Fall 1998 class:
Childlike
I really enjoyed this web site because it was colorful and inviting to children. You got a chance to learn a little bit about Greggory Dee and how he began writing children's songs. The web site enabled you to view the songs and even listen to samples. The songs were upbeat and at children's level. He also gave you an opportunity to ask questions via e-mail and to check out his products. I listened to some of the samples of music and enjoyed the content and concepts. I liked how he presented his work and asked for your opinion. I also liked how he said that the songs were tested by a number of children. While searching on the web I found that most web sites were just advertisement for their cd's and no information was given about the songs or the artist. This is important to know in order to fully understand the song and the writer.
By Cindy Pennino
Children's Music
http://www.childrensmusic.org/index.html
On this site you will find resources, reviews, Calendar of concerts, and list of musicians of children's music from around the area, the country as well as around the world.
On the first page there is a table of content which is linked to the other pages. Towards the middle of the first page there is a tour guide which will take you through the different pages available. This tour guide is designed for the different type of visitors to the site, parents, Teachers or Musicians.
Of the different pages, I liked the calendar of events. This is a listing of concerts, lectures and storytellers. The dates, times, locations and the contact person for each of the events. This list is posted by order of location, which is done by region, country or artist. There is another page with the listing of the different radio stations (again from around world and the country) that broadcast children's programs. This listing includes the stations call letters, transmitting frequency, radio personality and description of the program. Another page is a review of the different recording of (I would guess the latest) children's songs. The reviews are reprints from Parents magazine.
Music education is a page that has a list of phone numbers of the different teaching programs available from around the country. There is also a list of different books, their cost and where they can be found. The site has a newsletter available and signing up is required.
There is a guest book and you can view what comments other visitors have written. I have used this site to gather information not only for music class but also for my wife who teaches kindergarten.
By Marco Casillas
Creepy Crawley Song Book
By Hiawyn Oram, Carl Davis and Satoshi Kitamura
I enjoyed this book because it had really fun songs about insects. The songs varied in content as well. Some were silly, such as "Uurgh, Eeegh, Ugh", and others were actually informative about the actual insect. The book includes the notation, creatively drawn pictures, and short poems about the insects mentioned in the songs.
I would reccommend this book for elementary school teachers because some of the songs can be modified for younger grades and there are some tougher songs for the upper grades. However there were a few songs I would not sing to children because they were either too long or were a little gross. The song about lice was a little odd, and I am not sure if kids would want to sing about lice in their hair! "Itchy Scratchy, scratch my head, the lice have put their kids to bed in my crown of golden hair.. it's not fair." Aside from this song, the book as whole is one worth using in the classroom.
By Cynthia Locke
Eyewitness Books Music
By Neil Artley
This book helps you discover how music is made in close-up, from the most primitive to the most modern instruments. The book has great illustrations of all different kinds of instruments. The pictures of the instruments are large enough so that you can see the parts of the instrument. It explains how the instruments make sound and points to the various parts of the instrument and explains their purpose.
By Sylvie Lanathoua
Fun Phonic, Volume 1 - Consonants
Title of Book and Tape: Fun Phonic, Volume I - Consonants
Music & Lyric by Steven Traugh
Activities by Susan Traugh
Publisher: Creative Teaching Press, Cypress, CA 1993
This tape has various songs and poems for all the consonants in the alphabet. The songs have very easy to learn words using mostly words beginning with the letter sound being presented. The songs are set to very catchy jingles that the children pick up quickly. The poems are easy to learn because they rhyme and have a definite meter to them. Many of the songs and poems can have motions set to them.
Along with the tape is a book with only the words to the songs and poems. The songs and poems are printed on the pages in big print along with pictures. These pages could be used with a class to help with emergent reading. At the back of the book are many activities that can be incorporated along with the letter sound and song. Also given are book references to reinforce the given alphabet letter.
This is a great tape and book combination to reinforce phonics.
By Joan Brown
Gonna Sing My Head Off: American Folk Songs for Children
The book that I chose to review is entitled "Gonna Sing My Head Off!", American Folk Songs for Children. This book is a collection of sixty-two American Folk Songs. The songs were collected and arranged by Kathleen Krull and the illustrations were done by Allen Garns.
This book is a collection of songs which celebrate the rich history of America. Included are popular tunes such as, "Home on the Range", and "This Land is Your Land."
What I really liked about this book is that each song is accompanied by a short history of the song and interesting facts about the song, as well as by the location where the song originatedl. Included with each song is also one word (either an adjective or adverb) which describes the way in which the song should be sung. Examples of these one word descriptions are energetically, zippy and flirtatiously.
In addition, the book includes beautiful illustrations that could possibly be used to inspire lesson plans. The songs are also accompanied by music for both guitar and piano.
The index at the end of the book is also very helpful in that it groups the songs according to song types. This makes it easy to find a song to tie into a specific type of lesson.
By Jackie Keith
Gonna Sing My Head Off! American Folk Songs For Childrern
Collected and Arranged by Kathleen Krull
Illustrated by Allen Garns
I choose this book to do my review on because it gives a lot of information and the songs are easy to sing and play. When I looked though the book, I noticed it has introductions to the songs. I like this because the songs are folk songs and it is important to give children background information to the song you are going to teach to them.
Allen garns illustrations are very impressive because they are large, colorful,and detailed. This cought my eye and made me want to read the words to the song.
The most impressive aspect of this book is the index. Most books indes the songs in alphabetical order, this book has two indexes. The indexes are INDEX OF FIRST LINES AND INDEX OF SONG TYPES. This will be very useful to use in a class because you can base a day's lesson on themes of the early America.
When I become a teacher, I will definitely use this book in my classroom.
By Lydia Horn
Let's Make Music
Teaching about different cultures through music is a good idea presented in the book, "Let's Make Music", by Jessica Baron Turner and Ronny Susan Schiff. The book introduces songs about different countries from around the world, along with the song's lyrics and notations that provide various projects relating to the song and the specific country. Each song is about a different country and a specific instrument that is common in that country. Before every song there is a short introduction that explains how each instrument is made in that country and how students can make that same instrument out of recycled materials. An outline is also provided which includes: supplies needed, time needed, craft skills needed, concepts used and vocabulary used. Also included are step by step directions with pictures that make understanding very easy. Suggestions for games and activities using the instrument made in class are also listed. There is even a list of books to go along with the theme of each song. This book leaves out nothing for a lesson plan and is perfect for one short on good ideas.
