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Arts Education 4

Arts Education:

Additional Learning Resources 4

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Ministry of Education

2011

Arts Education 4 Arts education: additional learning resources 4 ISBN 978-1-926631-65-3 1. Art – Study and teaching (Elementary) – Bibliography. 2. Art – Bibliography. I. Saskatchewan. Ministry of Education. Student Achievement and Supports Branch. 016.37272 372.72016 All rights for images of books or other publications are reserved by the original copyright owners.

Arts Education 4 Table of Contents

Foreword...... v Dance - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 1 Drama - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources ...... 27 Music - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 33 Visual Art - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 66 Digital Resources ...... 107

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Foreword ganized by strand, this list of learning resources identifies high-quality resources that have been recommended by the Ministry of Education to complement the curriculum, Arts Education 4. This list will Obe updated as new resources are recommended and older ones are no longer available. A list of core learning resources can be found on the Ministry of Education website. (CAN) indicates that a Canadian contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes Canadian content. (SK) indicates that a Saskatchewan person contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes Saskatchewan content. (FNMI) indicates that a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit person contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes First Nations, Métis, or Inuit content. Recommended Online Video Education Resources (ROVER) offers video programs that have been purchased by the ministry for use in PreK-12 schools. Each recommended program contains a hyperlink directly to the program and accompanying resources (if provided). Other resources beyond those recommended in this list may effectively supportArts Education 4. It remains the responsibility of educators to preview and select materials that best meet the needs of their students, school, and community. Educators should choose these resources in accordance with their school division’s learning resources selection policy. Pricing of the learning resources contained included this document is subject to change without notice. The Ministry of Education expresses its appreciation to publishers, producers, and distributors who have provided learning resources for evaluation, and gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by educators who served as evaluators.

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Dance - Print, Audio-visual, K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and Other Resources √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Producer Electric Juice Productions Distributor ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) Aboriginality (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) Annotation Email: [email protected] (CAN, FNMI) Aboriginality revisits the strength and Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca spirit of First Nations culture through new mediums Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan preK-12 schools) that connect urban First Nations youth to their rural Length: 5 min. ancestral histories. The program features Dallas ID Number: N203 Arcand, a seventh generation First Nations Canadian from Alexander (Kipohtakaw) Plains Indian Cree Copyright: 2007 Nation, who is a world champion hoop dancer and Year Recommended: 2010 hip-hop artist. Inspired by both new and traditional Expiry Date: March 31, 2015 elements of First Nations culture, Arcand is both a positive First Nations presence in mainstream urban media and a touchstone to traditional First Nations roots and culture. In this animated program, a young urban boy watches Arcand hip-hop hoop dance on television, and following this viewing, the boy is magically transported to a former period in history where he watches a very skilled traditional hoop dancer perform.

Arts Education 4 - Dance 1 Andrea’s Fiddle K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Klippenstein, Blaine √ √ Illustrator: Jedele, Christie Suggested Uses Annotation Dance (CAN, FNMI) Glossy illustrations bring to life a story Music that weaves together Métis traditions and culture, a Student Resource family’s story, and an invitation to honour the tradition Publisher/Distributor of Métis fiddle music. Andrea learns the history of Loon Books Publishing the fiddle that has been in the family for several 722 Lipton St generations as both the fiddle and the story are WINNIPEG MB R3E 2L3 passed to her as keeper of the tradition. The story lists (204) 774-2527 many titles of favourite Métis fiddle and jig tunes. Fax: (204) 783-6944 A CD accompanies the book that includes a narration Email: [email protected] of the story, nine Métis fiddle tunes, and fifteen Website: www.loonbooks.ca teaching tunes for the beginning fiddler. Price: $25.00 pbk. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-1-896201-82-5 Copyright: 2009 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Human Kinetics Canada 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 Building Dances: A Guide to Putting WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 Movements Together. 2nd ed. (800) 465-7301 (519) 971-9500 Authors: McGreevy-Nichols, Susan, Scheff, Helene, Fax: (519) 971-9797 and Sprague, Marty Email: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.humankinetics.com Created for the generalist, this revised edition of Price: $41.95 pbk. a previously recommended resource will help Pagination: 162 p. teachers introduce, develop, and assess the basics ISBN: 978-0-7360-5089-2 of dance. The book is a hands-on tool that will assist teachers in understanding the relationships between Copyright: 2005 creativity and choreography, the movement skills and Year Recommended: 2009 elements, accents and gestures, and assessing student performance. Numerous charts and figure drawings clarify the text. The book encourages the joy of moving in a variety of ways and includes suggestions for the dance-making process. A table of contents and a glossary of dance terms are provided. The book is accompanied by 246 “Deal-a-Dance” cards that provide movement examples which students can explore during warm-up or dance-making activities.

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Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Human Kinetics Canada 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 Building More Dances: Blueprints for WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 Putting Movements Together (800) 465-7301 (519) 971-9500 Authors: McGreevy-Nichols, Susan, Scheff, Helene, Fax: (519) 971-9797 and Sprague, Marty Email: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.humankinetics.com Building More Dances expands on the information Price: $31.95 pbk. found in Building Dances. It contains 23 new dance Pagination: 172 p. construction models. Numerous charts and figure ISBN: 978-0-88011-973-3 drawings clarify the text. This resource encourages the joy of moving in a variety of ways and includes Copyright: 2001 suggestions for the dance-making process. A table Year Recommended: 2003 of contents and a glossary of dance terms are provided. The book is accompanied by 108 new “Deal-a- Dance” cards that provide movement examples which students can explore during warm-up or dance-making activities.

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Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher Detselig Enterprises Ltd. Creative Dance Inspirations: Facilitating Distributor Temeron Books Inc. Expression 210 - 1220 Kensington Rd NW Author: Drewe, Sheryle Bergmann CALGARY AB T2N 3P5 (403) 283-0900 Annotation Fax: (403) 283-6947 (CAN) This resource includes an examination of Email: [email protected] aesthetic features related to creative dance, as well Website: www.temerondetselig.com/ as an explanation of the movement elements upon which creative dance is based. Potential stimuli for Price: $19.95 pbk. creative dance activities and the contexts on which a Pagination: 155 p. teacher could focus are discussed, and suggestions for ISBN: 978-1-55059-160-6 planning a creative dance lesson follow. Forty lesson plans for shaping dances include clear instructions Copyright: 1998 for starting the lesson, organizing the movement Year Recommended: 2003 exploration, and relating the explorations to a dance idea. The author cautions that every group of students and every teacher are different, and some ideas that work with one class will not work with another. She encourages teachers to take the ideas and adapt them to their particular situation. She views the creative dance lessons as a step on the road to creating original dance lessons.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Applied Research Dancing in My Bones / La Daans daan 2 - 604 22nd St W Mii Zoo SASKATOON SK S7M 5W1 (306) 934-4941 Author: Burton, Wilfred and Patton, Anne Fax: (306) 244-0252 Illustrator: Racette, Sherry Farrell Email: [email protected] Translator: Fleury, Norman Website: www.gdins.org Annotation Price: $12.95 pbk. (SK, FNMI) Written in English and Michif, this sequel Pagination: unp. to Fiddle Dancer focuses on a young Métis boy named ISBN: 978-0-920915-89-9 Nolin as he experiences his first moose hunt with Moushoom, survives yucky mushy kisses from his Copyright: 2009 aunts, dances his first solo jig at a family New Year’s Year Recommended: 2011 celebration, and most importantly – realizes that he has dancing in his bones! Multicoloured vivid illustrations enliven the rich text. The book includes a glossary and a recipe for tourtière. An accompanying compact disc includes English and Michif narration of the story and music for the “Red River Jig,” the “Isbister Jig,” and “Emma’s Memorial Waltz.” Fiddle Dancer is also recommended on this list of core learning resources. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices.”

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher Kids Can Press Drumheller Dinosaur Dance Distributor Author: Heidbreder, Robert University of Toronto Press 5201 Dufferin St Illustrators: Slavin, Bill and Melo, Esperança TORONTO ON M3H 5T8 Annotation (800) 565-9523 (CAN) This story in rhyme features Drumheller (416) 667-7777 dinosaurs that spring to life after sunset and begin Fax: (800) 221-9985 to tango, break dance, jive, and do other dances to Email: [email protected] the sound of the Drumheller Band, which includes Website: www.utppublishing.com drums, tambourines, cymbals, and stone castanets. Price: $6.95 pbk. The adults think that the booming sound is caused by a storm, but the children go to sleep to the Pagination: 29 p. dinosaur beat and dance in their sleep. Sprightly ISBN: 978-1-55337-982-9 illustrations in night-time shades add life to this Copyright: 2004 boisterous poem. Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Publisher The Drum Calls Softly Red Deer Press Author: Bouchard, David and Willier, Shelley Distributor Illustrator: Poitras, Jim Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. 195 Allstate Pkwy Annotation MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8 (SK) Written in English and Cree, this lushly (800) 387-9776 illustrated poetic tale focuses on the beauty of the (905) 477-9700 traditional round dance. Fax: (800) 260-9777 A compact disc with singing and drumming by Email: [email protected] Northern Cree accompanies this picture book. Website: www.fitzhenry.ca Price: $24.95 pbk. Pagination: 30 p. ISBN: 978-0-88995-421-1 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2009

8 Arts Education 4 - Dance Elementary Folk Dance: Division I & II K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Annotation √ √ √ √ √ (CAN) Numerous folk dances are featured on two CDs. Each musical selection is instrumental only, with no Suggested Use vocal instructions, allowing the teacher and students Dance to add or create their own movements. The traditional Student Resource dances include “Bridge of Avignon,” “The Shoemaker’s Producer/Distributor Dance,” “The Virginia Reel,” “Maple Leaf Stomp,” Can-Ed Media Ltd. “Montego Bay,” and “Salty Dog Rag.” 43 Moccasin Trail The teachers’ guides contain brief histories of the TORONTO ON M3C 1Y5 dances with suggested formations and ideas for (416) 445-3900 dancing. Fax: (416) 445-9976 Email: [email protected] Price: $29.95 per set Order Number: 2000-1/2000-2 Copyright: unknown Year Recommended: 2003

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Applied Research Fiddle Dancer = Li Daanseur di Vyaeloon 2 - 604 22nd St W Author: Burton, Wilfred and Patton, Anne SASKATOON SK S7M 5W1 (306) 934-4941 Illustrator: Racette, Sherry Farrell Fax: (306) 244-0252 Translator: Fleury, Norman Email: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.gdins.org (SK, FNMI) Written in English and Michif, this prequel Price: $9.95 pbk. to Dancing in My Bones focuses on a young Métis 46 p. boy named Nolin as he spends New Year’s Eve and Pagination: Day with Moushoom. During this visit, they attend a ISBN: 978-0-920915-76-9 community dance where Moushoom shows off his Copyright: 2007 fancy jig steps. Later, Moushoom explains to Nolin Year Recommended: 2011 why he has dancing in his bones, and he invents the bannock jig as he removes his homemade hot bannock from the oven. Moushoom also teaches Nolin some jig steps. Brightly coloured illustrations complement this touching story of a loving relationship between a grandparent and grandchild. The book includes a glossary of Michif words and a recipe for bannock. An accompanying compact disc includes English and Michif narration of the story. Dancing in My Bones is also recommended on this list of core learning resources. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices” and has also been recommended to support the English language arts and social studies curricula at the Elementary Level.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Turtle Island Music, Inc. Honoring the People 116-701 Cynthia St SASKATOON SK S7L 6B7 Annotation (306) 664-4090 (SK, FNMI) Each CD contains 13-21 selections that Fax: (306) 651-3553 are clearly listed on the CD liner. The liner opens to Email: [email protected] provide some background information on the type of Website: www.turtleislandmusic.com traditional dance, regalia, and the type of movement. Each liner also has an illustration of a typical dancer Price: $20.00 each in the appropriate regalia. The music includes the Length: varies drum and vocal chanting for each piece. This resource Copyright: 2006 provides authentic First Nations music that can be Year Recommended: 2011 used for listening or to support dance. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus Title Order Number “Saskatchewan Voices.” Chicken Dance TIM 30094 Grass Dance TIM 30092 Men’s Fancy TIM 30088 Men’s Traditional TIM 30085 Women’s Fancy TIM 30010 Women’s Traditional TIM 30101

Arts Education 4 - Dance 11 I Dreamed I Was a Ballerina. 1st ed. K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Pavlova, Anna √ √ √ √ √ √ Illustrator: Degas, Edgar Suggested Uses Annotation Dance Drawn from Anna Pavlova’s memoirs, this story Student Resource describes Anna’s life-changing experience of seeing Sleeping Beauty with her mother. The pages reflect Publisher Anna’s warm relationship with her mother, the The Metropolitan Museum of Art magnificence of the ballet, and the moments when Distributor she was inspired to become a ballerina. Edgar Degas’ Simon & Schuster Canada art work complements the easily read text. The book 625 Cochrane Dr, Suite 600 includes brief biographies of Degas and Pavlova. MARKHAM ON L3R 9R9 (800) 268-3216 Fax: (888) 849-8151 Email: [email protected] Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/ Price: $24.50 hdc. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-689-84676-2 Copyright: 2001 Year Recommended: 2005

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Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Human Kinetics Canada 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 Inclusive Creative Movement and Dance WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 Author: Kaufmann, Karen A. (800) 465-7301 (519) 971-9500 Annotation Fax: (519) 971-9797 This book assists teachers in guiding students Email: [email protected] with diverse needs to express themselves through Website: www.humankinetics.com movement in creative ways. It provides five examples of units for creative movement and dance. Each unit Price: $41.95 pbk. includes goals, a movement glossary, journal reflection Pagination: 155 p. assignments, assessments, and interdisciplinary ISBN: 978-0-7360-4863-7 activities. The text is supported by numerous black- Copyright: 2006 and-white photographs, drawings, tables, and Year Recommended: 2009 diagrams. This resource for teachers includes a table of contents, sample portfolio items for a student choreographer, and a bibliography of dance resources. Note: Inclusive Creative Movement and Dance includes American standards for dance education that do not apply in Saskatchewan.

Arts Education 4 - Dance 13 Jazzy Miz Mozetta K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Roberts, Brenda C. √ √ √ Illustrator: Morrison, Frank Suggested Uses Annotation Dance One beautiful evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her Student Resource firecracker red dress and goes out to dance. She is, however, disappointed when her elderly friends Publisher decline the invitation to join her because they Farrar, Straus & Giroux claim to have too many physical ailments. Further Distributor disappointment comes when her young friends HarperCollins Canada Ltd. reject her invitation because they just want her to 1995 Markham Road watch their agile moves. Feeling depressed, Miz SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8 Mozetta returns to her apartment and listens to (800) 387-0117 jitterbug music on the radio. Lured by the upbeat (416) 321-2241 music, her friends suddenly appear at the door – Fax: (800) 668-5788 and before long everyone is doing the jitterbug! Email: [email protected] Website: www.harpercollins.ca Price: $19.00 hdc. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-374-33674-5 Copyright: 2004 Year Recommended: 2007

14 Arts Education 4 - Dance Jenneli’s Dance K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Denny, Elizabeth √ √ √ Illustrator: Auchter, Chris Suggested Uses Annotation Dance (CAN, FNMI) This picture book tells the story of Student Resource Jenneli, a young girl who feels she is not special until Publisher/Distributor her grandmother teaches her the Métis Red River Jig. Theytus Books Jenneli has fun dancing with her grandmother until Green Mountain Rd, Lot 45 the day that Grandma Lucee enters her in a jig contest. RR #2 Site 50, Comp 8 Jenneli is terrified, but with encouragement from PENTICTON BC V2A 6J7 her grandmother, she manages to participate in the (250) 493-7181 contest and to feel good about her accomplishment. Fax: (250) 493-5302 Colourful cartoon-style illustrations complement the Email: [email protected] text. Jenneli’s Dance includes an information section on Website: www.theytus.com the Red River Jig. Price: $12.95 pbk. Jenneli’s Dance has also been recommended to Pagination: 44 p. support Elementary Level health education. ISBN: 978-1-894778-61-9 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2011

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Author: Reich, Susanna Suggested Uses Illustrator: Colón, Raúl Dance Annotation Student Resource This picture book focuses on the life story of Publisher renowned New York choreographer José Limón. Simon & Schuster, Inc. Born in Mexico in 1908, José was a boy who loved to draw, but he also had a song in his heart and a Distributor dance in his step. As a young man, he moved to New Simon & Schuster Canada York and was determined to become a visual artist. 625 Cochrane Dr, Suite 600 Finally, he found that dance was his true passion MARKHAM ON L3R 9R9 and became a world-famous choreographer who (800) 268-3216 toured the globe with his own dance company. Fax: (888) 849-8151 Every second page is filled with realistic style art Email: [email protected] work rendered in watercolour and pencil crayon. The Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/ book includes a historical note and a bibliography. Price: $24.50 hdc. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-689-86576-3 Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2009

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Student Resource The Lake in the Middle of Town Publisher/Distributor Author: Sawatzky, Neil Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing Illustrator: Salazar, Julio 74 Academy Park Rd Annotation REGINA SK S4S 4T7 (306) 564-4957 (SK) Imagine being a settler, seeing a tiny creek in the Fax: (306) 569-7467 middle of nowhere, and then having the foresight Email: [email protected] to create Wascana Lake. Sawatzky speaks to the Website: www.yournickelsworth.com vision, determination, and spirit of a community to build Wascana Lake. The story is told through rhyme Price: $12.95 pbk. and colourful paintings. Historical sidebars enhance Pagination: 36 p. knowledge about the creation of Wascana Lake. The ISBN: 1-894431-03-0 book provides a model for using historical information Copyright: 2004 to create poetry and paintings. Year Recommended: 2006 The book was a finalist for the 2005 Children’s Literature Award, Saskatchewan Books Awards. Note: This book supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices.” Note: This resource has also been recommended to support the social studies curriculum at the Grade 4 level.

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Publisher Long Powwow Nights!: Iskewsis... Dear Libraries Unlimited Mother / Mawio’mi Amasiwula’kwl: Distributor Iskewsis... Nkij Ontario Library Association 50 Wellington St E, Suite 201 Authors: Bouchard, David and Aleekuk, Pam TORONTO ON M5E 1C8 Illustrators: Paul, Leonard (866) 873-9867 (416) 363-3388 Annotation Fax: (800) 387-1181 (SK, FNMI) Written in English and Mi’kmaq and Email: [email protected] illustrated with realistic-style paintings of powwow Website: www.accessola.com dancers, warriors, and beautiful landscapes, this poem depicts a young woman as she reflects on her Price: $24.95 pbk. mother’s dedication to her First Nations heritage. Pagination: 32 p. She remembers that her mother showed her the ISBN: 978-0-88995-427-4 importance of culture and identity by dancing in a 2009 powwow. Copyright: Year Recommended: 2011 A compact disc of music by Buffie Sainte-Marie accompanies the book. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices.”

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Producer/Distributor Written Heritage Native American Dance Style Series PO Box 1390 FOLSOM LA 70437 Annotation (800) 301-8009 (FNMI) This series includes two DVDs. (985) 796-5433 Fancy Dance: Volume 1 includes interviews with Elders Fax: (985) 796-9236 who talk about the history of the Fancy Dance and Email: [email protected] interviews with the singers and dancers who carry on Website: www.writtenheritagebooks.com this traditional dance. Tips for young fancy dancers are Price: $19.95 U.S. each included. Length: 30 min. each Jingle Dress was filmed on location at northern Copyright: 1997 & 2002 powwows, and explores the history and evolution of Year Recommended: 2002 & 2004 the Jingle Dance. It features making and attaching cone jingles and shows the beautiful outfits up close. Title Order Number Fancy Dance: Volume 1 D119 Jingle Dress D149

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Crazy Crow Trading Post The Northern Traditional Dancer PO Box 847 POTTSBORO TX 75076 Author: Evans, C. Scott (800) 786-6210 (903) 786-2287 Annotation Fax: (903) 786-9059 (FNMI) This time-tested book on the unique and Email: [email protected] dynamic art form of powwow dancing focuses on Website: www.crazycrow.com the Northern Traditional Dance of the Lakota Sioux. The history of this dance is traced from its origin to Price: $12.95 U.S. pbk. recent styles. Black-and-white photographs of early Pagination: 49 p. dancers and beautiful full-colour photographs of ISBN: 978-0-9624883-1-3 modern dancers complement the text. Testimonials help give the reader an understanding of the Copyright: 1990 philosophy and mindset of the dancers. The book Year Recommended: 2003 includes information on how the basic regalia and accessories are created for each dance.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Producer Hop To It Productions Inc. Pop It! Series Distributor Annotation ROVER (CAN) Hosted by 11-year-old Briana, 12-year-old (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) Shemar, and 14-year-old Lamar, the Pop It! television (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) series offers short dance lessons for viewers. The three Email: [email protected] young hosts break down the moves to teach dance Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca routines from their original music videos. Following Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan preK-12 schools) the brief lessons, the hosts invite viewers to dance Length: 7 min. each along to the music with them and their friends. Copyright: 2009 A Pop It! website is available at www.tvokids.com/ Year Recommended: 2010 framesets/popit.html. Expiry Date: August 31, 2015 Title Annotation ID Number Number One: Everybody Report to Lamar, Briana, Shemar, and their friends get popping to “Number One,” their N179 the Dance Floor (1) original song. Then it is time for all the girls and boys to report to the dance floor as Lamar shows viewers how to do today’s moves from the opening routine in the music video. Number One: Everybody Is Number The fun has just begun as Shemar picks up where Lamar left off, teaching N180 One (2) viewers to be number one and shine in the second half of the opening routine from the music video. He encourages viewers to stand up and raise their hands, and he helps them pretend to go through a tunnel, and serve candy and chicken. Number One: Time to Rock (3) It is Briana’s turn to help viewers rock along to “Number One,” their original song. N181 She teaches viewers to be confident and show their personalities while doing some cool moves including “shoulder pops” and “hip pops.” Number One: Don’t Hold Back Lemar does not hold back on some dazzling steps from the music video N182 Now (4) “Number One.” He jokes with Shemar and Briana, and he shows viewers how to move like a snake and hug themselves. Number One: You’re a Star (5) Shemar helps viewers dance like a star, teaching some new steps to the catchy N183 “Number One” song including the “side step” and the “ball bounce.” Number One: Let’s Pop, Jump, Step Briana teaches the first part of the main routine from the chorus of “Number N184 and Slide (6) One,” including how to step to the right and left, jump, pop one’s chest, slide, and wave one’s arms from side to side! Number One: 1, 2, Step, Then Briana teaches the final part of a catchy main routine from the chorus. Viewers N185 Freeze! (7) learn how to do the “one-two” step before they freeze. Number One: Flipz Keeps the Lamar shows viewers why his nickname is Flipz! Then he teaches viewers how N186 Beat (8) to keep the beat and be free! He uses helpful descriptions such as “swaying,” and “stepping and blocking.” Number One: Recap (9) Briana, Lamar, and Shemar report to the dance floor together and do a recap of N187 all the moves from the music video to the original song, “Number One.”

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Title Annotation ID Number This Is How We Do: Work It Out Briana, Shemar, Lamar, and friends get popping to a new original song “This N188 Now (10) Is How We Do,” sung by Shemar and Lamar. Then, Shemar shows viewers how to step to the front and back, bring it down low and work it out including the “sprinkler” moves! This Is How We Do: This Is How We Shemar shows viewers how it is done including the “pull-pull” and “knee pop” N190 Do (11) moves from the This Is How We Do music video. This Is How We Do: Step to the Lamar shows viewers how to do the second routine to the chorus – step to the N189 Front (12) front, move to the back! This Is How We Do: How You Do Briana shows viewers how to do “That Dance” from the music video, including N191 That Dance (13) moves like the “flying bird.” This Is How We Do: Pop Your The beat moves viewers’ feet as they learn the “shoulder pop” and “chest pop” N192 Shoulders (14) moves from Shemar to This Is How We Do. This Is How We Do: Get This Party Lamar takes over the floor and gets viewers jumping. He teaches viewers how to N193 Jumping (15) move as the music is pumping, so they can all put on a crazy show. This Is How We Do: Bring It Down This time Briana picks it up slow and shows viewers how to get down low and N194 Low (16) dance with her. The new moves that she teaches from the music video are lots of fun. This Is How We Do: Take It to the Shemar takes it to the floor and shows viewers how to move their bodies and N195 Floor (17) “drop it.” He tells viewers “Whatever you do, don’t stop dancing!” This Is How We Do: Recap (18) Briana, Lamar, and Shemar show viewers how they do “That Dance.” They recap N196 all the dance moves from the music video This Is How We Do. Head and Shoulders: Head, Lamar, Shemar, and Briana get their whole bodies popping to a great original N197 Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (19) song “Head and Shoulders.” Briana teaches a new twist on the familiar favourite “Head and Shoulders,” and then Shemar breaks it down some more for viewers as he teaches the steps to the chorus. Head and Shoulders: Easy As 1-2-3 Shemar shows viewers that they can all be the coolest when they dance, that N198 (20) his moves are easy as 1-2-3, and that viewers from age 1 to 93 can do them, including the “head and shoulder push” and “open pop.” Head and Shoulders: Everybody Lamar gets his toes hopping to the song, “Head and Shoulders.” He teaches N2971 Jump In (21) viewers to move it around and get their “knees wibble wobbling,” “hips popping,” “toes hopping,” and “hop scotch left to right.” Head and Shoulders: Do the It is Lamar’s turn to teach viewers to do the dance from the music video, “Head N199 Dance! (22) and Shoulders.” This time, he gets viewers going as he breaks down some new moves to the catchy chorus including rocking from side to side, switching, pointing, jumping, and nodding. Head and Shoulders: Everybody Briana breaks down some more new moves from the chorus “Do the dance, N298 Let’s Go! (23) touch your head, touch your shoulders, your knees, your toes,” including cool walking forward and back with hips swinging, arm throws, and touching the ground. Head and Shoulders: Hop into It Briana hops into it and shows viewers how to jump with it and put their backs N200 (24) and hips into it. Head and Shoulders: All My People It is Shemar’s turn to teach final moves for the brand new dance on the scene N201 Work Together (25) for the song “Head and Shoulders.” He shows viewers how to work together and show their neighbours what they can do, including some great kicks, pivots, scoops, and of course – the wave. Head and Shoulders: Recap (26) It is time to really pop it to “Head and Shoulders!” Briana, Lamar, and Shemar N202 recap all the moves from the music video.

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Producer Pow Wow Moving Images Distribution Annotation Distributor (SK, FNMI) This intimate look at the Big River Cree ROVER Powwow in northern Saskatchewan features behind- (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) the-scenes visits with performers and Elders, as well (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) as mesmerizing footage of many different types of Email: [email protected] dances, drumming, and singing. Alvin Manitopyes Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm explains the powwow’s evolution from the age of the Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) buffalo hunt and warrior societies to the more social Length: 25 min. event that it is today. Thomas Christian discusses the ID Number: N522 discipline that dancers must bring to the art form, and the storytelling that goes along with it. Sheldon Copyright: 2005 “Laughing Horse” Sutherland points out the subtle Year Recommended: 2010 and countless ways that performers express their Expiry Date: July 1, 2015 personal styles. Linda Standing, Cecile Nepoose, and Charles Rabbitskin explain the spiritual significance of the exquisite handcrafted regalia. Intercut with the powwow’s hypnotic whir of movement, colour and sound, these individuals and others share their personal reasons for taking part in this ancient tradition and its enormous impact on their identity. Note: This video supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices” and has also been recommended to support the social studies curriculum at the Grades 4, 5, and 9 levels.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher Putnam Publishing Secret of the Dance Distributor Authors: Spalding, Andrea and Scow, Alfred Orca Book Publishers Canada Illustrator: Gait, Darlene PO Box 5626, Stn B VICTORIA BC V8R 6S4 Annotation (800) 210-5277 (CAN, FNMI) Set in 1935 at Kingcome Inlet in (250) 380-1229 British Columbia, this picture book tells the story Fax: (877) 408-1551 of a young boy who sneaks away from his bed to Email: [email protected] witness a traditional Potlatch ceremony. During Website: www.orcabook.com that period, the ceremony had to be held in secret because this form of dancing was against Canadian Price: $19.95 hdc. law. Although the story is fiction, it is based on an Pagination: unp. incident in the life of the child Watl’kina, now known ISBN: 978-1-55143-396-7 as retired judge Alfred Snow. Colourful realistic-style Copyright: 2006 illustrations support the text. The book includes a glossary of Kwa’kwa’la terms that are used in the Year Recommended: 2010 story. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices” and has also been recommended to support the English language arts and social studies curricula at the Grade 5 level.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Community Dance Project Step Lively Series c/o Marian Rose PO Box 56078, First Avenue Author: Rose, Marian VANCOUVER BC V5L 5E2 (604) 254-5678 Annotation Email: [email protected] (CAN) This dance series is an excellent resource for the Website: www.marianrose.com/ dance strand that reflects the rich Canadian heritage of traditional dance and music. The introduction Price: $39.95 coil-bound contains valuable background information about the Pagination: varies author, the world of fiddle music, and the author’s rationale for choosing the dances that are included Copyright: 2000 & 2003 in the book. A short history precedes each dance, Year Recommended: 2003 & 2004 and suggestions for teaching the dance are written in a concise and straightforward manner. Cartoon Title ISBN illustrations, formation patterns, and boxes with Step Lively!: Dances for Schools and 978-0-9687569-0-4 variations and quotes add to the attractive layout. A Families glossary, a section entitled “Tips for Teachers,” and an Step Lively 2: Canadian Dance 978-0-9687569-1-1 extensive bibliography are included. A CD with the Favourites music for all the dances is tucked into the front cover. Step Lively 3: Primary Dances 978-0-9687569-2-8 Further information may be found at www.marianrose. com.

Arts Education 4 - Dance 25 Wisdom Keepers K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Annotation √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ (SK, FNMI) In Wisdom Keepers, from the Dance Suggested Uses Alive Series, powwow dances such as the Grass, Dance Jingle, and men’s and women’s Fancy dances are Student Resource demonstrated. History and issues surrounding First Nations dances are discussed, and dancers are Producer interviewed. Reel Eye Media Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus Distributor “Saskatchewan Voices” and has also been ROVER recommended to support the physical education (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) curriculum at the Elementary Level. (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) Email: [email protected] Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) Length: 28 min. ID Number: V8736 Copyright: 1993 Year Recommended: 2000 Expiry Date: Perpetuity

26 Arts Education 4 - Dance Drama - Print, Audio-visual, K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and Other Resources √ √ √ Suggested Uses Drama Student Resource Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Distributor Random House of Canada Limited 2775 Matheson Blvd E MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account (888) 523-9292 of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio (905) 624-0672 Broadcast Fax: (888) 562-9924 Email: [email protected] Author/Illustrator: McCarthy, Meghan Website: www.randomhouse.ca Annotation Price: $23.95 hdc. Illustrated with colourful vintage art, this book Pagination: 40 p. introduces young readers to the true story of the ISBN: 978-0-375-83518-6 Halloween prank that fooled radio listeners in 1938. Aliens Are Coming! includes excerpts from Orson Copyright: 2006 Welle’s radio dramatization of H. G. Wells’ book Year Recommended: 2007 The War of the Worlds and describes how listeners panicked. It also explains the importance of radios during the pre-television and pre-computer age.

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Suggested Uses Drama Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Pearson Education Canada School Division Fun with Shadows 195 Harry Walker Pkwy N Authors: Siamon, Sharon, Siamon, Jeff, and Benjamin, NEWMARKET ON L3Y 7B4 Cynthia (800) 361-6128 Fax: (800) 563-9196 Annotation Email: [email protected] Illustrated with clear, colourful photographs, this Website: www.pearsonschoolcanada.ca/ easy-to-read book from the Four Corners Series demonstrates how young students can create hand Price: $8.25 pbk. shadow puppets and stick shadow puppets. Fun with Pagination: 16 p. Shadows also gives some pointers on how to put on ISBN: 978-0-7339-4273-0 a shadow puppet show. The book includes a table of Copyright: 2005 contents. Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Drama Student Resource Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company Kamishibai Man Distributor Thomas Allen & Son Limited Author: Say, Allen 390 Steelcase Rd E Annotation MARKHAM ON L3R 1G2 This story tells of an elderly kamishibai man who (800) 387-4333 decides to come out of retirement and perform (905) 475-9126 on the streets once again. Through Say’s delightful Fax: (800) 458-5504 illustrations and rich text, Kamishibai Man addresses Email: [email protected] the lost Japanese art of paper theatre and the joyful Website: www.thomasallen.ca rediscovery of the special relationship between a Price: $21.50 hdc. storyteller and his audience. An afterword offers a Pagination: 32 p. brief history of kamishibai. ISBN: 978-0-618-47954-2 Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2007

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Suggested Uses Drama Student Resource Publisher Kids Can Press Making Shadow Puppets Distributor Authors: Bryant, Jill and Heard, Catherine University of Toronto Press 5201 Dufferin St Illustrator: Watson, Laura TORONTO ON M3H 5T8 Annotation (800) 565-9523 (CAN) This book from the Kids Can Do It Series offers (416) 667-7777 guidance on producing a play and making a box Fax: (800) 221-9985 screen, a doorway screen, props and scenery, and Email: [email protected] nine wooden rod puppets (snake, horse, flying bird, Website: www.utppublishing.com jester, monster, donkey prince, robot, princess, and Price: $5.95 pbk. fairy). The directions are clear and include lists of materials needed. This resource also provides historical Pagination: 215 p. background regarding shadow puppets. A table of ISBN: 978-1-55337-029-1 contents is included. Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2007

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Suggested Uses Drama Student Resource Producer National Film Board of Canada Marianne’s Theatre Distributor Annotation ROVER (CAN) Accompanied by music, this wordless (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) program takes viewers into the magical world of Co (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) Hoedeman, a master of illusion and lighting wizard. Email: [email protected] On the stage of a small puppet theatre, set up in the Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm centre of a larger theatre, a hand puppet conjures Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan preK-12 schools) up three talented acrobats. Performing amazing Length: 16 min. feats of balance and skill, these acrobats delight the ID Number: V8818 audience. A teacher’s guide is available. Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2007 Expiry Date: March 31, 2016

32 Arts Education 4 - Drama Music - Print, Audio-visual, and K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Other Resources √ √ Suggested Uses Andrea’s Fiddle Dance Music Author: Klippenstein, Blaine Student Resource Illustrator: Jelele, Christie Publisher/Distributor Annotation Loon Books Publishing (CAN, FNMI) Glossy illustrations bring to life a story 722 Lipton St that weaves together Métis traditions and culture, WINNIPEG MB R3E 2L3 a family’s story, and an invitation to honour the (204) 774-2527 tradition of Métis fiddle music. Andrea learns the Fax: (204) 783-6944 history of the fiddle that has been in the family for Email: [email protected] several generations as both the fiddle and the story Website: www.loonbooks.ca are passed to her as keeper of the tradition. The Price: $25.00 pbk. story lists many titles of favourite Métis fiddle and jig Pagination: 32 p. tunes. ISBN: 978-1-896201-82-5 A CD accompanies the book that includes a Copyright: 2009 narration of the story, nine Métis fiddle tunes, and fifteen teaching tunes for the beginning fiddler. Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Co. Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of Distributor John Coltrane Raincoast Books 2440 Viking Way Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Illustrator: Qualls, Sean (800) 663-5714 (604) 323-7100 Annotation Fax: (800) 565-3770 With shaded, detail-filled illustrations and poetic Email: [email protected] text, this tribute to John Coltrane focuses on John as Website: www.raincoast.com a young child who is fully aware of the sounds and rhythms in his environment. John often closes his eyes Price: $19.75 hdc. and absorbs sounds such as birds warbling at sunrise, Pagination: 32 p. a saxophone’s soulful solo, steam engines whistling ISBN: 978-0-8050-7994-4 past, and Daddy strumming his ukulele. This picture book could pique students’ interest in a discussion Copyright: 2008 about what shapes a musician. Before John Was a Jazz Year Recommended: 2011 Giant includes a short biography of Coltrane’s life, a selected list of his music, and a short list of books for further reading about him.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Knopfbooks for Young Readers Carnival of the Animals: Poems Distributor Inspired by Saint-Saëns’ Music Random House of Canada Limited 2775 Matheson Blvd E Author: Chernaik, Judith MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 Illustrator: Kitamura, Satoshi (888) 523-9292 (905) 624-0672 Annotation Fax: (888) 562-9924 Inspired by Saint-Saëns’ zoological fantasy, this Email: [email protected] appealing anthology combines 14 poems written at Website: www.randomhouse.ca various levels by renowned authors with gloriously colourful illustrations of the animals represented. Price: $23.99 hdc. An accompanying compact disc offers a reading of Pagination: 40 p. each of the poems, followed by the corresponding ISBN: 978-0-375-86458-2 musical passage from Carnival of the Animals. Copyright: 2010 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Putnam Publishing The Deaf Musicians Distributor Authors: Seeger, Pete and Dubois Jacobs, Paul Penguin Group (Canada) Illustrator: Christie, R. Gregory 90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700 TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 Annotation (800) 399-6858 Filled with jazzy syllables such as plink-a-plink, yimba- (416) 925-2249 timba, and zang-zang, this book is about a jazz pianist Fax: (800) 363-2665 who is forced to leave his band because he is losing his Email: [email protected] hearing. The pianist, however, meets a deaf saxophone Website: www.penguin.ca player in a sign language class, and they form an amazing new band for deaf musicians that performs Price: $22.50 hdc. snazzy style. Comical muted illustrations effectively Pagination: 32 p. depict the varying moods that the characters in the ISBN: 978-0-399-24316-5 story experience. Copyright: 2006 Teachers could use this book to introduce real-life Year Recommended: 2011 musicians who are deaf, such as Evelyn Glennie.

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Author/Illustrator: Christensen, Bonnie Suggested Uses Annotation Music With haunting poetic text and lush oil illustrations, Student Resource this picture book offers a glimpse into the life of Publisher the world’s most acclaimed jazz guitarist, Django Roaring Book Press Reinhardt. The book shows how, before fulfilling his dreams, Django overcomes huge obstacles Distributor such as experiencing extreme poverty in a Roma Raincoast Books encampment, being deserted by his father, and 2440 Viking Way incurring serious burns from a wagon fire.Django: RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 World’s Greatest Jazz Guitarist includes additional (800) 663-5714 notes on Django’s life and the Roma, a brief (604) 323-7100 bibliography of books on Django, and a selected Fax: (800) 565-3770 discography of his music. Email: [email protected] Website: www.raincoast.com Price: $19.99 hdc. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-1-59643-422-6 Copyright: 2009 Year Recommended: 2007

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher Hougton Mifflin Company Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Distributor Guido d’ Arezzo Thomas Allen & Son Limited 390 Steelcase Rd E Author/Illustrator: Roth, Susan L. MARKHAM ON L3R 1G2 Annotation (800) 387-4333 This picture book explains that until 1,000 years (905) 475-9126 ago, there was no written music at all. If people Fax: (800) 458-5504 wanted to learn songs, they had to memorize them. Email: [email protected] Fortunately, Guido d’ Arezzo from Tuscany created Website: www.thomasallen.ca a system of musical notation that changed music Price: $21.50 hdc. forever. With detailed collage illustrations, Do Re Mi Pagination: unp. depicts D’Arezzo’s persistence, his struggles with those ISBN: 978-0-618-46572-9 resisting change, and his support from a Benedictine monk as he develops an ingenious system of musical Copyright: 2006 notation that is still used worldwide. The book includes Year Recommended: 2011 a glossary of music terms and a bibliography of books on related topics.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Drops of Brandy and Other Traditional Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Applied Research Métis Tunes: Volume Two 2 - 604 22nd St W Annotation SASKATOON SK S7M 5W1 (SK, FMMI) On two compact discs, Volume Two of (306) 934-4941 Drops of Brandy offers a comprehensive collection of Fax: (306) 244-0252 traditional Métis fiddle tunes. It features accomplished Email: [email protected] Métis fiddlers including John Arcand, Mel Bedard, Hap Website: www.gdins.org Boyer, Ed Lafferty, Richard Lafferty, Garry Lepine, and Price: $19.95 – Compact Discs (set of 2) Homer Poitras. No order number is required. The accompanying book Drops of Brandy: An Anthology of Métis Music contains biographies, archival and Price: $25.00 – Companion Book contemporary photographs, sheet music, stories about Pagination: 137 p. the fiddle, and a history of each fiddle tune featured in ISBN: 978-0-920915-63-9 the collection. Copyright: 2001-2002 A companion book of music to support the compact Year Recommended: 2005 disc is available. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices.”

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Publisher The Drum Calls Softly Red Deer Press Author: Bouchard, David and Willier, Shelley Distributor Illustrator: Poitras, Jim Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. 195 Allstate Pkwy Annotation MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8 (SK) Written in English and Cree, this lushly (800) 387-9776 illustrated poetic tale focuses on the beauty of the (905) 477-9700 traditional round dance. Fax: (800) 260-9777 A compact disc with singing and drumming by Email: [email protected] Northern Cree accompanies this picture book. Website: www.fitzhenry.ca Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus Price: $24.95 pbk. “Saskatchewan Voices.” Pagination: 30 p. ISBN: 978-0-88995-421-1 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2009

40 Arts Education 4 - Music Echoes from the Square K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Wellburn, Elizabeth √ √ Illustrator: Houston, Derek Suggested Uses Annotation Music (CAN) Based on the experience of cellist Vedran Student Resource Smailovic who played his cello on a war-torn street in Sarajevo for 22 days as a tribute to the 22 victims of Publisher a devastating bomb blast, this work of fiction clearly Rubicon Publishing Inc. demonstrates the healing power of the arts. The Distributor protagonist is a gentle boy who befriends Vedran, and Vitalink Canada Inc. they share the dream that once again music would be PO Box 69596, 281 Wyecroft Rd played in peace and perfect harmony in Sarajevo. The OAKVILLE ON L6J 7R4 text is attractively partnered with colourful, full-page (905) 849-9188 paintings by Vancouver artist Derek Houston. Fax: (905) 849-7579 Email: [email protected] Website: www.vitalinkcanada.com Price: $14.95 hdc. Pagination: 35 p. ISBN: 978-0-921156-99-4 Copyright: 1999 Year Recommended: 2009

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Hyperion Books for Children Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Distributor Virtuosa McNabb Connolly 60 Briarwood Ave Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis MISSISSAUGA ON L5G 3N6 Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian (866) 722-1522 Annotation (905) 278-0566 This book relates Ella Fitzgerald’s story through Fax: (866) 722-1822 the voice of a charming feline fan named Scat Cat Email: [email protected] Munroe whose narrative rings with the rhythm of Website: www.mcnabbconnolly.ca scat. The book is divided into four sections: Price: $10.00 hdc. • “Hoofin’ in Harlem” Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-7868-568-6 • “Jammin’ at Yale” Copyright: 2002 • “Stompin’ at the Savoy” Year Recommended: 2005 • “Carnegie Hall Scat.” Brian Pinkney’s whimsical illustrations dance across the pages in an appealing jazzy style of their own. The book includes a short biography of Fitzgerald, a brief bibliography, a selected discography, and a brief videography.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing The Farewell Symphony Distributor Monarch Books of Canada Author: Celenza, Anna Harwell 5000 Dufferin St Illustrator: Kitchel, JoAnn E. DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T5 Annotation (800) 404-7404 Celenza’s story is a delightful introduction to Joseph (416) 663-8231 Haydn, his Farewell Symphony, and 18th century Fax: (416) 736-1702 life. Joseph Haydn served as personal composer for Email: [email protected] Prince Nicholas of Esterhazy for nearly 30 years. He Website: www.monarchbooks.ca composed music as requested by the prince, was Price: $23.95 hdc. responsible for the care of all instruments, and served Pagination: 32 p. as spokesperson for the members of the orchestra. ISBN: 978-1-57091-406-5 Summers were spent at the prince’s summer estate in Hungary, and one summer as autumn approached, Copyright: 2000 the musicians were growing increasingly homesick. Year Recommended: 2003 Prince Nicholas refused to return home, and he also refused Haydn’s request to have the musicians’ families visit. Haydn decided to appeal to the prince through his Symphony in F-Sharp Major, which reflects the musician’s anger, sadness, and frustration. When Prince Nicholas heard the symphony, he was so moved that he decided to return home. The striking watercolour- and-ink cartoons with simple lines and exaggerated characterizations convey a sense of the excess and finery of the period. There are notes on both 18th century form and instruments, as well as on the events and personalities in the story. The book includes a CD of the symphony.

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Honoring the People Turtle Island Music, Inc. 1532 Ave H North Annotation SASKATOON SK S7L 2E8 (SK, FNMI) Each CD contains 13-21 selections that (306) 664-4090 are clearly listed on the CD liner. The liner opens to Fax: (306) 651-3553 provide some background information on the type of Email: [email protected] traditional dance, regalia, and the type of movement. Website: www.turtleislandmusic.com Each liner also has an illustration of a typical dancer in the appropriate regalia. The music includes the Price: $20.00 each drum and vocal chanting for each piece. This resource Length: varies provides authentic First Nations music that can be used for listening or to support dance. Copyright: 2006 Year Recommended: 2011 Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices.” Title Order Number Chicken Dance TIM 30094 Grass Dance TIM 30092 Men’s Fancy TIM 30088 Men’s Traditional TIM 30085 Women’s Fancy TIM 30010 Women’s Traditional TIM 30101

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Producer Marathon International I Love Music Series Distributor Annotation ROVER Music is a means for children to discover the living (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) culture of various countries. Each episode in this (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) series presents a child musician who introduces Email: [email protected] the viewers to his/her instrument (including voice), Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm music, and culture. Each child describes how he/she Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) is learning to play the instrument, how it is made, Length: 6-8 min. each how it is played, and why he/she chose to play this particular instrument. The young musicians share Copyright: 2003 with the viewers the preparation for, as well as the Year Recommended: 2006 actual, festivals or ceremonies. Unique regalia and rare Expiry Date: July 1, 2016 accessories, orchestras, rhythms, and dances are also featured. Title ID Number Amie and Her All-girl Band (England) V1102 Bram and His Carillon (Belgium) V1100 Carina and Her Harp (Austria) V1103 Christian and His Drum (Denmark) V1099 Damaris and Her Music School (Cuba) V1128 Duquan Sings Gospel (USA) V1121 Elie and His Lute (Lebanon) V1107 Eline and Her Violin (Norway) V1098 Emmanuel and His Harpsicord (France) V1126 Esraa and Her Singing Lessons (Egypt) V1132 Gaby and Her Zither (Lebanon) V1108 Hed the Soprano Singer (Israel) V1118 Itamar and His Violin (Israel) V1120 Kate and Her Orchestra (England) V1101 Kurt and His Guitar (USA) V1133 Lasso and His Balafon (Ivory Coast) V1130 Marc-Andre and His Accordion (Quebec) V1115 Mohammed and His Dof (Egypt) V1131 Nikos and His Clarino (Greece) V1127 Paola and her Piccolo (Italy) V1106 (continued)

Arts Education 4 - Music 45 I Love Music Series (continued) K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 √ √ √ √ Title ID Number Peter and His Violin (Hong Kong) V1113 Rebecca and Her Butterfly Harp (Hong Kong) V1114 Renson and His Brass Band (Cuba) V1125 Safi and His Darbuka (Israel) V1117 Shiran and Her Mandolin (Israel) V1119 Stavros and His Pontiakilira (Greece) V1129 Tagun and His Flute (Korea) V1116 Wirag and His Xylophone (Thailand) V1105 Yu Sings the Pansori (Korea) V1112 Yutaro and His Drum (Japan) V1104

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Eerdmans Publishing Company I, Vivaldi Distributor Author: Shefelman, Janice Augsburg Fortress Canada Illustrator: Shefelman, Tom 500 Trillium Drive, BOX 9940 KITCHENER ON N2G 4Y4 Annotation (800) 265-6397 Loosely based on Vivaldi’s biography, this Fax: (519) 748-9835 storyography focuses on the life and work of Email: [email protected] renowned musician Antonio Lucio Vivaldi. Relayed Website: www.eerdmans.com in the first person and beautifully illustrated with ornate art work, the book brings Vivaldi’s legacy to Price: $18.00 U.S. hdc. life. The back matter of the book includes factual Pagination: 34 p. information about Vivaldi, a short glossary, and the ISBN: 978-0-8028-5318-9 opening musical score for his famous “Spring” piece. Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2009

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Tortuga Press The Jazz Fly PMB: 181 2777 Yulupa Ave SANTA ROSA CA 95405 Author: Gollub, Matthew (707) 544-4720 Illustrator: Hanke, Karen Fax: (707) 544-5609 Email: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.tortugapress.com While asking for directions to town, Jazz Fly picks up the rhythm of the answers that he receives from a frog, Price: $17.95 U.S. hdc. a hog, a donkey, and a dog. He later uses these catchy Pagination: 32 p. sounds to spice up his band’s music. ISBN: 978-1-889910-17-8 A compact disc of the narration set to a jazz quartet is Copyright: 2000 attached to the endpapers of the book. Year Recommended: 2005

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Mozart Finds a Melody Distributor Raincoast Books Author/Illustrator: Costanza, Stephen 2440 Viking Way Annotation RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Based on a true story about Mozart and his (800) 663-5714 pet starling, this book tells how the renowned (604) 323-7100 composer was once under great pressure to write Fax: (800) 565-3770 a song in a very short time period. Mozart could Email: [email protected] think of nothing until he was inspired by his pet’s Website: www.raincoast.com melodious singing, as well as other sounds around Price: $24.95 hdc. Vienna while he was searching for his escaped bird. The artist used gouache, acrylic, and coloured pencil Pagination: 36 p. to create the delightful illustrations. ISBN: 978-0-8050-6627-2 Copyright: 2004 Year Recommended: 2007

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Brunswick Publishing Group The Music Box: The Story of Distributor Cristofori.1st ed. Guy and Lacy Children’s Books 718 Botetourt Gardens Guy, Suzanne and Lacy, Donna Authors: NORFOLK VA 23507 Annotation (757) 627-5991 Email: [email protected] (CORE) This work of historical fiction centres on Website: www.gdins.org the invention of the piano. The story presents an imaginary version of the experiments in sound that Price: $15.95 U.S. hdc. Bartolomeo Cristofori, the Italian harpsichord maker, Pagination: 32 p. may have conducted while he was in the process of ISBN: 978-1-55618-172-6 inventing the piano approximately three centuries ago. Included are a bibliography and some facts on Copyright: 1998 the piano and its inventor. Watercolour illustrations Year Recommended: 2005 enhance the easy-to-read print.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher Musicanada Encore: Listening and Harcourt Canada Ltd. Appreciation 4 Distributor Nelson Education Ltd. Authors: Cobbold, Joan and Wamsley, Jane 1120 Birchmont Rd Annotation SCARBOROUGH ON M1K 5G4 (CAN) Musicanada Encore has been designed as a (800) 268-2222 supplement to the older but still useful Musicanada (416) 752-9100 program. The compact disc and teacher’s guide Fax: (800) 430-4445 include information about many musical concepts Email: www.nelson.com/order/forms/orders.html and skills with special emphasis on listening and Website: www.nelson.com appreciation. The suggested activities in the teacher’s Price: $50.95 pbk. guide have been developed around selections on the compact disc. This is a flexible resource, offering many Pagination: 40 p. options that will allow teachers to design programs ISBN: 978-0-03-922220-8 that suit their individual needs. The guide includes Copyright: 2001 sections on lesson planning, assessment ideas, Year Recommended: 2003 background information about the selections and composers, and suggestions for extension activities. This resource, although meant as a supplement to the Musicanada Series, could be used as an individual resource for listening and appreciation.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher Musicanada 4 Harcourt Canada Ltd. Author: Brooks, Penny Louise Distributor Nelson Education Ltd. Annotation 1120 Birchmont Rd (CAN) This time-tested resource was specially SCARBOROUGH ON M1K 5G4 developed for use in Canadian classrooms. Written (800) 268-2222 with the non-specialist in mind, the teachers’ edition (416) 752-9100 offers lesson plans, extension activities, enrichment Fax: (800) 430-4445 ideas, and background information. Email: www.nelson.com/order/forms/orders.html The musical selections are now available on Website: www.nelson.com compact discs. Copyright: 1983-2000 Note: The teacher edition is out of print. Year Recommended: 1991

Title ISBN Price Student Book 978-0-03-923179-8 $55.95 hdc. Compact Discs 978-0-03-922236-9 $99.95 (set of 3) Piano 978-0-03-921787-7 $74.95 Accompaniment

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Annick Press Naturally Wild Musicians: The Wondrous Distributor World of Animal Song Firefly Books Ltd. 66 Leek Cr Author: Christie, Peter RICHMOND HILL ON L4B 1H1 Annotation (800) 450-0391 (CAN) In this book, science writer Peter Christie Fax: (416) 499-8313 explains that many animals make beautiful music Email: [email protected] – not for fun, but as a crucial part of courtship Website: www.fireflybooks.com and defending a breeding territory. Naturally Wild Price: $9.95 pbk. Musicians introduces over two dozen wild music makers, including such fascinating creatures as Pagination: 48 p. Atlantic walruses that sing underwater, black-capped ISBN: 978-1-55451-097-9 chickadees that have song duels, and Indonesian Copyright: 2007 gibbons that sing duets. Numerous clear, colourful Year Recommended: 2011 photographs enhance the text. The book includes a table of contents, a bibliography for further reading, and an index. This resource could be useful for integrating arts education with science.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher ABRAMS The Other Mozart: The Life of the Distributor Canadian Manda Group Famous Chevalier de Saint-George 165 Dufferin St Author: Brewster, Hugh TORONTO ON M6K 3H6 Illustrator: Velasquez, Eric (416) 516-0911 Fax: (888) 563-8327 Annotation Email: [email protected] In picture book style, this biography captures the Website: www.mandagroup.com life and work of one of the most famous men of the 18th century. Born to a slave and an aristocrat, Price: $24.95 hdc. Chevalier de Saint-George (a.k.a. Joseph Balone) Pagination: 48 p. excelled in many areas, including composing ISBN: 978-0-8109-5720-6 and playing the violin. The book offers numerous Copyright: 2007 colour and black-and-white illustrations of original and archival paintings and period artefacts. It Year Recommended: 2011 also provides informative sidebars and timelines that highlight the history of the period. The Other Mozart includes a list of related resources for further reading, a list of discs that feature Balone’s music, and a glossary.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Random House of Canada Limited Piano Starts Here: The Young Art 2775 Matheson Blvd E MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 Tatum (888) 523-9292 Author/Illustrator: Parker, Robert Andrew (905) 624-0672 Fax: (888) 562-9924 Annotation Email: [email protected] Piano Starts Here is a storyography of Art Tatum as Website: www.randomhouse.ca he becomes one of the world’s greatest jazz pianists, despite his very weak eyesight. Illustrated with Price: $22.99 hdc. impressionistic style watercolours, the story, told Pagination: 40 p. in the first person, begins when Tatum can barely ISBN: 978-0-375-83965-8 reach the keyboard on tiptoe, continues through his Copyright: 2006 teenage years when he is paid to play in bars and Year Recommended: 2007 on the radio, and goes into his young adulthood when he has already become famous. There is also a section that provides additional information on Art Tatum and the author’s personal experience with him, and a bibliography of books for further reading about Tatum.

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Student Resource Producer Pow Wow Moving Images Distribution Annotation Distributor (SK) This intimate look at the Big River Cree Powwow ROVER in northern Saskatchewan features behind-the- (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) scenes visits with performers and Elders, as well as (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) mesmerizing footage of many different types of Email: [email protected] dances, drumming, and singing. Alvin Manitopyes Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm explains the powwow’s evolution from the age of the Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) buffalo hunt and warrior societies to the more social Length: 25 min. event that it is today. Thomas Christian discusses the ID Number: N522 discipline that dancers must bring to the art form, and the storytelling that goes along with it. Sheldon Copyright: 2005 “Laughing Horse” Sutherland points out the subtle Year Recommended: 2010 and countless ways that performers express their Expiry Date: July 1, 2015 personal styles. Linda Standing, Cecile Nepoose, and Charles Rabbitskin explain the spiritual significance of the exquisite handcrafted regalia. Intercut with the powwow’s hypnotic whir of movement, colour and sound, these individuals and others share their personal reasons for taking part in this ancient tradition and its enormous impact on their identity. This video has also been recommended for social studies at the Grades 4, 5, and 9 levels. Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus “Saskatchewan Voices.”

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Marshall Cavendish The Sound That Jazz Makes Distributor Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. Illustrator: Velasquez, Eric 195 Allstate Pkwy MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8 Annotation (800) 387-9776 With simple text and attractive two-page spread (905) 477-9700 oil illustrations, this resource traces the origins and Fax: (800) 260-9777 influence of jazz from Africa to America. Email: [email protected] Website: www.fitzhenry.ca Price: $11.95 pbk. Pagination: unp. ISBN: 978-0-8027-7674-7 Copyright: 2003 Year Recommended: 2005

Arts Education 4 - Music 59 Step-by-Step Classroom Music II: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grade 4 √ Author: Rinaldo, Vince Suggested Uses Annotation Music Professional Resource (CAN) Especially useful for teachers with no background in music, this teacher manual provides Publisher/Distributor detailed lesson plans that include objectives, EMC Notes Inc. assessment strategies, reproducible material, and 309 Main St W, 2nd Floor correlation to the accompanying compact disc. The HAMILTON ON L8P 1J7 lessons are designed to reinforce music concepts (905) 575-4449 by actively involving students in meaningful tactile Fax: (866) 551-5382 activities. Email: [email protected] Website: www.emcnotes.com Note: Although this resource was designed to complement the Ontario Music Curriculum, Price: $169.95 spiral-bound parts could be used/adapted to complement the Pagination: 198.00 music strand of the Saskatchewan Arts Education ISBN: 978-1-897491-49-2 Curriculum. Copyright: 2010 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Holiday House Inc. The Story of the Incredible Orchestra: Distributor Thomas Allen & Son Limited An Introduction to Musical 390 Steelcase Rd E Instruments and the Symphony MARKHAM ON L3R 1G2 Orchestra (800) 387-4333 (905) 475-9126 Author: Koscielniak, Bruce Fax: (800) 458-5504 Email: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.thomasallen.ca The evolution of the modern symphony orchestra and the instruments that comprise it are presented Price: $19.95 hdc. in this fact-filled excursion through music history. Pagination: unp. The various eras in the development of the modern ISBN: 978-0-395-96052-3 orchestra, starting with the instrumental groups at the dawn of the 17th century and continuing on Copyright: 2000 up to the present day are described. An informative Year Recommended: 2001 narrative occupies at least one side of each double- page spread. Watercolour and line drawings fill the pages, providing an up-close look at a variety of musical instruments and methods of sound production. This is a shining tool for teachers to share with children who want to know more about the modern symphony orchestra and the musicians’ instruments.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Professional Resource Producer/Distributor Susan Hammond’s Classical Kids: The The Children’s Group Inc. Suite 13, 1815 Ironstone Manor Classroom Collection: A Fully Integrated PICKERING ON L1W 3W9 Music Program for Every Classroom (800) 757-8372 (905) 831-1995 Annotation Fax: (905) 831-1142 (CAN) Designed for the music specialist or generalist, Email: [email protected] the collection offers seven compact discs, which can Website: www.childrensgroup.com be purchased individually or as a collection. Each CD comes with a comprehensive teacher’s guide, Price: $16.98 each a teacher resource manual, a colourful poster, 30 Copyright: 1990-95 stickers, and a highlighter. The suggested activities Year Recommended: 1996 integrate music with many other areas of study. Title ISBN Beethoven Lives Upstairs 978-1-895404-73-8 Daydreams & Lullabies 978-1-895404-79-7 Hallelujah Handel 978-1-895404-94-0 Mozart’s Magic Fantasy 978-1-895404-75-4 Mr. Bach Comes to Call 978-1-895404-71-1 Tchaikovsky Discovers America 978-1-895404-67-3 Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery 978-1-895404-77-0

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Sourcebooks, Inc. Those Amazing Musical Instruments 1935 Brookdale Rd, Suite 139 NAPERVILLE IL 60563 Author: Helsby, Genevieve (800) 727-8866 Annotation Fax: (630) 961-2168 With notes on the history, construction, and sounds Email: [email protected] of the instruments from each of the four major Website: www.sourcebooks.com musical instrument families (strings, brass, woodwind, Price: $19.95 U.S. hdc. percussion), this book takes students on a tour of Pagination: 176 p. the orchestra. Colourful photographs, graphics, and ISBN: 978-1-4022-0825-6 information boxes, circles, and bubbles add interest to the text. Those Amazing Musical Instruments includes a Copyright: 2007 table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Year Recommended: 2011 An accompanying CD-ROM offers sample sounds of each instrument, full orchestra pieces, and information about the musical families, their history, and some real-life musicians.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher/Distributor National Arts Centre Vivaldi and the Four Seasons: Teacher PO Box 1534, Stn B OTTAWA ON K1P 5W1 Resource Kit (866) 850-2787 Annotation (613) 947-7000 (CAN) This kit includes a compact disc, a student Fax: (613) 996-9578 newspaper guide, and a teacher’s guide. The Email: [email protected] resource explores the life, times, and music of Website: www.nac-cna.ca/splash.htm Antonio Vivaldi. Price: $Free online The teacher’s guide includes valuable information ISBN: 0-9736524-0-3 regarding Vivaldi and his famous violin concertos, No order number is required. The Four Seasons. It also provides suggestions for Copyright: 2004 related classroom activities. Year Recommended: 2006 The student newspaper guide offers information and activities that are suitable for young students. The compact disc offers the beautiful music ofThe Four Seasons, performed by Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. This resource was generously donated by National Arts Centre to every Elementary Level school in the province. Although out of print, this teacher resource kit is available in French and English at www.artsalive.ca/ en/mus/musicresources/teachers.html#1.

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Producer Weston Woods Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin Distributor ROVER Annotation (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) Based on the book by Lloyd Moss, this cumulative and (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) imaginative tale introduces viewers to various musical Email: [email protected] groups through 10 instruments as they prepare for Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm a grand orchestral performance. This program is an excellent introduction to the instruments and music of Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) the orchestra. Length: 12 min. The pdf version of the teacher’s guide is available. ID Number: V554 Copyright: 1999 Year Recommended: 2001 Expiry Date: August 31, 2016

Arts Education 4 – Music 65 Visual Art - Print, Audio- K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 visual, and Other Resources √ √ Abby’s Birds Suggested Uses Visual Art Author: Swartz, Ellen Student Resource Illustrator: Sefrin, Sima Elizabeth Publisher Tradewind Books Annotation (CAN) A gentle story of friendship between a Distributor young girl new to a neighbourhood and her elderly Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. Japanese neighbour, this book focuses on the 195 Allstate Pky seasonal cycle of birds and on Mrs. Naska teaching MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8 Abby how to make origami birds. The birds also (800) 387-9776 help Abby learn about injury, healing, and providing (905) 477-9700 comfort to Mrs. Naska during her recovery from a Fax: (800) 260-9777 fall. The story is enhanced by simple illustrations in Email: [email protected] textured and coloured paper collages. Instructions Website: www.fitzhenry.ca for origami birds are found on the back of the dust Price: $22.95 hdc. jacket with a quote from Sadako. Pagination: unp. ISBN: 978-1-896580-86-9 Copyright: 2006 Year Recommended: 2011

66 Arts Education 4 - Visual Art Action Jackson. 1st ed. K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Authors: Greenberg, Jan and Jordan, Sandra √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Illustrator: Parker, Robert Andrew Suggested Uses Annotation Visual Art Based on firsthand reports, this book is a Student Resource fictionalized version of Jackson Pollock as he works on the creation of Lavender Mist, one of his Publisher paint-swirled and splattered canvasses. Simple Square Fish watercolour illustrations complement the text. Distributor Included are a photographic reproduction of the Raincoast Books finished painting, a short biography, a bibliography, 2440 Viking Way detailed notes, and sources. RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 (800) 663-5714 (604) 323-7100 Fax: (800) 565-3770 Email: [email protected] Website: www.raincoast.com Price: $23.95 hdc. $8.50 pbk. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-7613-1682-4 hdc. 978-0-312-36751-0 pbk. Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2005

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Watson-Guptill Publications Inc. Art Explorers Series Distributor Georgetown Terminal Warehouses Ltd. Author/Illustrator: Raimondo, Joyce 34 Armstrong Ave Annotation GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 The books in the Art Explorers Series offer a blend of (905) 873-2750 art history and examples of age-appropriate activities Fax: (905) 873-6170 for young children. Each book focuses on a specific art Email: [email protected] movement and highlights the work of famous artists Website: www.gtwcanada.co from that era. Included are a table of contents and Copyright: 2004-05 brief artist biographies. Year Recommended: 2009 Title ISBN Price Express Yourself!: 978-0-8230-2506-0 $16.95 hdc. Activities and Adventures in Expressionism Imagine That!: 978-0-8230-2502-2 $16.95 hdc. Activities and Adventures in Surrealism Make It Pop! Activities 978-0-8230-2507-7 $14.95 hdc. and Adventures in Pop Art Picture This!: Activities 978-0-8230-2503-9 $17.95 hdc. and Adventures in Impressionism What’s the Big 978-0-8230-9998-6 $15.95 hdc. Idea: Activities and Adventures in Abstract Art

68 Arts Education 4 - Visual Art Art for Kids: Cartooning: The Only K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cartooning Book You’ll Ever Need to √ √ Be the Artist You’ve Always Wanted Suggested Uses to Be Visual Art Author: Roche, Art Student Resource Annotation Publisher/Distributor Through practical tips and hands-on activities, this Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. attractive book shows students how to develop 387 Park Ave S their skills and create their own cast of cartoon NEW YORK NY 10016-8810 characters. It provides chapters on cartooning (800) 367-9692 materials, making faces, drawing bodies, drawing (212) 532-7160 animals, writing jokes, putting it all together, and Fax: (800) 542-7567 more. Included are a table of contents and an index. Email: [email protected] Website: www.sterlingpublishing.com Price: $12.95 pbk. Pagination: 111 p. ISBN: 978-1-4027-7515-4 Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Art Image Publications Art Image: L’Image de l’Art 109 Favreau St DUNHAM QC J0E 1M0 Author: Briere, Monique (800) 361-2598 Fax: (800) 559-2598 Annotation Email: [email protected] (CAN) This series offers the classroom teacher, as well Website: www.artimagepublications.ca as the art specialist, a program that integrates “seeing art” activities with “making art” activities. Copyright: 1985 Each full-size kit is composed of: Year Recommended: 1992 • a large corrugated plastic carrying case Title Order Price • 27 full-colour art prints (42 cm by 62 cm) Number showing a wide selection of two-dimensional Large Prints and Teacher’s D200042 $175.00 and three-dimensional works from various Guide: Grade 4 cultures, 40 percent of which are Canadian Teacher’s Guide: Grade 4 D200003 $41.00 • a teacher’s manual for each grade containing suggestions for questioning and discussion strategies as well as biographical information about the artists. Note: The works should be viewed as historical, not current, depictions of First Nations and Métis lifestyles.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Co. Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Distributor Gaudí Raincoast Books 2440 Viking Way Author: Rodríguez, Rachel RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Illustrator: Paschkis, Julie (800) 663-5714 (604) 323-7100 Annotation Fax: (800) 565-3770 This picture book about Gaudí shows him as a Email: [email protected] wide-eyed and curious child delightfully observing Website: www.raincoast.com light and form in his natural surroundings and later in life integrating this love of nature into his daring Price: $18.99 hdc. architectural style. Appealing folk-style illustrations Pagination: 32 p. enhance the easy-to-read text. Building on Nature ISBN: 978-0-8050-8745-1 includes a short biography of Gaudí’s life, a selected list of websites that feature his innovative buildings, Copyright: 2009 and a short list of books for further reading about Year Recommended: 2011 him.

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Author/Illustrator: Anholt, Laurence Suggested Uses Annotation Visual Art Illustrated with delicate watercolours and replicas Student Resource of some of van Gogh’s renowned art work, this Publisher/Distributor storyography tells of a young boy named Camille Barron’s Educational Series whose family befriends the eccentric van Gogh and 34 Armstrong Ave comes to admire his unusual paintings. GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 (800) 247-7160 Fax: (800) 887-1594 Email: [email protected] Website: http://barronseduc.com/ Price: $14.95 hdc. Pagination: 27 p. ISBN: 978-0-8120-6409-4 Copyright: 1994 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Canadian Plains Research Center Clearing a Path: New Ways of Seeing University of Regina Traditional Indigenous Art 3737 Wascana Pkwy REGINA SK S4S 0A2 Editors: Robertson, Carmen and Racette, Sherry (360) 585-4758 Farrell Fax: (306) 585-4699 Annotation Email: [email protected] (SK, FNMI) As part of Saskatchewan’s centennial Website: www.cprc.uregina.ca celebration, Sherry Farrell Racette and Carmen Price: $29.95 hdc. Robertson were invited to curate an exhibition that Pagination: 19 p. brought together a diverse group of artists who ISBN: 978-0-88977-226-7 work in traditional First Nations media. This book focuses on that exhibition entitled Clearing a Path Copyright: 2009 with two essays, plus a catalogue of attractive colour Year Recommended: 2009 photographs of the featured art work.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Co. Come to My Party and Other Shape Distributor Poems Raincoast Books 2440 Viking Way Author: Roemer, Heidi RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Illustrator: Takahashi, Hideko (800) 663-5714 Annotation (604) 323-7100 Divided by season, this appealing book features Fax: (800) 565-3770 colourfully illustrated shape poems that highlight Email: [email protected] some of the author’s favourite memories such as Website: www.raincoast.com marshmallow treats in summer, dancing leaves in Price: $21.95 hdc. autumn, icicles in winter, and a big fat caterpillar in Pagination: 47 p. spring. A table of contents is included. ISBN: 978-0-8050-6620-3 This resource could be a springboard for integrated Copyright: 2004 English language arts and visual art learning Year Recommended: 2011 experiences.

74 Arts Education 4 – Visual Art Degas and the Little Dancer K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author/Illustrator: Anholt, Laurence √ √ √ √ Annotation Suggested Uses With soft impressionistic-style watercolours and Visual Art replicas of some of Degas’ famous art works, this Student Resource engaging book offers an introduction to the life of Edgar Degas, but is also the story of Marie who Publisher/Distributor becomes famous, not because of her dancing, but Barron’s Educational Series because Degas uses her as a model for one of his 34 Armstrong Ave sculptures – The Little Dancer. The endpapers include GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 a brief biography of Degas’ life. (800) 247-7160 Fax: (800) 887-1594 Email: [email protected] Website: http://barronseduc.com/ Price: $18.95 hdc. Pagination: 27 p. ISBN: 978-0-8120-6583-1 Copyright: 1996 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Orca Book Publishers PO Box 5626, Stn B Discovering Emily VANCOUVER BC V8R 6S4 Author: Pearce, Jacqueline (800) 210-5277 (250) 380-1229 Annotation Fax: (877) 408-1551 (CAN) Emily Carr has no interest in learning to be a Email: [email protected] lady. She loves animals and likes to spend her time Website: www.orcabook.com outdoors. Emily is also discovering that she loves drawing and painting. Emily learns to follow her heart Price: $7.95 pbk. and believe in herself. She does not allow herself to Pagination: 112 p. be restricted by the norms of the 19th century, even ISBN: 978-1-55143-295-3 though it is not easy. Copyright: 2004 The book is illustrated with black-and-white drawings Year Recommended: 2011 and includes a table of contents. Note: This book has also been recommended to support the English language arts curriculum at the Grade 4 level.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Candlewick Press The Dot Distributor Random House of Canada Limited Author/Illustrator: Reynolds, Peter H. 2775 Matheson Blvd E Annotation MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 Written by the author of Ish (also recommended (888) 523-9292 on this list), this delightfully simple story relays (905) 624-0672 a powerful message. Vashti, a young student Fax: (888) 562-9924 transforms from a reluctant to a confident Email: [email protected] artist as she experiences the acceptance and Website: www.randomhouse.ca encouragement of her teacher. In turn, Vashti Price: $16.00 hdc. reaches out to build confidence in the endeavours of another student. Appealing childlike illustrations Pagination: unp. support the text. ISBN: 978-0-7636-1961-9 This story is also available on video. Copyright: 2003 Year Recommended: 2005 Note: This resource has also been recommended to support the Kindergarten curriculum. Producer of DVD Weston Woods Distributor ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) Email: [email protected] Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) Length: 7 min. ID Number: V4804 Copyright: 2003 Year Recommended: 2011 Expiry Date: July 1, 2016

Arts Education 4 – Visual Art 77 K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Company Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Distributor Raincoast Books Marc Chagall. 1st ed. 2440 Viking Way Author: Markel, Michelle RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Illustrator: Lisker, Emily (800) 663-5714 (604) 323-7100 Annotation Fax: (800) 565-3770 In a style that young children can relate to, this book Email: [email protected] chronicles the life of renowned Russian artist Marc Website: www.raincoast.com Chagall. The exuberant illustrations by Emily Lisker reflect Chagall’s surrealistic art style. At the end of the Price: $23.95 hdc. book is a glossary with additional information about Pagination: 40 p. Chagall including his advice about painting: “You must ISBN: 978-0-8050-6373-8 work the painting with the thought that something Copyright: 2005 of your soul penetrates it and gives it substance. A picture should be born and bloom like a living thing. Year Recommended: 2009 It should seize some soft and unseizable something, the allure and profound meaning of whatever interests y o u ”.

Cover from DREAMER FROM THE VILLAGE: THE STORY OF MARC CHAGALL. 1ST ED. by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Emily Lisker. Copyright © 2005 by Emily Lisker. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.

78 Arts Education 4 – Visual Art K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 √ √ √ Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Co. An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Distributor Raincoast Books Albers 2440 Viking Way Author: Wing, Natasha RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Illustrator: Breckenreid, Julia (800) 663-5714 (604) 323-7100 Annotation Fax: (800) 565-3770 This picture book depicts Josef Albers as he spends Email: [email protected] 27 years studying colour as carefully as a scientist Website: www.raincoast.com and creating images of squares with various colour combinations. Currently, these squares, part of a Price: $18.99 hdc. series called Homage to the Square, are on display Pagination: 40 p. in art galleries around the world. Albers also wrote ISBN: 978-0-8050-8072-8 a book entitled Interaction of Color that changed Copyright: 2009 the way the world looks at colour and the way Year Recommended: 2011 that teachers teach art. An Eye for Color includes a glossary, a short biography of Albers’ life, a brief bibliography, and a few suggested colour-related activities. The illustrations are, of course, colourful.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Clarion Books Flotsam Distributor Thomas Allen & Son Limited Author/Illustrator: Wiesner, David 390 Steelcase Rd E Annotation MARKHAM ON L3R 1G2 In this wordless picture book, a young boy develops (800) 387-4333 the film from a boxy barnacle-encrusted underwater (905) 475-9126 camera that he found on the beach. When he Fax: (800) 458-5504 reveals the photographs, readers are taken on a Email: [email protected] fantastical undersea excursion where they view Website: www.thomasallen.ca an octopus holding story hour in a living room, $21.50 hdc. miniature green aliens exploring the environment, Price: a windup fish, and more. There are also portraits of Pagination: unp. children from various countries and time periods, ISBN: 978-0-618-19457-5 each child holding a photograph taken by another Copyright: 2006 child. Eventually, the boy adds his self-portrait to Year Recommended: 2011 the others, and he tosses the camera into the waves where it washes up as flotsam for someone else to enjoy. The intricate watercolour illustrations take readers on a refreshing escape from real life. This book could provide an invitation for students to create imaginative visual stories without words.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Snowbound Press, Inc. Hildegarde and the Great Green Shirt Distributor Factory. 1st ed Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin St Author/Illustrator: Snow, Ravay CHICAGO IL 60610 Annotation (800) 888-4741 At the Great Green Shirt Factory, where the sheep (312) 337-0747 Hildegarde works, every shirt is supposed to look Fax: (312) 337-1807 identical. This conformity is a problem for Hildegarde Email: [email protected] because she is a very creative ewe. Hildegarde is also Website: www.ipgbook.com bullied by her abusive manager who claims that she Price: $16.95 U.S. hdc. could never improve on the great green shirt because Pagination: 32 p. she is “just a ewe.” Finally, after organizing a very ISBN: 978-1-932362-10-7 successful fashion show, Hildegarde decides to open her own clothing business and make fantastic clothes Copyright: 2003 in all sorts of colours and styles. The colourful cartoon- Year Recommended: 2007 style illustrations are very appealing.

Arts Education 4 - Visual Art 81 Imagine a Place K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Thomson, Sarah L. √ √ √ √ Illustrator: Gonsalves, Rob Suggested Uses Annotation Visual Art With lyrical text and surrealistic-style acrylic paintings, Student Resource this book inspires readers to stretch their imaginations Publisher and ponder perspective and perception. Through Simon & Schuster, Inc. transformations and M. C. Escher-type tricks of perspective, a ski slope blooms into an avalanche of Distributor flowering trees, stars from a moonlit night become Simon & Schuster Canada sky fireflies, sea waves merge into snow-peaked 625 Cochrane Dr, Suite 600 mountains, and more. MARKHAM ON L3R 9R9 (800) 268-3216 Fax: (888) 849-8151 Email: [email protected] Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/ Price: $22.00 hdc. Pagination: 40 p. ISBN: 978-1-4169-6802-3 Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Maple Tress Press Inc. Inuksuk Journey: An Artist at the Top of Distributor Raincoast Books the World 2440 Viking Way Author/Illustrator: Wallace, Mary VANCOUVER BC V6V 1N2 (800) 663-5714 Annotation (604) 323-7100 (CAN, FNMI) Illustrated with colour photographs Fax: (800) 565-3770 and paintings, this attractive book chronicles Mary Email: [email protected] Wallace’s summer trip to the Arctic. Through the eyes Website: www.raincoast.com of an artist, Wallace interprets her experiences with the inuksuk, Inuit culture, and the geography of the Price: $24.95 hdc. far north through 13 paintings, one for each day of her Pagination: 64 p. journey. ISBN: 978-1-897349-26-7 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Candlewick Press Ish Distributor Random House of Canada Limited Author/Illustrator: Reynolds, Peter H. 2775 Matheson Blvd E Annotation MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 (888) 523-9292 Written by the author of The Dot (also recommended (905) 624-0672 on this list), this simple story tells of Ramon who loves Fax: (888) 562-9924 to draw, but becomes discouraged by his brother’s Email: [email protected] criticism and quits drawing. One day, his sister shows Website: www.randomhouse.ca him the crumpled gallery of his discarded drawings that she proudly displays on her bedroom wall. When Price: $18.00 hdc. Ramon laments to his sister that his vase does not Pagination: unp look like vase, his sister replies that it looks “vase-ish.” ISBN: 978-0-7636-2344-X These words of encouragement inspire Ramon to see his drawings in a new way and to realize that drawings Copyright: 2004 do not have to be representational – “and Ramon lived Year Recommended: 2006 ishfully ever after.” The simple childlike illustrations in this book are delightful. Note: This book has also been recommended to support the Kindergarten curriculum.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Tundra Books It’s a Snap! George Eastman’s First Distributor Random House of Canada Limited Photograph 2775 Matheson Blvd E Author: Kulling, Monica MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 Illustrator: Slavin, Bill (888) 523-9292 (905) 624-0672 Annotation Fax: (888) 562-9924 (CAN) With playful, informative text and sparkling, Email: [email protected] witty watercolour illustrations, this storyography Website: www.randomhouse.ca focuses on George Eastman as he invents dry plates, film, the Kodak camera, and the Brownie Price: $19.99 hdc. camera. It’s a Snap! tells how this inventive, Pagination: 32 p. passionate man made picture taking easy and ISBN: 978-0-88776-881-1 inexpensive for everyone. A short section entitled Copyright: 2009 “Get Snap Happy” explains how photography has changed since the late 17th century, and offers Year Recommended: 2011 some tips on taking good photos.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher Kids Weaving ABRAMS Author: Swett, Sarah Distributor Canadian Manda Group Annotation 165 Dufferin St This book from the Kids Craft Series could nicely TORONTO ON M6K 3H6 complement an artist study of a Saskatchewan fibre (416) 516-0911 artist such as world-renowned tapestry artist Ann Fax: (888) 563-8327 Newdigate. Kids Weaving provides clear, easy-to-follow Email: [email protected] instructions on how to weave with one’s hands, with Website: www.mandagroup.com cardboard, or even with a homemade loom created from plumbing supplies. The book also features Price: $25.95 hdc. information on weaving around the world, weaving Pagination: 128 p. a hideout from miscellaneous natural materials, and ISBN: 978-1-58479-467-7 Penelope, the weaver from The Odyssey. Beautiful Copyright: 2005 colour photographs support the text. Included are a Year Recommended: 2009 table of contents and an index.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Frances Lincoln Limited Look! Series Distributor Author: Wolfe, Gillian Raincoast Books 2440 Viking Way Annotation VANCOUVER BC V6V 1N2 Both Look! books feature photographs of famous (800) 663-5714 paintings from various countries. (604) 323-7100 Using 17 photographs, Look! Body Language in Art Fax: (800) 565-3770 explains how artists relay their messages through Email: [email protected] body language and hand gestures. It also suggests Website: www.raincoast.com related activities for students such as drawing a Copyright: 2004 gentle face and a furious face. Year Recommended: 2009 Using 18 photographs, Look! Seeing the Light in Art illustrates how artists have used light in the Title ISBN Price featured paintings. It also suggests related activities Look! Body Language 978-1-84507-114-1 $12.95 pbk. for students such as drawing the brightest colours in Art possible on dark paper, and then on white paper in Look! Seeing the Light 978-1-84507-467-8 $22.00 hdc. order to see which ones glow the most. in Art Each book includes a table of contents and an index of paintings and artists, as well as further information on the art and artists.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Tundra Books Inc. The Master’s Apprentice Distributor Random House of Canada Limited Author: Jacobson, Rick 2775 Matheson Blvd E Illustrators: Fernandez, Laura and Jacobson, Rick MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7 Annotation (888) 523-9292 (CAN) Illustrated with appealing watercolours, this (905) 624-0672 work of fiction tells of a young boy named Marco who Fax: (888) 562-9924 is chosen to be junior apprentice to Michelangelo Email: [email protected] Buonarroti. When a jealous senior apprentice plays Website: www.randomhouse.ca a cruel trick on Marco, he faces being sent home or Price: $22.99 hdc. revealing a family secret about mixing colours. In the Pagination: 32 p. end, Marco’s integrity wins Michelangelo’s approval. The Master’s Apprentice offers a glimpse into one of the ISBN: 978-0-88776-783-8 richest artistic periods in history. An appended note Copyright: 2008 provides biographical information on Michelangelo Year Recommended: 2011 and Leonardo da Vinci, who were both working in Florence in 1503 when the story takes place.

Used with permission Tundra Books. Inc.

Arts Education 4 - Visual Art 89 Matisse: The King of Color K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author/Illustrator: Anholt, Laurence √ √ √ Annotation Suggested Uses Based on a true story, this colourfully illustrated Visual Art book tells how Henri Matisse and his friend Monique, Student Resource a nursing nun, turn Monique’s dream of having a hospital chapel into a reality. Matisse wants the chapel Publisher/Distributor to be a house of colour, and in spite of the old nuns’ Barron’s Educational Series objections, he achieves his goal. Matisse installs 17 34 Armstrong Ave beautifully coloured stained-glass windows that GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 transform the dreary chapel into a house of colour. (800) 247-7160 The exquisite Chappelle du Rosaire outside Vence, Fax: (800) 887-1594 France still stands today. The book includes a section Email: [email protected] of biographical information on Matisse and Monique Website: http://barronseduc.com/ Bourgeois. Price: $14.99 hdc. Pagination: 28 p. ISBN: 978-0-7641-6047-9 Copyright: 2007 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Dial Books for Young Readers Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired Distributor by the Life and Art of Romare Bearden Penguin Group (Canada) 90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700 Author: Hartfield, Claire TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 Illustrator: Legarrigue, Jerome (800) 399-6858 Annotation (416) 925-2249 Inspired by the life and art work of African American Fax: (800) 363-2665 collage artist Romare Bearden, this work of fiction Email: [email protected] tells of a young boy’s memorable summer visit with Website: www.penguin.ca his uncle Romie in the Harlem neighbourhood of New Price: $25.50 hdc. York City. When the young boy returns home to North Pagination: 40 p. Carolina, he captures memories of his uncle and his ISBN: 978-0-8037-2520-1 New York experiences in a beautiful collage which he gives to Romie for his birthday. The book includes a Copyright: 2002 short section on making collage and a brief biography Year Recommended: 2005 of Romare Bearden. On every page is an attractive collage and acrylic illustration.

Cover Image from Hartfield, Claire and LaGarrigue, Jerome illus.Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Art and Life of Romare Bearden © 2002 Dial Books for Young Readers. Reproduced by permission.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Children’s Book Press My Papa Diego and Me: Memories/ Distributor Publishers Group Canada Mi papá Diego y yo: Recuerdos 559 College St, Suite 402 Author: Riviera Marín, Guadalupe TORONTO ON M6G 1A9 Illustrator: Riviera, Diego (800) 747-8147 (416) 934-9900 Annotation Fax: (416) 934-1410 Written in English and Spanish by Diego Riviera’s Email: [email protected] daughter, this book offers images of Riviera’s Website: www.pgcbooks.ca paintings of children, short stories about the paintings, and tender stories about the author and Price: $17.95 hdc. her father. The book also offers brief biographies of Pagination: 32 p. Diego Riviera and Dr. Guadalupe Riviera Marín and a ISBN: 978-0-89239-228-5 section that provides information on each featured Copyright: 2009 art work including title, date produced, medium used, size, and gallery where it is located. Year Recommended: 2011

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Author: Thomas, Patricia Suggested Uses Illustrator: Orback, Craig Visual Art Annotation Student Resource With various mediums and rich poetic text, this Publisher appealing picture book addresses the question, “How Millbrook Press Inc. would you capture winter’s crispness, spring’s softness, summer’s freshness, and autumn’s richness?” The Distributor author imagines that nature draws winter mostly in Saunders Book Company pen and ink, spring with pastel chalks, summer with PO Box 308 see-through hues of watercolours, and fall with vibrant COLLINGWOOD ON L9Y 3Z7 oils. (800) 461-9120 Fax: (800) 561-1763 Email: [email protected] Website: www.librarybooks.com Price: $15.30 hdc. Pagination: 29 p. ISBN: 978-0-8225-6807-0 Copyright: 2007 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. The Paint Box 195 Allstate Pky MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8 Author: Trottier, Maxine (800) 387-9776 Illustrator: East, Stella (905) 477-9700 Fax: (800) 260-9777 Annotation Email: [email protected] This “what if” tale is historical fiction based on Website: www.fitzhenry.ca the lives of a renowned Venetian artist, Jacopo Tintoretto, and his daughter Marietta. Set in Venice Price: $10.95 pbk. during the Renaissance, Marietta desires to follow Pagination: 32 p. in her father’s footsteps and become an artist. ISBN: 978-1-55041-808-8 However, because it is unacceptable for a girl to work and study with her father, Marietta disguises Copyright: 2003 herself as a boy. While incognito, Marietta befriends Year Recommended: 2005 a slave, Piero, who shares her love of drawing. In the end, the two friends exchange priceless gifts. Appealing classical-style paintings enrich the story.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Kids Can Press The Painted Circus: P.T. Vermin Presents Distributor a Mesmerizing Menagerie of Trickery University of Toronto Press and Illusion Guaranteed to Beguile and 5201 Dufferin St TORONTO ON M3H 5T8 Bamboozle the Beholder (800) 565-9523 Author/Illustrator: Edwards, Wallace (416) 667-7777 Fax: (800) 221-9985 Annotation Email: [email protected] (CAN) In this case, the title effectively summarizes the Website: www.utppublishing.com contents of the book. Ringmouse extraordinaire P. T. Vermin invites readers into a big top circus to view 22 Price: $19.95 hdc. stunts and to solve visual puzzles in the illustrations, Pagination: 32 p. which feature optical illusions. The creative alliterative ISBN: 978-1-55337-720-7 language and the thought-provoking visuals are most appealing to young readers. A section in the back Copyright: 2007 provides the answers to the mysteries. Year Recommended: 2009

Arts Education 4 - Visual Art 95 Painted Tales Series K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Annotation √ √ √ √ √ The storyographies in this series help students to learn about the lives and work of famous artists. Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Producer Auryn, Inc. Distributor ROVER (Recommended Online Video Education Resources) (866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support) Email: [email protected] Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools) Copyright: 2010 Year Recommended: 2011 Expiry Date: March 31, 2016

Title Annotation ID Number Length Almond Blossoms: A Vincent Van Vincent van Gogh is arguably the most recognized N780 11 min. Gogh Story artist in the world. While his lonely, turbulent life is well known, many people are not aware of the sensitivity and compassion that fuelled much of his art. Dr. Gachet, van Gogh’s physician, and his daughter, Marguerite Gachet, saw this side of him after befriending the estranged artist. Adapted from the famous O’ Henry story, “The Last Leaf” and set within Vincent van Gogh’s most stunning paintings, Almond Blossoms is a reminder of the power of art. When young Marguerite Gachet’s mother falls ill with pneumonia, Vincent helps her weather the storm by introducing her to art and hope. In Winter Still: A Claude Monet Monet spent some of his most prolific years painting at N781 10 min. Story his home in Giverny, surrounded by his family and visiting friends. His home and garden were a sanctuary for Monet and a play area for the many children living at Giverny. In Winter Still takes us into Monet’s garden and captures the essence of his Giverny years. The story is inspired by one of Oscar Wilde’s classic fairytales. When Monet’s selfish gardener bans the children from playing in the gardens at Giverny, spring refuses to come, and the frost is relentless. Without his garden and young visitors, Monet loses his desire to paint. Only a remarkable little boy can bring life back into Monet’s garden paradise and inspire him to paint again.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Candlewick Press The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Distributor Freedom. 1st ed. Penguin Group (Canada) 90 Eglinton Ave E Suite 700 Author: Stroud, Bettye TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 Illustrator: Bennett, Erin Susanne (800) 399-6858 Annotation (416) 925-2249 This fictionalized account of a historically accurate Fax: (800) 363-2665 event tells how Hannah and her father used patterns Email: [email protected] on a quilt to guide them along the Underground Website: www.penguin.ca Railroad from a southern plantation where they Price: $23.99 hdc. were slaves to safety in Canada. This book is a Pagination: 32 p. testament to the creativity, ingenuity, and bravery ISBN: 978-0-7636-2423-1 of the many slaves who risked their lives to gain freedom. Bennett’s colourful double-page spread Copyright: 2005 of oil illustrations help to bring this tragic period in Year Recommended: 2007 history to life.

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Author/Illustrator: Anholt, Laurence Suggested Uses Annotation Visual Art Based on a true story, Picasso and the Girl with a Student Resource Ponytail is about a shy young girl named Sylvette Publisher/Distributor David who gradually gains self-confidence and Barron’s Educational Series becomes a well-known artist after modelling for 34 Armstrong Ave Picasso in the French town of Vallauris. Eventually, GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 Picasso created more than 40 images of “The Girl (800) 247-7160 with a Ponytail,” who became an international icon. Fax: (800) 887-1594 Interspersed among the colourful cartoon-style Email: [email protected] illustrations are numerous images of Picasso’s works Website: http://barronseduc.com/ of art. There is also a short section that provides more information on Picasso and David. Price: $19.50 hdc. Pagination: 27 p. ISBN: 978-0-7641-5031-9 Copyright: 1998 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Penguin Books Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Paintings That Distributor Smile Penguin Group (Canada) 90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700 Author: Kelley, True TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 (800) 399-6858 Annotation (416) 925-2249 Written and illustrated in the style of a student’s Fax: (800) 363-2665 report, this reader-friendly picture book from the Email: [email protected] Smart About...Series introduces young students to Website: www.penguin.ca the life and work of the renowned Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The book is filled with Price: $8.99 pbk. nuggets of information, cartoon drawings, and Pagination: 32 p. photographs of Renoir’s art. ISBN: 978-0-448-43371-4 Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2007

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Fulcrum Publishing 4690 Table Mountain Dr, Suite 100 Rembrandt and Titus: Artist and Son GOLDEN CO 80403 Author: Comora, Madeleine (303) 277-1623 Illustrator: Locker, Thomas Fax: (303) 279-7111 Email: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.fulcrum-books.com Written in the first person and illustrated with replications of Rembrandt’s work, this storyography Price: $17.95 U.S. hdc. tells how Titus, son of renowned artist Rembrandt Pagination: 32 p. van Rijn, learns about creativity and ways of seeing ISBN: 978-1-55591-490-5 the world through his father’s life and work. The book Copyright: 2005 includes an author’s note about Rembrandt’s life and a Year Recommended: 2011 bibliography of print resources.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Viking Penguin Sandy’s Circus: A Story about Distributor Alexander Calder Penguin Group (Canada) 90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700 Author: Stone, Tanya Lee TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 Illustrator: Kulikov, Boris (800) 399-6858 Annotation (416) 925-2249 This storyography begins when Alexander Calder Fax: (800) 363-2665 (alias Sandy) is a young boy who is always creating Email: [email protected] toys and jewellery from scraps for his friends and Website: www.penguin.ca family. Later, Sandy goes to college where he studies Price: $18.50 hdc. to be an engineer and an artist. One day, Sandy Pagination: unp. makes a little wire lion, then a cage for the lion, then ISBN: 978-0-670-06268-3 a tamer, then high wire walkers, and so on until he has created an entire magical, moveable circus. Copyright: 2008 Sandy travels all over the country and performs Year Recommended: 2011 with his life-like big-top circus show, which is now on display at the Whitney Museum in New York City. Jovial illustrations bring the easy-to-read text to life. The book includes an author’s note about Calder and a bibliography of print resources.

Arts Education 4 - Visual Art 101 Saskatchewan K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Editor: Hudak, Heather C. √ Annotation Suggested Uses (SK) This book from the Canada’s Land and People Visual Art Series looks at each the province of Saskatchewan. Student Resource The book provides information on the environment, history, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultures Publisher/Distributor of Saskatchewan. The book contains photographs, Weigl Publishing illustrations, and maps which complement the text. 6325 10th St SE Included is a table of contents, a glossary, an index, CALGARY AB T2H 2Z9 and suggestions for further research. (403) 233-7747 Note: This resource supports the Grade 4 focus Fax: (403) 233-7769 “Saskatchewan Voices.” Email: [email protected] Website: www.weigl.ca/home.html Price: $9.95 pbk. Pagination: 24 p. ISBN: 978-1-55388-351-7 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2011

102 Arts Education 4 - