Discography

Welcome to Max Tell's lyric and story page. Here, you will find links to pages where you can read his stories, songs, and poems, as well as reviews of each CD. 

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Reviews

• The Heart Shaped Tree
• Monkey Mumbo Jumbo
• Little Johnny Small and Other Stories
• Dragon with a Flagon
• A Fist of Bees
• The Land of Graws

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Stories

The Heart Shaped Tree Inspired by William Shakespear's beloved Romeo and Juliet, this touching and compelling story reveals how the friendship between two young people tears down the wall of bigotry that has separated two feuding families for generation. Ages 6 & 7. Buy The Heart Shaped Tree

A Fist of Bees This is the compelling story about coming of age, trying to save a hive of wild bees from The Rats, a gang of bullies, and forgiveness. Ages: 8-12. Buy A Fist of Bees

Little Johnny Small and Other Stories This appealing collection of short stories for early readers and listeners will take your child on four delightful adventures that they will never forget. Ages: 3-6. Also available in Spanish. Buy Little Johnny Small and Other Stories

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Songs

Monkey Mumbo Jumbo This playful combination of musical monkey business, wit and word play explores odd occupations, the wonders of wishing, creatures of the sea, and other stuff that kids love to laugh about and dance to. Ages: Pre 3-6. Buy Monkey Mumbo Jumbo

Dragon with a Flagon Join the excitement as Max sings some of his fan's favourites like:  The Worm Song, Laughing Undies, and We are not Ladies We're Kids.  Ages: Pre 3-6. Buy Dragon with a Flagon

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Poems, Stories and Chant-a-longs

The Land of Graws The title was inspired by the Wizard of OZ. The poems, stories and chant-a-longs were inspired by a love of children and their delight in play. Ages: 3-6. Buy The Land of Graws

http://maxtell.ca/max-tell/little-johnny-small-and-other-stories-main-page

Buy CDs and Books

There is an old Chinese saying, if you want a good teacher, be prepared to walk a hundred miles. Don't worry, you won't have to walk a hundred miles to buy one of my CDs. They are available for a song - just kidding - and sometimes raffle copies are available. So keep in touch and keep up to date on my new releases.

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Why This Blog

This site is dedicated to helping parents and teachers to understand the value of sharing stories, songs, and poems with children daily. To do so, this blog will include personal insights on the value of art in the home and in the classroom, as well as personal experiences of struggling learners and their successes. 

It will also include the insights of other professionals who are dedicated to creating a safe environment for all learners, even those who struggle with learning, particularly reading. In addition, it will include links to reviews of books, songs, and poetry collections, as well as samples, the latter mostly written or performed by this author.

My Wish

I've always been fascinated by those who struggle in school. Each struggling learner has his own difficulties, barriers that stand between him and achievement. Some are silent sufferers, others act out in small or destructive ways. Some become good parents, employees, and citizens. And still others turn their lives totally around to become highly successful in business, science, or the arts.

What bothers me is that too often, many children, at an early age, get written off as failures and are blamed for their learning difficulties, as if they have the ability to do something about them. In actual fact, they are often victims. Victims of poverty, hunger, neglect, child abuse, even learning disabilities.

About "More Happy Readers"

Everything You Want to Know About This Blog & Max Tell If you have any questions about this blog or me, the following links should answer them. If I've left anything out, please contact me with your suggestions at robert@maxtell.ca.

FAQ | Fax About Max | Review Policy 

Services | Testimonials | Why this Blog

Fax About Max

Hello, my name is Max Tell. I have worked professionally as a writer, performer, singer, songwriter, and educator for close to thirty years.

Awards | Guest Book | Radio Interviews

Awards

Since 2009 seven of my stories and songs have received honourable mention in seven national and international copetitions. More . . .

Guest Book

Since this is a very new blog, I haven't had any guests comment on this blog as yet, however you are welcome to be one of the first. For comments on my web site please go to Guest Book and Quotes.

Radio Interviews & Stories Aired

December 1st, 2011, interview with CBC Yukon's Russ Knutson, host of MidDay Cafe.

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September 5th., 2010, Max was interviewed by Sheryl McKay host of North By North West, CBC, Canada's national radio station, Vancouver, BC

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Maureen Dollin, CJMQ, Sherbrooke, QC, 2008

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Steve Duncan, CJOR Co-op Radio, Wax Poetic, Vancouver, BC, 2008

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Noel Lewis-Watts, CHLY 101.7, Sweet Dreams, Nanaimo, BC, 2009

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Vincent Murphy, CJTR 91.3 FM, 3 stories aired, Story Emporium, Regina, SK, 2009

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Mary Desseim, Global Griot, Griot Radio, Seattle WA, USA, 2008-09

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For more information, 

please go to my web site at maxtell.ca.

Happy reading! Kids will love you for it.

Review Policy

Guidelines: I have wanted to create my own blog for years. One important purpose of this blog is to give parents, teachers, and librarians one place where they can find reviews of quality Picture Books, audio CDs of storytelling, and music CDs for toddlers up to age seven.

Testimonials

- Bogota, Colombia 2010 As this is a new blog, I have not received testimonials on this site yet, however, you will find many on my website. Feel free to browse. Max Tell's Guest Book Quotes

Services

Max Tell Services Programs: I offer performances (p) and workshops (w) to the following age and interest groups : Toddlers & their Parents (p) Pre-school children (p) and teachers (w) K-2 (p) and teachers (w) Grade 3-5 (p & w) and teachers (w) Grades 6-7 (p & w) and teachers (w) Grades 8 - 12 and teachers (w) University (w)

FAQ

- Bogota, Colombia 2010 Max Tell FAQ If you have any questions the following FAQ may be of help. If your question is not answered, please email me at robert@maxtell.ca.

Why This Blog

Hi, I’m Robert Stelmach, a.k.a Max Tell. Please just call me Max. All my friends do. I write MoreHappyReaders to help: struggling readers to read struggling writers to write struggling learners to learn parents, teachers, and librarians to help  strugglers in school to become lovers of language and learning

Furthermore, I would like to help as many parents, teachers, and librarians as possible to realize that play in the form of stories, songs, and poems is essential to the learning process far beyond language itself. Stories, songs, and poems are the building blocks of learning, what I like to call the Lego of Literacy.

My focus here is not only on young struggles but adult strugglers as well.


I started MoreHappyReaders in February 2012 to help those who struggle with reading and writing to overcome their difficulties and, over time, to love reading and hopefully writing too.


It is not my goal here to create professionals, but to pass on the love of reading and writing that will be useful in every day life, including in the classroom, at home, an on the job.


Prior to becoming a successful writer/performer, I spent close to thirty years battling with the fact that I have a 55-percentile short term memory capacity. My poor memory not only made it difficult for me to learn as a child, but also fostered a traumatic reaction against memorizing that haunted me for decades.


Lucky for me, I have had a few mentors along the way who helped me to get over some of my worst hurdles. Now it is my turn to pass on the gift.


I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre, studied creative writing with W.O. Mitchell, and hold a TESOL Diploma for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language.


I have close to 30 years of experiences delighting children and families with my stories, songs, and poems. I also have seven world tours and six audio CDs to my credit. In the past few years, seven of my stories, songs, and poems have received honourable mention in national and international writing competitions. 


For more information, please email me at robert@maxtell.ca.