 Greathall Storytelling Recordings by Jim Weiss
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 | Uncle Wiggly's Storybook
These charming modern classics offer gentle lessons amid laughter as the clever, courteous rabbit ingeniously helps his animal and human friends.
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 | Tell Me A Story! A Treasury of Classics
Younger children will be absolutely transported, and older children and adults will laugh just as hard at this frolicking collection of time-tested favorite stories.
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 | Good Night
Acclaimed bedtime recording with six vignettes that take the listener into scenes which bring about feelings of safety and love.
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 | Sweet Dreams
Listeners of all ages can drift into Sweet Dreams with these remarkably restful visualizations.
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 | Animal Tales
Features delightful tellings of Aesop's Fables, plus lively tales from Grimm, Chaucer and others.
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Good Luck Duck
Written in 1950 by Award-winning author Meindert Dejong, Good Luck Duck is the story of young Timothy who ventures to the fair and wins an astounding and endearing duck.
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Good Luck Duck is the first book in Greathall’s line of out-of-print books that are just “too good to be forgotten.”
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Famously Funny: A Collection of Beloved Stories and Poems
Prepare to laugh out loud with this potpourri of some of the funniest stories and poems from the world's wittiest authors.
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 | American Tall Tales
These uproarious American folk stories will have you laughing out loud and pondering.
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 | Tales From Cultures Far and Near
Classics of many lands wisdom from China and Japan, an African romance, wildly funny Native American, Arabian and Spanish tales— show that the human beings who tell them all are related.
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 | A Christmas Carol and Other Favorites
Dickens' beloved story of miserly Scrooge, ghostly visitors and human compassion. The 0. Henry and Bret Harte masterpieces make holiday literature year-round favorites on this masterful recording.
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 | King Arthur and His Knights
Brings King Arthur and his Knights to life with action and grandeur, at a level which children can really grasp.
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 | Rip Van Winkle / Gulliver's Travels
Three classics in one! The sly humor of Rip Van Winkle, Gulliver's adventures among the tiny Lilliputians, and the wisdom of a Jewish folk tale.
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 | Greek Myths
Makes Hercules, King Midas, and Perseus and Medusa understandable to children, with strong emphasis on character over violence.
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 | Arabian Nights
Transports the listener to the magical world of the Arabian Nights.
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 | Best Loved Stories in Song & Dance
Enchanting favorite tales, plus delightful songs to dance to and sing along with.
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 | She & He: Adventures in Mythology
Upbeat and exciting yet deeply moving, this unique collection of myths addresses the equality of the sexes and the value of love and honor.
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 | The Three Musketeers / Robin Hood
Violence is downplayed and the characters in the two swashbuckling stories are portrayed as humans with thoughts and feelings.
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 | Fairytale Favorites in Story & Song
Classics of imagination and wonder.
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 | Tales From the Old Testament
An exciting introduction to the Bible. Features nondenominational portraits of biblical characters as caring, understandable humans facing extraordinary situations.
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 | Jewish Holiday Stories
The three astonishing stories on this recording form the basis for three Jewish Holidays: Chanukah, Purim, and Passover.
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 | Giants! A Colossal Collection of Tales and Tunes
A big recording full of big surprises, mixing favorite classics, original songs and the very best folktales for listeners of all sizes. Expect giant grins all around.
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Ages Seven to Adult |
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A Treasury of Wisdom: True Stories of Hope and Inspiration
An inspiring collection of ancient and modern true stories of individuals who lived their lives with personal conviction and shared their wisdom to the fullest in words and action.
Stories include Raphael, Michelangelo, Diogenes, Alexander the Great, Solomon, The Good Samaritan, Satchel Paige, Beatrix Potter and more.
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 | Masters of the Renaissance: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and more
In true stories as vivid as the colors in which they painted, Jim Weiss brings to life the astounding Leonardo da Vinci; the volcanic genius Michelangelo; Brunelleschi , who changed the way we see the world; the lighthearted sculptor, Donatello; and other captivating characters.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Great literature and science merge in this masterpiece of adventure, thrillingly retold by Jim Weiss. A century before Jacques Cousteau, Jules Verne took readers for a whirlwind journey beneath the sea in the submarine Nautilus.
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Romeo and Juliet
The profound beauty of Shakespeare's most famous verse and characters come profoundly alive as you are transported through torch-lit feasting halls, dusty streets and moonlit gardens of Renaissance Italy. This masterpiece of feuding families and young love has thrilled audiences for four centuries.
