Sing Out!: Six Classic Folk Songs for Tomorrow

by Sophie Casson

Overview

Singalong to timeless tunes with this songbook featuring a cast of zany characters! Rediscover your favourite folk songs with this endearingly offbeat rendering of six classics: “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain,” “Little Bingo,” “This Old Man,” “Pop Goes the Weasel,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Nostalgic and whimsical illustrations bring each song to life with an ensemble of quirky characters, from a pink-haired roller-skater girl to a mischievous, paddywhacking weasel. The accompanying recordings of these popular sing-along songs for kids offer a fresh and original sound for a new generation. Includes a CD (and a unique digital download code) with six songs. WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARD

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782924774854
Publisher:	The Secret Mountain
Publication date:	03/01/2021
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	166,799
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 7.25(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Sophie Casson is an award-winning illustrator based in Montréal. In 2011, she was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award and she has earned numerous distinctions in Canada, England, and the United States. Her illustrations have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Globe and Mail and exhibits at World Design Capital events in Taipei and Paris, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Her recent publications include The Prisoner and the Writer, Same Here! The Differences We Share, and The Artist and Me.

Editorial Reviews

"Catchy renditions just right for singing along. Songs from yesterday appealingly presented for today’s children."—KIRKUS REVIEWS "In the pages of Sing Out!, folk songs… take on a life of their own, becoming stand-alone stories featuring several zany characters."— MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

From the Publisher

2021-01-28
Six traditional songs loosely woven together in the illustrations and performed by a folk duo provide an invitation to join the fun.

The publisher has taken six well-known songs available individually or collectively in other formats and pulled them together in this new volume. Casson’s illustrations, which have the look of silk-screens, turn this collection of familiar lyrics into a story. A rollerblading woman with mustard-toned skin and long red hair drives six white horses in “She’ll be Coming ’Round the Mountain.” The sparsely bearded cinnamon-colored farmer who shares in the chicken and dumplings in that song woos her in “Little Bingo.” He gives his little green dog a bone in “This Old Man.” The weasel, who makes a cameo appearance in that song, becomes the star of “Pop, Goes the Weasel.” The old man returns in “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” featuring a locomotive engineer named Dinah (who may also be the same woman who came around the mountain) and the weasel strumming a banjo. Finally, farmer and dog return in space suits to see a light-red–toned girl riding a star in “Twinkle, Twinkle.” There’s a monkey, as well, and occasional other characters. Nearly everyone seems to be having a good time, and so will readers and listeners. On the included CD or MP3 files downloaded from the publisher’s website, Canadian singers Sin and Swoon (Michael O’Brien and Michelle Tompkins), accompanied by other musicians, offer catchy renditions just right for singing along.

Songs from yesterday appealingly presented for today’s children. (Picture book. 3-10)

Kirkus Reviews