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Hello, my sweet friends! Join Raggedy Auntie in the Book Nook every odd Wednesday for storytime! We will read stories, sing songs, and tell tales for half an hour - perfect for rest time, play time, or riding in the car. Let‘s get started!

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    • May 3, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    Season 2, Episode 2: Pippi Meets Town Life

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 25:26


    Season 2, Episode 2 includes: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, translated by Susan Beard Chapters 3 & 4. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 2, Episode 1: Meet Pippi Longstocking!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 30:43


    Season 2, Episode 1 includes: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, translated by Susan Beard Chapters 1 & 2. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 26: Happy Thanksgiving!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 26:01


    Season 1, Episode 26 includes: Land of the Silver Birch, traditional; The Visit by Maude Lindsay; The Children's Pilamaye Song, traditional Lakota; The Gingerbread Boy recorded by Maude Summers, adapted by Jessie McKeon; The Thank You Song by Jessie McKeon. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 25: It's October!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 23:24


    Season 1, Episode 25 includes: The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling, underscored with The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach; The Anxious Leaf by Henry Ward Beecher, underscored with Polacca brillante "L'hilarite" composed by Carl Maria von Weber, played by Alexander Paley on piano; The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Jessie McKeon, Where Go the Boats? by Robert Louis Stevenson; Blue Boat Home, lyrics by Peter Mayer, tune "Hyrfrydol" attributed to Prichard; and The Wonderful World by William Brightly Ranse. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 24: The Music of Winnie the Pooh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 17:44


    Season 1, Episode 24 includes: "Funny Thoughts 1&2," "Cloud Song," "Pooh Bear's Hum," "Cottleston Pie," "Discovering the Pole," "Anxious Pooh Song," and "H-U-N-N-Y" were all written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne. The song "Sing Ho, for the Life of a Bear" was written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne and drum accompaniment by Andy Kimber Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 23: A Good Goodbye

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 31:16


    Season 1, Episode 23 includes: Chapters 9 & 10 of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. The song "Anxious Pooh Song" was written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 22: Discovering the Pole!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 25:51


    Season 1, Episode 22 includes: Chapter 8 of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. The song "Sing Ho, for the Life of a Bear" was written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne and drum accompaniment by Andy Kimber; the song "Discovering the Pole" written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A.A. Milne. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 21: A Birthday and New Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 41:24


    Season 1, Episode 21 includes: Chapters 6 and 7 of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. The song "Cottleston Pie" was written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 20: Meet Pooh's Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 40:07


    Season 1, Episode 20 includes: Introduction and Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. The song "Funny Thoughts 3" was written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne. "Who Found The Tail" performed by Jessie McKeon to the traditional tune of "Who Killed Cock Robin." Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 19: Into the Hundred Acre Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 32:06


    Season 1, Episode 19 includes: Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2 of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne. The songs "Funny Thoughts 1&2," "Cloud Song," and "Pooh Bear's Hum" were all written and performed by Jessie McKeon with lyrics by A. A. Milne. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. ** Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie **

    Season 1, Episode 18: For the Birds!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 27:59


    Season 1, Episode 18 includes: The Titmouse's Nest by Mary Howett, underscored with Song of Summer by Albert Ketelbey; Robert of Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant; Alouette, traditional French Canadian song; and Hootie the Owl by Dolores McKenna. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 17: Poems and Songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 27:54


    Season 1, Eposide 17 includes: The Little Land by Robert Louis Stevenson; Monday, Tuesday lyrics by Frances Jenkins Olcott, music by Jessie McKeon; The King's Breakfast by A.A. Milne, underscored with Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by W.A. Mozart, undocumented recording; La Vaca Lola, traditional Colombian song arr. by SongBell; A Was An Ant by Edward Lear; Precocious Piggy, lyrics from a poem by Thomas Hood, music by Jessie McKeon; My Kingdom by Robert Louis Stevenson, underscored with Wind Quintet: Theme and Variations by Carl Nielsen, recorded by Scandanavian Symphony Orchestra, used with permission; lyrics by Jane Taylor, melody by Mozart, arr. Jessie McKeon. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 16: Animals Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 34:09


    Season 1, Episode 16 includes: How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling; Old MacDonald, a traditional American children's song; Toodle and Noodle's Little Sister from Toodle and Noodle Flat-tail: The Jolly Beaver Boys by Howard Roger Garis; Mrs. Elephant's Moonlight Dance by Royal Dixon containing the song Tigers Bold and Monkeys Wild, lyrics by Royal Dixon and Jessie McKeon, music. performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 15: Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 32:35


    Season 1, Episode 15 includes: The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm; The Apple Dumpling Story, a Dutch Folk Tale; The Surprise in the Oven, a Canadian Folk Tale; The World's Best Warrior by Anonymous. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 14: Let's Get Ridiculous!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 29:58


