Willy Claflin
Storyteller BOOKING AVAILABLE—To book Willy: e-mail us or call us at 415-346-0103 |
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Maynard's Books (mostly for kids)
Willy & Maynard's CDs (mostly for kids)
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Live Festival Performance CDs
Music CDs (mostly for adults)
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Illustrated by James Stimson.
Audio CD included inside book.
In The Bully Goat Grim, baby troll wields grammar skills while confronting dubnoxious bully. Maynard's third book continues the Mother Moose tales series with engaging North American Moose dialect (Moose-English glossary included).
"'The Bully Goat Grim is a complex and interesting read, ripe with opportunities to extend and to discuss."
~ Books 4 Learning, Books 4 Learning Review
"Stimson’s illustrations are as droll as ever, his characters full of personality, and spreads that are packed with details will require repeat readings to uncover them all. Between the moose dialect and the story’s twist, this may not be one of your grandmother’s tales, but even she won’t be able to resist a few chuckles. Hysterical." ~ Kirkus Reviews, July 2012 |
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Illustrated by James Stimson.
Audio CD included inside book.
In Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs, a prince riding a snow white moose tries to rescue a long-haired beauty who has been poisoned by a witch. Maynard's second book continues to recount the classic Mother Moose tales in the engaging North American Moose dialect (a Moose-English glossary is included). Nappa Gold Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
"...veteran yarnspinner Claflin follows up The Uglified Ducky (2008) with another “distremely” hilarious mashup. Related in moose dialect, the tale has young Punzel cutting off her “goldie” locks after they become “all full of sticks and twigs and little nastified wudgies of glop”...
[Illustrator] Stimson places the escapade in a traditional medieval setting... and slips in droll details like Japanese tourists. In the end, ...all “lived happily for never afterwords.” Moral? “[T]here ain’t no moral,” the antlered narrator concludes. Plenty of belly laughs, though." ~ Kirkus Reviews, March 2011
"...This book is required reading for any fans of Maynard the Moose. If you are not a fan of Maynard you will become one..." ~ Eric James Wolf (Brother Wolf), March 2011 |
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NOW IN PAPERBACK
Illustrated by James Stimson.
Audio CD included inside book.
Maynard's first book recounts the classic Mother Moose tale of a hapless moose who becomes mistaken for a baby duck, and struggles to fit in until he ultimately discovers the heartwarming moral. The story is written in the delightful North American Moose dialect (a Moose-English glossary is included). Texas Bluebonnet First Place Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
"Stimson’s droll gouache illustrations perfectly match the tongue-in-cheek text, with characters that are just brimming with personality. This is one not to be missed."
~ Kirkus Reviews, August 2008
"Stimson’s colorful illustrations are a riot, featuring stylized shapes, funny expressions, and animated scenes. A CD of the story performed hilariously by Claflin is delightful. This fresh, lively story is laugh-out-loud funny." ~ School Library Journal, September 2008 |
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This double CD contains 18 of Maynard Moose's classic Mother Moose Tales performed live at the Jonesboro festival, spanning the years 2001 to 2010—all collected together here in one ginormous glump.
Disc A
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin
01) The Wolf who Cried Sheep 02) Turtle and Bunny 03) So What And Drop Dead 04) The Uglified Ducky 05) Stupid Jack with Beanstalk Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) The Bully Goat Grim 02) The Moose And The Cheese 03) Sleeping Beastly 04) The Third Little Piggy 05) The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake
Disc B
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Lion and Mousie 02) Lazy Jack 03) Cinderella and the Three Bears 04) Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Hush Little Moosie 02) The Little Red Hen 03) The Bremen Town Storytellers 04) Ants and Grasshopper |
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Meet Little Moose, Iron John Robin, and Lazy Jack. This CD is a sure-fire road trip favorite for the whole family. Parents' Choice Gold Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
An American Library Association Notable Recording
01) Lazy Jack 02) Sleeping Beastly 03) Iron John Robin and The Little Drummer Boy 04) Piggy Wiggy 05) The Little Moose Who Couldn't Fall Asleep |
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Parents' Choice Gold Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
Nappa Gold Award
01) The Uglified Ducky (also in book form with drawings by James Stimson) 02) Willy: Ka-Ulu The Strong 03) Little Red Riding Tunes 04) Socklops: An Alien Tale 05) The 3rd Little Piggy 06) Willy: Little Freddie And His Whistle 07) Rocky Raccoon: Sugar Is Your Best Friend 08) Gorf: My Hat! 09) The Moose And The Cheese 10) Turtle and Bunny 11) The Ants And The Grasshopper |
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Irresistible music and comedy. Make the unforgettable So What & Drop Dead your own. Good for young and old, good for the silly and the solemn. Parents' Choice Gold Award
An American Library Association Notable Recording
01) Maynard Moose: Hush Little Moosie 02) So What And Drop Dead 03) Willy: I Hate Music! 04) The Court Of King Caractacus 05) Willy: The Wolf Under The Bed 06) Bung Quilla Bung 07) Rocky Raccoon: Look What You've Done! 08) Bill Buffalo: Three Songs 09) Teddy Moose Bartholemew 10) Willy: Mistress Shadey |
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Re-issue of Willy's early children's classics. Great gift choice for young fans. Includes family sing-along 'Fight with Your Food'.
