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There are 8 main links on the web homepage.
Here are the "sub-links" under each of the 8 main link topics.


YOU ARE INVITED TO CLICK EACH UNDERLINED TITLE.

 

 

ABOUT SUZIE-JEAN-
a short biography

 


Charlotte -link to another website
-Craft Projects
- things that I have made
-Dolls- dolls I made over the years

-Kinneret Day School- School's website
-Legend of Long-Bearded Bill -my first rhyming story
-Lunch experience-a 4th grade memory
-Magic Butterlyon-a story about appreciation by Ilana Louise
-Magic Kingdom- a rhyming poem written by Andy Ira
-Mel's website -link to another website
-Miniatures- some miniature scenes that I have made
-Mom- about my mother
-Pat's Cat and Cat's Pat- A level 1 story
-Poem-Old Folktale retold
-Projects- projects done in two schools
-Rhymeniks link- link to another website
-SillyWilly stories- A nonsense series with 10 stories
-Stories menu -About the stories I have written
-Tattle-Tale-Tillie- A rhyming story about tattling
-The Willy-Silly Stories-
A series of 10 nonsense stories in prose


 

 

 

 

 

STORIES, POEMS, and PLAYS

 

-Alarm Clock Goose-rhyming story with animal sounds
-Buana Simba's Pride-- an East African folktale
-Buana Kifaru's Big Foot
- A Rhino learns not to be a snob
.............................................(under construction)

-Bungle Maurice- A moose learns to be self-reliant
-Cats and Lawmakers- A story about listening carefully
-Chicken Little Chronicles- stories for vocabulary training
-Chicken Little- a play in rhyme for second to fifth grade children
-Does Dreaming Really Count-
rhyming story (under construction)
-Dora Drinks Pickle Potion- poem about tolerance
-Dzitzel -In the Queendom of Dzitzel- psychological profiles of ..............................................................................various personality types
-Jambo-
picture book series with Swahili words
-Jennifer Gladen stories- fiction and nonfiction stories
-Jingles for Teens and Adults- poems of interest for older folks

-Long-Bearded Bill- rhyming story
-Losing Weight With Mother Goose- Weight loss poems
-Little Red Hen- rhyming folktale
-Mable Francis Fungus- rhyming story
-Magic Butterlyon- about appreciation written and illustrated by Ilana .........................................Louise, at age 15
-Magic Kingdom-a fantasy poem written by Andy Ira at age 8

-Messiest House in the World-
homophone rhyming story
-Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Dawes, Prescott- poems
-Monsters Visit the Valley- rhyming story
-My Best Friend-Me-(Old Man Oak)- part prose, part rhyme
-No Punctuation Whatsoever- story about punctuation
-Not Quite Allergic to Arpegios- silly poems about a relationship .....................................................................betweena son and his mother
-Oh Riddle, Oh Rattle, We're Done- a color,number story
-Old Man Oak- learning to appreciate oneself
-One Hill Is Enough- story about keeping decisions
-Pat's Cat,Cat's Pat
-An Emergent Readers Story, Level 1
-Pat's Cat , Cat's Pat- A Let's Get Going Story (easiest level)

-Poems for Children- poems in many styles
-Princess Mireleh Stories- Mireleh's Chanukah
-Princess Mireleh Stories-A Yiddish Purim(long version with Yiddish)
-Princess Mireleh Stories-A Yiddish Purim (short version withYiddish)
-Princess Mireleh Stories-Mireleh's Purim (all English)
-Princess Mireleh Stories- Mireleh's Thanksgiving
-Rhyming stories-picture book menu
-Rumpelstiltskin- a retelling of an old folktale
-SAT-vocabulary stories- help in learning vocabulary words
-Singing Stories- stories told in song
-Tattle-Tale-Tillie-rhyming story and introduction
-Timmy Tumler Triddlesby-
a fantasy rhyming story
-WillySilly stories- picture book series in prose (10 stories)
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221B Baker Street- Vocabulary stories about Sherlock Holmes and his ...........................................creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
-Weight Loss Poems- Losing Weight With Mother Goose
-Who's Who in You- an identity poem

-Yosef's Blanket- an original story in the Yiddish tradition


 

 

 

 

 

MY SONGS-menu

 

Categories of Songs- Menus

-Animals in the Zoo-menu
-Historical Songs &-Political Satire - menu
-Holidays -menu
-Improvisations -menu

-Letters in the Alphabet-menu
-Seasons and Weather -menu
-Singing Stories-menu
-Social and Emotional Learning-menu
-WillySilly Story Songs-
-list of stories connected with songs

