Thornton W. Burgess Society
Hedgerow: Environmental stories and songs for children
by John Houston & Winnie Fitch
Continuing in the tradition of Thornton Burgess, The Musical Fantasies of Rufus & Nellie Rabbit is a trilogy about saving habitats and introduces a new generation of critters in the Briar Patch, confronting the environmental issues of our time.
Narration, dialogue, songs and sounds to delight children and any adults in their midst - truly family fare. Over 5 hours of storytelling in a little brown box.
The Trilogy: 5 audio-cassettes $29.95 + shipping & handling
The 3 musical stories sold individually:
The Briar Patch Fable (local) 1 hr./13 min. 1 audio-cassette $ 8.95 + s&h
Allagash! (regional) 1 hr./47 min. 2 audio-cassettes $12.95 + s&h
The Pumpkin Tree (global) 2 hrs./12 min. 2 audio-cassettes $12.95 + s&h
SONGS FOR CHILDREN TO PERFORM
The Planet Earth Songbook CD-ROM package $60.00 + s&h
1 CD-ROM & 2 Audio CDs in a library quality white vinyl album
Teachers, Parents, After-School Programmers, Camp Counselors, Librarians, Music & Theater Directors, welcome to THE PLANET EARTH SONGBOOK CD-ROM: A new repertoire of 67 songs & skits for children, K-5, to play, sing & act-out from the perspective of all forms of life… not just human… animals, insects, flowers, trees, birds… even a rock!
MOTHER EARTH spins into center stage as a singing, dancing character…a ‘POLLUTION-PERSON’ becomes a ‘SOLUTION-PERSON’… human beings choose to be ‘HUMAN-BEANS’ & regrow their EARTHLY ROOTS… an unlikely troupe of DOLPHINS & DAFFODILS & HUMAN-BEANS finds the spotlight to say, in a playful way, “We are all connected.”
Within the CD-ROM you will find printed lyrics, notated music & line drawings to color that suggest costumes & props. For each song there are comments & ideas for performance. 2 audio CDs, for listening, learning & copying, are included.
| Keep THE PLANET EARTH SONGBOOK CD-ROM close-at-hand as a resource for supplementary environmental, music & art enrichment material. You can print out what you want, when you want it. FUN is the operative word. |
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