01) Dr. Albert Alligator: Pledge of Obedience 02) Rocky Raccoon: Twinkies in the Tub, Never Share 03) Maynard Moose: Nursery Rhymes, Pie Piper 04) Willy: Tree in the Hole 05) Boring Beaver: Tired and Bored 06) Socklops: Two Songs 07) Willy: Uku Blues 08) Rocky: Fight with Your Food 09) Maynard: Night Before Kissmoose 10) Bunny! 11) Dr. Albert: Closing Pledge |
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This double CD contains 18 of Maynard Moose's classic Mother Moose Tales performed live at the Jonesboro festival, spanning the years 2001 to 2010—all collected together here in one ginormous glump.
Disc A
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin
01) The Wolf who Cried Sheep 02) Turtle and Bunny 03) So What And Drop Dead 04) The Uglified Ducky 05) Stupid Jack with Beanstalk Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) The Bully Goat Grim 02) The Moose And The Cheese 03) Sleeping Beastly 04) The Third Little Piggy 05) The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake
Disc B
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Lion and Mousie 02) Lazy Jack 03) Cinderella and the Three Bears 04) Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Hush Little Moosie 02) The Little Red Hen 03) The Bremen Town Storytellers 04) Ants and Grasshopper |
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Special Guest: Maynard Moose
Willy’s third CD from the National Storytelling Festival. More counter-culture comedy from Maine in the 70's. Revel in Maynard Moose’s The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake. Also featured: More about Dad's Harvard football misadventures; more Moose fables (with morals); and Willy's tribute to the late great humorist Gamble Rogers - a finger picking fast talking tour de force. Storytelling World Resource Award
01) Introduction by Ed Stivender 02) Goat Whisperer 03) The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake 04) Emerson's Chevrolet 05) The Wolf who Cried Sheep 06) Lion and Mousie 07) Sorry is as Sorry Does—A Tribute to Gamble Rogers: Still Bill's Blind Walk, Bovine Midwifery, War Bunny |
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The George Washington Method for Blues Ukulele: eclectic and wild, each story more surprising than the last. Includes a lovely tale about Willy's parents, Maynard's neoclassic—Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa, and the slowest song ever recorded—Nostalgia for the Vegetable State. Warning: this CD has nothing to do with learning how to play the ukelele—the title is a bald-faced lie
01) Rufus Bly and The Lobster Wife 02) Who Has Seen the Mind? 03) The George Washington Method for Blues Ukulele: Part I: Martha and The Birchbark Kazoo Part II: Tina, My Braguina 04) Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa 05) Nostalgia for the Vegetable State |
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Join Claflin as he relives hilarious counterculture misadventures in backwoods Maine during the 1970's. You'll meet a goat afflicted with Random Hositility Syndrome, experience a truck drive through the farmhouse on Christmas morning, and hear the only full-blooded North American moose currently on the storytelling circuit. Storytelling World Resource Award
'A tour de force. One of the best storytelling performances I've ever seen.'
~ Syd Lieberman
01) Truck Crash Christmas, 1972 02) Barn Roof 03) Full Moon (I am a Panda!) 04) Maynard Moose: The Bully Goat Grim 05) Daydreamer Seeks Benefactor 06) plus: Just One More Story—Willy's storytelling anthem |
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Willy and Brian Claflin
with Tom Carr, Dan Kellar, and Dave Halberg
Herewith a collection of our family’s favorite traditional tunes—most are narrative ballads. The first half come from the British Isles—the second half from Appalachia and the American West—so we follow a general chronological drift from the 16th century to the present time, crossing the Atlantic with Pontchartrain and the capstan shanty General Taylor. These tunes live on thanks to the work of a handful of scholars and song-catchers: Francis James Child, Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles, John and Alan Lomax. Without them, most of these songs would have been lost. We owe them our deep gratitude. Derum Kimmie Quo-Qua
"Folk music in its purest form, adorned with beautiful family harmonies. Brian's production sensibilities are right on the mark, too. A real treasure."
~ Jamie O'Hara, songwriter
01) Country Life 02) Lord Bangam 03) 'Twas Pleasant and Delightful 04) Nottamun Town (full length sample) 05) The Rose and the Lindsy-O 06) The Rolling of the Stone 07) Willy MacIntosh (full length sample) 08) Jones' Ale 09) The Banks of Pontchartrain 10) General Taylor 11) Down Bound Train 12) Copper Kettle 13) The Wind and the Rain 14) Buffalo Skinners 15) I Will Reap What I've Sown 16) Turtle Dove Done Drooped His Wings 17) Pretty Boy Floyd (full length sample) 18) Ooralye-Aye |
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Willy Claflin
Every song a Claflin original—lonesome love songs, the saga of Jesse James, hymns you'll cherish, and Willy's whimsical absurdity at its best. A fine sampler of Claflin's versatility as a singer-songwriter.
01) Downeast Cafe 02) I Dare You 03) New Best Western 04) Dream On, Jesse 05) American Son 06) Moon On The Water 07) Well I Thought You Might Like To Know 08) Lemme Tell You 09) In The Beginning 10) Stones Along The Shore 11) Leave The Past Behind |
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Illustrated by James Stimson.
Audio CD included inside book.
In The Bully Goat Grim, baby troll wields grammar skills while confronting dubnoxious bully. Maynard's third book continues the Mother Moose tales series with engaging North American Moose dialect (Moose-English glossary included).
"'The Bully Goat Grim is a complex and interesting read, ripe with opportunities to extend and to discuss."
~ Books 4 Learning, Books 4 Learning Review
"Stimson’s illustrations are as droll as ever, his characters full of personality, and spreads that are packed with details will require repeat readings to uncover them all. Between the moose dialect and the story’s twist, this may not be one of your grandmother’s tales, but even she won’t be able to resist a few chuckles. Hysterical." ~ Kirkus Reviews, July 2012 |
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Illustrated by James Stimson.
Audio CD included inside book.
In Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs, a prince riding a snow white moose tries to rescue a long-haired beauty who has been poisoned by a witch. Maynard's second book continues to recount the classic Mother Moose tales in the engaging North American Moose dialect (a Moose-English glossary is included). Nappa Gold Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
"...veteran yarnspinner Claflin follows up The Uglified Ducky (2008) with another “distremely” hilarious mashup. Related in moose dialect, the tale has young Punzel cutting off her “goldie” locks after they become “all full of sticks and twigs and little nastified wudgies of glop”...
[Illustrator] Stimson places the escapade in a traditional medieval setting... and slips in droll details like Japanese tourists. In the end, ...all “lived happily for never afterwords.” Moral? “[T]here ain’t no moral,” the antlered narrator concludes. Plenty of belly laughs, though." ~ Kirkus Reviews, March 2011
"...This book is required reading for any fans of Maynard the Moose. If you are not a fan of Maynard you will become one..." ~ Eric James Wolf (Brother Wolf), March 2011 |
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NOW IN PAPERBACK
Illustrated by James Stimson.
Audio CD included inside book.
Maynard's first book recounts the classic Mother Moose tale of a hapless moose who becomes mistaken for a baby duck, and struggles to fit in until he ultimately discovers the heartwarming moral. The story is written in the delightful North American Moose dialect (a Moose-English glossary is included). Texas Bluebonnet First Place Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
"Stimson’s droll gouache illustrations perfectly match the tongue-in-cheek text, with characters that are just brimming with personality. This is one not to be missed."
~ Kirkus Reviews, August 2008
"Stimson’s colorful illustrations are a riot, featuring stylized shapes, funny expressions, and animated scenes. A CD of the story performed hilariously by Claflin is delightful. This fresh, lively story is laugh-out-loud funny." ~ School Library Journal, September 2008 |
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This double CD contains 18 of Maynard Moose's classic Mother Moose Tales performed live at the Jonesboro festival, spanning the years 2001 to 2010—all collected together here in one ginormous glump.
