| Imaginary
Journeys CDs are carefully crafted to give children a
listening experience they can return to again and again.
They're highly imaginative, sometimes absurd and silly,
sometimes almost serious. They involve listening skills,
learning about word play, things like metaphors, even
sometimes a little wisdom. And most of all, they're fun
from start to finish. |
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Strange,
fantastical
& ridiculous songs
by Rob Parkinson
IJ101 £7.95 + p&p
Playing time: 37 minutes |
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‘It’s
just the best. Really really funny and cool...’
Jason Marks (age 8)
The hilarious, imaginative and hugely entertaining songs
in this incredible collection go on delighting listeners.
From zany fantasy lyrics with silly background effects
like the title song to fun narrative songs such as Fred
the Dragon and Gregory’s Ghoul, The
Wonderful Store is filled with original, whimsical
and absurd surprises. It’s a set to be listened
to again and again. |
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The
Underwater Song
- Gregory's Ghoul
- Tall Stories
- Jig for a Genial Genie
- Ho Ho Harrihum
- It's the Bungool |
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- My Fantastic Family
- Uncle Jack's Inventions
- Bobo's Last Frolic
- When Bonzo Started Digging
- Magic Crackers
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collection appeals across a broad age range – from
around 4 years old to12 and even beyond |
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Weird,
wacky & wonderful songs
by Rob Parkinson
IJ 103 £8.95 + p&p |
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‘Fantastic....
We like it all loads.’ Jemma
(6) and Harry (9)
‘An
excellent collection of vibrant, imaginative songs.’
John
Rice, poet
This
funny, silly and very engaging recording is packed with
invention, from the truly wild imaginings of the lyrics
to simmering, sizzling background effects and wacky instrumental
tracks. Classic fantasy narrative songs like Winston
and the Wolves and Pandora’s Potion
paint vivid word pictures whilst comic list songs tickle
and delight. Huge fun and a marvellous spur to imagination
and intelligent, creative listening. |
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Cary's
Candybars
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- My Animal Friends
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Japes
- Don't Go Near the Gloon
- The Saucy Sal Spaceship
- The Being that Couldn't Be- Bird Blues
- Rowdins are Coming
- Don't Tell Anyone |
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Vincent the Voice
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Witches'
Waltz
- Crazy Christmas Cards
- The Cat Song
- Dance for a Sprite & Two Monsters
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More
More Mogey
- Mogey's Acrobatic Rag |
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Witty
and wise tales from
world traditions
with Rob Parkinson
IJ 104 £9.95 + p&p |
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‘I'd
never realised that fables could be such fun. We love
it.' Jane
Jenkins
Twenty
fabulous fables from around the world, updated and linked
together in racy, exciting style by storyteller and musician
Rob Parkinson, who also plays the many unusual instruments
used to frame the stories. These are fables as you never
heard them before - witty, wise, immediate and fantastic
at the same time, told with wry humour, infectious enthusiasm
and energy. Children will enjoy the marvellous imaginative
experience, absorbing some subtle lessons for life. Adults
will appreciate anew the beguiling wit and the many layers
of resonant and rewarding metaphor in these ancient teaching
tales, culled from some of the great treasuries of world
literary and oral tradition. |
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Four wise men (from the Indian Vetala
Tales) plus 2 sayings (Italian & Turkish)
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Heracles
& Quarrel (Aesop)
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The
Dog & the bone (Aesop) plus
The Girl & the mirror (joke - anon)
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The
red & the blue (West African)
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The
girl & the eggs (European)
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The
fox & the goat (based on Aesop)
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The
otters & the jackal (Jataka tales)
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The
cormorant & the star (anon)
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Catching monkeys (Indian trad.) plus
3 monkeys (riddle - anon) |
- The frogs & the snake (from the Indian
Panchantantra) plus saying (Arabian)
- The king who was loved (anon
European) plus saying (Persian)
- The 3 enchantresses & the forest
(West African dilemma tale)
- The oak & the reed (Aesop)
- The crow & the jug (Aesop)
- The boys & the vase (Chinese)
- The idol (based on Aesop)
- The ploughman & the tree
(based on Aesop)
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Unlikely
& fantastical tales
with Rob Parkinson
IJ103 £7.95 + p&p
Playing time: 55 minutes |
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‘It
makes me laugh a lot and I love the pictures you get
inside your mind.’ Dominic
(10)
‘Will's
Clogs is just great for enthusing pupils with the idea
of telling and extending stories.’ -
Kendra Wilson (Teacher)
Lively,
vivid and funny storytelling, with interludes of lute,
psaltery and guitar music plus well judged background
effects to enhance the arresting and absurd pictures
conjured up by the tales. Listeners of all ages have
revelled in the imaginatively told stories of The
King's Beard and The Luck of the Cards
or laughed as Will Bond's misfortunes seem to multiply
ridiculously in Will’s Clogs. A collection
to return to again and again.
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Lamento
di Tristano (instrumental inc. bowed psaltery)
- The King's Beard (story)
- Fanny Power (O'Carolan - lute)
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The
Luck of the Cards (story)
- Sheebeg and Sheemore (O'Carolan - lute)
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Will's
Clogs (story)
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(Trad. dance with silly
effects - lute and kazoos)
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- The Little Yellow Dog (story joke)
- Banana Boogie (Rob Parkinson - guitar) |
| Guided
imagination for children |
| The
Golden Staircase & The Magic Door |
Exploring
magical minds-eye landscapes
IJ401 £9.95
60 minutes
RELEASE DATE TBC
Imagination
needs to be nurtured, honed and focused just as much
as other mental capacities This extraordinary recording
allows children to explore magical minds-eye landscapes
in guided multi-sensory picturings they can return to
again and again. Excellent as starting points for story
making and telling work or simply for entertainment
and relaxation, the picturings in this CD take children
on fascinating, fun imaginary journeys that stretch
and develop imagination directly and teach them vital
skills of inner focus.
Release
date TBC
Please
e-mail
Us
if you would like to be advised when
The
Golden Staircase & The Magic Door is available |
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