Author: Helen East
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713631159
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Provides storytellers with a variety of folktales that utilize a song or short instrumental selection, and includes tips for audience involvement
The Singing Sack
Author: Helen East
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713631159
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Provides storytellers with a variety of folktales that utilize a song or short instrumental selection, and includes tips for audience involvement
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713631159
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Provides storytellers with a variety of folktales that utilize a song or short instrumental selection, and includes tips for audience involvement
Singing Sack
Author:
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713658057
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A collection of folktales from around the world. Each story is accompanied by music and words in the original language. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713658057
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A collection of folktales from around the world. Each story is accompanied by music and words in the original language. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Hallucinations
Author: Oliver Sacks
Publisher: Knopf Canada
ISBN: 0307402193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags of a visual migraine, hallucination takes many forms. At a higher level, hallucinations associated with the altered states of consciousness that may come with sensory deprivation or certain brain disorders can lead to religious epiphanies or conversions. Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of these many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.
Publisher: Knopf Canada
ISBN: 0307402193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags of a visual migraine, hallucination takes many forms. At a higher level, hallucinations associated with the altered states of consciousness that may come with sensory deprivation or certain brain disorders can lead to religious epiphanies or conversions. Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of these many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.
The Caribbean Story Finder
Author: Sharon Barcan Elswit
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476663041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476663041
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.
Sing, Little Sack!
Author: Nina Jaffe
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836816211
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Captured and kept inside a sack by a strange little man, a young girl is forced to sing until her mother hears her song and realizes that it is not the sack that is singing.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836816211
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Captured and kept inside a sack by a strange little man, a young girl is forced to sing until her mother hears her song and realizes that it is not the sack that is singing.
Chantress
Author: Amy Butler Greenfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442457058
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Lucy’s Chantress magic will make her the most powerful—and most hunted—girl in England in this “richly and thoughtfully written” story (Publishers Weekly). “Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted Lucy ever since she was shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. But on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing along—and she is swept into darkness. When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses—women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England. Lucy struggles to master the song-spells and harness her power, but the Lord Protector is moving quickly. And her feelings for Nat, an Invisible College apprentice and scientist who deeply distrusts her magic, only add to her confusion… Time is running out, and the fate of England hangs in the balance in this entrancing novel that is atmospheric and lyrical, dangerous and romantic.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442457058
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Lucy’s Chantress magic will make her the most powerful—and most hunted—girl in England in this “richly and thoughtfully written” story (Publishers Weekly). “Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted Lucy ever since she was shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. But on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing along—and she is swept into darkness. When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses—women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England. Lucy struggles to master the song-spells and harness her power, but the Lord Protector is moving quickly. And her feelings for Nat, an Invisible College apprentice and scientist who deeply distrusts her magic, only add to her confusion… Time is running out, and the fate of England hangs in the balance in this entrancing novel that is atmospheric and lyrical, dangerous and romantic.
Sing You Home
Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439102724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Ten years of infertility issues culminate in the destruction of music therapist Zoe Baxter's marriage, after which she falls in love with another woman and wants to start a family, but her ex-husband, Max, stands in the way.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439102724
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Ten years of infertility issues culminate in the destruction of music therapist Zoe Baxter's marriage, after which she falls in love with another woman and wants to start a family, but her ex-husband, Max, stands in the way.
Where's Walrus?
Author: Stephen Savage
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0439700493
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
In this wordless picture book, follow Walrus on a happy-go-lucky spree through the big city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0439700493
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
In this wordless picture book, follow Walrus on a happy-go-lucky spree through the big city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
We All Go Traveling by
Author: Sheena Roberts
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781841484105
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
I spy with my little eye, you can hear with your little ear, A bright red truck goes rumble rumble rumble. A yellow school bus goes beep beep beep.
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 9781841484105
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
I spy with my little eye, you can hear with your little ear, A bright red truck goes rumble rumble rumble. A yellow school bus goes beep beep beep.
They Don't Kill You Because They're Hungry, They Kill You Because They're Full
Author: Mark Bibbins
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619321203
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Honored as a "Best Poetry Book of the Year" by Publishers Weekly "The book's a little crazy, packed with air quotes and brackets, jokes and condemnations, forms that explode across the page. Crazily enough, it's also packed with truth.”—NPR “The voice of this third book from Bibbins is marked and numbed by the onslaught of American media and politics that saturate the Internet, television, radio, and smartphone: ‘the way things are going, children/ will have to upgrade to more amusing.’ Much like advertisements or news stories vying for viewer’s attention, the book intentionally overwhelms, eschewing sections; the author instead differentiates the poems by repetition, creating a sort of echo chamber, similar to the way viral information cycles through social media platforms.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review "[A] hilarious send-up of contemporary values and an alarm bell of sorts, directing attention to all that is so sinister in our civilization.”—American Poets "Whip-smart and wickedly funny, They Don't Kill You is Bibbins's most authoritative and self-possessed collection to date."—Boston Review The poems in Mark Bibbins's breakthrough third book are formally innovative and socially alert. Roving across the weird human landscape of modern politics, media-exacerbated absurdity, and questionable social conventions, this collection counters dread with wit, chaos with clarity, and reminds us that suffering is "small//compared to what?" Mark Bibbins teaches in the graduate writing programs at The New School and Columbia University, and edits the poetry section of The Awl. He lives in New York City.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619321203
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Honored as a "Best Poetry Book of the Year" by Publishers Weekly "The book's a little crazy, packed with air quotes and brackets, jokes and condemnations, forms that explode across the page. Crazily enough, it's also packed with truth.”—NPR “The voice of this third book from Bibbins is marked and numbed by the onslaught of American media and politics that saturate the Internet, television, radio, and smartphone: ‘the way things are going, children/ will have to upgrade to more amusing.’ Much like advertisements or news stories vying for viewer’s attention, the book intentionally overwhelms, eschewing sections; the author instead differentiates the poems by repetition, creating a sort of echo chamber, similar to the way viral information cycles through social media platforms.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review "[A] hilarious send-up of contemporary values and an alarm bell of sorts, directing attention to all that is so sinister in our civilization.”—American Poets "Whip-smart and wickedly funny, They Don't Kill You is Bibbins's most authoritative and self-possessed collection to date."—Boston Review The poems in Mark Bibbins's breakthrough third book are formally innovative and socially alert. Roving across the weird human landscape of modern politics, media-exacerbated absurdity, and questionable social conventions, this collection counters dread with wit, chaos with clarity, and reminds us that suffering is "small//compared to what?" Mark Bibbins teaches in the graduate writing programs at The New School and Columbia University, and edits the poetry section of The Awl. He lives in New York City.