About Revels: A Collection of Essays
This collection of Directors' Notes, Historical Commentary and Personal Reflections is a must for every Revels lover...and those who want to know more about Revels and the seasonal celebrations it brings to audiences across America.
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Quest for the Greenman, The
Throughout the years a familiar green fellow has appeared in various forms in Revels productions. Who is he, where does he come from, and why is he in Revels? This fascinating book by author John Matthews offers many answers and insights into the traditions surrounding the Green Man. It is beautifully illustrated and full of historical references, stories and musings.
HC 4001 (hardcover) $29.95 [add to order]
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When the Moon Is Full: A Lunar Year
Ages 4-8. Mary Azarian's hand-colored woodcuts provide evocative, haunting nature scenes for Penny Pollock's eloquent read-aloud poems in honor of each month's full moon. [read more]
HC-5500 (Hardcover) $15.95 [add to order]
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Making Music by Ann Sayre Wiseman and John Langstaff
Excellent drawings and text show you how to make more than 70 basic rhythm, string, wind and keyboard instruments using everyday ingredients like coat hangers, yardsticks, fishing line and milk jugs. John Langstaff describes fascinating ideas for how to compose and conduct pieces for these creatively constructed ensembles.
HC-4004 (Hardcover) $19.95 [add to order]
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Frog Went A-Courtin'
Winner: Caldecott Medal
Ages 3-7. An entertaining and beautifully illustrated picture and song book of the well-know folksong.
PC-9005 (Paperback) $7.00 [add to order]
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Over in the Meadow
Winner: ALA Notable Book Selection
Ages 3-7. Beautifully drawn picture book about meadow life, with words and music. Encourages young children to sing and make up new verses.
PC-5001 (Paperback) $7.00 [add to order]
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Saint George and the Dragon
John Langstaff compiled this delightful version of the mummers' play St. George and the Dragon which he often produced and directed. Here is the script with music,instructions for performing the sword dance, stage directions and costume suggestions. "Please to let the mummers act!"
HC-1000 (Hardcover) $9.95 [add to order]
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Hot Cross Buns
The first commercial jingles! A collection of old English street cries and their simple musical notes for children and families to use and enjoy. Collected by John Langstaff. Age 8 and up.
HC-103X (Hardcover) $7.95 [add to order]
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Susan Cooper: Victory
Two Children, Two Struggles, One Battle... One child is Sam Robbins, a powder monkey aboard HMS Victory, the ship in which Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of [read more]
HC-2106 (Hardcover) $16.95 [add to order]
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Susan Cooper: The Dark Is Rising
This widely acclaimed award-winning series by Susan Cooper is a superlative dramatic fantasy interweaving ancient Celtic and English traditions with the legends of the Buckinghamshire hills and valleys where she grew up. [read more]
PC-1557 (Paperback) $24.95 [add to order]
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Susan Cooper: The Magician's Boy
A Boy works for a Magician and finds himself transported into the Land of Story... [read more]
HC-5600 (Hardcover) $14.95 [add to order]
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Gregory Maguire: Wicked
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? [read more]
PC-1223 (Paperback) $16.00 [add to order]
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Gregory Maguire: Son of a Witch
Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. [read more]
PC-1203 (Paperback) $16.00 [add to order]
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Ellen Kushner: Thomas the Rhymer
Award-winning author and radio personality Ellen Kushner’s inspired retelling of an ancient legend weaves myth and magic into a vivid contemporary novel ... [read more]
PC-4210 (Paperback) $6.99 [add to order]
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Ellen Kushner: Privilege of the Sword
Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city's ballrooms, brothels and boudoirs. read more
PC-4200 (Paperback) $6.99 [add to order]
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Susan Cooper: Green Boy
Bahamians Trey, age 12, and his mute brother Lou, 7, find themselves tugged between two parallel worlds: their own happy island life, threatened by big-business developers, and a murky, sinister otherworld called Pangaia, entered accidentally through a magical window between worlds... [read more]
PC-5000 (Papercover) $5.99 [add to order]
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Susan Cooper: The Boggart
When Emily and Jess Volnik's family inherits a remote, crumbling Scottish castle, they also inherit the Boggart -- an invisible, mischievous spirit who's been playing tricks on residents of Castle Keep for generations. [read more]
PC-30893 (Paperback) $5.99 [add to order]
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Susan Cooper: The King of Shadows
Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London ... until he goes to bed ill and wakes up in England - in 1599...
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PC-1901 (Paperback) $5.99 [add to order]
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Christmas Sonnets, The
... a stunning volume of sonnets offering a unique and poetic window...on the Christmas story... [read more]
PC-4012 $9.00 [add to order]
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Shortest Day Book, The
Long ago, leading up to the winter solstice, people grew afraid as the days got shorter. [read more]
HC-3894 (Hardcover) $16.99 [add to order]
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Before a Common Soil
Poet Ifeanyi Menkiti offers these poems in memory of his longtime friend John Langstaff, and "in acknowledgemnt of the power of song to heal a divided world." [read more]
PC-6329 (Paperback) $16.50 [add to order]
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Winter Book, The
Songs, Chants and Stories for the Yuletide Season
Please note: the book will be in stock Nov. 20
Stories, songs and essays that grew out of the author's annual ritual of creating an advent calendar for friends...[read more]
PC-3482 (Paperback) $18.00 [add to order]
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