The Gruffalo  by Julia Donaldson. Special guest narrator: Gail (aka, Baba) The story of how a little mouse uses his wits to survive in a dog-eat-dog (so to speak) world.

Saba Reads: my weekend reading project

The Gruffalo,

This episode of Saba Reads is quite different from the previous ones. This is a reading of Sitting QiGong Meditation from Bill Douglas's book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tai Chi and QiGong. I used this as an exercise in my QiGong for Emotional Balance workshop. Find a place where you won't be interrupted for about 20 minutes, sit back, relax, breath, and enjoy being with yourself.

Sitting QiGong Meditation

1. Third Snowfall, Marilyn Hacker https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=34093 2. The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day,  Lydia Maria Child   https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43942/the-new-england-boys-song-about-thanksgiving-day also known as Thanksgiving Day [“Over the river and through the wood”]  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42918/thanksgiving-day 3. A Country Boy in Winter, Sarah Orne Jewett  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47688/a-country-boy-in-winter 4. Address to A Child During A Boisterous Winter Evening, Dorothy Wordsworth  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51922/address-to-a-child-during-a-boisterous-winter-evening 5. A Visit from St. Nicholas, Clement Clarke Moore  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43171/a-visit-from-st-nicholas

Five Poems on a Winter Theme, December 23, 2018

Longfellow: 1. Daylight And Moonlight americanliterature.com/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/poem/daylight-and-moonlight 2. A Day Of Sunshine americanliterature.com/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/poem/a-day-of-sunshine Thoreau 3. The Inward Morning americanliterature.com/author/henry-david-thoreau/poem/the-inward-morning Hemingway 4. Oily Weather americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/poem/oily-weather 5. Along with Youth americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/poem/along-with-youth

Longfellow, Thoreau, Hemingway: 5 poems - December 16, 2018

Five more poems from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So" stories 1. How the Camel Got His Hump 2.  How the Whale Got His Throat 3. The Elephant's Child 4. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo 5. The Crab That Played with the Sea

Rudyard Kipling: five more poems, December 2, 2018

Five poems from Kipling's "Just So" stories: 1. How the Leopard Got His Spots 2. The Beginning of the Armadilloes 3. The Cat That Walked by Himself 4. How the Rhinoceros got His Skin 5. The Butterfly That Stamped If you want to read along, you'll find the poems at https://americanliterature.com/author/rudyard-kipling/poem/just-so-stories-poems

Rudyard Kipling poems, November 25, 2018

1. Goblin Feet by J.R.R. Tolkien https://americanliterature.com/author/jrr-tolkien/poem/goblin-feet 2. Ebb Tide by Sara Teasdale https://americanliterature.com/author/sara-teasdale/poem/ebb-tide 3.There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale https://americanliterature.com/author/sara-teasdale/poem/there-will-come-soft-rains I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth https://americanliterature.com/author/william-wordsworth/poem/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud

Four poems by Tolkien, Teasdale, and Wordsworth - November 18, 2018

1. Little Orphant Annie, by James Whitcomb Riley https://americanliterature.com/author/james-whitcomb-riley/poem/little-orphant-annie 2. Five Little Speckled Frogs, by Anonymous https://americanliterature.com/author/anonymous/nursery-rhyme/five-little-speckled-frogs 3. The Railway Train, by Emily Dickinson https://americanliterature.com/author/emily-dickinson/poem/the-railway-train 4. Monosyllabics, by Laura E. Richards https://americanliterature.com/author/laura-e-richards/poem/monosyllabics

American Literature - Four Poems, November 11, 2018

Such excitement! I'm not sure I can contain myself! Adventure! Danger! The eternal theme of good versus evil! If you want to read along, here's the link: https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstock, November 4, 2018

Two poems from "The Real Mother Goose" * London Bridge * When Three poems from "Favorite Poems Old and New" * Apple Song * Milking Time * A Man With a Little Pleated Piano

Five Poems, October 28, 2018

The tale (no pun intended) of The Wonky Donkey, words and music by Craig Smith, illustrations by Katz Cowley, Scholastic Books, 2009. You can hear the musical version at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey .

The Wonky Donkey, October 21, 2018

* The Letter A * Little Boy Blue * My Doggy Ate My Essay * Recess, Oh, Recess! * Our Grandma Kissed a Pumpkin And the amazing "Q Theme" by the exceptionally talented Canadian guitarist/composer, Luke Doucet.

5 poems by Darren Sardelli, October 7, 2018

Roald Dahl: * The Dentist and the Crocodile (from Rhyme Stew, published by Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 1989) * The Tummy Beast (from Dirty Beasts, published by Penguin Random House LLC.  Copyright © 1983) * The Pig (from Dirty Beasts, published by Penguin Random House LLC.  Copyright © 1983) Darren Sardelli: * The Silliest Teacher in School (from Galaxy Pizza and Meteor Pie. Copyright © 2009 by Laugh-A-Lot Books.)

3 Poems by Roald Dahl & 1 by Darren Sardelli, Sept 16, 2018

* My Shadow * There Was an Old Man of the Cape * Rain * Come Here is Adieu to the City * I Love to be Warm by the Red Fireside * My Kingdom

6 poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, part 2, September 2, 2018

* The Swing * A Good Boy * Summer Sun * From a Railway Carriage * Picture-Books in Winter

5 poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, part 1, August 26, 2018

Welcome to Marshall Garland's "Saba Reads: my weekend reading project". I do these weekly readings for my children and grandchildren. And anyone else who wants to listen!

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Saba Reads: my weekend reading project

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