Narrated by Joseph A. Batzel Run time: 22 minutes *Spoiler possible in discussion Summary: Leron, a high school freshman, gets bullied at school. He’s a talented composer who eventually takes the pain of being bullied and turns it into a beautiful song. Additional Comments: Pretty sure the book description tells the entire story, start to…
Link to the 1718 Songs for Students Spotify Playlist. Dear students, Introduction: If you have no idea what I’m taking about, you either missed class when I talked about this, you weren’t paying attention, or you’re not one of my current students. All sound possibilities. No matter how you got here, welcome. I hope if…
Introduction: *This is a guest post put together by Christina Amy Guglielmon. Remember the excitement of listening to a new vinyl or CD album, listening to every track in order, feeling and sensing the flow of one song to the next, and–if you particularly were into CDs–flipping through that music packet to pour over the…
Introduction: Let’s try something a little different and chat with a lady who love music. Rachel Jamieson isn’t the author or illustrator for Mandy and Mitch and the Big Brave Boots. She’s the musician. First, let’s meet the lady. About this Work: What brought you to working on this project? I was approached by…
Title: Unique Take on Magic Summary: Leilani and Zebedy overcome the cast differences to become fast friends and become embroiled in a mystery that Additional Comments: What I didn’t like: Zeb’s voice sounded like a perpetually whiny 10-yr-old child. Repeated use of “strains” as an expression. (“strains this” and “oh strains that” … at one…