Beginning with some of the earliest he heard as a lap-child, Donald Davis recounts “Little Red Hen,” “Jack and Jill,” and “The House that Jack Built, a Walking Game.” Also includes Davis's own retelling of “Jack and the Animals,” which is published as a picture book in our August House LittleFolk line. Continuing in a traditional theme, the recording features stories about Jack and a narrative on making molasses with Grandmother that leads into the final story, “The Lady in a Syrup Can.” Grandma ....
Davis left her grandson with scores of traditional and family stories, and these are her stories for telling to the youngest audiences—especially to the lap-held audience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Working in the Garden (4:08)
2. The Little Red Hen (8:13)
3. Jack Poems (6:36)
4. Jack and the Animals (9:22)
5. The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday (22:55)
6. The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Syrup Can (6:25)