Song for a Scarlet Runner

Song for a Scarlet Runner PDF Author: Julie Hunt
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743313586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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The fantastic story of a young girl who must run for her life because she has brought bad luck to her village... classic adventure-fantasy by an author with a fabulous and original storytelling voice.

Song for a Scarlet Runner

Song for a Scarlet Runner PDF Author: Julie Hunt
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743313586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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The fantastic story of a young girl who must run for her life because she has brought bad luck to her village... classic adventure-fantasy by an author with a fabulous and original storytelling voice.

KidGlovz

KidGlovz PDF Author: Julie Hunt
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742695663
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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WINNER: 2016 QLD Premier's Literary Awards, Children's Books SHORT-LISTED: 2016 CBCA Book of the Year, Crichton Award for New Illustrators KidGlovz is a musical genius. His gift is so precious that he's kept under lock and key. But when a young thief helps him escape, Kid must embark on a perilous journey through which he will discover the terrifying nature of his talent. A spellbinding graphic fable about friendship and freedom.

Shine Mountain

Shine Mountain PDF Author: Julie Hunt
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760636118
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SONG FOR A SCARLET RUNNER On his deathbed, Ellie's pop reveals a secret - a magical button-box. It's a musical instrument from the Gleam country - a land far from Spit Farm and the mountains, with talking goats, sweet grass and corn that grows so high you have to fell it with an axe. But the button-box's magic is sinister. When Ellie plays it, flowers bloom and crops spring up overnight - but soon the farm is cursed by drought and her beloved oma is gravely ill. To save her oma and discover the truth about her own identity, Ellie must embark on a dangerous journey to the Gleam country - the only place where the evil button-box can be destroyed.

Mr. Popple of Ippleton

Mr. Popple of Ippleton PDF Author: Paul Alfred Rubens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Folk Songs of the Catskills

Folk Songs of the Catskills PDF Author: Norman Cazden
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791498638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Part of the ancient Appalachians and just a few miles up the road from a massive metropolitan area, the Catskills have been home to the variety of people who have made the history of the New World. The songs collected here reflect this history. They are songs of rafting and lumbering, war and railroads, prison and hard times, and nonsense and drinking. And they are songs of love—tragic love, thwarted love, foolish love—and sometimes even true love. Collecting the songs began in 1941 when educator Norman Studer and composer Herbert Haufrecht led a group of young people on folklore trips through the mountains. The distinguished musician Norman Cazden continued the collection, adding his research and scholarship. The book is the cumulative work of these three colleagues. Useful as an annotated archive of regional lore, Folk Songs of the Catskills traces roots to early Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English, and American sources. Both texts and musical structure are compared to other traditional songs. Extended search for tune relatives is directed towards tracing the known use of each tune strain, whether in variants with similar texts or quite different texts. Some of the Catskill versions of tunes have not been found elsewhere, and others are rarely encountered. Whether related to others or unique to the Catskills, the commentary on the songs in this collection contributes to a more general theory of the nature of traditional tunes and their transformation. The late composer/musicologist and university professor, Norman Cazden, worked meticulously over a period of many years to trace traditional melodies and texts. Both Cazden and fellow composer Herbert Haufrecht were music directors of Camp Woodland, a unique summer school in the Catskill Mountains which acquainted students with the folklore of this musically rich region. The late Norman Studer, one of the founders and for many years the director of Camp Woodland, was also an ardent folklorist who spent much of his life in the hills and hollows of the Catskills looking for folksingers and yarnspinners. Together, these devoted scholars have created a work that is as enjoyable as it is rare.

Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air

Shoestring, the Boy Who Walks on Air PDF Author: Julie Hunt
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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'Shoestring loved the sudden intake of breath when he stepped onto the rope. The upturned faces of the audience made him think of coins scattered at his feet, more coins than he had ever taken when he was a pickpocket.' Twelve-year-old Shoestring is leaving behind his life of crime and starting a new career with the Troupe of Marvels. Their lead performer, he has an invisible tightrope and an act to die for. But trouble is brewing - the magical gloves that caused so much turmoil for KidGlovz are back. When he's wearing the gloves, the world is at Shoestring's fingertips. It's so easy to help himself to whatever he likes - even other people's hopes and dreams. But when he steals his best friend's mind, he's at risk of losing all he values most. A thrilling, heart-in-the-mouth adventure of ambition, friendship and the threads that bind from the award-winning creators of KidGlovz.

Daughter of the Burning City

Daughter of the Burning City PDF Author: Amanda Foody
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488015465
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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A darkly irresistible new fantasy set in the infamous Gomorrah Festival, a traveling carnival of debauchery that caters to the strangest of dreams and desires Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many unusual members of the traveling circus-city, Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years. This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of the Festival's Freak Show. But no matter how lifelike they may seem, her illusions are still just that—illusions, and not truly real. Or so she always believed…until one of them is murdered. Desperate to protect her family, Sorina must track down the culprit and determine how they killed a person who doesn't actually exist. Her search for answers leads her to the self-proclaimed gossip-worker Luca. Their investigation sends them through a haze of political turmoil and forbidden romance, and into the most sinister corners of the Festival. But as the killer continues murdering Sorina's illusions one by one, she must unravel the horrifying truth before all her loved ones disappear.

The Coat

The Coat PDF Author: Ron Brooks
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174115586X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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WINNER: CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2013 The Coat stood in a paddock at the end of a row of strawberries. It was buttoned up tight and stuffed full of straw and it was angry. 'What a waste of me!' it yelled. Then along came a man. 'I could do with a coat like that,' the man said. Together, swooping and swinging, they travelled to the Cafe Delitzia, and had the night of their lives. A bold and original picture book.

Tony Pastor's Complete Budget of Comic Songs

Tony Pastor's Complete Budget of Comic Songs PDF Author: Tony Pastor
Publisher:
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Category : American ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Sam Henry's Songs of the People

Sam Henry's Songs of the People PDF Author: Gale Huntington
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336254
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 674

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The story of Ireland—its graces and shortcomings, triumphs and sorrows—is told by ballads, dirges, and humorous songs of its common people. Music is a direct and powerful expression of Irish folk culture and an aspect of Irish life beloved throughout the rest of the world. Incredibly, the largest single gathering of Irish folk songs had been almost inaccessible because, originally newspaper based, it was available in only three libraries, in Belfast, Dublin, and Washington D.C. Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” makes the music available to a wider audience than the collector ever imagined. Comprising nearly 690 selections, this thoroughly annotated and indexed collection is a treasure for anyone who performs, composes, studies, collects, or simply enjoys folk music. It is valuable as an outstanding record of Irish folk songs before World War II, demonstrating the historical ties between Irish and Southern folk culture and the tremendous Irish influence on American folk music. In addition to the songs themselves and their original commentary, Sam Henry's “Songs of the People” includes a glossary, bibliography, discography, index of titles and first lines, melodic index, index of the original sources of the songs and information about them, geographical index of sources, and three appendixes related to the original song series in the Northern Constitution.