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Thomas Jefferson's America
Experience the many facets of this remarkable man's life as you examine his encounters with Washington, Adams, Madison, Franklin, Monroe, Hamilton and Lafayette. A masterly portrait of the founder whose life has come to personify the blessing, and the challenges, of being an American.
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 | The Prince & The Pauper
The genius of Mark Twain abounds in this remarkable adventure of two young boys who exchange identities and learn the nature of true nobility.
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Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America
Laughter, tragedy and astonishing triumphs abound in this storytelling biography of our sixteenth president who used humor, strength and moral clarity to steer a nation and a people through their most trying times.
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 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain's humorous tale of childhood and adventure, burnished to gold by nostalgia, is one of America's most beloved stories.
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 | The Queen's Pirate: Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake
From daring sea voyages to glittering throne rooms to the dreaded Tower of London, you will experience the pageantry of olde England with two of history's most fascinating characters.
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 | Spooky Classics for Children
Suspense, laughter and plenty of plot twists in tales from Wilde, Hawthorne and Kipling. A family defies a medieval ghost. A youth potion reveals old secrets. Two friends share a haunting episode. Spooky, not scary!
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 | Sherlock Holmes for Children
Brings the world of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to life for children.
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 | Mystery! Mystery! for Children
Three of the most popular mysteries of all time in one volume.
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 | Shakespeare for Children
The glorious richness of two of Shakespeare's best loved plays on a level children can grasp.
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 | Heroes in Mythology
Three of the world's greatest adventures, each featuring a quest for wisdom.
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 | Celtic Treasures
Ancient stories of bards and warriors told with passion and sensitivity, enhanced with music from acclaimed pianist, Paul Machlis.
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 | The Jungle Book
Vivid characters true to Rudyard Kipling's original stories spring to life in tales of a young boy raised among wolves and other wild creatures of the Indian jungle.
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 | Treasure Island
Pirates! Buried treasure! Loyal friends and treacherous villains! Here is Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal adventure with all its vivid characters.
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 | Egyptian Treasures: Mummies and Myths
"Storyteller Jim Weiss brings a master's touch to this collection... Weiss' telling is captivating...the well-modulated voice of the storyteller whose pacing and expression are masterful." -School Library Journal
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 | Galileo and the Stargazers
"...Jim Weiss turns historic icons of the sciences into real people, weaving the thrill of discovery into a tapestry of enchantment with tales about great thinkers who changed the world." -Parents' Choice
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A delightful assortment of high quality products featuring Jim Weiss, that are closely related to the Greathall Storytelling line. |
JIM WEISS on "A WORD ABOUT G.A. HENTY"
George Alfred Henty lived in the late 1800's, was the author of more than seventy novels and countless short stories. Although his life included stints as an army officer at the height of the British Empire, a war journalist and an explorer, his worldwide fame rests on his superb, historically accurate novels.
These novels cover 28 centuries of the most exciting events in human
history, starting in ancient egypt and ending in Henty's own time with
events and famous individuals he personally knew. His love of
adventure, coupled with a stunning capacity to accurately portray
historical detail, allowed him to place a fictional young person to
interact with the true, main characters of the pivotal points in
history. Thus, the reader experiences the true events, the leading
figures, and the customs and conditions of each era, all couched in
exciting adventure stories.
Because of the sheer amount of detail in the books, we have
thoughtfully, gently abridged them for our recordings but you will
never feel that they are abridged. Both as adventures and as portraits
of how people lived, the recordings are complete, accurate and exciting
and I read them with distinct characterization and fine-tuned
narration.
Here are a few important considerations:
Having experienced battle first hand, Henty wrote battle scenes more
graphic than those that you will find in our Greathall line of
storytelling recordings. This, plus the amount of historical detail
leads us to suggest that Henty's books are best experienced by those
who are at least 7 or 8 years old. They are very appropriate for older
children and even adults. Accurate, exciting and with a strong ethical,
undercurrent, Henty's works are a splendid way to bring history to life.
Greathall recordings and Jim Weiss readings of G.A. Henty are available for wholesale purposes.
"G. A. Henty is a master story writer whose tales of historical adventure fiction will appeal to listeners from 8 - 88...expertly and dramatically narrated by Jim Weiss" — Children's Bookwatch
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Available after October 15th, 2007
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For the Temple
Date: 70 A.D.
