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[CCBC-Net] alternate versions

From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:38:34 -0400

Now that's a very good point. I still don't think I've ever seen as good a version as Noel Paul Stookey's (of Peter, Paul and Mary) version. LOL


>From: Nancy Daniels <danielsa at uwplatt.edu>
>Reply-To: danielsa at uwplatt.edu
>To: James Elliott <j_c_elliott at msn.com>
>CC: schliesman at education.wisc.edu, ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu
>Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] alternate versions
>Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:41:38 -0500
>
>Since "There Was an Old Lady" was originally a folk song, isn't the Taback
>version an "alternate edition"
>
>Nancy
>
>James Elliott wrote:
>
>>One final post (from me at least) on alternate editions of Caledcott
>>books:
>>
>>We just cataloged in a video-musical of the Caldecott Honor Book "There
>>Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly" by Simms Taback. It's narrated and
>>sung by Cyndi Lauper, which can't be a good sign, can it?
>>
>>On the other hand, it's from Scholastic Video.
>>
>>Jim Elliott
>>
>>
Received on Tue 01 Aug 2006 01:38:34 PM CDT