Tales in verse, each sprinkled with about ten short tunes, tell about the adventures of Andy and his dog Shadow who
"love to follow any road to see what they can see." They always
seem to find someone in trouble. Sometimes Andy can help. Sometimes
not. But he always learns something from the adventure. The short
tunes are sung by T Moody.
A popular technique to help young learners read better. There are half a dozen different
interpretations of "read-along." Ours is:
easy-to-read print and not too much text at a time, reading words for both story and song, repeated
and rhyming words, and expanding the vocabulary by pictures and context so the word is a concept, not a memorized item.
AFTER THE TALE IS OVER:
Read-along is most effective if there is follow-up by a parent, teacher, sibling or friend. For this purpose we include, at no extra cost, a few suggestions for after-the-movie conversational activity between the learner and appropriate relative, teacher or friend to maximize the learning.
When Andy hears that
the princess sits all day by the well because she lost her beautiful pink
pearl, he tries to help her get it back.
ZAPPER ZANE
THE DREADFUL DANE
Andy and Shadow come
to a beautiful village by the sea, but everyone seems so unhappy. Andy
would like to help.
MOLLY AND THE LEPRECHAUN
Poor Molly! She is so tired of being just average. Can magic wishes from a leprechaun really work? What would be a good wish?
THE ISLAND OF THE TRONS
When Andy and Shadow are shipwrecked, they swim to an island. "Island life isn't all that bad," says Andy. Then he finds there are Trons on the island, and the Trons are not happy at all.
THE GIANT'S APPLE ORCHARD
Andy was glad to help
out the giant by looking after the orchard for a little while, but the giant
did warn him about the villagers.
PRINCESS CALANDRA'S CAMEL
Why does a princess
who can buy whatever she wants buy a camel that looks like Caramel? Is she really just that cantankerous?
THE PUSHBUTTON PRINCE
Prince Sidney Sutton has so many
pushbutton boxes that he can play any game at all. Andy sees a problem
with all those boxes, but doesSidney?
THE YES-YES-PRINCE
In the beautiful city
ofLing, the young prince is unhappy and needs
some good advice. Can Andy help?
"T" has serious CDs and performs his own music, but we thought his humor and energy were just right for our simple Andy tunes http://www.tmoody.com
