But then I used spellcheck just to make sure.įavourite random word in the book: Overshoes. Reading Ages: Pre-school – the younger the better.ĭo I feel cooler for having read this book? indubitably.ĭid I spell indubitably properly the first time without spellcheck? Why yes, I did. For parents, grandparents and caregivers with young children ages 3-6. I like imagining growly jazztime voices whispering, Never leave your cat alone.Īccording to the fly-leaf, Raschka is a violist (and therefore cool) who was inspired to write this book after hearing a recording of “A Night in Tunisia”, the “so-called be bop anthem, which Charlie Parker helped make famous.” I am listening to its immediately recognizable hook right now (thank you, YouTube) and alls I gotta say is: get your kid, read them this book, and play them some Bird…stat. Charlie Parker Played be Bop by Chris Raschka, published by Orchard Paperbacks. I like this book: the bright colours, the deliberate use of fonts, the visual parades of random sounds (lollipop boomba boomba), the artist’s many angles of Parker (upside-down and sideways), and the way that it actually makes me think of beBOP BEbop bop bop. Charlie Parker Charlie Parker Charlie Parker! Chris Raschka dances sounds across the pages of this rhythmic picture book and I had his rhymes in my head the whole way home from the library…
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These incredible narratives are told through a presentation including a selection of famous and lesser-known works from the collection, alongside archival material and documentation. Another fascinating tale tells of the museum’s involvement in helping to recuperate stolen art after by the ‘Monuments Men’ after Holland was liberated. The research also brought to light stories about the transfer of the Stedelijk collection to a huge bunker in the dunes near Castricum (together with almost 500 collections including that of the Royal Family, the heirs of Van Gogh and many Jewish collectors) and art gifted to the museum by Jewish collectors and artists after the war. What emerged were moving stories of collectors and artists, many of whom were Jewish, who were coerced into parting from their works of art. The exhibition Stedelijk in the war is based on recent research into the provenance of artworks conducted by the museum. And both of those things, I think, are really hard for the average person to connect with."Īmanda Tipton That's partly why Wonderbound isn't called "Wonderbound Ballet" or "Wonderbound Dance Company." Ammon doesn't care if people think of Wonderbound's shows as dance productions with live music, or live music accompanied by dance. "You would see either classical, classical ballet like Swan Lake, or you would see, like, ultra-modern Merce Cunningham, where they're in unitards and they're breathing and they're rolling on the ground and doing weird shapes and stuff. "I think most people, the moment they hear 'ballet' or 'dance,' those words put a lot of connotations into their head," says Ammon. "It was like watching a sci-fi adventure." And the production proved to Rose that Wonderbound was looking to push the boundaries of traditional ballet. He attended a performance of Celestial Navigation, a space-voyage story scored by Ian Cooke, and was blown away. Ballet - sure, buddy.'"īut Ammon and Fay were persistent, and they invited Rose to come to a Wonderbound performance and see what the company was all about. People come up and say, 'Oh, I got this thing - I got this dance company, I got this brother-in-law who's in music, you should check this out we should do something.' When they said, 'What about doing a full ballet with all your music?,' I'm like, 'Sure. "Because that happens at set break all the time. Amanda Tipton "I thought they were full of shit," Rose says, grinning. "Just spooky enough for viewers who are ready for a bit of a chill, (the) book becomes livelier and even more suspenseful with eerie music and creepy creatures that fly.a must have. ".(the narrator) delightfully youwls like los gatos (cats) and shrieks like los fantasmas (ghosts).The wildly original illustrations float across the screen, or glimmer, as when the eyes of las calabazas (pumpkins) become 'beacons in the night'." - Booklist Includes an inspiring author interview." - ALA Notable Video Committee They will learn a number of Spanish words while engaging with monsters at a ball. "Ninos will enjoy this partially animated version of Marisa Montes's Halloween poem. "Imaginations will be fired up by an evocative narration of the story.Background sounds include yowling cats and groaning monsters, and a haunting array of Spanish words fill the story." - AudioFile 23 likes, 0 comments - Taura Horn (taurahorn) on Instagram: Leo was so excited to find these Mercer Mayer books, Frog Where Are You and Frog Goes To Dinner. The Off-Campus series was my gateway read to romance. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn’t take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn’t going to cut it. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he’s all for it. If she wants to get her crush’s attention, she’ll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice…even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.Īll Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he’s worked so hard for. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she’s carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. She’s about to make a deal with the college bad boy… Series: The Off-Campus (5 Books) SYNOPSIS: The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about. After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life-until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her.įootball scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years. Read Ben’s side of the Ten Tiny Breaths story in this romantic coming of age novel by the beloved, top-selling indie author praised for her “likeable characters, steamy liaisons, and surprising plot twists” ( Kirkus Reviews). Sometimes you can’t change-and sometimes you just don’t want to. However, even if Livingston’s family had never spoken up, Moore’s authorship rings a bit false. Nicholas” in an anthology of his own poetry, but Livingston’s family has always insisted that Moore is not the true author. In 1844, Moore published “A Visit from St. Livingston had passed away by the time Moore claimed authorship of the poem years later. Nicholas.” Clement Clark Moore has long been credited as the author of this beloved yuletide poem, but literary scholar Don Foster now believes that the true writer was in fact a poet of Dutch heritage named Henry Livingston Jr. This is a board book edition of the classic The Night Before Christmas.įirst published anonymously in a New York Newspaper called the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823, under the title “A Visit from St. Here is the wonderful new version of the classic poem every family should own! This edition of The Night Before Christmasis lavishly illustrated by renowned, New York Times #1 Bestselling artist Charles Santore, the critically-acclaimed illustrator of multiple classic tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Snow White and The Little Mermaid. But Maggie finds herself wondering if it will be the last, because she discovers a secret Nate has kept for years.Ī multigenerational novel about love, family, and what it means to build a life with someone, The Divorce Party brings us two immensely appealing women: Gwyn, at the end of her marriage, and her future daughter-in-law, Maggie, at the beginning. The weekend also marks the first time that their son, Nate, brings his fiance, Maggie, home to Montauk. Instead of celebrating their life there, Gwyn and Thomas are toasting their divorce. Their home, Huntington Hall, has been in the family for generations after surviving the Great Hurricane of 1938, which tore Montauk apart. On their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, Gwyn Huntington and her husband, Thomas, invite friends and family over for a most unusual celebration. Two women at the opposite ends of marriage are trying to answer the same question: When should you fight to save a relationship and when should you begin to let go? As the ransom payment begins to unravel and Raleighs life hangs in the balance, she wonders how much she can trust Kaden. Agreeing to become his lover in return for continued protection, she begins to see a tender and caring side of Kaden despite their short but violent history. But the safety he provides is only from his friends, and Raleigh must face his sinister intentions. Kaden, one of her captors, is handsome and at times protective, and he convinces his friends to spare Raleighs life to ransom her. Bruised and in shock, Raleigh is locked in the basement of their remote country house, unsure of her fate. Her friend is killed but Raleigh survives and her life is thrown into the hands of the three men involved in the accident. While hitchhiking across the country, she and her companion are struck by a car. Running away from a complicated life, Raleigh finds herself plunged into a nightmare. 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