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| Blue Moo: 17 Jukebox Hits From Way Back Never | 
 enlarge | Author: Sandra Boynton
Creator: Michael Ford
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (39 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2145
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0761147756
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.42083
EAN: 9780761147756
ASIN: 0761147756
Publication Date: November 1, 2007
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A great CD for kids & parents! February 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We & our 5 y/o daughter love this album! The music is great & the lyrics creative & fun. My daughter has listened to it over & over & I enjoy hearing it. I even find myself humming or singing the tunes.
greeeaaat! February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The songs on this are excellent. I got one for all my friends with young children, they all love it (parents & kids).
"If there's a rabbit, then you should grab it" January 31, 2008
45 out of 46 found this review helpful
My first copy of PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS was a gift for my granddaughters. We all enjoyed it so much that I bought three more copies -- each one for myself but impulsively given away.
Now I have BLUE MOO, and I'm keeping it for myself, so don't even hint for it.
You may know Sandra Boynton's impressive children's books but this music thing she has going on is something else again. "Renegade children's music," she calls it. BLUE MOO is subtitled "17 Jukebox Hits from Way Back Never," and trust me, you don't need children around to enjoy it.
Boynton collaborated with composer Michael Ford on these 17 fractured hits, and she mustered another stellar group of performers for the CD.
Patti LuPone shines on "Rabbit Tango," and yes, that's the amazing B.B. King delivering the goods with "One Shoe Blues." Christopher Kale Jones of JERSEY BOYS fame croons "Singing In The Shower."
When was the last time you heard a new release from veteran Neil Sedaka? Here he is in great doo-wop form with "Your Nose." And speaking of doo-wop, we have Sha Na Na singing "Gorilla Song" ("Banana nana nana nana, na na na"). Bobby Vee takes you down memory lane with the sentimental "With You," and John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting with a beautifully syncopated track named "Big Band Sound."
How about "Speed Turtle":
>> It's a ... Speed Turtle. Whoa-ho!
>> It's a ... Speed Turtle. Oh, no!
>> Man alive, it's in overdrive.
>> Go, little turtle, go go.
Yes, that's Brian Wilson, who else? And while I'm stating the obvious, "Mersey Lullaby" is (of course) recorded by Gerry & The Pacemakers.
The title tune is offered twice, once by Steve Lawrence and in a jazzed up "Blue Moo '62" version by a house "girl group."
Did you ever think of teaching a hippo to swing dance? "When A Hippo Can Dance" signals the idea:
>> If you have a hippo you love very much,
>> Yet you find it has one or two faults --
>> Such as sleeping too late, such as making you wait --
>> I suggest that you teach it to waltz.
The 18 tracks on this CD (yes, 18, notwithstanding the subtitle) will get your toes tapping, get you up dancing in fact. What fun!
Oh, and did I explain that there's a book too? A very entertaining illustrated songbook; which is handy because you won't want to miss a lyric.
Sandra Boynton produces a wonderfully creative project that the whole family will enjoy. You'll want to get your own; I'm definitely keeping mine.
Linda Bulger, 2008
Very Snappy Tunes January 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 8-month old received this CD for Christmas and my husband and I really like it. The songs are very catchy and upbeat. It's going to be one of those CDs that we'll have to play over and over again when she gets a little older. Even the babysitter asked where she could get it!
Another A -moo-sing Boynton CD & Book January 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like many parents, I have an ever increasing number of Boynton's works. Blu Moo takes her barn yard crew into the relm of 40's, 50's and early 60's music. Full of comic twists, it is well written and very well performed. My whole family enjoys the songs! Good for play time and to close out the day. If you like Sandra Boynton's other works, then you are sure to love Blu Moo!
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