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Circle Round

Encore: The Unwelcome Guest

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Richard Kind (Inside Out, American Dad!) stars in this Middle Eastern folktale about a clever man who teaches his village a thing or two about the dangers of judging a book by its cover.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Circle Round fans! Rebecca Sheer here, inviting you to join us this August at Tanglewood,

0:07.7

the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lennox, Massachusetts. Our annual live

0:12.9

recording on Sunday August 13th is all sold out, but not to worry! You can join us on Tuesday,

0:18.9

August 8th, as part of Tanglewood on Parade, the BSO's annual Family Funday. Showtime

0:25.0

is at 2.30 pm in Seiji, Ozawa Hall. General seating is available in the open air hall or on the

0:30.6

lawn. Kids get in free, but require a ticket. Get yours now by visiting wbwar.org slash Circle

0:37.1

Round and clicking on events.

0:39.2

WBwar Podcasts, Boston.

0:45.6

Hi, Rebecca Sheer here. It's been quite an exciting year for Circle Round. We've launched

0:59.5

the Circle Round Club. We've gone on tour to Los Angeles and the Washington DC area, and

1:05.1

we've published four picture books based on some of your favorite episodes. We're going

1:10.1

to bring you one of those episodes today. It's called The Unwelcome Guest and it inspired

1:14.9

our picture book The Tale of The Unwelcome Guest. You can find all four of our Circle Round

1:19.6

picture books, The Tale of The Unwelcome Guest, The Lions Whisker, The Great Ball Game, and

1:23.9

A Taste of Honey on our website, wbwar.org slash Circle Round.

1:30.2

Ever heard the expression you can't judge a book by its cover? It can be tempting to form

1:38.9

an opinion about something based on how it looks, but more often than not, it's what's

1:44.2

inside that counts. And in today's story, an entire town of people learn that lesson

1:50.4

in a most delicious way. I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where Story Time

1:58.4

happens all the time. Today, our story is called The Unwelcome Guest. Versions of this

2:04.7

tale originally come from the Middle East, where it's one of many stories featuring

2:08.8

a character named Nasrudin, a wise man who lived long ago.

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