Crossposted on YoungPeoplesPavilion.com “As outrageous and funny and full of passion for reaching/teaching children as Gary in his wildest performances.” — Jane Yolen, author of the Caldecott-winning Owl Moon, the Commander Toad books, and How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? These multi-instrumentalists and singers, Rebecca Padula and Gary Dulabaum, perform music that is truly fun for…
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Poems Throughout the School Day
Crossposted on Yahoo! Introducing Poetry throughout the School Day For millennia – even before Homer started reciting The Iliad and The Odyssey – we humans have been telling one another poems. Even today, children and adolescents often spontaneously make up poems to tell one another, in jump-rope rhymes, insults and comebacks, riddles, and other verses. What…
A delightfully cultural book: UNDER THE MAMBO MOON by Julia Durango, illustrated by Fabricio VandenBroeck
“Samuel” Samba school is cool, know why? The students aim to satisfy. We play our music every night and practice ’til we get it right. We sew our costumes, shine our shoes, build a float, and learn new moves— all for Rio’s grand parade: Carnaval, the masquerade! And on the day of our big test,…
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