Three Rapping Rats

Set to familiar, singable tunes, Kaye Umansky's delightful retellings of traditional tales will enchant budding musicians (and what child isn't?) along with their parents and teachers. Here are rapping rats and piping pipers (The Pied Piper), a sleepy princess with slow-motion clocks (Sleeping Beauty), and nine more stories from Greek, Viking, and Tudor times. The book also includes inspired suggestions for using the songs to explore rhythm, tempo, timbre, call and response, pitch, mood and atmosphere, and more. No music reading is required.