21 episodes

StoryLand MaryAnn Schmidt

- Kids & Family
- 4.9 • 11 Ratings

MaryAnn Schmidt has enchanted children for years with folktales from around the world. It's difficult to freeze these stories in time because storytelling is a live art embodied by the synergy between the teller and the listener. Now, some of these experiences, recorded live in the classroom have been preserved and shared with children everywhere.

- MAR 16, 2020
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

MaryAnn Schmitt tells another West African folktale about the spider Anansi.
- 14 min
- AUG 7, 2018
Mrs. Crocodile and Mrs. Chicken

Mrs. Crocodile and Mrs. Chicken

In this traditional Liberian folktale, Mrs. Chicken has to think fast to outwit a hungry Mrs. Chicken.

Dan, Liberia
- 12 min
- MAR 28, 2018
Old Woman/Jar Of Uums

Old Woman/Jar Of Uums

MaryAnn Schmidt enchants children with Jill Wright's hilarious sequel to the "Little Old Woman and the Willy Nilly Man."
- 27 min
- JAN 15, 2018
The Legend of the Big Dipper - for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The Legend of the Big Dipper - for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

In a special for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, StoryLand releases the old folktale, The Legend of the Big Dipper. The story about kindness imagines the origin of the constellation, which helped guide escaping slaves north to freedom.
- 5 min
- DEC 23, 2017
The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button

The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button

In this classic Turkish folktale, a little rooster finds a diamond button and has to deal with the greedy Sultan.
- 22 min
- DEC 8, 2017
One Drop Of Honey

One Drop Of Honey

Hear what happens when a king drips one drop of honey on the palace windowsill.
- 7 min