Unearth a Story

Jerejef (Jerr-uh-JEFF), thank you, Isatou Ceesay, for being a climate hero by fighting plastic pollution! Let’s take a few steps back and meet this amazing woman. Isatou (pronounced Ay Sa Tou) Ceesay is from N’jau, a village in the Gambia, the smallest country within mainland Africa. From a young age, Isatou used her creativity to solve problems.

(Caribbean music steel pan music plays) Papa Bois was traveling through the forests of Trinidad in the Caribbean islands. Papa Bois' beard of leaves rustled against his face as he walked amongst the trees with his goat-like feet. He is known as the Ancient One and never met anyone like himself, but that was okay because he felt no difference between himself and all the living things in the world. Papa Bois was very old and had seen many things in the past, but he was also large, strong, and muscular. Sometimes he would change in different forms when needed.

Este cuento se llama Juanito y los frijoles mágicos. Esta es una grabación de LibraryCall. Érase una vez un niño llamado Juan que vivía con su madre. Juan y su madre eran muy pobres. Dependían completamente de la leche de su vaca Bianca para sobrevivir. Pero una mañana, Bianca no dio leche y no sabían qué hacer. "Creo que debemos vender Bianca", dijo la madre de Juan. "Bueno", dijo Juan con tristeza. “Llevaré Bianca al mercado. Si puedo venderla, te traeré el dinero ".

This story is called Jack and the Beanstalk, a traditional tale adapted and recorded by LibraryCall. Once upon a time, there was a poor boy named Jack who lived with his mother and their cow named Milky-white. Jack and his mother relied completely on the cow’s milk as their only source of food and income. But one morning Milky-white gave no milk, and they didn't know what to do. “Don’t worry, mother, I'll go and find work somewhere,” said Jack. “There are no jobs to be found,” said his mother. “I’m afraid we must sell Milky-white.” “Okay,” said Jack sadly.