Authors:
Board book, 12 pages
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd.
Publication Date: 2003-01


Reviews :

    "It is Great to Be an Engine" plays five songs for children to sing while telling tales about Thomas the Tank Engine and the other trains in the station....

Authors: The Beatles.
Hardcover, 40 pages
Publisher: Candlewick
Publication Date: 2004-07-22


Reviews :

    A whole new generation will be climbing aboard this sunny, psychedelic
storybook, while nostalgic Beatles fans of all ages will be clamoring for a ticket to ride.

Once upon a time (or maybe twice), some 80,000 leagues beneath the sea, there lay a colorful land of song and laughter called Pepperland, where Sergeant Pepper's Band was always playing your song — until the Blue Meanies burst on the scene and chased all the music and magic away. So began the classic 1968 film Yellow Submarine, inspired by a song and hailed as an avant-garde amalgam of pop art, Beatles music, and highly innovative animation. Now that film's dazzling images — and its lighthearted, witty tale — is showcased in a glorious picture book sure to be savored by fans and readers of all ages....

Authors: Marshall Izen. Jim West.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: 2004-10-01


Reviews :

    The true story of a dog who outsang a diva at the Metropolitan Opera!

When Pasha, a vain wolfhound, gets a role at the opera house, she loves the limelight so much that she looks down her nose at Sluggo, a mutt clown dog. Lost in fantasies of herself as the true queen of the opera, Pasha begins to sing on stage! Reprimanded behind the scenes, Pasha finds that her only fans are Sluggo-and the newspaper that makes her, finally, the star she's always believed her-self to be.

Inspired by a true story from New York City's Metropolitan Opera, this enchanting book will appeal to dog lovers, opera lovers, and anyone with a sense of humor. It includes the original New York Times article and a letter from Renée Fleming, the prima donna who was upstaged by a pooch-but turned out to be a dog lover who thought the singing canine had given her a run for her money! AUTHOR BIO: Jim West and Marshall Izen are highly regarded puppeteers who were performing in the opera Manon when the incident that inspired this book took place. Jim continues to travel extensively, performing for children. Erika Oller is well known through her books with Lesléa Newman and her popular line of gift items featuring happy, rotund ladies....

Authors: John Kurtz. Silvano Scolari.
Hardcover, 6 pages
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd.
Publication Date: 2003-08


Reviews :

    In this pop-up song book characters jump off the page and into children's imaginations. Kids can sing along to familiar tunes with their favorite Disney Princess....

Authors:
Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Publication Date: 1998-09-01


Reviews :

    As a pianist fills the hearts of an audience, this book begins in black and white and the music gradually fills the pages with color. Here is a visual expression of the joy that beautiful music brings to the world. Full color....

Authors: Graeme Base.
Hardcover, 48 pages
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: 1999-09-01


Reviews :

    Castigated for defying tradition and playing an original tune on his Splingtwanger, thirteen-year-old Sprocc leaves Planet Bipp in search of musical freedom and enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition. Includes a CD of songs supposedly recorded by the bands in the story....

    Australian author and illustrator Graeme Base's books are all musical, but The Worst Band in the Universe (with its accompanying 25-minute CD) clearly trumpets the loudest... in a Blippian sort of way. Like The Eleventh Hour, The Sign of the Seahorse, and Animalia, Worst Band takes place in a nonhuman context, this time in a dystopian planetary system far from Earth.

The premise is this: Sprocc, expert at the guitarlike splingtwanger, has the creative itch to write songs. But alas, his planet, Blipp, has strict creative rules about music. All songs must come directly from tradition, so Sprocc's desire to "call the tune... or else forsake the stage" leads to his exile from Blipp and a variety of galactic run-ins with authority. This includes the "Worst Band in the Universe" contest which, of course, is actually a best band contest that takes him deeper into dismal realms. Sprocc sharpens his musical delivery, hooks up with another long-time Blipp exile, and eventually the planet is freed from the rigorous creative restrictions with a mix of innovation and tradition.

In the tangle of rhyming couplets and fantastical illustrations is plenty of food for thought. On a purely musical level, The Worst Band in the Universe is an instructive volume, complete with a CD of Blippian music. It's a profound creation, conjured so that its ingredients will reward scrutiny. (Ages 7 and older) --Andrew Bartlett...

Authors: Britney Spears. Lynne Spears.
Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Publication Date: 2003-04-08


Reviews :

    Holly Faye Lovell sure can sing. Everyone in Biscay, Mississippi, knows that. And when at fourteen she becomes the youngest student ever to win a scholarship to the prestigious Haverty School of Music, her dream of pursuing a singing career is on its way. But for the first time in her life, Holly must leave behind her mother, Wanda. Although they don’t have much in the way of money, there’s always been plenty of love . . . and there’s always been Wanda’s birthmark, an ugly red scar on the side of her face that makes people who don’t know her turn away. Now that Holly's off with her posh new friends and new life, she’s ashamed to find herself embarrassed by her mom and their humble background. And Wanda finds herself wanting to reveal a long-hidden secret . . . a secret that could destroy their bond forever.

A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to The Britney Spears Foundation.


From the Hardcover edition....

Authors: Donna D. Cooner.
Board book, 20 pages
Publisher: Barney Publishing
Publication Date: 1999-08

Authors:
Hardcover, 12 pages
Publisher: Publications International, Ltd.
Publication Date: 2002-01


Reviews :

    Make bedtime stories even more special with this glow-in-the-dark Winnie the Pooh nightlight book. When a song button is pressed the star-shape nightlight turns on and music plays. The star glows in the dark long after the song ends....

Authors:
Hardcover, 12 pages
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Publication Date: 2003-07-28