SOUNDTRACK: CAT DOORMAN-“So Many Words” (2012).
This is a fun folkie kids song about unexpected ABC words. There’s a line about “flipping through my OED” and indeed the list of words for A is impressive : archipelago, allosaurus, abacus. I actually thought she might do all As, in the song but then she moves through the alphabet (bandicoot, eavesdrop, yarmulke).
The song has some big fiddles, which sound fun, and Cat’s voice is lilting and fun too. I’m led to understand that Cat has a number of alt rockers on the album (Chris Funk from the Decemberists, for example) although I can’t find too many details about the album.
You can hear the track here.
[READ: February 11, 2013] Goofballs #1 The Crazy Case of Missing Thunder
As faithful readers know, I love Tony Abbott and so does C. We’re still waiting on another series to come in from the library, but in the meantime I found this book on the shelf: Goofballs #1. It appears to be a brand new series from Mr Abbott and it is aimed at a slightly younger audience than Droon and the other series. The print is bigger, there are lots of pictures and there’s only 8 chapters. So I decided to read it to both kids at bedtime.
I fear that they just weren’t quite as into it as I thought they might be. And I fear I wasn’t really that into it either. It feels a little forced.
The story is about Jeff, Mara, Brian and Kelly, four kids who are silly and who get called goofballs all the time. So they decided to join together and become a detective agency. Well, first they had solved some mysteries around town together–like the mysterious pizza problem (which got them their own pizza named after them, The Goofball Pizza: cheese garlic pineapple and peanut butter).
Then the kids get a call for a real mystery–Randall Crandall has lost his thunder. Turns out that Thunder is the beloved pony of Randall Crandall and he has gone missing from his stable. (more…)
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