Synopses & Reviews
The best of singer-songwriter Barry Louis Polisar's unique and satirical children's songs are featured in this anniversary edition that celebrates his 30th year as a writer and performer, including classics such as "I Don't Wanna Go to School" and "Don't Put Your Finger Up Your Nose." The songs, which cleverly capture children's concerns, are clearly printed in bold type and accompanied by sheet music and simple guitar chords, and charming line drawings from the original 1985 publication enliven each page.
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"Barry Louis Polisar marches to a decidedly different drummer . . . funny, irreverent, and simply delightful." —
School Library JournalReview
"His songs are humorous anthems to outrageousness that will have non-conformist children clamoring for more." —Chicago Tribune
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"Barry Louis Polisar is an irreverent wit." —Booklist
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"Children love him and so do adults. . . . He's well worth seeking out." —US News & World Report
Synopsis
Barry Louis Polisar established a national reputation for his original and satirical songs about real kids and their concerns. From "I Don't Wanna Go To School" to the classic "Don't Put Your Finger up Your Nose", here are Barry's best-known songs printed in clear, bold type with accompanying sheet music and chords. Also included in this 30th anniversary edition are original line drawings by Michael G. Stewart taken from the original book. Newsweek Magazine reported on its original publication: "These could be the glory days of children's music." The Co-Evolution Quarterly declared its author a "clown, minstrel, first-class lunatic and the best kind of hero: outrageous and irreverent all under the license of being irrepressibly funny. Kids-big and little-love him....he's well worth selling all your child psychology books for."
About the Author
Barry Louis Polisar has written songs for
Sesame Street and
The Weekly Reader, and his early recordings are cataloged in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has performed at the White House, the Smithsonian, and the Kennedy Center, and is a recipient of a Special Library Recognition Award for his "ability to communicate with children and excite them." He is the author of
Insect Soup: Bug Poems,
Peculiar Zoo, and
The Snake Who Was Afraid of People. He lives in Burtonsville, Maryland.
Michael G. Stewart has collaborated with Barry on three children's books, including
Dinosaurs I Have Known. He lives in Olney, Maryland.