Originally released as a cassette in 1986, this recording continues to shine. With his trusty guitar, banjo, and mountain dulcimer, Mike sings some of the classic kid songs and those destined to be.

Whether it’s losing a library book or hunting for groundhog, this tape has something for everyone.

It was been selected by a couple of school and daycares as the official van tape (the one everyone can agree on).

Includes: The Cat Came Back, The Riverboat Song, They’re Gonna Put Me in Jail, Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground, Gypsy Rover, In My Time, Rubber Blubber Whale, Groundhog, I’m Gonna Tell, I’m a Little Cookie, and The Body in the Bag.

Approx. 40 minutes - ages 3 - adult

Anna's Old Boot

Stories and Songs by Mike Anderson

Parents’ Choice 2003 Winner

Children’s Music Web 2003 Best Song iParenting 2004 award

JPF Music 2017 Nominee

Review: Mike Anderson's comfortable, easily accessible storytelling style uses a child's day-to-day frames of reference to tell atmospheric, tall and home-cozy tales about a lace-up shoe house, wings for a reluctant cat, a suspenseful search for the family pet and rainy day music-making. Other tales include two animal myths: "The Lion and the Mouse" and "The Animals' First Christmas."

Lynne Heffley ©2003 Parents' Choice (Used with permission)

An outstanding recording for young kids (and adults with a young-at-heart attitude!) This CD includes 6 stories: Anna’s Old Boot, The Lion and the Mouse, Teaching Fluffy to Fly, Max, Anna and the Rainy Day, & The Animals’ First Christmas PLUS 4 songs: I Dropped It!, How ‘Bout a Moose?,

Rain, Rain, & Cindy, Cindy

Approximately 46 minutes – ages 3-adult

Ghosts come calling, panthers prowl the farmyard, ghosts in the cornfield, a detached thumb in a boy's pocket, not to mention mutant vegetables and a steamboat's bell.

Stories: Aunt Jessica's Story, The Thumb, Billy Higgs, McIntyre Homestead Songs: Waltzing Matilda, Broccoli Man, The Big, Hairy Spider. & The Ghost Bell

Ages 8-adult Approx 40 minutes

DVD contains live video of Mike dating back to the New Salem Storytelling Festival and other venues. If you watch closely, you can see his hair change color and slowly disappear!

"The energy of Anderson's performance shines as brightly as the August sun." Jacksonville Journal Courier

Big Hairy Spider, Peas, Soggy Frog, Oh, Groundhog, I Dropped It!

and Warm Kitty

At last, a tape devoted to the stories of Mike's neighbor Denny.

This recording includes:

Hey Diddle Diddle, Peas, The New School, The Return of the Poultrygeist, & Riding Trees

4 stories & 1 song - approx. 41 minutes ages 7 - adult

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