Songs
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Animals In the Zoo- Song about a class visiting the zoo
-Because It Is Fall
-Chanukah-At Chanukah Time
-Chanukah-The Chanukah Miracle
-Cheer Up F, You've Got A Flat-Musical scales
-Down I Came - an autumn song
-Elephant- "Mr. Big"
-Giraffe- "Mr. Giraffe"
-Hippo-"Mrs. Hippo"
-Hoedown-State of the Union Hoedown, Lowdown-(political satire)
-Hop On Board- The Underground Railroad (historical song)
-I Love Thanksgiving
-I'm Thankful
-It's Not Strange to Me
-It's Spring
-Jobs I'd Like to Do
-Leopard-Spotty Mrs. Leopard
-The Letter B:My Name is B
-The Letter M - 'M' in the Middle
-Monkey-Mrs. Monkey
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Passover(Pesach)-Pesach's Coming
-Peacock-The Peacock and the Kangaroo
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Pilgrims-The Pilgrims
-Pilgrims-The Pilgrims Go Planting
-Purim-At Purim Time
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Purim -I Have A Hammentaschen
-Purim-Let's Make Hammentaschen
-Rainy Weather-It's Raining
-Rosh Sha Shanah-The New Year Has Begun
-Shabat-Together Celebrate Shabat
-SillyDilly Picnic
-related to the story, The SillyDilly Picnic
-Snowy Weather-Snowy Slush
-Sukkos-It's Sukkos Time
-Tattle -Tale-Tillie-related to the story
-The Little Red Hen-related to the story It's Not Strange to Us
-Tu B'Shevat
-Tiger-Mr. Growling Tiger
-Three and Three Is Lots of Fun
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Zebra-Mr. Zebra


IMPROVISATIONS BY BERNIE KATZMAN

In the Classical tradtion:

It's Not Strange to Me
Cheer Up F, You've Got a Flat
Animals in the Zoo
Mrs. Hippo
It's Spring

 

In Ragtime

Mrs. Monkey
Mrs. Hippo
Mr. Zebra

In Jazz

Mrs. Hippo



 

 

 

BEGINNER READER STORIES

Menu-Emergent reader stories, a discussion as to how to write them.


 

 

 

From the Folks
About Folktales

African folktales- discussion and example of tales
Anansi the Spider - a character in many African folktales
Buana Simba's Pride - an East African tale
Cautionary Tale- tale that gives warnings by example
Cinderella- a tale that is found in many parts of the world
......................... presented as an Early Reading Chapter Book.
Collectors of folktales- people who retold tales
Creation Myths- a type of folktale or religious story
Elves- small magical characters in some fairy tales
European folktales
-discussion and example of tales
Explanatory Tale- a type of folktale or religious story
Fairies- a
magical character type in some fairy tales
Folklore-
for grades 5-up
Folklore- for grades 2-4
Folklore- for grades K-1
Folktales- definition and general information for grades 5-up
Folktales- definition and general information for grades 2-4
Folktales- definition and general information for grades K-1
Folktales- specific types of folktales for grades 5-up
Folktales- specific types of folktales for grades 2-4
Foolish Tales- has a stupid main character(Noodlehead tales)
Frog Prince- retelling of a European folktale
Giants- avery big, usually magical characters in some fairy tales
Goblins- magical character types who cause mischief
Greek and Roman Myths - ancient religious stories
Grimm,Wilhelm and Jacob - German folktale collectors
Hans Christian Andersen- Storyteller from Denmark
Hercules- a superhero in Greek mythology
Heroic Tales- Main character has courage
House That Jack Built- a cumulative folktale
Joseph Jacobs -
collected and retold of a British folktales
Jupiter - a Roman God in Roman mythology
Latino/Hispanic folktales -discussion and example of tales
Literary Fantasy- with authors writing in fairy tale style

Little Red Hen-retelling of an English folktale, in rhyme
Native Peoples-
People native to an area and their tales
North American folktales -discussion and example of tales
Pacific folktales -discussion and example of tales
Peter Pan- a Literary Fantasy
Pourquoi Tales - asks and answers qustions

Repunzel- retelling of a European folktale
Retelling folktales-tales are retold in many versions
Romance Tales- Tales about love relationships
Rumpelstiltskin-retelling of a European folktale
Snow White - retelling of a European folktale
Trickster Tales- a tale in which someone is tricked
Trolls- magical character types in some fairy tales
Wisdom(Wise) Tales- Main character shows intelligent action
Witches- a
female magical fairy tale character type usually evil
Wizard- a male magical fairy tale character type usually evil

Wizard of Oz- a Literary Fantasy
Zeus- a Greek God in Greek mythology

 

 

 

Time to Rhyme-
How to Write Rhyming Stories and Poems

 

 

 

CONTACT ME

 

 

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