In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden and The Frogs Wore Suspenders
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Veronica Schwartz, Des Plaines Public Library, IL -- School Library Journal, 11/2/2007
In Aunt Giraffe’s
PreS-Gr 3–Jack Prelutsky, the nation’s first Children’s Poet Laureate, demonstrates yet another of his talents as he sets two sets of his collections of poetry to music. Prelutsky and his collaborators take such delightfully silly poems as “A Big Blue Goose and a Little Green Duck,” “In Toledo,” “Peanut Peg and Peanut Pete” and “In Indianapolis” and set them to musical arrangements that perfectly complement the poem. Each selection is infused with a folksy warmth by featuring such instruments as the acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle and mandolin. Prelutsky’s vocals and overall musical performance are of the same caliber as children’s musicians such as Hap Palmer and Jim Gill. By setting the poems to music, the quick, amusing tales are made accessible to younger children who may not be ready to read the poetry. This truly wonderful collection is a must-have for libraries. Librarians, teachers, and parents will turn to it again and again.
