American Tall Tales: A Companion Reader with Dramatizations (The Jim Weiss Audio Collection)
American Tall Tales: A Companion Reader with Dramatizations (The Jim Weiss Audio Collection)

Author: Jim Weiss

Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Published: 2017-01-17

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1942968973

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Ride across Texas on a mountain lion with Pecos Bill...Work up a giant appetite with the mighty lumberjack Paul Bunyan...spread happiness with Johnny Appleseed...and confront the Fastest Draw in the West! This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss’s award-winning storytelling performance of three classic American stories and one original tall tale. The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. Listen to the Jim Weiss stories, read along to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short, accessible dramatic versions of Jim’s performances (including a stage play, a puppet show, and a dramatic monologue).

Spooky Classics for Children: A Companion Reader with Dramatizations (The Jim Weiss Audio Collection)
Spooky Classics for Children: A Companion Reader with Dramatizations (The Jim Weiss Audio Collection)

Author: Jim Weiss

Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 1942968965

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An ancient ghost tries to frighten a new family away from his castle. A scientist’s potion reveals old secrets. And a street magician has one last trick up his sleeve. Read these spooky (but not too scary!) illustrated stories–and then act them out yourself! This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weiss’s award-winning storytelling performance of three classic tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rudyard Kipling, and Oscar Wilde.The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. Listen to the Jim Weiss stories, read along to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short, accessible dramatic versions of Jim’s performances.

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Author: Jean Lee Latham

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780618250745

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A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

How the Camel Got His Hump
How the Camel Got His Hump

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781591977490

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When the world was new, the camel, a creature of 'scruciating idleness, said "Humph!" too often and received for all time a hump[h] from the Djinn of All Deserts.

King Arthur and His Knights: A Companion Reader with a Dramatization (Companion Reader Series)
King Arthur and His Knights: A Companion Reader with a Dramatization (Companion Reader Series)

Author: Jim Weiss

Publisher: Peace Hill Press

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1945841109

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You are invited to a world of bravery, magic, and adventure! In a time of fear and danger, will Merlin's magic, Lancelot's bravery, and Arthur's wisdom be enough to unite the kingdom and bring peace? Beloved storyteller Jim Weiss brings tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table to life with action, wonder, and humor. Gorgeous paintings and whimsical medieval-style illuminated illustrations by Rebecca Sorge will fascinate and delight young readers. This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of the award-winning storytelling performance, available on MP3 and audio CD from Well-Trained Mind Press. The Reader can be enjoyed on its own, or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills. Listen to the Jim Weiss stories on the CD, read along in the book to improve fluency, vocabulary, and grammar, and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short, accessible dramatic versions of Jim’s performances.