DEM BONES

Take one traditional song, exuberant illustrations, and a spirited musician/ narrator--and a listening treasure awaits you! Chris Thomas King has taken the favorite “bones song,” engagingly illustrated by Bob Barner, and added music, as well as his own expanded text. Did you know that the shoulder bone is the most frequently broken bone of children? Or how many bones are in the “neck bone” that enables you to nod your head in time to music? And that the skull protects the brain when you stand on your head? King adds a list of some of the 216 bones, with both their common and scientific names. The musical accompaniment will have all your bones a-dancing to the rhythm! A.R. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/ JUL 04]