The Peter Yarrow Songbook

Favorite Folk Songs

By Yarrow, Peter & Widener, Terry

Publishers Summary:
Kids will make a joyful noise with these ever-popular classic songs! Lively, warm, and friendly, this illustrated collection—plus a CD with Peter Yarrow, his daughter Bethany, and cellist Rufus Cappadocia—will bring families together to read and to sing. Peter makes every tune sound fresh and irresistible, and Terry Widener’s appealing pictures capture the spirit of each song, from the wild waves and rocking boat of “Sloop John B” to happy dancers ready to “Skip to My Lou.” Included in the book and CD:The Golden Vanity • Skip to My Lou • Cockles and Mussels • The Fox • Springfield Mountain • The Erie Canal • O, What a Beautiful City • Rock-a My Soul • The Cruel War • O, Mary Don’t You Weep • I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad • Sloop John B

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ISBN
978-1-40275-961-1
Publisher
Sterling


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2009

PreS-Up This beautifully produced pair of book/CD kits takes the best of America's folk music and reinterprets it for children. The songs are highlighted three times: first, for listening, with the lyrics laid out on one or two attractively illustrated pages, then with the guitar chords, and, finally, with a short history or story about its origins. In "Folk Songs", the selec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

The Peter, Paul, and Mary member offers two well-compiled song anthologies, each of which contains a dozen child-friendly classics ("Puff, the Magic Dragon," "Ole Blue," "Kumba...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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