By Coreena
McGraw Hill School Division
http://www.mmhschool.com/teach/music/music1.html
This web site is part of the McGraw Hill School Division. It is excellent for those who are going into teaching. It offers the following: Ask the Authors Forum Here anyone can join teachers and music specialists in conversation. Anyone is able to ask questions or share ideas regarding music. Questions on key issues and teaching strategies can be asked to the specialist. Teaching Ideas Here we can find not only music lesson plans but also lessons that have been integrated with other subject areas. Popular teaching themes are found here as well as directions for thematic musical programs which include all grade levels. Links for Music Educators Here we can find links to other music web sites. We can search until we find what we want or need.
This web site is great because it also offers information on summer workshops which anyone can attend. It also has a school store where we can purchase items on line and other teaching resources. The web site also provides us with a list of literature titles which is correlated with music. Many of the lesson plans can be printed out but there are other materials which you will need to purchase. I hope everyone finds this web site useful.
By Esmeralda Gamiochipe
Manjusri Amarasekara
Disney Children's Favorite songs.
Printed by The Walt Disney Company.U.S.A Burbank CA 91521
This song book is a disney sing along song book. It contains more than 100 favorite songs of children. The songs range from Kindergarten to sixth grade. The book has picture illustrations of each song; yet they are minimal. The pictures portray just the main characters and the main events of a particular song. This song book primarily would help the teachers. It comes with four song casset tapes. This makes it easier for the prospective teacher to listen to the song and learn it before teaching it. The songs in this book have all the words to them. The music played in the tapes are easy to follow and understand.
The first tape and the second tape is produced by Jymn Magon,engineered by George Charouhas,Choral direction by betty Joyce. The third tape is produced by Pat Patrick and Ronn kid,engineered by Kent Madison and the George Charous,choral direction betty joyce. The forth tape is produced by Ted Kryczko and Pat Patrick,engineered by Kent Madison and George charouhas,choral direction.
By Dawn Halloran.
Multimedia Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments
http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.html
I have come across several web sites that are wonderful and can be utilized in the classroom. I know the assignment was to review only one site, but I am giving you two.
The first site I took heart to is http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.html This site is a multimedia encyclopedia of musical instruments. If you have the web technology available to you in your classroom, or in the school lab, you can search through this web site with your students. Together you can listen and learn about the instruments from, and of, our world. I listened to the Balalaika, a three stringed Russian instrument. It was fantastic.
The next site I wish to mention ishttp://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2400/ (or just http://www.geocities.com This site has wonderful links to writing songs with children and lesson plans on how to incorporate environmental awareness through music in your classroom. I am trying to be politically and environmentally educated person. I want to incorporate lessons on pollution, diversity, and community in my classroom. I want my students to discover learning of all subjects through music. I like this site because it approaches, teaches, and explores the very issues I am passionate about, or do not know to be passionate about, but would like to be.
By Lisa Andrews
Music Connection from Silver Burdett Dinn
I did my review on The Music Connection from Silver Burdett Dinn series. This recording came with a small booklet that contain the music piece to every song. Not only the music piece, it also contain a lesson to how to teach the song. I found this book and CD is very useful to me and to my classroom. This is the latest collection of Silver Burdett. This CD also have different kind of music that includes all the student to partisapate and enjoy themselves. This CD have Spanish song that I found are also useful for Spanish student that I may have in the future. A particular song I like is the song, "A Song for the Children." I like this song because it gave the student the opportunity to explore different languages around the world. This song is a song for all the student and will not exclude any. I choose this song because it allow student to hear languages they have never heard or in this case, sing the languages. Another particular song I like is the song, "Save the Planet." I like this song because it allow the student to think for themselves what they can do to save the planet. This song encourage student to think that our planet is not in a very good condition if we continue to do this the same. It gave the student idea in how to save the planet. I believe all teacher should have this collection of Silver Burdett becuase it is a very useful tool to incorporate in a reading or history lesson by songs.
By Colleen Chuong
Music Education Online
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2405
The web site that I reviewed is a web site called Music Education Online at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2405. This web site offers many things for the music educator, even if the person has little musical background. The web site has a section that will locate a music teacher in your area that will help you brush up on your instrumental skills or teach you a new instrument. The information that is asked is what instrument you want to play, the level you can play the instrument and your zip code so that it can locate a music teacher in your area. The web site also has articles dealing with music education advocacy. For example this weeks articles are on President Clinton's push for music educators in schools. The other article is on how researchers find active music makes your brain expand. There are also old articles that are saved in a file folder there and you are allowed to read and copy them if needs be. There is also special book deals for people who use the web site, for example, there is a recorder fun book that is on sale for $2.95 regular price is $4.95. The web site also previews the book and shows some of the activities that are in the book and some of the songs contained in the book. There is also a book store that has other books like Mozart for kids, and a big book of Music Games. The web site also has music link directories that will take you to other sites dealing with specific musical concepts and instruments. There is also a category called Lessons Online, where you can go into chat rooms and get ideas on how to teach a musical concept or if you can't find the information your looking for you can leave a message on a bulletin board and other teachers will write back to you with answers or ideas. I think that this web site is very helpful to those teachers that might not have that big of a musical background but with the support sites and chat rooms it will benefit all who use this site.
By Tony Flores
Music For Young Children
The web site "Music for Young Children" offers the services of finding schools in your area to help Children with their music lessons and introduces them to Music as well. The site and schools are maintained by Franses Balodis, a certified Early Childhood Specialist and music teacher. The site offers information for parent's to enroll their children in classes where children are stimulated through the medium of music. Services are also offered for music teachers and there are also programs for teens and adults as well.
By Jorge Avila
Musical Games for Children of All Ages
The book I reviewed was "Musical Games for children of all ages" by Esther L. Nelson. I found this book to be good for children, because not only does it contain songs, but also little games that the kids can play also. This would be appropriate for around the 1st to the 4th grade. A lot of the songs are for upper grades, but it does contain some songs that are simple and enjoyable for younger grades.
