With her comfortable, spontaneous style Barbara Schutzgruber combines words, string and song, weaving a spell for listeners of all ages.

Her rich voice conjures images from the depth of your imagination. Girls-smart and gutsy-are at the center of these highly entertaining fairy tale adventures told by powerful storyteller Barbara Schutzgruber. When Schutzgruber spins her conversational yarns about giants, quests, carnivorous pumpkins, gnomes and enchanted bears, you can imagine yourself listening by firelight on the edge of some enchanted forest, where anything is possible, especially if you're a girl. As "smart, brave, clever" Molly inches a magic ring off a sleeping giant's finger, Schutzgruber's voice drops to a tantalizing whisper; when the giant wakes up, the whisper becomes a roar. She gives a lively re-telling of Grimm's "Snow White and Rose Red," and she adds a humorously spooky touch to "The Insatiable Pumpkin," about a spoiled little girl who suffers the unfortunate consequences of getting everything you want, until a wise old woman sets things right. -Lynne Heffley, 2000 Parents' Choice Review

Still a bit of sugar but even MORE SPICE audio samplers: Molly and the Giant
The Insatiable Pumpkin
Different as Night and Day

Barbara tells stories from the oral traditions of the Great Lakes Region as well as stories from around the world.