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This is how I wish my teacher would have been.
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great funny book!
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Editorial reviews
Donald Davis's two stories about his life on the cusp of adolescence each run almost 30 minutes. Davis has a melodic, compelling voice, and, while seeming to meander through time and events, he weaves complex and complete narratives. As he talks about things like living in fear at Boy Scout camp, being at the mercy of the town bully, and the joys of being uniform manager for the high school marching band, listeners will find themselves nodding their heads, smiling, and laughing. These stories are touching without straying into sentimentality as Davis tells of discovering the importance of family and good friends. Listening to Davis will encourage families to share their own stories with each other.
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"Listening to Davis will encourage families to share their own stories with each other." (AudioFile)
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Excellent
- By Donald on 05-21-03
By: Donald Davis
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The Grand Canyon
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 48 mins
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If you have never ridden a mule along a 48-inch wide trail whose ledge drops off, in places, 700 feet to the Colorado River, straight down, you may have difficulty picturing the temporary insanity that leads otherwise responsible adults to sign away the remainder of their natural life expectancy just for the chance to see the Grand Canyon's natural beauty close-up.
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Misleading
- By Wes on 12-24-06
By: Donald Davis
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Father was a Wise Old Man
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 58 mins
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Joe Davis was in his mid-40s when he became a father, and the experience he was able to apply in raising his sons lent creativity to his parenting. The five stories here recall the wisdom of fathers with humor and rich detail: a visit to the Smithsonian inspires father's memory; father "cures" a boy's impulse to try cigarettes; Santa Claus learns an important lesson; and someone plays a trick on a visiting preacher.
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Memories
- By B. Lowe on 01-26-16
By: Donald Davis
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That's What Mamas Do
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
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Storyteller Donald Davis had a very sensible mother. She had a pretty good idea of what boys would do, so she was always on the lookout. As Davis later learned, always being on the lookout is what mamas do. His vigilant but gentle mother gave her son multiple gifts in life and, as we learn in the end, gifts that do not end with her passing.
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Wonderful stories and a fitting voice to go with it 😀
- By Kara J. Yocom on 11-21-23
By: Donald Davis
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Miss Daisy
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 58 mins
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An eccentric schoolteacher and a widow-lady babysitter are the heroines in these new digital studio recordings of Donald Davis' two all-time most-requested stories. "It was the 42nd year she had taught fourth grade", yet there was nothing routine about Miss Daisy or her methods. Rather than settle for textbook work (Miss Daisy left textbooks in the big closet) she took her class on a year-long imaginary world tour.
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This is how I wish my teacher would have been.
- By CICADA on 03-04-03
By: Donald Davis
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Dr. York, Miss Winnie, and the Typhoid Shot
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
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In rural North Carolina, in 1951, despite parental reassurances, a typhoid shot hurt. It hurt even more when the children saw who would be administering the shot: Miss Winnie, a large, dictatorial nurse who had been "especially built by the nursing school so she would never blow away in a hard wind".
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Donald Davis is always a super entertainer.
- By DQwannaB on 10-20-16
By: Donald Davis
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See Rock City
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
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"Years later," Donald Davis remember of his childhood," I came to realize that when you come from a long-dammed-up Scots-Irish gene pool it is an okay thing to wish for something, but it is not an OK thing to get it."
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Excellent
- By Donald on 05-21-03
By: Donald Davis
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The Grand Canyon
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 48 mins
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If you have never ridden a mule along a 48-inch wide trail whose ledge drops off, in places, 700 feet to the Colorado River, straight down, you may have difficulty picturing the temporary insanity that leads otherwise responsible adults to sign away the remainder of their natural life expectancy just for the chance to see the Grand Canyon's natural beauty close-up.
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Misleading
- By Wes on 12-24-06
By: Donald Davis
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Father was a Wise Old Man
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 58 mins
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Joe Davis was in his mid-40s when he became a father, and the experience he was able to apply in raising his sons lent creativity to his parenting. The five stories here recall the wisdom of fathers with humor and rich detail: a visit to the Smithsonian inspires father's memory; father "cures" a boy's impulse to try cigarettes; Santa Claus learns an important lesson; and someone plays a trick on a visiting preacher.
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Memories
- By B. Lowe on 01-26-16
By: Donald Davis
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That's What Mamas Do
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
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Storyteller Donald Davis had a very sensible mother. She had a pretty good idea of what boys would do, so she was always on the lookout. As Davis later learned, always being on the lookout is what mamas do. His vigilant but gentle mother gave her son multiple gifts in life and, as we learn in the end, gifts that do not end with her passing.
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Wonderful stories and a fitting voice to go with it 😀
- By Kara J. Yocom on 11-21-23
By: Donald Davis
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Miss Daisy
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 58 mins
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An eccentric schoolteacher and a widow-lady babysitter are the heroines in these new digital studio recordings of Donald Davis' two all-time most-requested stories. "It was the 42nd year she had taught fourth grade", yet there was nothing routine about Miss Daisy or her methods. Rather than settle for textbook work (Miss Daisy left textbooks in the big closet) she took her class on a year-long imaginary world tour.
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This is how I wish my teacher would have been.
- By CICADA on 03-04-03
By: Donald Davis
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Dr. York, Miss Winnie, and the Typhoid Shot
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
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In rural North Carolina, in 1951, despite parental reassurances, a typhoid shot hurt. It hurt even more when the children saw who would be administering the shot: Miss Winnie, a large, dictatorial nurse who had been "especially built by the nursing school so she would never blow away in a hard wind".
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Donald Davis is always a super entertainer.
