Minnie's Birthday Wish: A Birthday Story with Songs

by Maureen F Reynolds, Susan Ward (Illustrator)

Overview

"Minnie's Birthday Wish" is the second book of the "Celebration Series". The story is a believable fantasy that leaves children debating the book's outcome. It includes songs that enhance the story. It was written for M. Y. C.'s tenth anniversary. It is a useful teaching tool - for language arts as well as singing. It contains songs in major, minor, whole tone and pentatonic scales.

Frances M Balodis M.Ed., ARCT, LCCM(Hon.), LCNC(Hon.), MYCC. Founder of Music for Young Children(1980) states ""Minnie's. Birthday Wish' is a delightful book with a wonderful story and music."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039187566
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	07/30/2024
Series:	Children's Celebration
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	Up to 12 Years

About the Author

Maureen F Reynolds (B.A., B.Ed., retired R.M.T.)
Maureen was born in Surrey, B.C. She and her husband have celebrated over 55 years of marriage and raised their two children in Halifax, N.S. She obtained her B.A. at the University of British Columbia and her B.Ed.at Dalhousie University. She started teaching music in her mother's studio. After her marriage she taught in a junior high school in Canberra, Australia. Later she taught music in two private schools in Halifax. She began teaching private piano lessons in 1974 and became a Registered Music Teacher in 1989. Today she is teaching some of her grandsons.
She also taught "Music for Young Children for 18 years, wrote music for this program and won a "Cornerstone Award" in 2008 for her contribution to this program.
Her main interest is to tell stories to children and teach them to enjoy music.