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Camille Saint-Saens's [cf4]The Carnival of the Animals[cf3]
By Prelutsky, Jack
- ISBN
- 978-0-37586-458-2
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Starred Review on December 1, 2010
Gr 1–7—Prelutsky has created a group of poems that match the animals that Saint-Saëns portrayed in his famous classical work, composed in 1886. Read alone or in tandem with the accompanying CD, the sounds of the animals come through in the poetic form with Prelutsky's use of repetition, alliteration, and carefully placed line breaks. Listen to "Roosters and Hens" and the "peck peck peck" and "cluck cluck cluck" bring these skittery creatures to mind. The CD allow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
New verses by Jack Prelutsky. Music by Camille Saint-Saëns. Prelutsky's verses, befitting the fourteen short movements of Saint-Saëns's orchestral work, are highly...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
