WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
The Press
Booklist – American Library Association
Boxed, starred review – November 2004
“An excellent melding of children’s literature and beautiful music,
this welcome addition to audio collections is a fun and innovative way
to introduce music and a classic tale to youngsters.”
Pulisher's Weekly
Shannon Maughan – September 13, 2004
“This diverting musical excursion will be welcomed in both
classrooms and family libraries.”
Child
Best Storytime CD
Holiday Shopping Guide - November 2004
“An imaginative way for kids to relax and slow down, the CD also includes segments on the story’s origins and how the symphonies were selected.”
Chicago Parent
November 2004
“This well-produced musical version of the classic story is bound to replace the ‘just-book version’ on the list of favorites of many young listeners.”
Northwest Family News
November 2004
“The new ‘Stories in Music’ series builds upon this great tradition
with CD and program book sets that will captivate listeners with engaging
classic literature and brilliantly arranged music composed by Stephen Simon
and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra."
Sacramento Bee
Judy Green – October 10, 2004
“Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated her classic “Mike Mulligan and
His Steam Shovel” 65 years ago, but it’s fresh and bright as dawn in a
musical under the baton of Stephen Simon.”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 8, 2004
“This is the Peter and the Wolf for today’s generation. The CD includes a
helpful booklet, complete with games, plus additional tracks that explain the instruments and a karaoke version of Stephen Simon’s ‘Mike Mulligan Song’.”
Edplay
November/December 2004
“’Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel’ is designed to help develop active
and critical listening skills. Composer Stephen Simon gives listeners the
inside scoop about the techniques composers use…and how he used the
musical device of a ‘quodlibet’ to combine the melodies of ‘The Erie Canal’ and “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor,’ to create a new musical sound.”
Industry
Scott Noppe-Brandon, Executive Director,
Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education
“It is wonderful to see that the concept of your personal work is so perfectly in sync with the way LCI structures its study with a work of art. There is the initial encounter with it, the delving into context, the all-important call to personal involvement:”make your own sounds!” I loved it!
Susan Hammond, Classical Kids
"[This CD] combines the magic of a great story, great narrating,
and great music. Wonderful for any family collection!"
Marilyn Cooley, WETA-FM
“The Simon’s have created an inspired blend of music, storytelling,
and just plain fun! It’s the next step in growing an enthusiastic
generation of young music lovers.”
Barbara Elleman, Author Virginia Lee Burton, A Life in Art
“Stories in Music: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel brings new life to Virginia Lee Burton’s rousing and enduring story… Children and adults new to the story as well as those hearing it for the hundreth time will find the music accentuates the thrill of Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne’s triumphal story.”
Consumers
Ruth Alice F.
“This is the most creative, musically valuable, beautifully done children's CD & booklet I have seen. …Every child should be given the opportunity to grow up with this CD and their parents, grandparents and teachers will enjoy it equally. …This one is at the top of my Christmas gift list for this year.”
Susan E. (Chevy Chase, Maryland)
“ I have to let others know of this outstanding CD. I was familiar with the
story but the music adds so much.....my 3 year old grandson is listening to it endlessly, my daughter is using it in her teaching and as a "young senior",
I am humming the "Mike Mulligan" song constantly. The extras and
explanations on the tape are superb as is the booklet that comes with
the CD. I hope that we hear lots more from the Simons.”
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