Pete Seeger, Text by (Art/Photo Books), Michael Hays, Illustrator, Pete Seeger, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-84693-9
Folk singer Pete Seeger's adaptation of the South African folktale Abiyoyo, first recorded in 1956, now comes with a sing-along CD (see Children's Audio, Sept. 10) in honor of the book's 15th anniversary. Michael Hays's artwork depicts the ...
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Pete Seeger, edited by Jeff Haynes, read by Pete Seeger. Hachette Audio, unabridged, one CD, 2.25 hrs., $19.98 ISBN 978-1-61969-830-7
Pete Seeger and percussionist/producer Haynes present one of the most original and inspired audiobooks of the last decade with this collection of stories, songs, music, and musings, straight from the mouth and mind of the legendary folk musician...
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Pete Seeger, edited by Jeff Haynes. Hachette Audio, , 2 CDs, 2.5 hrs., $20 ISBN 978-1-4789-6461-2
Percussionist and producer Jeff Hayers has seamlessly worked the songs, narratives, and poems of Seeger, the late American folk singer and political activist, into a variety of haunting international melodies. Seeger died in 2014 at age 95, so it’s...
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Pete Seeger, Author, Michael Hays, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-02-781490-3
Folksinger, musician and storyteller Seeger first told this story-song to his children over 20 years ago and has now written it as a book. It's based on a South African lullaby and folksong, yet it's too rollicking and exciting to lull a child to...
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An illustration of the earth (before the title page) serves as backdrop to the complete text of the King James version of the titular passage, with Seeger's refrain ("Turn! Turn! Turn") encircling the globe. On the first page, the...
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Pete Seeger, Author, Linda S. Wingerter, Illustrator , illus. by Linda Wingerter. Little, Brown/Tingley $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-78140-4
"Some of the most successful singing I've ever done has been when one hundred percent of my audience has gone sound to sleep on me," music legend Seeger (Turn! Turn! Turn!, reviewed above) wryly notes in the preface. But even if the...
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Pete Seeger, Author, Seeger, Author, Paul DuBois Jacobs, Joint Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-15-100370-9
Claiming that America is becoming ""a nation of spectators"" blind to their own folklore, Seeger presents this earnest collection to catalyze our collective imagination and resuscitate the country's oral tradition. The 80-year-old singer/songwriter/a
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Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Author, Pete Seeger, Foreword by, Pete Seeger, Author Viking Books $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03521-2
Laura Vaccaro Seeger carries on the family tradition with I Had a Rooster: A Traditional Folk Song. Based on a concept by Ruth Crawford Seeger (stepmother of Pete), this song in book form introduces new creatures on successively smaller pages,...
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Pete Seeger, with David Bernz. Jawbone, $24.95 trade paper (312p) ISBN 978-1-916829-02-2
Folk singer and producer Bernz gathers an endearing mix of “thoughts and stories” drawn from his conversations with folk singer and liberal activist Pete Seeger (1919–2014) from roughly the mid-1990s on. Seeger reveals the background behind some of...
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