“It’s A Small World After All” by Mort Laitner
I love singing the song.
I love the Fantasyland boat ride.
I love the singing animatronic children dressed in costumes from around the world.
I remember first taking the ride at the 1964 New York World’s Fair UNICEF pavilion—sponsored by Pepsi.
The Magic Kingdom’s theme song makes me happy.
So when I read page two of Western Guilford Middle Schools Newsletter (Greensboro, North Carolina December 2017—Home of the Tigers), I naturally started singing the Sherman Brothers song:
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small, small world
its a world of laughter and a world of tears
its a world of hopes and a world of fears
there’s so much that we share
that is time we’re aware
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small, small world
there is just one moon
and one golden sun
and a smile means friendship to everyone
though the mountains divide
and the oceans are wide
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small, small world
I bet I got you singing.
I bet I got you thinking–laughter and tears—hopes and fears—yin and yang.
Well, here is the WGMS article that got me singing:
Take the Challenge and Warm Up to a Good Book
WGMS would like to encourage students to continue reading during the winter break. The challenge is to read 30 minutes a day for at least 15 days during winter break. More information on our Holiday Reading Challenge will be posted to our Facebook, Twitter, and School Website closer to the break!
The long winter break this year provides an excellent opportunity curl up with a mug of hot chocolate (see recipe below) and a good book. The classics are always a good option but we have listed some newer holiday-themed books below:
Christmas in Camelot – Mary Pope Osborne
A Charlie Brown Christmas – Charles Shulz
The Christmas Wish – Lori Evert
Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition #2: The 12 Scream of Christmas – R.L. Stine
A Boy Called Christmas – Phillis Reynolds Naylor
The Carpenter’s Gift: A Christmas Tale about the Rockefeller Center Tree – David Rubel
The Christmas Magic – Lauren Thompson
Seven Days Before Christmas – Wade Elgin
Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukah Story – Manushkin
Hanukah – Grace Jones
The Hanukah Bunny – Mort Laitner
Were kids in Greensboro warming up with my “Good Book?”
Were kids in Greensboro reading my book with a mug of hot chocolate?
Here was my Hanukkah gift delivered in the month of May all the way from North Carolina,.
Read the authors names: Charles Schulz, R.L. Stine and Mort Laitner.
Read the characters names: Charlie Brown, Goosebumps and the Hanukkah Bunny.
Well, Western Guilford Middle School by sharing you succeeded in bringing a smile, laughter and tears of joy on to my face.
And making me realize it’s a small world after all,
Remember you can buy all of our books, A Hebraic Obsession, The Greatest Gift and The
Hanukkah Bunny on Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
https://www.ebay.com/i/381922285001?chn=ps
For reviews visit: https://www.amazon.com/Hebraic-Obsession-Mort-Laitner/product-reviews/0996036903
The movie “The Stairs” is available for $20.00, which includes shipping and handling through this website.
