The carnival of the animals
America's first Children's Poet Laureate and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books team up in a volume of rollicking original verses set to Saint-Saëns' classical composition that is complemented by a CD recording of the music and Prelutsky's readings.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | America's first Children's Poet Laureate and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books team up in a volume of rollicking original verses set to Saint-Saëns' classical composition that is complemented by a CD recording of the music and Prelutsky's readings. |
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| Item Description: | Verses inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' The carnival of the animals, accompanied by orchestral recording of the musical suite. "With a fully orchestrated CD of the Camille Saint-Saëns music." |
| Physical Description: | 1 v . (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| ISBN: | 9780375864582 037586458X 9780375964589 (hardcover lib. bdg.) 0375964584 (hardcover lib. bdg.) |
| Author Notes: | While growing up in Brooklyn, Prelutsky studied voice at The High School of Music and Art in New York and first planned to be an opera singer. However, he decided he did not have the drive to sing opera, and he became a folk singer. Later he tried his hand at drawing. For fun, he wrote some short poems and made some drawings, which became his first publication. He has since published numerous books of illustrated poetry and also provided illustrations for books by other writers, including many in translation. Prelutsky never condescends to his young readers. He deals in verse with many imaginative creatures, but he also writes about people and problems such bullies, school, and fear of the dark. He is aware of the sound of his words and likes to perform his poetry to the accompaniment of the guitar. He visits schools and libraries to perform his work. Jack Prelutsky is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1977 The Children's Book Council honored him for Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep. His other award-winners are The Mean Old Mean Hyena, The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight, and The New Kid on the Block. In 2006, the Poetry Foundation named Prelutsky the inaugural winner of the Children's Poet Laureate award. His book Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems (illustrated by Carin Berger) won the 2007 Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards in the Picture Book category. (Bowker Author Biography) |
