Hugh Lupton

Set sail with Odysseus as he fights to find his way back home after the brutal Trojan War. On his ten year journey, he endures harrowing ordeals, battles monsters and learns what it means to be a hero. Award-winning professional storytellers Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden's gripping retelling breathes new life into Homer's classic The Odyssey.

Tells the story of Achilles, the son of a king and a goddess, who led the Greek armies during the Trojan War.

A collection of eight tales from various cultures, including The Little Red Hen; Monkey-See, Monkey-Do; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; and The Magic Porridge Pot. Master storyteller Hugh Lupton playfully retells seven stories from around the world, including favorites such as The Little Red Hen as well as less familiar stories such as The Sweetest Song and The Blue Coat. Young children will be quickly engaged by the lively narrative, and will delight...

In this Russian folk tale, the farmer's wife cannot keep a secret. When the farmer finds a box of gold he knows that by the end of the day, the entire village will know, and by the end of the week, the whole country, including the greedy king. How can the farmer keep the king from taking the gold?

This Jewish tale is about Tom. His mom makes him a beautiful new blue coat and he wears it all the time. Until it starts to fall apart. What will his mother do? Find out how things can be re-purposed in this story of a mother's love.

On her way to the market place, an old woman's big pot of honey falls and breaks, spilling honey everwhere! She cries out, asking Papa God why he sent her so much misery. Monkey thinks this woman's misery tastes pretty good. Read this Haitian tale to learn to be careful what you ask for.

Two shepherds are watching their sheep when one falls asleep and a butterfly flies out of his mouth! The other shepherd follows the butterfly's journey, and tells the sleeping man what happened when he wakes up. Learn about perspective in this Irish folk tale.

There once was a man who sold hats who was walking through the jungle on his way to take his hats to market. His cart of hats hits a hole and topples over, spilling the hats. Monkeys take his hats. Find out if he can get them back in this Indian tale of copy-cat.

In this French story, the king and queen adopt a white rat as their daughter. A magician turns the white rat into a beautiful princess, but he cannot change her inmost secret self. The princess will only marry the most powerful man in the world, can the king find the princess a husband?

In this Russian story, a mouse finds a large old clean skull to live in. It's plenty big enough for more, and a frog moves in. Then a rabbit. Next a fox. How many can fit inside? And can the animals turn a bear down?