Treasury of Children's Songs

Dan Fox, Fox. Henry Holt & Company, $19.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-7445-1

A Treasury of Children's Songs: Forty Favorites to Sing and Play pairs classic songs arranged and edited by Dan Fox with works of art from the Metropolitan Museum's collections. ""Eensy Weensy Spider"" is paired with a detail showing a spider from Flowers and Birds, a Japanese painting on silk by Taki Katei. ""Home on the Range"" is accompanied by an oil painting, The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt. Each entry also includes musical and artistic notation. (Oct.)

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