The Singing Sack

The Singing Sack

Author: Helen East

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780713631159

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Provides storytellers with a variety of folktales that utilize a song or short instrumental selection, and includes tips for audience involvement


Sing You Home

Sing You Home

Author: Jodi Picoult

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1439102724

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Ten years of infertility issues culminate in the destruction of music therapist Zoe Baxter's marriage, after which she falls in love with another woman and wants to start a family, but her ex-husband, Max, stands in the way.


Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo

Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo

Author: John Lithgow

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1442467444

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A lively and lyrical picture book jaunt from actor and author John Lithgow! Oh, children! Remember! Whatever you may do, Never play music right next to the zoo. They’ll burst from their cages, each beast and each bird, Desperate to play all the music they’ve heard. A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves in this hilarious picture book based on one of John Lithgow’s best-loved tunes.


Hallucinations

Hallucinations

Author: Oliver Sacks

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Published: 2012-11-06

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0307402193

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Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags of a visual migraine, hallucination takes many forms. At a higher level, hallucinations associated with the altered states of consciousness that may come with sensory deprivation or certain brain disorders can lead to religious epiphanies or conversions. Drawing on a wealth of clinical examples from his own patients as well as historical and literary descriptions, Oliver Sacks investigates the fundamental differences and similarities of these many sorts of hallucinations, what they say about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture's folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all.


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Author: Maya Angelou

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-07-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 030747772X

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Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.


Sing, Little Sack!

Sing, Little Sack!

Author: Nina Jaffe

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780836816211

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Captured and kept inside a sack by a strange little man, a young girl is forced to sing until her mother hears her song and realizes that it is not the sack that is singing.


Little Stevie Wonder

Little Stevie Wonder

Author: Quincy Troupe

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780618340606

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A poem tribute to singer and composer Stevie Wonder, describing his musical talent, and cultural impact. Includes a CD with two songs.


Chantress

Chantress

Author: Amy Butler Greenfield

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1442457058

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Lucy’s Chantress magic will make her the most powerful—and most hunted—girl in England in this “richly and thoughtfully written” story (Publishers Weekly). “Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted Lucy ever since she was shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. But on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing along—and she is swept into darkness. When she awakes in England, Lucy hears powerful men discussing Chantresses—women who can sing magic into the world. They are hunting her, but she escapes and finds sanctuary with the Invisible College, an organization plotting to overthrow the nefarious Lord Protector. The only person powerful enough to bring about his downfall is a Chantress. And Lucy is the last one in England. Lucy struggles to master the song-spells and harness her power, but the Lord Protector is moving quickly. And her feelings for Nat, an Invisible College apprentice and scientist who deeply distrusts her magic, only add to her confusion… Time is running out, and the fate of England hangs in the balance in this entrancing novel that is atmospheric and lyrical, dangerous and romantic.


The Ugly Five

The Ugly Five

Author: Julia Donaldson

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Published: 2018-07-31

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781338249538

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A charming new picture book from the bestselling creators of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom!