Tell Me A Story 2: Animal Magic

by Amy Friedman, Laura Hall (Collaborator), Jillian Gilliland (Illustrator)

Parents' Choice Silver Honors Award, National Association of Parenting Publications Gold Medal, this is the second in a series. Seven multicultural tales, selected from Universal Press Syndicate's worldwide popular newspaper feature Tell Me A Story by Amy Friedman. Readings are by some of stage and screen's most luminous performers, and each story is accompanied by music by composer Laura Hall. Stories from Africa, China, Australia, East India, Canada, North America and Central America. Sixty-one minutes.

6 pages, Audio CD

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

My most recent books are Desperado's Wife: A Memoir (as soon on Katie Couric on July 9, 2013) and the soon-to-be-released story of Anne Willan's life, the memoir One Souffle at a Time, with Anne Willan (St. Martin's Press, September 2013).

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, inspired first by trying to give voice to those who are voiceless. This has been the unconscious impetus behind all three of my memoirs and much of the fiction and short stories and thousands of essays I've written.

I worked for years as a newspaper columnist in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and I still write (since 1992) the internationally syndicated newspaper feature Tell Me A Story that has spawned two books and three audiobooks.

I now live in Los Angeles and teach memoir and personal essay classes at UCLA Extension, The Skirball Cultural Arts Center, Idyllwild School of the Arts Summer Program, and PEN USA's Pen in the Classroom program.

Reviews

[Deserthomemaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful collection of folk tales from around the world.

[Terry]

Our daughter (now a teen) loves these CDs. That first year, she listened to them all the time ... now it is a once or twice-a-year selection. She loves the stories and the lessons they provide. I love the diversity of the collection.

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a group of several stories from around the world. I liked that they were from different countries.