The reason why I liked it a lot was that children love learning movements and games while they sing. This book contains a lot of hand- clapping games or pat-a-cake games, square dances, and jump rope games. These movements help in coordination, and fun at the same time.
For the younger children, there are songs such as "And Eyes and Ears and Mouth and Nose". Which incorporates special experience "movements" in education through music.
Overall it's a really cute book.
By Jenny Suyat
Rhinoceros Tap and 14 Other Seriously Silly Songs
This is a MUST GET for all teachers out there! Unlike many children's song books, this one is hip, cool and will get you tapping your feet and singing the songs all day long! It includes swing, jazz and other catchy styles. -And the lyrics are just as silly as can be. Along with the book comes a cassete filled with animated music that'll surely get you dancing. This book would be perfect for grades 3-6. Because most songs are relatively long and complicated, reading skills would be a must. Rhinocerous Tap was published by Workman Publishing and can be found at some of the Borders stores. The songs were written by Sandra Boynton and Michael Ford. It is wonderfully illustrated and is bound in a hard cover. Some songs include The Rhinocerous Tap, O, Lonely Peas, Bad Babies, and the Turkey Love Song.
If you want some fun new tunes in the classroom, buy this book and cassette.
By Cheryl Ramirez
Space Ghost's Surf and Turf
I grew up watching space ghost on television. Space ghost was a show about the battle between good and evil. The good guy was a superhero named space ghost and he traveled the universe fighting bad guys like zorak and brak. This was one of my favorite cartoons as a child. Space ghost can still be seen on a cable channel called the cartoon network. Recently, I was at Tower Records in West Covina and I found a music c.d. in the children's section. It was called "Space Ghost's Surf and Turf." I had to buy this c.d.
Space Ghost Surf and Turf is manufactured and marketed by kid rhino, a division of rhino entertainment company. The disk has 36 tracks. The tracks consist of a variety of musical styles and short humorous skits. The musical styles that compose the disk are rock, blues, scat, and even a hawaiian song. All of these songs are funny. The songs are sung by people imitating the voices of the main characters space ghost, Zorak and Brak. The artists incorporate different styles of music with ridiculous subjects.
One of the songs on the disk is called "Something that Rhymes With Bones." This song ends every line with something that rhymes with bones. (ex. "I like bananas because they have no bones, my cousin Vinnie's got a trailer park in Rome.") It is a ridiculous song but it is performed in a swing style and it encourages rhyming. Another song is "its not easy being evil." This song is performed by one of the bad guys, Zorak. It is a blues song about why it isn't easy to be evil. Zorak sings about how no one wants to play with him because he is evil. It is a funny song but it delivers an important message. If you aren't nice, people do not want to play with you. This message is delivered in an entertaining way and it is still brought out.
Some of the songs are really stupid. Brak sings a song called "Baloney Sandwich." This song is about baloney sandwiches.( Ex. "slap a little brown mustard on top and, buddy, you're full of joy.") Another song is called "Mashed Potatoes" and it is about mashed potatoes.(ex. "and your mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, oh, baby, pass the butter.") These songs are stupid but they are something that kids are familiar with.
The disk also has several skits that break up the music. They give two italian lessons where they teach us how to say stupid things in italian. ("sonno uno tossa de tea", "I am a glass of tea." I'm not sure how to spell it but this is what it sounds like.) Some of the skits are horoscopes. The bad guy, Zorak, tells us his own twisted versions of horoscopes.
When I was done listening to surf and turf I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever heard. However, I wondered if it would be appropriate for children. I grew up with space ghost but I didn't know if kids would understand or appreciate it. I played it for my little cousins and even though they didn't have any idea who space ghost was, they understood the humor, liked the songs, and thought the c.d. was great.
In conclusion, this music disk is great. It introduces children to many different styles of music. The children can relate to the songs because they are funny and they deal with subjects that the kids are familiar with. The children like the voices of space ghost, Zorak, and Brak and think they are funny. The kids can also feel more comfortable singing along with the songs because the voices the performers use are rarely in tune. The children don't feel intimidated by the singers. I feel that this is an entertaining disk that children can relate to and feel comfortable with.
By Brian Rafter
Winter 1999
Arroz con leche
Lulu Delacre
Scholastic Inc. NY 1989
Juv. M1990 .A76
This book has many Latin American songs that are very nice and easy to learn. Many of these songs reminded me of childhood because I use to sing them as I was growing up. The songs in the book are translated into English. Moreover, some songs also include the movement that goes along with the song.
Overall, this is a good book. It has very nice and easy to follow songs. The only problem that I do find is that when a song is translated the song can not be sun with the same rhythm as its original. Another downside of translating songs is that it looses its real meaning. If the songs are going to be sung in Spanish then this would be a great book to use, but if the song is going to be sung in English it will not be such a good idea. It is good to translate to know what the song is about, but the lyrics should stay in Spanish. I personally think that the majority of people can sing these songs due to the easy and basic lyrics the songs contain. I would give this book an 8.5 out of 10 adn definately recommended to anyone in the primary age.
By Alphonso Alvarez
Big Book of Children's Songs, The
(Piano, Vocal and Guitar)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Milwaukee, WI, 1988
ISBN 0-88188-942-3
This book is an excellent source of music. It contains fifty-five songs that all children know and love. The book contains piano music with lyrics, pop chords and guitar chord fingerings. The book has a categorical chart which breaks the songs down into the categories of animals, finger plays, games/movements, holidays, language development, nonsense, pop, quiet time, rounds, traditional nursery rhymes and values. This chart makes it easy for a teacher to find just the right song they are looking for depending on the activity for the day. It also has a page of ideas for parents, teachers and leaders to use for the different songs. They include different games, finger plays and movements that can be done to each song or type of song. The book keeps the music simple. The songs are great for all ages of children. By using this book I feel you would have to have some knowledge of music or have an assistant with knowledge (as far as playing the music.) The book includes parodies for a few of the songs. Overall, I think this a great book to use with children.
By Tammy Carstersen
Big Fun
Produced and Performed by Greg & Steve, 1997.
Youngheart Music, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
YM-016 CD
"Big Fun" with Greg & Steve is the newest of their many albums for children. It contains ten tracks that range from sit down group sings along to songs with intense physical activity. Most of the tracks were written by Greg and are quite original. Although Greg & Steve's albums are generally aimed for children in preschool, I feel that children in the lower elementary grades would enjoy the songs as well.
Heavy movement songs include Big Fun, Silly Willies, The Mack Chicken Dance, The Movement Medley, New Zoo Review, and Party Line '98. With a room full of kids, these songs are really fun to move to. When you want the children to relax, sit down songs are In My Backyard, The Magic of a Smile, What Will We Do?, and The Magic of Reading. Of these, I enjoy In My Backyard, a song about recycling. The Magic of Reading is also great. It invites children to explore the adventures of reading, which I think is appropriate for first grade.
Overall, I find that Big Fun, as well as other albums by Greg & Steve, are beneficial to classroom environments. Fortunately I have had the opportunity to actually meet Greg & Steve on two separate occasions at seminars I have attended. I discovered that they enjoy finding ways for children to learn concepts through music. Their albums have a nice sound and use a variety of styles that children enjoy.
By Samantha Sparks
Children's Music
http://www.childrensmusic.org/index.html
The reason this web site interested me was because it had many songs that teachers and students can enjoy during the year. The web site features themes. Besides history and the background of the songs there are pictures relating to them. Audio samples can also be found on this site.
By Jennifer Laffey
Children's Music Web
http://www.childrensmusic.org/
The web site that I reviewed is entitled Children's Music Web; it is a nonprofit organization for music for boys and girls of ages ranging from 5-12. I think this web site is interesting, fun, and informative not only for children, but also for parents and teachers. The homepage has individual sections that you could go into. For example, in the section for kids they have "Radio Refrigerator" which has free music and stories for children. This month they included an African-American History Month Special; if you click on you can listen to "freedom" theme songs. Also, there is a Winter Special where you can hear winter songs. One thing I found extremely interesting is that kids can have fun with music by clicking on to "Pipsqueaks." They will be able to sing, hear, create, and play music! I liked the resources section because it includes a musician's list that has a list of performers that offer after school assembly programs. This would be helpful in bringing music to children in the schools!
By Dolores Gutierrez
Creative Musicians Coalition
http://www.aimcmc.com/cmc2.html
This web site is not directly geared toward children, music. This is a useful web site for all different types of people; children included.
What caught my attention to this web site is the fact that the Creative Musicians Coalition is promoting new music. I do not know exactly the meaning of the term new, but it definitely caught my eye. They are intriguing enough to make me want to find out more about them. The songs that are included in this web page are not just the common folksongs that one may find on other children's web sites. There are many styles of music that are included. However this can also be disadvantageous to the consumer because they obviously may not like what they order.
The web site includes the names of each artist, the title of their song and the type of music the music is categorized under. One can find out about any artist.
The children's section is called Children's Touch. This section includes song titles, styles of music, stories, and videos. The individual albums are also listed describing the contents in each album.
There is a section called Synthanimals which includes, "Thirteen instruments each inspired by a different animal. Kinds can dance and play to the tunes. This is an interesting new twist of ideas for activities.
The children's section is still developing so in the near future more features will be available. This web site is for those teachers or parents or anyone that is interested in new songs.
By Lisa Takasugi
Diez Deditos-Ten Little Fingers
Translated by Jose-Luis Orozco and illustrated by Elisa Kleven
Published in the United States by Dutton Children's Books, a division of
Penguin Books Inc. 1997
This book is a collection of songs and rhymes from Latin America. All of the songs are in Spanish, but there is a translation into English, beside each of the songs. The first thing that captured my attention in this book was the beautiful and colorful illustrations that represent some part of the song or rhyme. One thing I noticed and liked about this book was that there was an explanation of most of the songs and rhymes. This description pointed out where and when the song is sung rhyme is repeated. Another thing I noticed, which can be helpful to the reader, was the small drawings beside each of the verses of the songs or rhymes which explain the body movements that are incorporated. One great thing about this book is that it includes famous everyday songs that many kids would recognize like, ""The Wheels on the Bus" and "Where is Thumbkin?" and how they are sung in Spanish.
The only thing that I found to be missing from this book was that some of the descriptions given of the songs and rhymes were a little too brief. Many of these descriptions discussed the origin of the song and a short history, while others only talked about how to do the song.
Overall, I thought this was a fantastic book because many of the songs and rhymes are about the people, items, and events that are significant in most children's lives. Children would enjoy the songs and rhymes in this book and it would be a great classroom aid to use during a cultural study of Latin America.
By Nicole Reyes
Disney's Festive Melodies for Christmas
Produced by Jymn Magon
Children's Chorus and Disney Characters
Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Records, Burbank, CA 1980
I enjoyed the songs in this songbook and enjoyed listening to them on the tape that came with the book. I found that the written combination of the written music and the audio music is what works best for me in order to teach music. The book contains 12 christmas songs, with a wide variety of slow and fast songs.. The book is illustrated well throughout with the Disney characters.
The only thing that I did not like about it is that it does not give an age range or grade level.
Overall I think this book and tape could be used as an effective teaching tool. I would use this book in my classroom.
By Jeri Hunter
Jim Valley Rainbow Planet Songbook
Author: Jim Valley, Cover art: Stephen Peringer, Editor: BrianBusch, various artists
Copyright: 1985 by Rainbow Planet Songs Inc. (ASCAP)
Publisher: 1992 by Belwin Mills, c/o Warner Bros. Publications Inc. 15800 N.W. 48th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33014
Book only (BMR05101); Acc. Cassette only (BMR05101T); Book & Acc. Cassette (BMR05101S)
The songbook is very creative and is well done. There is an introduction to the book where it tells you what the Rainbow Planet is about: friendship, peace, and imagination. Jim Valley tells us about his songs and how he composed them in collaboration with children throughout the United States. He also has suggestions intended for teachers to encourage songwriting (creative writing), singing, movement and performance. The songbook is very helpful for someone who might not know how to incorporate music into their classroom. Valley suggests different settings you could use, he thinks "Everyone can sing! and is very enthusiastic about it, suggesting practice even if by yourself. Valley suggests using creative writing in the classroom to compose simple poems which can then be turned into songs. He also offers insight into incorporating movement, rhythms, song pictures, performance, and follow-up activities. There are over 20 different songs in the book, many of them with suggested movements. The songs are nice, and fun to sing in the classroom. The cassette is clear and easy to listen too, it is nice because children sing in most of the songs. The songbook is nice because it focuses on friendship, has an overall be happy tone to it, and has a diverse selection of songs. It also gives a guitar chord chart and suggestions for the teacher who wants to play along.
