Download or read book Sky s Big Steelband Surprise written by Anthony Francis and published by ODBbookz. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sky's Big Steelband Surprise A Heartwarming Story of Music, Culture, and Family Sky can't wait for school today! Her dad promised her a big surprise, but she has no idea what it could be. As the school day unfolds, Sky is buzzing with excitement. The big moment finally arrives when her dad shows up—with the famous Ebony Steelband! The entire school is captivated as the lively sounds of steel drums fill the air. Sky’s dad leads the band in a joyful performance, introducing everyone to the magical rhythms of Trinidad and Tobago. But the surprise doesn’t stop there. Sky’s dad shares the incredible history of the Steelbands, showing how this beautiful Caribbean music tradition began. He explains how steel drums were created from recycled materials, turning hardship into joy and resilience into music. Sky’s heart swells with pride as she watches her dad and the band share a piece of her cultural heritage with the whole school. She learns that sometimes, surprises aren't just about what you receive, but about the joy of sharing something special with others. Sky's Big Steelband Surprise is a delightful, rhythm-filled children's story perfect for readers aged 4-8. It teaches kids about the rich history of Caribbean music, the importance of cultural pride, and the special bond between a father and daughter. Written in engaging rhyme and paired with vibrant illustrations, this heartwarming tale will have readers tapping their feet to the beat and cheering for Sky’s big surprise. Perfect for classrooms, libraries, and bedtime stories, Sky’s Big Steelband Surprise is sure to inspire young readers to learn more about the world around them through the universal language of music.
Download or read book Sky and the Magical Steelband written by Anthony Francis and published by Anthony Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sky Amenti had an unforgettable day at school. Not only did her father surprise her and the entire school with a performance by his Steelband, but Sky also learned so much about the vibrant Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Now, Sky’s adventure continues as her dad takes her on a magical journey through time to discover the amazing history of how the Steelband tradition began. In Sky and the Magical Steelband, Sky’s dad shares the incredible story of how the Steelbands were born in the Caribbean many years ago. Together, they travel back to a time when the people of Trinidad and Tobago found creative ways to turn discarded materials into beautiful musical instruments—creating the world-famous steel drums. Through this magical adventure, Sky discovers the heartwarming resilience and creativity of the Caribbean people, who transformed hardship into joyous music that brought communities together. As Sky learns more about her cultural heritage, she becomes a big fan of Steelbands and their unique sound. The story comes to life with vibrant illustrations, engaging rhymes, and a powerful message about the importance of family, history, and celebrating one’s roots. Perfect for children aged 4-8, this delightful picture book introduces young readers to the rich history of Caribbean music and the origins of the steel pan. It’s an ideal read for classrooms, libraries, or bedtime, teaching kids about the importance of creativity, resilience, and cultural pride. Join Sky on this enchanting musical journey and discover the magic of Steelbands, a tradition that continues to inspire and uplift people around the world.
Download or read book Bob Dylan written by Alan Rinzler and published by Harmony. This book was released on 1978 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles Bob Dylan's life and career in music.
Download or read book Go Ask Alice written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-13 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th After you’ve had it, there isn't even life without drugs… It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth—and ultimately her life. Read her diary. Enter her world. You will never forget her. For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl’s harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful—and as timely—today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.
Download or read book Malaika s Costume written by Nadia L. Hohn and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malaika’s mother can’t buy her a carnival costume — will she still be able to dance in the parade? It’s carnival time — the first carnival since Malaika’s mother moved to Canada to find a good job and provide for Malaika and her grandmother. Her mother promised she would send money for a costume, and Malaika marks off the days on her calendar as she waits for Mummy’s letter to arrive. But when the letter finally comes, Malaika learns that there is no money for her costume. Disappointed and upset at the thought of wearing her grandmother’s hand-me-down costume, Malaika leaves the house, running into Ms. Chin, the tailor, who offers Malaika a bag of scrap fabric. With her grandmother’s help, Malaika creates a patchwork rainbow peacock costume, and dances proudly in the parade. This heartwarming story about family, community and the celebration of carnival is written in a blend of standard English and Caribbean patois. Nadia L. Hohn’s warm prose and Irene Luxbacher’s vibrant collage-style illustrations make this a strikingly original picture book. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Download or read book If Yuh Iron Good You is King written by Kim Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains biographical information on pan players in Trinidad and Tobago
Download or read book Absolute Beginners written by Colin MacInnes and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes' young photographer, whose unique wit and honest views remain the definitive account of London life in the 1950s and what it means to be a teenager. In this twentieth century cult classic, MacInnes captures the spirit of a generation and creates the style bible for anyone interested in Mod culture, and the changing face of London in the era of the first race riots and the lead up to the swinging Sixties...
Download or read book Hal Leonard Steelpan Method written by Liam Teague and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Steel Pan). The Hal Leonard Steelpan Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the steelpan. This easy-to-use beginner's guide takes you through the basics of the instrument and its technique. The accompanying audio includes demonstration tracks for all the examples in the book. It covers: stance * holding the mallets * types of strokes * tone production and volume control * stickings * rolls * scales * calypsos * many songs and exercises * basic music reading * steelpan anatomy and maintenance * steelpan history * and more.
Download or read book Gramophone written by Compton Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Songs in the Key of Z written by Irwin Chusid and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians, both prominent and obscure—figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy—and presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons, and discographies. About the only things these self-taught artists have in common are an utter lack of conventional tunefulness and an overabundance of earnestness and passion. But, believe it or not, they're worth listening to, often outmatching all contenders for inventiveness and originality. A CD featuring songs by artists profiled in the book is also available.