Disc A
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin
01) The Wolf who Cried Sheep 02) Turtle and Bunny 03) So What And Drop Dead 04) The Uglified Ducky 05) Stupid Jack with Beanstalk Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) The Bully Goat Grim 02) The Moose And The Cheese 03) Sleeping Beastly 04) The Third Little Piggy 05) The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake
Disc B
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Lion and Mousie 02) Lazy Jack 03) Cinderella and the Three Bears 04) Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Hush Little Moosie 02) The Little Red Hen 03) The Bremen Town Storytellers 04) Ants and Grasshopper |
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Meet Little Moose, Iron John Robin, and Lazy Jack. This CD is a sure-fire road trip favorite for the whole family. Parents' Choice Gold Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
An American Library Association Notable Recording
01) Lazy Jack 02) Sleeping Beastly 03) Iron John Robin and The Little Drummer Boy 04) Piggy Wiggy 05) The Little Moose Who Couldn't Fall Asleep |
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Parents' Choice Gold Award
Storytelling World Resource Award
Nappa Gold Award
01) The Uglified Ducky (also in book form with drawings by James Stimson) 02) Willy: Ka-Ulu The Strong 03) Little Red Riding Tunes 04) Socklops: An Alien Tale 05) The 3rd Little Piggy 06) Willy: Little Freddie And His Whistle 07) Rocky Raccoon: Sugar Is Your Best Friend 08) Gorf: My Hat! 09) The Moose And The Cheese 10) Turtle and Bunny 11) The Ants And The Grasshopper |
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Irresistible music and comedy. Make the unforgettable So What & Drop Dead your own. Good for young and old, good for the silly and the solemn. Parents' Choice Gold Award
An American Library Association Notable Recording
01) Maynard Moose: Hush Little Moosie 02) So What And Drop Dead 03) Willy: I Hate Music! 04) The Court Of King Caractacus 05) Willy: The Wolf Under The Bed 06) Bung Quilla Bung 07) Rocky Raccoon: Look What You've Done! 08) Bill Buffalo: Three Songs 09) Teddy Moose Bartholemew 10) Willy: Mistress Shadey |
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Re-issue of Willy's early children's classics. Great gift choice for young fans. Includes family sing-along 'Fight with Your Food'.
01) Dr. Albert Alligator: Pledge of Obedience 02) Rocky Raccoon: Twinkies in the Tub, Never Share 03) Maynard Moose: Nursery Rhymes, Pie Piper 04) Willy: Tree in the Hole 05) Boring Beaver: Tired and Bored 06) Socklops: Two Songs 07) Willy: Uku Blues 08) Rocky: Fight with Your Food 09) Maynard: Night Before Kissmoose 10) Bunny! 11) Dr. Albert: Closing Pledge |
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This double CD contains 18 of Maynard Moose's classic Mother Moose Tales performed live at the Jonesboro festival, spanning the years 2001 to 2010—all collected together here in one ginormous glump.
Disc A
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin
01) The Wolf who Cried Sheep 02) Turtle and Bunny 03) So What And Drop Dead 04) The Uglified Ducky 05) Stupid Jack with Beanstalk Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) The Bully Goat Grim 02) The Moose And The Cheese 03) Sleeping Beastly 04) The Third Little Piggy 05) The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake
Disc B
Part 1: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Lion and Mousie 02) Lazy Jack 03) Cinderella and the Three Bears 04) Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa Part 2: Introduction by Willy Claflin 01) Hush Little Moosie 02) The Little Red Hen 03) The Bremen Town Storytellers 04) Ants and Grasshopper |
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Special Guest: Maynard Moose
Willy’s third CD from the National Storytelling Festival. More counter-culture comedy from Maine in the 70's. Revel in Maynard Moose’s The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake. Also featured: More about Dad's Harvard football misadventures; more Moose fables (with morals); and Willy's tribute to the late great humorist Gamble Rogers - a finger picking fast talking tour de force. Storytelling World Resource Award
01) Introduction by Ed Stivender 02) Goat Whisperer 03) The Mermoose of Muskadunk Lake 04) Emerson's Chevrolet 05) The Wolf who Cried Sheep 06) Lion and Mousie 07) Sorry is as Sorry Does—A Tribute to Gamble Rogers: Still Bill's Blind Walk, Bovine Midwifery, War Bunny |
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The George Washington Method for Blues Ukulele: eclectic and wild, each story more surprising than the last. Includes a lovely tale about Willy's parents, Maynard's neoclassic—Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa, and the slowest song ever recorded—Nostalgia for the Vegetable State. Warning: this CD has nothing to do with learning how to play the ukelele—the title is a bald-faced lie
01) Rufus Bly and The Lobster Wife 02) Who Has Seen the Mind? 03) The George Washington Method for Blues Ukulele: Part I: Martha and The Birchbark Kazoo Part II: Tina, My Braguina 04) Pegamoose and the Gorgonzola Medusa 05) Nostalgia for the Vegetable State |
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Join Claflin as he relives hilarious counterculture misadventures in backwoods Maine during the 1970's. You'll meet a goat afflicted with Random Hositility Syndrome, experience a truck drive through the farmhouse on Christmas morning, and hear the only full-blooded North American moose currently on the storytelling circuit. Storytelling World Resource Award
'A tour de force. One of the best storytelling performances I've ever seen.'
~ Syd Lieberman
01) Truck Crash Christmas, 1972 02) Barn Roof 03) Full Moon (I am a Panda!) 04) Maynard Moose: The Bully Goat Grim 05) Daydreamer Seeks Benefactor 06) plus: Just One More Story—Willy's storytelling anthem |
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