Sing Out!: Six Classic Folk Songs for Tomorrow

(Hardback)

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Folk songs such asShell Be Coming Round the Mountain,"Ive Been Working on the Railroad, and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star takeon livesof theirown, becoming stand-alone storiesfeaturing several zany characters, includingan acrobatic pink-haired roller-skater girl, a straw hat-wearing unshaven hillbilly astronaut, a banjo-playing cow-loving weasel, and a hard-working monkey who happens to love dumplings! The accompanying recordings of these popular sing-along songs for kids highlight gifted singers and seasoned musicians, producing a fresh original sound for a new generation.A unique code for the digital download of the recordings is also included.

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"Catchy renditions just right for singing along. Songs from yesterday appealingly presented for today's children."--KIRKUS REVIEWS "In the pages of Sing Out!, folk songs... take on a life of their own, becoming stand-alone stories featuring several zany characters."-- MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

Author Bio

Sophie Casson is an award-winning illustrator based in Montral. In 2011, she was a finalist for the Governor General's Award and she has earned numerous distinctions in Canada, England, and the United States. Her illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Globe and Mail and exhibits at World Design Capital events in Taipei and Paris, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Her recent publications include The Prisoner and the Writer, Same Here! The Differences We Share, and The Artist and Me.