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Welcome to Marshall Garland's "Saba Reads: my weekend reading project". I do these weekly readings for my children and grandchildren. And anyone else who wants to listen!

Marshall Garland

  • May 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 6m AVG DURATION
  • 31 EPISODES


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The Gruffalo,

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 5:41


The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. Special guest narrator: Gail (aka, Baba) The story of how a little mouse uses his wits to survive in a dog-eat-dog (so to speak) world.

Sitting QiGong Meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 16:52


This episode of Saba Reads is quite different from the previous ones. This is a reading of Sitting QiGong Meditation from Bill Douglas's book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tai Chi and QiGong. I used this as an exercise in my QiGong for Emotional Balance workshop. Find a place where you won't be interrupted for about 20 minutes, sit back, relax, breath, and enjoy being with yourself.

Five Poems on a Winter Theme, December 23, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2018 9:24


1. Third Snowfall, Marilyn Hacker https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=34093 2. The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day, Lydia Maria Child https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43942/the-new-england-boys-song-about-thanksgiving-day also known as Thanksgiving Day [“Over the river and through the wood”] https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42918/thanksgiving-day 3. A Country Boy in Winter, Sarah Orne Jewett https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47688/a-country-boy-in-winter 4. Address to A Child During A Boisterous Winter Evening, Dorothy Wordsworth https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51922/address-to-a-child-during-a-boisterous-winter-evening 5. A Visit from St. Nicholas, Clement Clarke Moore https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43171/a-visit-from-st-nicholas

Longfellow, Thoreau, Hemingway: 5 poems - December 16, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2018 6:56


Longfellow: 1. Daylight And Moonlight americanliterature.com/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/poem/daylight-and-moonlight 2. A Day Of Sunshine americanliterature.com/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/poem/a-day-of-sunshine Thoreau 3. The Inward Morning americanliterature.com/author/henry-david-thoreau/poem/the-inward-morning Hemingway 4. Oily Weather americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/poem/oily-weather 5. Along with Youth americanliterature.com/author/ernest-hemingway/poem/along-with-youth

Rudyard Kipling: five more poems, December 2, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 6:53


Five more poems from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So" stories 1. How the Camel Got His Hump 2. 
How the Whale Got His Throat 3. The Elephant's Child 4. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo 5. The Crab That Played with the Sea

Rudyard Kipling poems, November 25, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2018 5:37


Five poems from Kipling's "Just So" stories: 1. How the Leopard Got His Spots 2. The Beginning of the Armadilloes 3. The Cat That Walked by Himself 4. How the Rhinoceros got His Skin 5. The Butterfly That Stamped If you want to read along, you'll find the poems at https://americanliterature.com/author/rudyard-kipling/poem/just-so-stories-poems

Four poems by Tolkien, Teasdale, and Wordsworth - November 18, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 6:23


1. Goblin Feet by J.R.R. Tolkien https://americanliterature.com/author/jrr-tolkien/poem/goblin-feet 2. Ebb Tide by Sara Teasdale https://americanliterature.com/author/sara-teasdale/poem/ebb-tide 3.There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale https://americanliterature.com/author/sara-teasdale/poem/there-will-come-soft-rains I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth https://americanliterature.com/author/william-wordsworth/poem/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud

American Literature - Four Poems, November 11, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 9:23


1. Little Orphant Annie, by James Whitcomb Riley https://americanliterature.com/author/james-whitcomb-riley/poem/little-orphant-annie 2. Five Little Speckled Frogs, by Anonymous https://americanliterature.com/author/anonymous/nursery-rhyme/five-little-speckled-frogs 3. The Railway Train, by Emily Dickinson https://americanliterature.com/author/emily-dickinson/poem/the-railway-train 4. Monosyllabics, by Laura E. Richards https://americanliterature.com/author/laura-e-richards/poem/monosyllabics

Jack and the Beanstock, November 4, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2018 6:57


Such excitement! I'm not sure I can contain myself! Adventure! Danger! The eternal theme of good versus evil! If you want to read along, here's the link: https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Five Poems, October 28, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2018 5:04


Two poems from "The Real Mother Goose" * London Bridge * When Three poems from "Favorite Poems Old and New" * Apple Song * Milking Time * A Man With a Little Pleated Piano

The Wonky Donkey, October 21, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 4:24


The tale (no pun intended) of The Wonky Donkey, words and music by Craig Smith, illustrations by Katz Cowley, Scholastic Books, 2009. You can hear the musical version at www.scholastic.com/wonkydonkey .

