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New Releases by John Langstaff

John Langstaff is the author of Make Music! (2019), Making Music (2003), The National Center on Child Fatality Review (2001), On Christmas Day in the Morning (2001), Oh, a Hunting We Will Go (1991).

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Make Music!

release date: Apr 30, 2019
Make Music!
Music is for everyone — no prior experience required! Make Music! invites kids and families to celebrate the joy of sound with a variety of inventive activities, including playing dandelion trumpets, conducting percussion conversations, and composing their own pieces. Musician and educator Norma Jean Haynes brings the pioneering work of Ann Sayre Wiseman and John Langstaff to a new generation of kids aged 5 and up, focusing on the playfulness, spontaneity, and creativity of music. Kids explore rhythm with clapping, body drumming, and intonations. They learn to create found sound with kitchen pots and pans, the Sunday paper, or even the Velcro on their sneakers. And step-by-step instructions show how to make 35 different instruments, from chimes and bucket drums to a comb kazoo and a milk carton guitar. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Making Music

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Making Music
Includes instructions for making a variety of simple musical instruments from ordinary household items.

The National Center on Child Fatality Review

release date: Jan 01, 2001

On Christmas Day in the Morning

release date: Jan 01, 2001
On Christmas Day in the Morning
This old mid-winter carol, set to the rhythms of Nature itself, is a perfect symbol for the Nativity, and is animated with the symbols of the seasons and a merry cast of farm animals. Includes an arrangement for piano. Full-color illustrations.

Oh, a Hunting We Will Go

release date: Sep 30, 1991
Oh, a Hunting We Will Go
Old and new verses for a popular folk song about hunting and capturing an animal--and then letting him go.

Sweetly Sings the Donkey: Animal Rounds for Children to Sing Or Play on Recorders. Selected by John Langstaff

Sweetly Sings the Donkey: Animal Rounds for Children to Sing Or Play on Recorders. Selected by John Langstaff
A collection of rounds including settings of "How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck," "The Cat in the Plumtree," "Pussycat, Pussycat," and "Lock the Dairy Door.".

The Over in the Meadow

The Over in the Meadow
A retelling of an old rhyme about meadow animals and their activities.

Shimmy Shimmy Coke-ca-pop!

Shimmy Shimmy Coke-ca-pop!
Photographs and text introduce a variety of games with or without music.

The Two Magicians. Adapted by John Langstaff From and Ancient Ballad

The Two Magicians. Adapted by John Langstaff From and Ancient Ballad
A pretty young witch transforms herself into many different animals to escape the love-struck magician. Adapted from a ballad collected by Cecil Sharp.

Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?

Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?
By providing the soldier with a fine suit of clothes, a young maid tries to entice him to marry her.

On Christmas Day in the Morning!

On Christmas Day in the Morning!
Illustrated verses for this traditional English folk song present different animals tending to their crops and harvesting them for a Christmas feast.

Over in the Meadow

Over in the Meadow
A retelling of an old rhyme about meadow animals and their activities.

Frog Went A-courtin'

Frog Went A-courtin'
Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.
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