hero Ananse, who spends his time dreaming up ways to get others to do his work and so ends up in some hilarious predicaments. Very simple parts for Orff instruments like the xylophone are provided in the book.

Once Upon a Shoe or The Rhymes and Mimes of Mother Goose and Her Traveling Troubadours

Product Code: O29000

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

Mother Goose sadly announces to her children that they must leave their home—a large, comfortable shoe—and move to an old sneaker "across the tracks." The children decide to "put on a show" to save their shoe, and in the best Garlandooney tradition, they proceed to enact eight of Mother Goose's best poems. The shoe is saved, and Mother Goose and her troupe are off to Hollywood.

Puss in Boots

Product Code: PK1000

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Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

This adaptation of the classic fairy tale offers opportunities for audience participation as we learn the story of a shoemaker who dies and leaves his estate to his three sons.

The Sheep Thief

Product Code: SY4000

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Three shepherds must thwart the efforts of a thieving scoundrel named Mak who is trying to steal their sheep. In spite of their vigilance, Mak manages to steal a lamb. The scene in which Mak and his wife, Gil, try to pass the lamb off as their newborn baby is some of the best comedy ever written.

Special Class

Product Code: SV7000

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Approx. Run Time: 65 min.

An exploration of the dreams and disappointments of a disabled child in our society.