5 poems by Darren Sardelli, October 7, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 5:34


* The Letter A * Little Boy Blue * My Doggy Ate My Essay * Recess, Oh, Recess! * Our Grandma Kissed a Pumpkin And the amazing "Q Theme" by the exceptionally talented Canadian guitarist/composer, Luke Doucet.

3 Poems by Roald Dahl & 1 by Darren Sardelli, Sept 16, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 10:25


Roald Dahl: * The Dentist and the Crocodile (from Rhyme Stew, published by Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 1989) * The Tummy Beast (from Dirty Beasts, published by Penguin Random House LLC.  Copyright © 1983) * The Pig (from Dirty Beasts, published by Penguin Random House LLC.  Copyright © 1983) Darren Sardelli: * The Silliest Teacher in School (from Galaxy Pizza and Meteor Pie. Copyright © 2009 by Laugh-A-Lot Books.)

6 poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, part 2, September 2, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018 5:52


* My Shadow * There Was an Old Man of the Cape * Rain * Come Here is Adieu to the City * I Love to be Warm by the Red Fireside * My Kingdom

5 poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, part 1, August 26, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2018 5:37


* The Swing * A Good Boy * Summer Sun * From a Railway Carriage * Picture-Books in Winter

Four more poems by Lewis Carroll (part 2 of a series); August 19, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2018 8:38


* Jabberwocky * Humpty Dumpty's Song * He Thought He Saw An Elephant * Little Birds

Four poems by Lewis Carroll (part 1 of a series); August 12, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2018 4:54


* Brother And Sister * Beautiful Soup * A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky (Life is But a Dream) * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!

Another four poems by Shel Silverstein (part 3 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 4:26


Messy Room Picture Puzzle Piece The Little Boy and the Old Man The Toucan

Four more poems by Shel Silverstein (part 2 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 4:37


One Inch Tall Where the Sidewalk Ends Danny O’Dare It's Dark in Here

Four poems by Shel Silverstein (part 1 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 4:48


I cannot go to school today! Bear In There Boa Constrictor * Rain * Here is a link to hear Peter, Paul, and Mary singing the Boa Constrictor song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa48bc0P0XI

Three poems by A. A. Milne, July 15, 2018 (part 7 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 7:43


This week's poems: 1. The Mirror 2. Buckingham Palace 3. Teddy Bear

Four more poems by A. A. Milne, July 8, 2018 (part 6 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2018 4:51


This week: 1. Solitude 2. Daffodowndilly 3. Politeness 4. Market Square

A. A. Milne - four more poems, July 1, 2018 (part 5 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 5:09


This week: 1. Furry Bear 2. Twinkletoes 3. Rice Pudding 4. Forgiven

Another four poems by A. A. Milne, June 24, 2018 (part 4 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 5:25


This week's poems are 1. Come Out With Me 2. The Wrong House 3. The End 4. Sneezles

Four more poems by A. A. Milne, June 17, 2018 (part 3 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2018 5:59


This week's poems are: 1. Us Two 2. Water Lilies 3. If I Were King 4. Spring Morning

More poems by A. A. Milne, June 10, 2018 (part 2 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 4:52


Four more poems from by A. A. Milne 1. Waiting at the Window 2. Missing 3. Sand Between the Toes 4. Cottleston Pie For a musical rendition of Cottleston Pie, click here to watch and listen to Rowlf the Dog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ_07C89Tp0

Some poems by A. A. Milne, June 3, 2018 (part 1 of a series)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 3:32


Four poems by A. A. Milne 1. Jonathan Jo 2. Lines and squares 3. The Friend 4. Wind on the Hill

The Runaway Bunny, May 27, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2018 3:35


The Runaway Bunny, written by Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Clement Hurd. PDF available at https://archive.org/details/TheRunawayBunny-English

Mother's Day, May 13, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2018 4:52


Three poems on a mother's theme

April 29, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 2:10


Two poems from "Favorite Poems, Old and New" 1. The Land of Counterpane 2. Mr. Nobody

May 6, 2018

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 2:30


Two poems from "Favorite Poems, Old and New" 1. Goody O'Grumpity 2. There Isn't Time

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