Alot of the songs require some pretty good singers, so it might not be a good book to start with, though there are easy songs in them also. There is not much color to the book so it is not much to look at, but they would be could to use as art projects in the class though. Overall it is a very good songbook to use to teach your students music.
By Philip Swartz
K12 Resources for Music Educators
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html.
This web site offers a lot of information from decorating your bulletin boards with music concepts to how to deal with kids and parents who don't like music at all. When you've found the site, click onto the green icon "Classroom." This will lead you links that are very interesting and we are all able to apply in our classroom one day.
One link called "Baby Boomer Bus Song," consisted of familiar songs I've heard before. It offered lyrics to the songs, but no musical notations to follow any rhythm pattern. This is something he/she should have inserted to make it a better resource for teachers.
"Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom" was another site I viewed. It had creative ideas for bulletin boards when introducing music in the curriculum. Cute ideas for recognizing notes and famous musicians of the past were used. This is a must see!
"Recorder Music of Glenn Weiss" was a site that had music sheets of good songs to try on your recorder. It included notes, but no words to the songs, just the opposite of the other site. Overall, very useful. I even tried some of the songs on my recorder.
"Stafford's Music Madness" was a link that was interesting and useful. If your clicked onto "Teaching Tidbits," then he offers advice on how to handle kids who say things like "music is stupid." He tells us to be straight with parents and don't give them the run around. Tell your students what you expect and don't hold anything back.
This web site will offer you many avenues of ideas on music. Use it, you'll enjoy and find it useful at the same time.
By Michelle Vega
K-12 Resources For Music Educators
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
"K-12 Resources For Music Educators" is a web site that lists an extensive and organized collection of music web sites. Some of the headings include: Web Sites for Orchestra Teachers, Web Sites For Classroom Music Teachers, and Valuable Sites For All Music Educators. Each subject has least ten to twenty entries. The "Classroom" site has links to lesson plans and ideas.
Also at this site are links to web sites covering the biographies of great composers, Early Music by Women Composers, and Commercial Music Resources (where you can buy educational music supplies - recorder music, music software, sheet music for children's songs, and musical instruments). There is one link here where you can purchase instruments from other cultures, such as a Japanese shakuhachi flute, or a gourd Kalimba. One link also gives you the opportunity to buy stickers, pins, notepads, etc. as gifts or student incentives (teachers love to spend their hard earned salaries on things like this).
One of the great aspects of this site is the link to MIDI Resources. From any of these web sites, a variety of music can be downloaded and played on your computer. This includes everything from classical to TV and movie theme songs, to Disney and the Beatles. Which leads to one of the final features of this web site, the Beatles On-line link, for anyone.
By Joyce Garcia
Kids Channel
http://members.tripod.com/~kidchannel/index.html
This is another site that I found. This is a good place to send kids browsing. There are tons of songs to listen to and fun games that children can play. They feature coloring pages and a music juke box.
By Jennifer Laffey
Kids Songs 2
By Nancy and John Cassidy, illustrated by Jim M'Guiness
Copyright 1988 by John and Nancy Cassidy
The book contain twenty-two songs all where excellent songs for third through fourth grade. I felt the song book contain a good variety of songs so a teacher would be able to incorporate a song in different parts of social studies and science projects and also in different holidays or events that will come up in a school year. not only do you get the song book but a cassettes of the songs. so that your students can lesson to the song being sung in order to get a better idea of the bet and rhythm of the song and how the song should sound. the song book has color illustrations that are great. The notes to the songs are easy to see and the words are in a good size type so that they are easy to see and read. I plan on using this book and the other one in my classroom I even plan on using one of the songs in my presentation next week if any one else is interested in buying these song books you can order them from Klutz Press for $10.95 +$3.00 at 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto, Ca 94306. The cassette is forty-one minutes long and contains all 22 songs.
By Rudy Medal
Music Educators National Conference
The home page of their sight was very colorful, and interactive. They listed off many links that lead you into different articles and different places on their home page. On the home page you could look for employment, advise higher education and many others. However, they seem very clear that they would want you to become a member if you want to continue to access information from their web page. One of the sites gives you some helpful hints to the experienced and inexperienced music director. This information is good for either instrumental or vocal techniques exploring both in some depth but on this link they too would like you to join. The web site goes through a list of potential problems as well as additional links to ways to solve the problems. However, the web page is not all that exciting. The links set you up to many interesting and useful topics but they seem to stop short of real in depth information. Granted there are some great resources but they seem few and in-between on these pages. Some give you links to companies that may assist your program as well as fundraising advise. However, these same links don't help much except for giving you brief details on the companies trying to get you to buy from them. All the sites on the MENC home page seem very useful at a glance but they seem to fall short when you need to go into any specific detail. However if you are a member things might be a little different.
I was not typically impressed with the web page, although I am a member I do not find the web page of any interest to me. There are some things I did like but nothing that impressive. The links to the specific topics are very vague and at times can get frustrating. MENC is a good organization that gives you many sources of information form there published magazines. However, the web page is not as informative as the publications.
By Steve Krumbine
Raffi Radio
Produced by Raffi and Michael Creber
Bullfrog, Blue Wave and Armory Studios 1995
This CD is performed by Raffi, Creber and a group of young children. His co-host is a puppy named Sleido the Jazz Dog, which I thought was a cute touch. The puppy is one of the radio show announcers. This CD adds a creative touch by including a radio like show.
I personally have not heard any of Raffi's other works, but must speak highly of this CD. I t was filled with live music and high energy. It wasn't boring, but very likeable and singable. The sounds and arrangements of the band made this CD stand out from others. The creativeness of adding a radio show made it fun. He adds funny, silly voices and personalities during the radio segment of the show.
I would definitely recommend this CD for all children and parents. I hope everyone gets the opportunity to listen to it!
