New Releases by John Langstaff

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.

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, A-hunting we will go; We''ll catch a fox and put him in a box, And then we''ll let him go! So begins this rollicking folk song that has delighted generations of children and inspired them to make up their own verses. John Langstaff has selected some of the most popular stanzas, both old and new, that are sure to bring out smiles and giggles. Nancy Winslow Parker''s pictures join in the fun as a band of intrepid children hunt for the fox, a skunk, and even a brontosaurus with wildly silly results. Piano and guitar accompaniment are provided so grown-ups can sing along, too. The playful mood of the words, music, and pictures is infectious -- you may even decide to add new verses of your own!

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.".

A retelling of an old rhyme about meadow animals and their activities.

Photographs and text introduce a variety of games with or without music.

A pretty young witch transforms herself into many different animals to escape the love-struck magician. Adapted from a ballad collected by Cecil Sharp.

By providing the soldier with a fine suit of clothes, a young maid tries to entice him to marry her.

A retelling of an old rhyme about meadow animals and their activities.