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I have entertained many audiences throughout the area and the demand for my service continues to grow. Writing much of my own material, I entertain with fairy tales and fables
that I turn into rap, country, or jazz songs. I also tell a variety of traditional tales. Which tales are my favorite to tell? Stories about life's lessons gained from marriage and raising
three daughters in the Midwest. Below is a brief list of my story titles:
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Fables and Fairytales
The Rapunzel Rap
Rumplestiltskin's Rhyme
Little Red's Hill Billy World
Fox and the Lion - a jazz song
The Lion and the Beetle
The Elegant Rooster
La Hormiguita
Anna Maria
The Goat in the Chile Patch
The Extraordinary Tug of War
Knee High Man
Personal Narratives
No Diapers on the Harley
How I Became the High School May Queen
The Gift Story
Frank and Frances
My First Birthday
The Floating Squirrel
I also present a variety of traditional tales, myths, and legends, as well as modern stories and songs. Please contact me for more information or to schedule an event.
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Rumplestiltskin’s Rhyme
The young daughter trembled when she met the king.
“Turn this straw into gold, and I’ll give you a ring.”
Then he slammed the door shut and left her alone.
“Oh, what shall I do?” cried the girl with a moan
“I cannot spin gold from a pile of old straw.
Now I’m in deep trouble for the lies of my pa.”
She sat by the wheel and bitterly wept
When into the room a tiny gnome crept.
“Why are you crying, my sweet miller maid?
The blush from your cheeks has started to fade.”
“I must turn this straw into mountains of gold.
Or it’s off with my head or so I’ve been told.”
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The Rapunzel Rap
How dare you come to my garden so fair
You’ll pay for this crime, I do declare.
Oh, please old hag, my wife’s huge with child
And Rapunzel leaves – they keep her manner most mild.
Picking these leaves for a pregnant wife!
Well, I’ve loved children all my life.
Oh help yourself and pick some more
Cause you won’t find these at the Wal-Mart store.
A group of boys were out muddin’ one day
When her lovely song it came a floatin’ their way
Their ATVs turned toward the tower
They were riding machines with great horse power.
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Little Red's Hill Billy World
Wolf threw off the covers and gave a scowl
I’ll gobble you up he said with a growl
Lurched toward Red and licked his chops
Grabbed a bottle of ketchup and opened the top.
Brooks that is – Collinsville’s best.
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How I Became the High School May Queen
I’d like to share a phrase that I heard often during high school, “Phyllis Huelsmann, report to the office now.”
Yeah, that was Father Patrick calling me to the office as he had so often during my high school career. There was the day I melted a chocolate
bar on a teacher’s chair and she sat in it. That was a trip to the office. Or the day that I smeared Vaseline on every classroom door knob.
Students stood inside the rooms laughing as teachers spun the door knobs around and could not get inside the rooms. That was trip to the office.
And the time I borrowed Father’s car to go uptown for a hamburger. Wow, that was definitely a trip to the office.
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No Diapers on the Harley
We gathered around our granddaughter’s crib. We oohed and aahed; we made faces the way grandparent’s like to do.
That’s when our daughter said, “Oh, Daddy. I’ve got the most wonderful idea. Oh, Daddy, this is going to be so cute. Let’s put
Jordan on the back of the bike for some baby pictures. This is going to be great.” As my daughter clapped her hands in excitement
and reached for the baby, my husband turned to her and said, “No. No diapers on the Harley.”
I was shocked. This is a man who would have moved the sun, the moon, and the Earth if any one of his daughters would have ever
said, “Oh please, Daddy.” But here he was toe to toe with Eva and saying, “No. No diapers on the Harley.”
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APPEARANCES:
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Beijing China - Great Hall
National Storytelling Conference
Missouri Telebration
Illinois Telebration
Young Author’s Conferences – Madison County, IL
Balanced Literacy Conference – Charleston, SC
St. Louis Storytelling Festival
St. Louis Libraries Fairy Tale Program
St. Louis County Libraries Summer Program
And, hundreds of schools & libraries throughout the Midwest
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