By Alyssa Hong
Singing Bee
Authors: Jane Hart and Anita Lobel
Copyright: 1982 by Jane Hart
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee& Shepard Books, New York, NewYork
Call numbers: x78 S6175 at Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles Library
This is a wonderful collection of children favorite songs for all ages. There are more than 100 songs that is well illustrated. The pictures directly relate to each song. There are bedtime songs and lullabies, finger plays, counting songs, rounds, and songs that invite children to move and dance in their own creative ways. This book is very thorough; it also gives the teacher many ideas for each song. There are suggested games or activities that children could do while singing the song. Singing Bee could be used in any subjects that are being studied, such as animals or holidays. There are many songs that are related to the subjects. All you need to do is look at the subject index in the back of the book. It should have a list of songs that related to the subject. Overall, I really like this songbook and I would use it in my classroom. I would recommend this book if someone is looking for a children's songbook.
By Elaine Phung
Study Web
There are many different categories, the one I explored was under Music Forms-children's music. The other categories one can choose from are Instruments, Composition, Composers, Other-careers in music, music history, etc...
I found my category to be very resourceful and educational as well. It not only consisted of different music literature for children but also tips on how to teach the music, biographies, videos and audio recordings, etc..
Some of the sections I browsed were: Brent and Woofy Music,Brian Boy, Tom Chapins web site, CJ& M Music, James Coffey, Jack Grunsky, Ian Johnston, Judy and David, Sesam Street, Family Songs(In different languages), All Midi's disney songs.
One of my favorites was the Judy and David site. It was very rich in information. They have a online songbook which categorizes the songs in alphabetical order and you can choose what you want. For instance, I clicked A and found Alice the Camel, Apples and Bananas, All Together Now. For each song they have suggestions for introducing these songs to children such as what gestures to use or a follow up activity such as a picture of a camel students can color for Alice the Camel.
All in all I was very pleased with site and do recommend it to anyone interested in children's music. I do plan on visiting this site again.
By Norma Perez
We All Go Together : Creative Activities for Children to Use With Multicultural Folksongs
By Doug Lipman
The Oryx Press,4041 North Central at Indian School Road,Phoenix, Arizona 85012 ©1994
ISBN: 089774-764-X
Library of Congress Number: MT948.L58 1994; Dewey Decimal Number: 372.87
Ages: Preschool to age eleven. Audience: Individual children or groups.
*Note: The book comes with a cassette that contains the 30 songs from the book.
Song Categories and subcategories: Work Songs, Religious Songs, Dance Songs, Game Songs, Ballads and Other Folksongs
Game Categories: Games for Choosing, Chasing and Racing Games, Guessing and Hiding Games, Line and Circle Games, Rhythm Games, Play Party Games
Movement Categories: Repeated Pulse Movements, Sequential Pulse Movements, Nonpulse Rhythms, Movements for Standing, Lying, and Moving Around, Movements With Others
New Verse Categories: OnePart Suggestions, Multipart Suggestions, Solo-Singing Opportunities, Rhyming Verses
I feel this songbook with the accompanying cassette is an excellent resource for teachers. It is well organized and categorized. It is an activity-based songbook that includes 30 multicultural folksongs plus games, movement activities and new verse options that go along with each song.
Each song contains the words by themselves, a background of the song, a reference for the game, movement, and new verse activities that can be used with the song, and the sheet music for the song. It also has a page reference for a section at the back of the book that contains a more "detailed background, resources and curricular tie-ins."
At the beginning of the sections for the games, movements, and new verses, the author included a brief summary of the section and hints for incorporating them with the songs.
I enjoyed this songbook and will definitely keep it in mind when I go into teaching. The only thing the book is lacking is illustrations, which would have been nice but are not necessary.
By Aimée Beauchemin
Wee Sing and Play.
by Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp. It is illustrated by Nancy Spence Klein and produced and arranged by Barry Hagen Mauri.
Price Stern Sloan Inc. New York, New York, 1981
PSN-3796-04.
I use the Wee Sing book and cassette frequently with my preschool group. I really like this book and cassette for many reasons. One reason that I like it is that the children never seem to get bored with it. I feel this is because the book and cassette offer a large quantity and variety of music. There are 73 classic musical games and rhymes involving five categories. These categories are rhymes, circle and singing games, jump rope rhymes, and clapping rhymes.
Another reason I like this book and cassette is because all of the songs help to enhance the children's coordination and rhythmic skills.
I also like the fact that the book not only contains the words to a song but the musical notation as well. The book also contains many extra verses that you can continue to add to the songs. However, the book is very boring looking inside. There are many really neat looking illustrations but they do not have color. I would recommend this book and recording.
By Lynnea Smalley
Wee Sing- Children's Songs and Fingerplays
Author: Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp
Illustrators: Nancy Spence Klein
Published by: Prince Stern Sloan, Inc.. NY NY Copyright 1977, 1979
Isbn: 0-8431-3807-6
This CD is just one of the many from the collection of the "Wee Sing" series. This particular CD I believe will work for children up to about the third grade. These songs deal with the days of the week, counting, and animals. All the songs on the CD are sung by children, so this will help the children learn from a child's voice not an adult's voice. Also this CD includes songs that include hand movements and children always enjoy being able to sing and play. Some of the songs included on this CD are "Hickory Dickory Dock", "Rain, Rain Go Away" and "Jack and Jill". This CD collection comes with a book that includes all the songs and lyrics along with the fingerplay movements. So you do not have to search everywhere for the lyrics. I recommend this CD along with the entire series for children up to third grade.
By Kelli Rico
Wee Sing Silly Songs
By Pamela Beall and Susan Nipp
Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, CA 1982
No. 0741-3
I felt that this particular tape is full of great recordings (60 minutes long) for children in the elementary school grades. This was a tape that I have had since I was five years old, and I still love it. It is full of many pros that show why it is such a great tape for children, and I found only a couple of cons.
Of the potential problems with the tape, one of them is that a lot of the songs are of a biblical nature which would present a dilemma upon presentation to a class. However, most of the songs aren't religious, so maybe it would be a good idea to make a copy of all of the songs that aren't of a religious nature to play for the class. The only other predicament I found was that the only singers on the tape are a man and a woman; there are no children singing. I found this to be a potential problem for the children who, as children, may not be able to reach the same pitch levels that these two can.