    Season 1, Episode 14 includes: Table and Chair and several Nonsense Rhymes by Edward Lear; May Be So by Ruth McEnery Stuart; When a Pig Flew and Yummy, Happy, Good Time Soup by Templeton Moss. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 13: A Magazine to Read

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 28:33


    Season 1, Episode 13 includes: Three Guesses by Maude Lindsey; Mr. and Mrs. Brown's Journey in the Family Coach (game) published in the 1906 Chatterbox Magazine; The Daffodils by William Wordsworth published in Vol. 7 of The Literary World; and The Mysterious Chest by S. Clarendon published in the 1905 Chatterbox Magazine. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 12: Songs and Stories for Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 28:28


    Season 1, Episode 12 includes: The Story of the Unlucky Days, Ukrainian Folktale retold by Robert Nisbit Bain; Печу, Печу Хлібчик (Pechu, Pechu Khlibchyk), Ukranian Children's Song; Sunflower Seeds and Crows by Margot Fallis; The Magical Mitten, Ukrainian Folktale translated by Irina Zheleznova; Peace is the World Smiling by Karen Stokes. Special thanks to my new friend Katherine! **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 11: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 25:42


    Season 1, Episode 11 includes: Pangur Ban, English by Seamus Heaney; Monday! Tuesday! by Frances Jenkins Olcott; The Old King Comes Back by William Henry Frost; Lake of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats; Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie** Lark in the Morning, the Atholl Highlanders by Sláinte | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Slinte Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

    Season 1, Episode 10: Dolls & Stuffies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 33:12


    Season 1, Episode 10 includes: The Lost Doll by Maude Lindsay; The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams; Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written, performed, and recorded by Jessie McKeon. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie**

    Season 1, Episode 9: Helpful Story Heroes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 29:43


    Season 1, Episode 9 includes: My Father's Dragon (Chapters 4-7) by Ruth Stiles Gannet; The Gingerbread Boy recorded by Maude Summers, adapted by Jessie McKeon; St. Valentine, Unknown Author. **Engage with Raggedy Auntie: linktr.ee/raggedyauntie** Love by Alex-Production; Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

    Season 1; Episode 8: Sick Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 29:44


    Season 1, Episode 8 includes: The Dormouse and the Doctor by A.A. Milne; My Father's Dragon (Chapters 4-7) by Ruth Stiles Gannet. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/raggedyauntie

    Season 1, Episode 7: The Way Things Are?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 27:28


    Season 1, Episode 7 includes: The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; My Father's Dragon (Chapters 1-3) by Ruth Stiles Gannett; Wynken, Blinken, and Nod by Eugene Field. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/raggedyauntie

    Season 1, Episode 6: Happy New Year!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 26:10


    Season 1, Episode 6 includes: The Glad New Year by Mary Mapes Dodge; New Year's Day by Hamish Hendry; Midwinter by John Townsend Trowbridge; Months by H. Cordelia Ray; And the traditional songs Soul Cakes, Hey Ho Nobody Home, Ah Poor Bird, and Auld Lang Syne. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon. Support this podcast at patreon.com/raggedyauntie 

    Season 1, Episode 5: Holiday Special 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 30:12


    Season 1, Episode 5 includes: A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore; The Fezziwig's Christmas Party from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol; What Happened Christmas Eve by Oliver Herford; Various Carols by the UU Church of Roanoke, VA Choir under the direction of Kerry Morgiewicz - instrumental soloists are Katherine Hoffman, Betsy Biesenbach, Lowell Inhorn, and Cynthia Petzold. become a patron at patreon.com/raggedyauntie

    Season 1, Episode 4: Things Aren't What They Seem

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 27:42


    Season 1, Episode 3 includes: How the Whale Got His Throat from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling; My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson; Precocious Piggy, lyrics from a poem by Thomas Hood, music by Jessie McKeon; The Sleeping Beauty's Dream by Mrs. M. H. Spielman; Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon. "Organ Ambience, Calm, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) patreon.com/raggedyauntie

    Season 1, Episode 3: In the Winter Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 24:21


    Season 1, Episode 3 includes: Heidi (Chapter 18) by Johanna Spyri, translated by Elizabeth P. Stork; Snowballing from The Infant's Delight, unknown author, published by Lee & Shephard; Sweet and Low by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon. "Wind, Synthesized, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

    Season 1, Episode 2: Silly Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 22:36


    Season 1, Episode 2 includes: Robert of Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant; Table and Chair by Edward Lear; The Story of the Emperors New Clothes recorded by Leonora Blanche Elaine Lang in the Yellow Fairy Book. Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon.

    Season 1, Episode 1: New Adventures!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 29:52


    Season 1, Episode 1 includes: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, lyrics by Jane Taylor and Lewis Carrol, melody by Mozart; A Was an Ant by Edward Lear.   Raggedy Auntie Reads Theme and Closing Song written and recorded by Jessie McKeon.

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