Kids Music, Storytelling & Literature

Who ever heard of a pirate having a Fairy Godmother? Or a snaggle-tooth witch who yearns to go trick-or-treating with the neighborhood kids? Who’s hiding in the Joshua tree at night? And just what is that creeping up the staircase? There’s more than a hint of Halloween in this fun-filled issue, which also includes two longer stories. When you’re wearing “The Magic Green Goggles” you not only see underwater, but you can hear and speak with the fish as well — and they, we discover, are very concerned about pollution in our oceans. Then author Barbara Sheen takes us along with “The Traveling Animal Mariachi Singers” as they journey toward Mexico to fulfill their dreams in this clever retelling of the Bremen Town Musicians. Children's storytelling, songs, and poems that are sure to please!

Edited and produced by Arlene Furman and Jack Nestor

Directed by Susanna Rinehart

1994 Shoofly, Inc.
 
The Shoofly Players: Tanisha Barnes, Jef Betz, Lisa Bowers, Ray Dooley, Brett Martin, Tif Luckenbill, Greg Miller, Julie Padilla Moreno, Sam Potter, Susanna Rinehart, Jenny C. Schwartz, Jody Strimling, and Kee Strong
 
Shoofly Theme: T. Sherman Tate (lead vocal); Tommy Hartley (guitar & vocal)

Cover Concept & Design: Kathleen Nestor

Cover Art: Katelyn Rosemond (age 9, Hillsborough, NC)

Recorded by: Randy Friel, SoundWave Audio, Chapel Hill
Incidental music composed and arranged by Randy Friel and Chip Crawford

The following translations are provided for “The Traveling Animal Mariachi Singers”

Amiguito = Little Friend
Andale = Hurry
Aranita = Little Spider
Banditos = Little Bandits
Barrio = Neighborhood
Caballito = Pony
Casita = Little House
Chavalitos = Children
Chorizo =  Sausage
Flaquito = Skinny
Gordito = Fatty
Hijita = Daughter
Hijita = Son
La llorna = A Witch Who Lives in the Rio Grande
Lagartija = Little Lizard
Ninitas = Little Girls
Ninitos = Little Boys