Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry

Overture
Custard the Dragon had big sharp teeth,
 * Baby Einstein logo (with Julie Clark's voiceover)
 * Mozart the Koala appears at the conductor's stand, and he puts a baton on his mouth when he doesn't have any hands. He starts the program with a conduction of the theme from Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven.
 * Bard pops up of nowhere and the poem "Custard the Dragon" is recited and he is acts it out.

and spikes on top of it and spikes underneath.

Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose,

and realio, trulio, daggers on his toes.
 * Opening titles (Baby Shakespeare theme, Weisbach). The title card disappears in an outburst of bubbles.

ABC Song

 * A block cart appears. 4 blocks appear.
 * 6 girls & puppets, along with Peep, Chirp & Quack, the Teletubbies and the Baby Van Gogh puppets sing the ABC song.

Act I

 * The camera appears.Train conductor Bard appears, pulls the train whistle string and pushes the camera. A clown's face pops out of it.
 * Bard is seen riding on a toy train, pulling the word train behind it.
 * A sketch of a train is drawn, turning into a live action footage of a real train. The poem A Modern Dragon is recited.

The train is a dragon that roars through the dark,

he wriggles his tail as he sends out a spark.

He pierces the night with his one yellow eye,

and all the earth trembles as he rushes by. I know of a bank where the wild thyme blows,
 * Music video: Toys (Rondo a Capriccio in G, Beethoven) (toy cars, insects, gears, kinect art)
 * The camera appears again is hiding in a colorful flowers. Bard appears, sniffs and eats the flowers. He pops up, looks at the flowers, and pushes the camera. A clown's face pops up again.
 * Bard sniffs a flower, then sneezes out the word flower.
 * A sketch of a flower is drawn, turning into a real flower. The poem A Midsummer Night's Dream is recited.

where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,

Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine,

With sweet musk roses and with eglantine,

there sleeps Titania, sometime of the night,

lulled in these flowers with dances and delight. It's the fall, the unfallen apples
 * A blue bird notices that his flower is wilted. He waters, it waits a while and it springs up. He turns around and it wilts back down. The same thing happens again. He looks at the flower a third time & sure enough it pops back up. Happy, then he leaves.
 * A bunch of balls are dropped down a funnel into a chute.
 * A camera appears again. Bard is walking with an apple and pushes the camera. A clown's face pops up again. He walks and picks another apple.
 * Bard is seen painting on an easel. He turns the easel around, revealing the word apple.
 * A sketch of an apple appears.
 * A carton of apples appears, which is tipped over, while The Apple Tree is recited.

hold their brightness

a little longer into the blue air, hold the idea

that they can be brighter.

The cat went here & there
 * Music video: Manipulatives (Rondo in C, Beethoven) (lion, butterfly puzzle, shape sorter)
 * The camera appears again and Bard pops up, he heard a meow, pops up again, meows again, pops up with cat ears on his head, whiskers on his face, and a bow tie on his neck. He pushes the camera and the clown's face appears again.
 * Dizzy Kitty spins around. The word cat appears.
 * A real cat appears, looking around while The Cat and The Moon is recited.

and the moon spun 'round like a top,

and the nearest kin of the moon,

the creeping cat looked up. My feet took a walk in the heavenly grass,
 * A worm is popping in and out of a red apple.
 * The camera appears again and Bard appears, hearing grass sounds. He pushes the camera and the clown's face appears again.
 * A tiger is shown in the grass, then runs away when he hears a lawn mower. The word grass appears.
 * A live-action footage of feet walking in grass is shown with the poem Heavenly Grass (Fur Elise, WoO 59, Beethoven)

all day while the sky shone clear as glass.

My feet took a walk in the heavenly grass,

all night while the lonesome stars rolled past.

Last night, when the yellow moon
 * The tiger is shown again roaring repeatedly in the grass. A yellow duck arrives & he roars in the duck's face. Confronted by the duck, the tiger runs away. The duck laughs & walks away.
 * The camera appears again. Bard jumps up, ribbits and laughs. He saw a frog, pushes the camera and the clown's face appears again.
 * Bard walks in front of a stuffed frog on a lily pad. He throws the frog into the water, laughs and walks away. The word frog bounces onto the screen.
 * A sketch of a frog appears which turns into a real green frog on a rock. The poem Wadassa Nakamoon by Ray A. Young Bear is recited.

of November broke through the last line

of turbulent midwestern clouds,

a lone frog, the same one

who probably announced the spring floods,

attempted to sing.

