Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie Audio [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Maurice Sendak (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

Selected by Publishers Weekly
as an "audio essential" for children
Recommended by School Library Journal

Contents

Side One

Overture
My Simple Humble Neighborhood
One Was Johnny
Pierre
Screaming and Yelling

Side Two

In the Cellar
The Ballad of Chicken Soup
The Awful Truth
Very Far Away
Avenue P
Chicken Soup With Rice

(BOOK COPY)‘This sturdily bound paperback contains the script of the TV special Really Rosie, the text of [the four Nutshell Library volumes], and music arranged for easy piano and guitar chords for the seven Carole King songs from [the program]. A delight for TV fans of all ages.’ —Language Arts.
(AUDIO COPY)This great big deal of of a Broadway musical extravaganza for children was proclaimed by critic John Simon as "an oasis in the desert of today's theatre."

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About the Author

Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and he remains the only American ever awarded this honor. In 1983 Sendak received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, given in recognition of his entire body of work. He also received a 1996 National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HarperFestival (May 3, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089845879X
• ISBN-13: 978-0898458794
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,510,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > Books on Cassette > Authors, A-Z > ( S ) > Sendak, Maurice
  • #45 in Books > Books on Cassette > Children's Books > Music

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tears to my eyes, March 28, 1999

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MD in NY "MD" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Really Rosie (1975 Television Special) (Audio CD)

I've always had fond memories of the music from this animated tv special. It first showed when I was about 13 and was geared toward younger children, but my mother and I immediately fell in love with Rosie as brought to life by Carole King. The songs have been on my mind ever since, but it never occurred to me to look for the soundtrack. By chance, I found it yesterday in an educational supplies store and bought it immediately for my daughter, Samantha. Samantha has always reminded me of Rosie because of her outgoing, flamboyant and theatrical personality. When we listened to it together, the words, music and memories came flooding back and overwhelmed me. It is all I remember and more. Samantha and I both have the same favorites, "Pierre" and "Chicken Soup With Rice." I told Mom about finding it and she can't wait to come over and listem with Samantha and me. Any child and parent will immediately fall in love with the catchy, easy to remember songs in this collection. Now if I can only find the video.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Instant Classic, For Children And Adults, October 29, 2000

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"earthvolunteer" (Atlanta, Ga. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Really Rosie (1975 Television Special) (Audio CD)

The only album during Carole King's "Golden Years" which did not earn her a gold record. "Really Rosie" quickly became a classic though for children and adults alike...and remains so even 25 years later. The soundtrack for a 30-minute TV special with animation and lyrics by Maurice Sendak, the album contains all of the original music plus four extra tracks which did not appear in the TV program.

The tunes on "Really Rosie" are not only positively joyous and highly infectious, but they allow King to do things with arrangements and vocals which you would not ordinarily hear in her other music. It is constantly full of wonderful surprises. Each song weaves into the next with King's two-fisted piano style in firm control.

Best tracks? Impossible to choose. Certainly all of the tracks used for the TV special are among the best. Two songs "Pierre" (the story of a boy who didn't care) and "Chicken Soup with Rice" stand out as two of the most inventive melodies King has ever written.

Just listen and laugh and cry...and listen to it all over again! Some of us have been doing it for 25 years!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All time CLASSIC children's songs and story, February 4, 2003

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This review is from: Really Rosie (1975 Television Special) (Audio CD)

I was 10 years old when this short television film was released and I received the soundtrack album as a gift. To this day I can still sing along to every song and the effect it has on me is similar to a carefree walk in the park on a summer afternoon. There is pure pleasure in these lyrics and the happy tunes of Ms. Carole King. I bought this for my own children today because I hope they will enjoy it as much as my sister and I did and also because it's such fun singing along with them! Special favorites: Alligators All Around helps kids learn the alphabet, Chicken Soup With Rice will teach them months and season, and Pierre imparts a lesson on attitude. This is simply a wonderful soundtrack, don't delay - share it with your kids today!