Setting: Jerusalem
Main Event: The fall of Jerusalem during the Palestinian revolt against Rome.
Fast-paced adventure in the setting of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. written by G.A. Henty and read by Jim Weiss.
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In Freedom's Cause
Date: 1296-1314
Setting: Scotland and England
Main Event: Scotland's battle for independence.
9 Hours on 8 CD's
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Beric the Briton
Date: 62 AD
Setting: Ancient Britain and Rome
Main Event: Roman Invasion of Britain
10 Hours on 8 CD's
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In the Reign of Terror
Date: 1793
Setting: Paris and Rural France
Main Event: The French Revolution
9 Hours on 7 CD's
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The Cat of Bubastes
Date: 1350 B.C.
Setting: Ancient Egypt
Main Event: Ancient Egypt
6 Hours on 6 CD's
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Wulf the Saxon
Date: 1066
Setting: Britain and Normandy
Main Event: Norman Conquest
9 Hours on 7 CD's
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The Young Carthaginian
Date: 220 B.C.
Setting: Ancient Rome, Carthage, Italy
Main Event: Hannibal's Campaign Against Rome
9 Hours on 7 CD's
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G. A. Henty Short Story Collection, Vol 1
Fans of G. A. Henty may be familiar with the beloved author's more than eighty historical novels, which offer vivid, accurate portraits of three thousand years of human history.
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Come On Seabiscuit!
Written by Ralph Moddy; unabridged reading by Jim Weiss.
This is NOT the Hollywood version of this remarkable story. Written especially for children, here is the inspiring story of a knobby-kneed little colt called Seabiscuit who would become one of the most celebrated racehorses of all time.
3.5 Hours on 4 CD's
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The Story of the World
The Story of the World is a 4 Volume award-winning resource for families looking for a history compilation they can fall in love with. The Story of the World audiobook(s) are a collaboration between Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as "timeless and intelligent" (Publisher's Weekly), and acclaimed storyteller, Jim Weiss. Written in the straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark, and compellingly read as only Jim Weiss can do, these CD SETS will undoubtedly become a family treasure.
The series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, The Americas-find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times.
Jim says, "Susan Wise Bauer has given us a great gift with her 'The Story of the World'. The writing is clear, accurate, and best of all, just plain fun for the whole family. I especially appreciate how Susan ties together people and events across eras and borders, following developments through thousands of years of human civilization in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas to reveal what is universal and what differentiates one culture or epoch from others. We at Greathall Productions are delighted to offer these unabridged audio versions of all four volumes of 'The Story of the World' as truly outstanding history resources."
A great team! Jim Weiss' voice and narration on Susan Wise Baurer's Story of the World, Volumes I, II, III and IV.
CD Volumes I through IV are available NOW. |
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The Story of the World, Vol. I
The Ancients
Unabridged. Approximately 8 hours on 7 CD's. Ancient Times (5000 BC to 400 AD)
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The Story of the World, Vol. II
The Middle Ages
Unabridged. Approximately 11 hours on 9 CD's. From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of The Renaissance (400 AD to 1850).
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The Story of the World, Vol. III
Early Modern Times
Unabridged. Approximately 12 hours on 10 CD's. Elizabeth I - The Forty Niner's.
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The Story of the World, Vol. IV-
The Modern Age
Unabridged. Approximately 12 hours on 11 CD's. The Modern Age (1850 to 1994).
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ABADABA Alphabet
Written by Sheila Moore/Illustrated by Carol Holsinger, and read by Jim Weiss
When young children know the sounds that the letters of the alphabet make, they begin to make sense of written symbols and then the door to literacy opens wide.
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Mole Music
Written by David McPhail, read by Jim Weiss.
Kindhearted Mole's love for the violin changes more lives than his own.
Read-Along-CD/Book Set
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The Treasure
Written by Uri Shulevitz, unabridged reading by Jim Weiss
A poor man journeys to a far city to look for a treasure—only to be advised to return home and find it. An endearing story with a lifelong lesson.
Read-Along-CD/Book Set
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Gregory's Shadow
Written by Don Freeman, unabridged reading by Jim Weiss
Gregory, a shy groundhog, feels brave only when his friend Shadow is nearby.
Read-Along-CD/Book Set
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Fun (and Educational) Places to Go Journal
While this book is sure to enhance day trips and vacations, it is far MORE than a diary. It’s worth it’s weight in gold simply for all the wonderful, creative pages of things to do while in the car, plane or train.
62 Page Book
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