- By DQwannaB on 10-20-16
By: Donald Davis
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Braces
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 57 mins
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Braces hurt. Braces look funny. Braces are downright embarrassing. And just about the time you think they're going to feel normal, it's time to tighten them up again. Worst of all, most of us get braces just at that time of life when the last thing we want to do is to look conspicuous, to call attention to ourselves in any way. This new coming-of-age story employs storyteller Donald Davis' trademark descriptions and humor to address the question: is this worth all the pain and embarrassment?
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Another good story
- By Julie on 07-04-17
By: Donald Davis
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Rainy Weather
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 53 mins
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Traditional values abound in these hilarious stories from Appalachia: friendship, family, orderliness, humor, and delight in an especially inventive practical joke. In "Rainy Weather", a hound dog with more heart than sense wins everyone's admiration. "Uncle Frank Learns to Speak Polish" finds Davis' famous Uncle Frank making the most of a little foreign language. And, in "Uncle Frank Clean Up the Post Office", cleanliness is next to godliness, and it's also next to hilarity.
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great funny book!
- By Kara J. Yocom on 11-25-23
By: Donald Davis
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Listening for the Crack of Dawn
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
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Donald Davis was born into a southern Appalachian mountain world rich in stories. He grew up listening to his father and his Uncle Frank tell stories of their boyhood, all the while taking in the details of his own childhood experience.
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Outstanding stories. Outstanding Narrator
- By Robin on 04-15-03
By: Donald Davis
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Uncle Frank Invents the Electron Microphone
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 44 mins
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In the hills of Appalachia, humor and wisdom are mixed up forever in funny, wise stories that seem to grow more lustrous with each telling. Here are two of the best: "Uncle Frank Invents the Electron Microphone", Appalachian folk wisdom rolled into one of Davis' funniest stories; "Uncle Frank and the Crown Feed Boys", Davis' legendary Uncle Frank teaches a couple of traveling salesmen the lesson of their lives.
By: Donald Davis
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The Big Screen Drive-In Theater
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 53 mins
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Screen Drive-In Theater hired a young Donald Davis to work his high school summers there. Employment at the Sulpher Springs Big-Screen Drive-In Theater consisted of working the concession stand, catching "slip-ins", and patrolling the back row to learn about love and life. The theater survives Davis and his friends' summer hijinks until Labor Day.
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Great funny lessons for adults and kids
- By Kara J. Yocom on 12-02-23
By: Donald Davis
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Jack and Granny Ugly
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 59 mins
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Growing up in North Carolina, Donald Davis heard stories that came to America through Scots-Irish immigrants about a fellow named Jack who was so real that young Davis thought he was a distant relative or otherside-of-the-mountain neighbor. Now Davis knows that Jack is a universal legendary figure who, by various names, is found in nearly every culture.
By: Donald Davis
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The Southern Bells
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 43 mins
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When the Southern Bells brought the telephone to rural North Carolina, it looked like a "big black daffodil". What the telephone company had not counted on in conceiving its eight-party line service was a pair of "past-middle-age, unmarried sisters", the chatty Misses Lucy and Lena Leatherwood. Once the Leatherwood sisters were connected by the Southern Bells, nobody else on that line had a chance!
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the narrator
- By Anonymous User on 12-26-23
By: Donald Davis
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Donald Davis Live from Fearrington Village
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 48 mins
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For 16 years, Donald Davis has performed during the Christmas season at Fearrington Village, a unique destination community near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hundreds of people fill the seats in this historic barn, now converted for use as an events venue. Recorded live at Davis's December 15, 2007, performance, this audio captures the familiar and special relationship between a skilled and beloved storyteller and the audience that has sustained him year after year.
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Wonderfull !!!!!
- By Stevespoonemore on 09-05-22
By: Donald Davis
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Christmas at Grandma's
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 43 mins
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The warmth of the Christmas season is condensed into this single collection that will rekindle your Christmas memories. Who doesn't remember Christmas at Grandma's? The living room aglow with family and friends, the kitchen like a factory of sweet aromas, the relatives everywhere! Donald Davis captures the spirit of Christmas as seen through the eyes of a child in these stories: "Christmas in Sulpher Springs", "The Children's Christmas Party", "The Year My Brother Almost Died", and "The Red Scooters."
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The ending of the Christmas play.
- By Ashley Wells on 01-03-24
By: Donald Davis
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Jack's First Job
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 56 mins
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Four Jack Tales from the Appalachian oral tradition, recorded by a nationally accalimed storyteller. In this collection, Jack has a little trouble adjusting to the workaday world and to personal financial management. Eventually he works hard enough, but his fortunes do not seem to parallel his productivity. Jack finally has to go a bit out of his way to prove himself, meanwhile dealing with a prospective father-in-law who plays hard to get.
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You do know Jack!
- By Emmaus Dan on 04-30-16
By: Donald Davis
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Too Much Hair!
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 46 mins
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In Too Much Hair!, Donald Davis focuses on the trouble with little brothers, especially his own. In the title story, he gives his little brother the haircut he badly needs. The next story explains how he came to be permanently fired as his brother's babysitter. The third tale recounts one of the many science projects for which his brother served as Davis's personal chemistry set. These stories will call forth memories from anyone who has had to live with siblings.
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Loved it
- By Lee on 07-13-16
By: Donald Davis
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It's All About Cats
- By: Donald Davis
- Narrated by: Donald Davis
- Length: 1 hr
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We all know someone like them: women whose lives revolve around their cats. Here Donald Davis paints verbal portraits of two very different women in his life who shared a fiercely unshakable sense of priorities. It was simply understood that the cats came first, and once you accepted that, everything else made perfect sense. Employing his trademark Carolina drawl, droll wit, and sharp observations, Davis is in top form here as he pays homage to these two remarkable women and their devotion to their feline families.
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Absolutely Delightful!
- By Irene Allen on 02-14-21
By: Donald Davis