Intermission/Leaf
Nature's first green is gold,
 * The block cart appears again with 4 blocks, the girls and puppets, along with Peep, Chirp & Quack, the Teletubbies and the Baby Van Gogh puppets sing the ABC song again.
 * The camera appears, Bard walks wearing a rainhat on his head in the autumn. He pushes the camera and a clown's face appears.
 * Bard wildly jumps through a pile of leaves, then leaves. The word leaf falls onto the screen.
 * A sketch of a leaf appears, which turns into real leaves. Nothing Gold Can Stay is recited.

her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower,

but every so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf,

so Eden sank to grief.

So dawn goes down to day,

Nothing Gold Can Stay.

Act II
Snow is a mind
 * Music video: Kinect art (Allegro for a Flute Clock, Beethoven) (kinetic art, balls, gears, spin disc, clown)
 * The camera appears again, Bard pops up wearing a scarf on his neck on a winter, snowy day. He pushes the camera and the clown's face appears again.
 * Bard is hit by a barrage of snowballs. He then throws a snowball into the air and the word snow appears.
 * A footage of falling snow in front of trees is shown with the poem Revival by Steve Crow.

falling, a continuous breath

of climbs, loops, spirals,

dips into the earth

like white fireflies

wanting to land, finding

a wind between houses,

diving like moths

into their own light

so that one wonders

if snow is a wing's

long memory across winter. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
 * Jane the Monkey is standing in the snow & she's ambushed by a barrage of it.
 * A toy dog chases toy mama duck & her kids.
 * The camera appears again, Bard pops up, he hears an owl hooting. He pushes the camera and a clown's face appears again.
 * Bard stands under a tree then runs away when he hears an owl hooting. The word tree falls from the tree.
 * A sketch of a cherry blossom tree is drawn & it turns into a real tree. The poem Loveliest of Trees is recited.

is hung with bloom along the bow,

and stands about the woodland ride,

wearing white for Easter tide. One day, in the primeival wood,
 * Music video: Animals (Military March No. 1, Beethoven) (cymbal banging monkey, pig, gorilla, cat)
 * The camera appears again. Bard appears with a bucket in his mouth. He puts it next to the camera. He pushes the camera and a clown's face appears again.
 * Bard stands behind the fence. The word cow appears with a moo.
 * A sketch of a cow appears, moos, turns into a real cow. The Calf Path is recited.

a calf walked home, as good calves should,

but made a trail all bent askew,

A crooked trail, as all calves do. A toy dog and toy mama duck and her kids chasing again. I've watched you now, a full half hour
 * The camera appears again. Bard pops up with a butterfly on his nose. He decides to get the butterfly out. He walks, pulls the butterfly out, and appears again. He pushes the camera and a clown's face appears again.
 * Bard is running around chasing a butterfly and the head wreath falls down, bumps into a brick wall and faints. The word butterfly appears.
 * A butterfly sketch flies in, which turns into a real butterfly. To A Butterfly by William Wordsworth is recited.

self-poised upon that yellow flower;

And, little butterfly, indeed,

I know not if you sleep or feed.

How motionless!---not frozen seas

more motionless, but then.

What joy awaits you when the breeze

hath found you out in the trees

and calls you forth again!
 * Two cows graze. A purple cow arrives & the others walk away. A butterfly kisses her on the nose & she walks away.
 * Music video: Transportation. (Turkish March, Beethoven) (train, stuffed lion, rabbit and pig, helicopter)

The last word on our Baby Shakespeare program/End Credits
I love to see the big white moon,
 * The camera appears and Bard sleeps next to the camera, yawning. Pushes the camera and a clown's face appears.
 * Bard is seen going to bed. A moon appears in front of him while My Loves is recited. (Sonata No. 8, "Pathetique," 2nd movement, Beethoven) Good night, Bard.

a shining in the sky,

I love to see the little stars

and shadow clouds go by.

I love the raindrops falling

on my rooftop in the night.

I love the soft wind sighing

before the dawn's gray light.
 * Closing credits (Symphony No. 9, 4th movement, Beethoven) All 6 girls talk to the puppets, Peep, Chirp, Quack, the Teletubbies and the Baby Van Gogh puppets.
 * Mozart the Koala walks away.