Download or read book Frost Moon written by Anthony Francis and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an alternate Atlanta where magic is practiced openly, where witches sip coffee at local cafes, shapeshifters party at urban clubs, vampires rule the southern night like gangsters, and mysterious creatures command dark caverns beneath the city, Dakota Frost's talents are coveted by all. She's the best magical tattooist in the southeast, a Skindancer, able to bring her amazing tats to life. When a serial killer begins stalking Atlanta's tattooed elite, the police and the Feds seek Dakota's help. Can she find the killer on the dark fringe of the city's Edgeworld? Among its powerful outcasts and tortured loners, what kind of enemies and allies will she attract? Will they see her as an invader, as a seducer, as an unexpected champion ... or as delicious prey?
Download or read book Film Video Finder written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rain written by Cynthia Barnett and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science—the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains—with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. It offers a glimpse of our "founding forecaster," Thomas Jefferson, who measured every drizzle long before modern meteorology. Two centuries later, rainy skies would help inspire Morrissey’s mopes and Kurt Cobain’s grunge. Rain is also a travelogue, taking readers to Scotland to tell the surprising story of the mackintosh raincoat, and to India, where villagers extract the scent of rain from the monsoon-drenched earth and turn it into perfume. Now, after thousands of years spent praying for rain or worshiping it; burning witches at the stake to stop rain or sacrificing small children to bring it; mocking rain with irrigated agriculture and cities built in floodplains; even trying to blast rain out of the sky with mortars meant for war, humanity has finally managed to change the rain. Only not in ways we intended. As climate change upends rainfall patterns and unleashes increasingly severe storms and drought, Barnett shows rain to be a unifying force in a fractured world. Too much and not nearly enough, rain is a conversation we share, and this is a book for everyone who has ever experienced it.
Download or read book Stranded written by Anne Bishop and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the edge, all things are possible... From Stranded, by Anthony Francis She crested a ridge overlooking the wreck--and froze, bewitched. Climbing from the ship were the most beautiful people she'd ever seen. They wore armored spacesuits, patched in a thousand places, and painted to look like animals. Helmets folded back revealed inner pressure suits decorated too: one girl in a leopard outersuit had a snakeskin helm, adorned with feathers, over skin painted a pale blue. Serendipity gasped. These were adventurers. The gravity was clearly punishing their slender frames, but they kept going, crawling out of the smoking ship from every hatch, rappelling down on spacelines, tools jangling on their belts when their boots touched the broken earth. Not one of them looked a day over sixteen. That should have meant nothing--her grandmother didn't look a day over sixteen--but as fractured shale dislodged by her slogs crackled down the slope, they turned and stared at her with youthful shock. They had none of the smug poise of ancient souls newly young. What Serendipity saw instead, and felt keenly, was fear. Her gut churned. The boys were armed with projectile automatics. ? Three Great Authors--Three Great Science Fiction Stories A Strand In The Web New York Times Bestselling Fantasy Author Anne Bishop makes her U.S. debut in Science Fiction with this engaging futuristic novella. The Restorers travel the universe fulfilling a purpose handed down through the generations. They live and die aboard city-ships, never knowing the worlds they create and save. What begins as a disastrous training exercise in creating and balancing ecosystems becomes an unexpected fight for survival. The only hope may be the secret project of an untried Restorer team. A Host Of Leeches Award winning author James Alan Gardner pens a wonderfully imaginative tale, in which a young woman wakes to find herself the sole human on an orbiting, mechanical space station. To find a way home, she must navigate the dangerous politics of war between opposing robot leaders. Stranded Popular urban fantasy writer Anthony Francis (Dakota Frost, Skindancer series) explores the clash of ethics and survival when a young, genetically engineered centauress from the ultra-advanced Alliance lays claim to a rare, strategic garden planet, only to find herself captured by a band of rag-tag Frontier refugees who've crashed their vintage ship on her unexpectedly hostile world. On the edge, all things are possible... From Stranded, by Anthony Francis She crested a ridge overlooking the wreck--and froze, bewitched. Climbing from the ship were the most beautiful people she'd ever seen. They wore armored spacesuits, patched in a thousand places, and painted to look like animals. Helmets folded back revealed inner pressure suits decorated too: one girl in a leopard outersuit had a snakeskin helm, adorned with feathers, over skin painted a pale blue. Serendipity gasped. These were adventurers. The gravity was clearly punishing their slender frames, but they kept going, crawling out of the smoking ship from every hatch, rappelling down on spacelines, tools jangling on their belts when their boots touched the broken earth. Not one of them looked a day over sixteen. That should have meant nothing--her grandmother didn't look a day over sixteen--but as fractured shale dislodged by her slogs crackled down the slope, they turned and stared at her with youthful shock. They had none of the smug poise of ancient souls newly young. What Serendipity saw instead, and felt keenly, was fear. Her gut churned. The boys were armed with projectile automatics. ?
Download or read book The Shape of Things to Come written by H. G. Wells and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1933, "The Shape of Things to Come" is science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells. Within it, world events between 1933 and 2106 are speculated with a single superstate representing the solution to all humanity's problems. A classic example of Wellsian prophesy, this volume is highly recommended for fans of his work and of the science fiction genre. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book Encounter written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encounter written by Stephen Spender and published by . This book was released on 1985-06 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
