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.

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.

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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