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America's beloved illustrator and children's author combines her buoyant genius with some of the most talented people on the stage--presenting "Philadelphia Chickens" that rarest of kids' musical disks--one whose inimitable lyrics and music make it as sing-along, dance-along, cluck-along for parents as it is for their children. Full color.Tags
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A stellar collection of silly songs. I especially love the performances by famous folks like Meryl Streep, Scott Bakula, and the Bacon Brothers.
This hardcover book comes with a CD recording of the songs. The book isn't too great on its own - the music is really the fun part. Excellent recordings by fine musicians, with full "real" instrumental arrangements - no synthesizers like on some cheap recordings for children. Boynton's words are fun, and many songs have catchy rhythms and repeated hooks that really appeal to kids. Boynton's likeable cartoon animals illustrate the crazy songs and add to the appeal for all ages. Our family didn't like this recording when the kids were preschoolers - it was a bit too complex and demanding to listen to. Now at age 7 our kids love it, and want to play the music and read along in the scores, and they love the jokes. We parents find it very show more funny too, with many good parodies of Broadway show songs, rock and blues and other popular genres. Favourite songs include "Cows", "Be like a duck", "Busybusybusy" and "Those Dinosaur Blues". Some of the songs have been published in board book form, like "Pajama Time" and "Snoozers". A winner for kids from kindergarten to grade 4 or so. show less
I wish I still had kids at home - we'd love to learn these. They're not only fun & cute, but most are thoughtful or provocative, just a bit, too. For example, I bet some people who hear Busy, Busy, Busy" do actually take a moment and make a better effort to stop & giggle & breathe. At least, I hope so!"
Very cute illustrations, fun and silly rhymes...comes with a cd of the poems set to music.
An amusing book these songs are very original and the performers on the CD are well known celebrities. Anyone interested in a good laugh should read Philadelphia Chickens!
A wonderful collection of silly songs, written by Sandra Boynton and performed by a plethora of celebrities - Kevin Bacon, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and more. GREAT music for the whole family to clean house to!
absolutely hilarious!
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Sandra Boynton was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boynton's parents became Quakers when she was two years old. From kindergarten through 12th grade, she and her sisters attended Germantown Friends School, where their father taught English and was Head of the Upper School. She went show more on to Yale, entering in 1970 for her second year of college. She spent the second semester of her junior year studying in Paris through Wesleyan University's program. At Yale, she majored in English. Boynton intended to become a theater director. For graduate studies in drama, she attended the University of California at Berkeley for one year, then transferred to the Yale School of Drama D.F.A. program, but she did not complete the program. With the birth of her first child in 1979, Boynton postponed indefinitely a career in the theater. Boynton began designing greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings. Her designs were at the forefront of the Alternative Cards commercial movement that began in the mid-1970s. According to RPG co-founder and president Mike Keiser, over 200 million copies of Boynton's distinctive humorous cards featuring an assortment of unnamed cartoon animal characters, spare layout, and droll messages sold between 1973 and 1995. Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go Berserk!, Boynton has published many children's books, as well as several illustrated humor books for the general market. Her books are most typically for very young children, offered in the laminated paperboard format known as board books. Five of her books have been New York Times best sellers: Chocolate: The Consuming Passion; Frog Trouble and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs; Yay, You!; Consider Love; and Philadelphia Chickens, which reached the number one position on the list, and was on the list for nearly a year. Two of her books are Publisher's Weekly bestsellers, Dinosaur Dance!, and Eek! Halloween!. Three of Boynton's books are on the Publishers Weekly All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list. More than 30 million copies of her books have been sold. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Philadelphia Chickens
- Alternate titles
- Philadelphia Chickens: A Too-Illogical Zoological Musical Revue; Philadelphia Chickens: Book and CD of the Imaginary Musical Revue; Philadelphia Chickens and 17 1/2 Other Highly Unlikely Songs; Philadelphia Chickens: Deluxe Illustrated Lyrics Book of the Original Cast Recording of the Unforgettable [though completely imaginary] Stage Spectacular; Philadelphia Chickens: Deluxe Illustrated Lyrics Book
- Original publication date
- 2002
- Dedication
- To all of the terrific children of the entire Phillly Chix cast and crew --
Caitlin, Keith, Devin, Darcy, Rachel, John, Katie,
Henry, Mamie, Grace, Louisa, Neal, Travis, Sosie,
Josh, Ruby, Katie, Theo, Nicholas, Emil... (show all)y, Robb,
Heather, Ben, Sedgie, Max, Quinby, Eliza,
Greta, Owen, Chelsey, Cody, Wil, Owen,
Matt, Micheal, Daniel, Christian, Spencer,
Kacie, Chris, Tommy, Lucie, Zoe, Catherine, Alice, Ned,
Katie, Elizabeth, Jack & Madeline
-- and for Laura Linney, who is so charmingly persistent. - First words
- Cows.
We're remarkable cows. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The owl is whispering, "Moo."
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a book and CD set. Lyrics and Drawings by Sandra Boynton. Music by Sandra Boynton and Michael Ford.
Musical Performances on included CD:
1. Cows / The Seldom Herd (Ft. Devin McEwan, Jamie McEwan, Kyle Boynto... (show all)n & Michael Ford)
2. Nobody Understands Me / Meryl Streep (Ft. Jane Ira Bloom)
3. Philadelphia Chickens / The Bacon Brothers
4. Be Like A Duck / Keith Boynton
5. Please, Can I Keep It? / Laura Linney
6. Snuggle Puppy / Eric Stoltz (Ft. Beth Andrien)
7. I Like To Fuss / Patti LuPone
8. Snoozers / The Bacon Brothers (Ft. Michael Bacon)
9. Faraway Cookies / Caitlin McEwan
10. The Intermission Song! / Aaaardvarks (Ft. Devin McEwan, Joe Grifasi, Mark Linn-Baker & Michael Gross)
11. Fifteen Animals / John Stey (Ft. Pam Boynton and Adam Bryant)
12. Belly Button (Round) / The Heath Sisters
13. BusyBusyBusy / Kevin Kline
14. Those Dinosaur Blues / Michael Ford
15. Dinosaur, Dinosaur / Darcy Boynton (Ft. Maren Wilson & Spencer Sherrill)
16. Jump Rope Jive / Beth Andrien
17. Pig Island / Scott Bakula
18. Pajama Time / Adam Bryant
19. Silly Lullaby / Natasha Richardson
20. Philadelphia Chickens (Instrumental Reprise)
Classifications
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- Children's Books, Picture Books
- DDC/MDS
- 782.140268 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music Operas and related dramatic vocal forms; concert versions Musicals modified standard subdivisions Miscellany; texts; treatises on music scores and recordings Texts, treatises on music scores and recordings Librettos, lyrics
- LCC
- ML50 .B8043 .P48 — Music Literature on music Literature on music Librettos. Texts. Scenarios
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