On with the good! The songs are fun, silly, and energetic. The rhythms are upbeat and can be fast or slow depending on the song. There is a constant steady beat for each song, and the noise levels are loud or soft depending on the song. Most of the songs are repetitive which is something that children like. The tape comes with a book so that children can follow along during the songs. The singers are enthusiastic and offer movements to go along with some of the songs to help get the children more involved. Most of the songs teach children about things like history, historical figures, and other concepts such as limericks, names of states, and yodeling.
I would definitely recommend this tape for children (and adults) of all ages. I still get a kick out of it!
By Amber Loyd
Spring 1999
Black And White
Words and Music by: Earl Robinson
Templeton Publishing Co. Inc.
Vocals by: Freddie McGregor
Rap Vocals by. Brigadier Jerry
I chose the song "Black And White" for several reasons. It has simple lyrics, yet the message is a strong one. The song is repetitive with a steady beat making it easy for children to pick it up fast. "Black And White" is such an appropriate song to teach school age children. This is especially true because we live in a world of racial tensions and I feel that teaching them songs stressing racial harmony can only be a plus for them. The lyrics are simple enough for young people to understand.
I highly recommend this song and this entire CD to all parents, educators, children, and all others. It is a collection of songs that lifts the spirit and warms the heart. Before long you will yourself singing along with top Reggae artists performing wonderful songs wit real depth and meaning.
By Jackie Thurston-Rowe
Children's Music Web
This site has things for kids, resources, interaction, guided tours, and gives related organizations. It also has a place to listen to music. If you click on "listen," it takes you to the "radio refrigerator. Under this, it says, free music and stories for kids. I thought this was a very good site for kids as long as you do not mind them downloading a bunch of songs and stories. I feel that this site would be better for kids at home rather than
for a teacher to use in school. Overall, I thought this was a good site for children to go to and one they would probably enjoy visiting and revisiting.
By Melissa Wilson
De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children
Selected, arranged, and translated by Jose-Luis Orozco; illustrated by Elisa Kleven
Published by Dutton Children's Books. New York, New York. 1974
Call Number: Juvenile M 19970664 1994
I like this book because it has different things that make it a useful book. All the songs in the book have a brief description. There is an English translation for each song. The songs offer possibilities for performance. They also provide some suggestions for manipulation. The songs and verses are both short, thus making it easier for children to learn. Finally the book has a subject index. The reason why I do not like this book is that although it has different type of songs, it does not offer a song for every subject taught.
I would recommend all future teachers to take a look at this songbook for the various reasons already mentioned. I consider this book to be a valuable one for education through music.
By Elizabeth Soriano
Do Your Ears Hang Low? Fifty More Musical Fingerplays
by Tom Glazer.
This book has fifty songs that most of us will find to be familiar. Each song has the piano arrangements and guitar chords. Most of the songs have illustrations; they are in black and white. The illustrations are not to appealing to the eye but they are cute. Also, each song describes what movements to make. This will help you get the children interacting with the song and each other. I would definitely recommend this book to any teacher, or soon to be teacher.
By Lydia J Vargas
Guiding Light Video
http://www.guidinglightvideo.com
I chose the item because it I wanted children's music on a Christian classroom setting. I liked the web site because there are many features that are for free to parents and children. I disliked the item because it did not have enough music available.
The feature I liked the most is the safety tips icon. This had safety tips for children. As soon as children are able to articulate a sentence, they can begin to learn how to protect themselves against any kind of abuse. They also give away free videos to children. On the last day of every month, a winner will be selected via e-mail. It also has a hand sign translator written in English, French, and Dutch language. There is also an online, Jigsaw Puzzles, Coloring Book, and Who Am I, a fun memory game with two levels.
By Chona De La Rosa
I'm Going To Sing: Black American Spirituals, Volume Two
Selected and Illustrated by: Ashley Bryan
Jacket Illustrations Copyright 1982
Atheneum 1982 New York
ISBN 0-689-30915-5
The book that I chose to review is a book about Black American Spirituals. This book is volume #2 by Ashley Bryan. I also tried to find volume #1 for a comparison but I was unlucky. I believe this book has a good concept but in lacks something. I have mixed feelings of whether I really like the book or not. I think the cover is okay but not really appealing to children. The artwork is interesting but because it's not in color, I feel that most children would flip through the page and put the book down.
My recommendation is that this book is more for a child or music teacher. I do not recommend this book for the elementary school student, although it was found in the children's part of the library.
By Yvette C. Harris
Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook
By Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman
Musical Arrangements by Adam Stemple
Caroline House Publ., Copyright 1992
Boyd Mills Press, Penn
ISBN 1-878093-52-5
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 91-77616
I liked Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook because it contains twenty-three children's songs along with twenty-six Mother Goose rhymes turned into songs. This was a great idea for children. Another great aspect of this book is that the songs and Mother Goose songs can be appealing to children of all ages. What I disliked about the songbook is that the illustrations are not so great at all. Despite the not so great illustrations in Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook, I do recommend it because of the great variety of songs that it presents along with the original idea of turning nursery rhymes into children's songs.
By Bridget Campbell
Kidzup
Authors Kidzup Foundation; Wendy Wiseman, Mark Diamond and Sari Dajan
Illustrations by Marie-Andree Lemieux
Kidzup is a trademark of Kidzup Productions Inc. "1998. Illustrations and characters "1998 Marie-Andree Lemieux
Kidzup Productions Inc. is located in Swanton, Vermont
Kidzup Productions is a company that produces music books and activities to teach subjects in school. They produce CD's, music books and activity books. Besides selling their products on their web site, they also offer a variety of activities that children can do with their parents and ideas that teachers can use in their classroom. I really like this web site because of the variety it offers and also the enthusiasm it displays about music and learning in general. It has great illustrations. It has been awarded various awards from education and parent coalitions.
I highly recommend this web site to any teacher, parent or child. I like everything I saw and participated in. It offered great ideas without pressuring you to buy items from them. Kidzup Productions has their own foundation in which they give 40% of their profits to charities like UNICEF. The only odd thing about the site is that they have a page that is totally in French. Other than that, this is a fantastic web site. Even if you do not buy their products, you are sure to come away with great idea for teaching and encouragement to keep doing a good job.
