Kudos
School Library Journal
NEW YORK, NY
12-TImes/YEAR38,000
Audio Reviews: March, 2005
We All
Laugh in the Same Language.
1 CD.
42:56
min.
Plumjuice Records.
2004.
S15
Gr1-4–
Singer songwriter Marla Lewis
celebrates diversity in these 12 upbeat songs. Styles range from the outright
Dixieland jazz of "Jackson Avenue" to rap in "Muskrat Rap" to the strains of the
islands in "Down in Old Hawaii." Topics too, emphasize diversity, with a
celebration of Chinese New Year in "Down Chinatown Way," and the all-inclusive
title track, which celebrates similarities and
differences. Lewis'svoice
is pleasant and
fun,
and the
back-ground chorus of kids encourages listeners
to
sing
along.
The
...
beautiful and touching "Best Friends,"
...
includes
simple, poignant lyrics like, " IfI'm
a rainbow, then you're the sun/
shining
all
my
lovely colors on every-one.
"-Kathleen
Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Coumbia
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