Songs and stories in Spanish and English teach listeners over one hundred words and phrases, including numbers, feelings, food, articles of clothing, and more.
Billie Holiday, Caf? Society, and an early call for civil rights
Margolick, David
2000
Traces the history of "Strange Fruit," a controversial ballad about a lynched African-American man hanging from a tree, popularized by jazz singer Billie Holiday in the 1940s.
Contains an illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner.
Pa, Ma, and their children take a trip to the Big Rock Candy Mountain, with its lollipop trees, chocolate fountains, and friendly bears wearing crazy socks.
Led by a girl on a bicycle, a collection of farmers, families, animals, and musicians takes a rollicking trip to Boston Common in this new version of an old Appalachian folk song.