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"Highly Recommended. This excellent biography reveals why
Mary Calhoun is such a loved author and storyteller." -School Library
Journal This biographical profile not only offers a personal glimpse of beloved children's author Mary Calhoun, famous for her Henry the Cat series of books (Hot-Air Henry, Cross-Country Cat, and Henry the Christmas Cat), but also the author helps children better understand and relate to the writing process of a storybook. *Produced by Colorado SD#11. 09DR/CL/CC Closed-Captioned PI 20 min. |
| Best-selling children's author Mary Calhoun (Hot-Air Henry, Cross-Country Cat, and Henry the Christmas Cat) loves to tell young children what she calls her "Instant Grandma" stories; like Aesop's Fables each has a good lesson or a moral. In this first "Instant Grandma" story Old Man Bear is certain he's missing out on something on the other side of the mountain. But as he travels away from home, he discovers "the grass isn't always greener on the other side." 09DR/CL PI 10 min. |
| Best-selling children's author Mary Calhoun is also a wonderful storyteller. In her second "Instant Grandma" story she introduces children to Granny Coon, a nicety, neat raccoon that wants to clean up all "those messy autumn leaves"; but instead she learns an important lesson about nature and her forest friends. 09DR/CL PI 10 min. |
| Who knows cats better than children's author Mary Calhoun? Her books, Hot-Air Henry, Cross-Country Cat, and Henry the Christmas Cat are all best sellers. In this program Mary tells an ageless and popular legend about the world's first mouse that meets up with the world's first cat; children love to discover why, since that famous first meeting cats have always washed after their meals. 09DR/CL PI 6 min. |
| A combined version of Mary Calhoun 2a: Old Man Bear Goes A-Journeying; 2b. Raccoon With a Broom; 2c. Why Cats Wash After They Eat, as described above, is available. 09DR/CL PI 26 min. |
| Best-selling children's author Mary Calhoun (Hot-Air Henry, Cross-Country Cat, and Henry the Christmas Cat) loves to tell young children what she calls her "Instant Grandma" stories; like Aesop's Fables each has a good lesson or a moral. In this program children will get a kick out of Mary's tale of Ida, an ingenious girl who uses her wits in a number of adventurous situations and makes her fame taking an old broody hen to Missus Skirby. 09DR/CL PI 12 min. |
| Best-selling children's author Mary Calhoun is also a wonderful storyteller. In her fifth "Instant Grandma" story Mary tells the story of Blue Louisey, who is so blue, she decides to put a hex on the family house. But her plan doesn't work as she expected. Instead of making everyone else blue, she learns the joy of being happy. 09DR/CL PI 12 min. |
| Cats are one of Mary Calhoun's favorite topics to write about. Her children's books, Hot-Air Henry, Cross-Country Cat, and Henry the Christmas Cat are all best sellers. This "Instant Grandma" program offers an African folktale, which begins by asking, did you ever wonder why cats rub themselves up against the legs of a woman? Mary reveals this little-known secret about cats. 09DR/CL PI 5 min. |
| A combined version of Mary Calhoun 3a: Ida and the Old Broody Hen; 3b. The Time Blue Louisey Put a Hex on the House; 3c. Why the Cat Prefers Women to Men, as described above, is available. 09DR/CL PI 29 min. |
| Best-selling children's author Mary Calhoun loves to tell young children what she calls her "Instant Grandma" stories; like Aesop's Fables each has a good lesson or a moral. In this story Black Jack Crow is a clever crow that knows the value of his soft, pleasant-sounding "caw" and uses it to put everyone to sleep in order to eat all the watermelon. 09DR/CL PI 10 min. |
| Best-selling children's author Mary Calhoun is also a wonderful storyteller. A magic teapot plays an important role in ger final "Instant Grandma" story, which teaches a lesson about good manners; here Mary tells of an appreciative little girl named Jenny who discovers the magic not only in her new teapot, but also in the value of saying, "please." 09DR/CL PI 10 min. |
| In Mary Calhoun's eight "Instant Grandma" stories, children saw illustrations by an aspiring artist that helped tell Mary's wonderful stories. In this program children are encouraged to become their own storytelling artists and to color pictures, be it with crayons or colored pencils, to create their own "Instant Grandma" scrapbook. 09DR/CL PI 15 min. |
| A combined version of Mary Calhoun 4a. Black Jack Crow; 4b. The Magic Teapot; 4c. Instant Grandma Project, as described above, is available. 09DR/CL PI 35 min. |