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Short stories.
c1922 - HUMOROUS
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Short stories and poetry.
c1970 - VARIETY
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Who was in it? the slickery spoon-lickers, the tin pan bangers and many more.
c1967 - HUMOROUS
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A cowboy tries to make money by selling turtles to a restaurant…but turtles walk very slowly, putting a crimp in his plans for riches after a turtle drive.
c1996 - Tall tale style, Humorous solo
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Slender Ella, a pig forced into servitude by her stepmother and 2 horrid stepsisters, goes to the hoedown with the help of her Fairy Hogfather and marries the handsome and plump son of the Goldsnoots of Diamond Snout Hay Ranch.
c1999 - HUMOROUS
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Folktale, a poor tailor saves to make a coat, when it is worn out, he makes a jacket, then a vest, then a cap, then a button, then just enough to make a story.
c1982 - SERIOUS
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For slightly older students.
c2007 - Serious solo, serious duo
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A young boy agrees to give a disgusting monster his soccer ball and bike. Then the monster asked for his puppy, which was going too far.
c2001 - Verse choir, solo humorous
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True accounts and humorous anecdotes.
c1984 - VARIETY
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Contemporary fables with tongue-in-cheek morals address such topics as homework, curfews, and television commercials.
c1998 - HUMOROUS DUO, VERSE CHOIR
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Story of the three little pigs from the wolf's point of view.
c1989 - HUMOROUS
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The author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs entertains us with his boyhood.
c2008 - Humorous solo
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Poems describe the daily experiences of four girls growing up in a small town in Georgia in the early 1950s.
c1990 - VARIETY
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A young black girl struggles to fulfill her papa's dream of a better future for their family in the southeastern town where, in 1910, they are the only blacks.
c1979 - SERIOUS
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Poetry.
c1946 - VARIETY
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A foolish bullfrog explodes with pride when he hears someone singing a song about him.
c1973 - HUMOROUS, VERSE CHOIR
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Mrs. Lovewright gets a cat with a mind of its own.
c1985 - HUMOROUS, DUO
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Story in rhyme.
c1976 - VERSE CHOIR
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Stories in rhyme.
c1962 - HUMOROUS, VERSE CHOIR
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Two cousins, one spirited, spend an adventurous summer on a ranch on the Hungarian plains.
c1935 - HUMOROUS, SERIOUS
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Legendary story of the Huns and Magyars' long migrations from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.
c1937 - SERIOUS
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Constantly suffering from the cold, Sam makes his companion on the Arctic trail promise to cremate him when he dies, which the companion does -to his great surprise.
c1907 - VERSE CHOIR
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A plain bird is jealous of a bird with a bigger, fancier tale.
c1958 - VERSE CHOIR
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An orphan with only a tin cup of beans learns to survive with the help and advice of kindly people he meets.
c1984 - HUMOROUS
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Bored with haunting their bench, two ghosts pass the evening by telling each other stories of what has happened, or could have happened there.
c1978 - HUMOROUS
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Tall tale of the famous logger.
c1924 - HUMOROUS
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A child imagines herself a princess and contrasts her everyday life with one she could have in a castle with infinitely permissive parents.
c1993 - HUMOROUS
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Older sibling imagines how much better it would be if brother Andy were a dog instead of a baby, doing tricks and being banished to the outside when he got too noisy.
c1997 - HUMOROUS
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23 humorous poems about school.
c1995 - HUMOROUS, VERSE CHOIR
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Poems.
c1996 - HUMOROUS
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A tree gives its all to a growing boy.
c1964 - SERIOUS
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Poems.
c1981 - HUMOROUS
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Poems.
c1974 - HUMOROUS
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There are lots of things a rhinoceros can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance.
c1983 - VERSE CHOIR
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Eight stories based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern Europe.
c1968 - HUMOROUS
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Seven tales from middle-European Jewish folklore and legend.
c1966 - VARIETY
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There are two sides to every story, and in this collection, two poems for every verse. Read the poems from top to bottom, then the lines are reversed to read from bottom to top! Classic fairy tales with two witty views.
c2010 - Serious duo
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Set in the Pacific Northwest, this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme describes the silly consequences of an old woman’s fishy diet.
c1998 - VERSE CHOIR
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An illegitimate child in the South learns the meaning of love and family life.
c1986 - SERIOUS
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The adventures of two young boys befriended by an old black man who is a legendary hunter.
c1989 - SERIOUS
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A boy is unhappy about having to wear glasses, until his doctor provides an imaginative list of well-adjusted eyeglass wearers.
c1991 - HUMOROUS SOLO or DUO
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Odd Mrs. Biddlebox wakes up on the wrong side of her bunk and decides to "cook this rotten morning." An amusing, unique story in rhyme.
c2002 - Humorous duet, solo or verse choir
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Upset about giving up his room to his grandpa, Pete declares war in an attempt to get it back.
c1984 - SERIOUS
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24 poems about a day free of cares.
c1969 - VARIETY
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Potatoes set off across the darkened fairgrounds to enjoy the rides, but Chef Hackemup has other plans for them.
c2000 - VERSE CHOIR, HUMOROUS SOLO or DUO
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After his parents die, Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
c1990 - SERIOUS
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Sweetness, one of eight orphans, living with a man who is an unconventional housekeeper, learns to read and writes an important letter to improve their situation. Would be good for a boy, will need editing.
c1999 - HUMOROUS SOLO
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The plight of migrant workers during the Depression and the school built for their children. Also for older children.
c1992 - SERIOUS
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Japanese-Americans and evacuation and relocation.
c1994 - SERIOUS
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Brave, generous dog, sets off on an adventurous hike and comes into a fortune.
c1972 - HUMOROUS
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Gorky, the frog, concocts a magic flying potion and he flies around the world and changes a rock into an elephant with the last of the magic potion.
c1980 - HUMOROUS
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If he scratches his nose and wiggles his toes at the same time, young Solomon rabbit turns into a rusty nail. One day he unwisely teases a cat.
c1985 - HUMOROUS
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Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad- tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king who is choosing a wife.
c1987 - HUMOROUS
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Classic adventure tale.
c1911 - SERIOUS
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Folklore.
c1966 - HUMOROUS |