By Gina Knecht
Las Navidades Popular Christmas Songs from Latin America
Written and illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Copyright 1990
ISBN 0-590-43548-5
Las Navidades, which means the Christmas season, is a wonderful book that contains various songs from Latin America. With today's diversified classrooms this book is a terrific resource that allows the teacher to find Spanish Christmas songs which may be familiar to their students. Another great aspect that Las Navidades provides is a song in Spanish on one page and on the next page the song is translated into English.
This is a great book with a lot of information that can derive into various lesson plans. Two thumbs up!!
By Librada Barragan
MENC Music Educators National Conference
This web site explains the copyright laws that teachers wishing to make copies of music should follow. It goes into detail in the percentage of music and the types of music that could be copied. It also explains how long a copyright is valid before it is owned by the general public.
This web site should be important for teachers who chose to make copies of the music they teach for their students. Copyright laws are important to know in order to prevent future problems. Yes we could probably get away in infringing copyright laws but if we do we must remember that our students learn from our examples. What will we teach our students if we do this?
By Maria Cibrain
Muppet Sing Along - Things That Fly
Jim Henson Productions, Inc. 1996
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, Dept. CS, Burbank CA 91521
ISBN 0-7888-0358-1
"Things That Fly" was a fun and enjoyable video for children. It was creative, educational, well organized, and upbeat. "Things That Fly" had a variety of songs. Some were upbeat and more modern. Others were take-offs of more traditional children's songs. while others still were more slow and dramatic.
"Things That Fly" is a great video for lower elementary students to use as a tool when discussing modes of transportation or things that fly. It is part of a series that includes videos about things that go in the water and things that drive. I would recommend it to teachers, not to take the place of classroom discussion and exploration, but to perhaps enhance it.
By Wendy Garcia-Salas
Musical Games for Children of All Ages
By Esther L. Nelson
Illustrated by Shizu Matsuda
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY 1993
Call Number: Juv M 1993 N44 M9
Musical Games for Children of All Ages is a great book. The book has a great introduction that the teacher can benefit from. It explains the purpose of the book, which is to enjoy music, create rhythm with your body and how to do it. It leads you into the teaching process that is nice for those beginning teachers who want to incorporate music with other subjects. It has great songs for age's 5-12 years old and each song comes with an explanation of how to group children and the steps or activities that can accompany the song. The only thing I dislike about the book is that the illustrations are in black and white. I suppose this is fine because the book is intended for teachers and they probably think that we don't care about colorful illustrations as much as students do.
I would highly recommend this children's songbook to beginning teachers and even experienced ones because there is always room for learning new things. Musical Games for Children of All Ages will make music fun in the classroom for children and with over 50 songs and bilingual songs it is a great resource to have.
By Lissette Sanchez
PBS KIDS
I chose this web-site because it seriously is an educational site. This site is interactive and leads to games, music and introduces characters to the kids. It also gives information to parents. The games portion of the site is pretty neat but there isn't a whole lotalthough this site is catered towards the ages of one to five, I think those kids still want more variety. The connect the dots is the same over and over again, the paint the town one is neat. This site also gives information about Barney for the parents. It tells the parents what he is really all about. I would recommend this site to a child less than four, I think any age after that this site would become redundant for them.
By Rebekah Hiatt
Recorder Teacher
http://www.theshops.co.uk/childsplay
United Kingdom music educator John Child
Copyright: 1997-1998 Child's Play Software
This web site contains information about playing a recorder and information for ordering the software. If one wants, he or she can try out the program from this site, or he or she can download a trial sample of the software.
I enjoyed this software sample. In the trial sample students can listen to the sounds that all the different recorders make, from soprano to bass. Children can listen to music played on the recorder, or they can create their own music. They can also practice naming the notes in the treble clef. There are lessons and finger charts. The finger charts showed fingering from the player's perspective and the watcher's perspective. I really enjoyed this site.
By Ann Marie Katze
Resource Village-Music
http://www.mmhschool.com/index.html
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (nations leading publisher of K-8 education materials)
Copyright: 1999
This website is easy to use and has a wealth of information for music educators. It is a winner of the 1999 Curriculum Administrators Web Site Award for General Curriculum. When you first enter the site, there is a map of different places in the community that you may click on in order to visit various academic areas. Once inside the music area, there are various categories to choose from including Authorís Forum, Teaching Ideas, Links to other Websites, A Thematic Index, and Information on Workshops. One disadvantage is that on virtually every screen there are advertisements or areas to buy items. This is one of the drawbacks to a website produced by a publisher. Overall, this is a very useful website to visit for music educators
By Jenee Trejo
School House Rocks Science Rocks
by Disney Home Video
E-Toys: http://www2.etoys/html/ev/ev_dhv0030_001.shtml
Sku # dhv0030
As a child I loved the School House Rock bits that were integrated with the Saturday morning cartoons. This "Science Rocks" video would be fun for children to learn about science integrated with music. The video is good for all levels at the elementary school level.
By Michelle Hickey
Sing! Sing! Sing!
by Margaret W. Ginet
Weymouth's Photo-Graphics in Fresno, California 1974
Call number is M 1994 GSS S5 1974.
The songs in this book are simple children's songs. They are designed so that the children can play and sing along with them. The subjects of the songs are also simple which allows the children to understand what the song is about. The book also provides examples of how and when a song can be taught to children. I like this book because it provides examples of activities that can be done with each song. The songs are easy for the children to understand because the subjects of the songs are familiar to the children. The thing I didn't like about this book is that the songs were not separated by subject. Another thing I didn't like about this book is that some of the explanations are unclear.
I would recommend this book just so that we can learn about different songs that exist, but it is not a great book for the reasons I stated.
By Catalina Alvarez
This is Music: for Kindergarten and Nursery School
by Adeline McCall
Illustrated is Jerry Pinkney
Published by California State Department of Education in Sacramento, California, 1965
Call number is M.1990.M142.T5
I liked this book because it has songs for small children to understand. The book talks about the music program. It mentions that young children should be as free and informal as possible. Time should not be scheduled for playing music. Suggestions for carrying out the music program are also mentioned. Listening is the foundation for learning music. Another thing I liked about this book is that it has a section about learning to play an instrument. It teaches percussion and Melody Bells. I would recommend this book to all Kindergarten and Head Start teachers. I could not find a reason why I should not recommend this book.
By Guadalupe Acosta