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'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'
Category: Kids & family
Duration: 00:11:36
Publish Date: 2021-07-01 07:02:00
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What happens when three Billy Goats Gruff run out of food to munch on their mountainside? Will they dare go up against the evil troll, who's blocking the way to a field filled with delicious green grass and sweet clover? See what musical surprises await in the YourClassical Storytime episode The Three Billy Goats Gruff, featuring music from Bedrich Smetana and art by Nancy Carlson! (See more of her illustrations in the gallery.)

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Our telling of The Three Billy Goats Gruff includes excerpts from the following work:

Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast
Antoni Wit, conductor
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.

Credits

Storyteller: Scott Blankenship (with Steve Seel)

Story: Steve Seel

Illustrations: Nancy Carlson

Producer: Steve Seel

Digital producer: Jeffrey Yelverton

Social media producer: Brooke Knoll

Senior digital producer: Randy Salas

Program director: Julie Amacher

Gallery
  • YourClassical Storytime - The Three Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    YourClassical Storytime - The Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The three Billy Goats Gruff - small, medium and large!
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The Billy Goats Gruff graze on the mountain.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The brothers have run out of plants to eat.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The lush valley below is full of food to eat.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The biggest Billy Goat warns the others of a troll down in the valley.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The smallest Billy Goat isn't afraid of the troll.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The smallest Billy Goat sneaks down to the valley alone.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    He stops when he comes to the bridge the troll lives under.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The troll doesn't like to be bothered.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The troll grabs the smallest Billy Goat to eat.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The troll lets the smallest Billy Goat pass.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The medium Billy Goat Gruff meets the troll on the bridge.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The troll snatches the medium Billy Goat by the horns.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The troll allows the medium Billy Goat to pass.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The troll is startled by another goat crossing his bridge.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The troll and the biggest Billy Goat Gruff clash on the bridge.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
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    The biggest Billy Goat tosses the troll into the river below.
  • YourClassical Storytime - Billy Goats Gruff
    Nancy Carlson for MPR
    The three Billy Goats Gruff graze happily ever after.
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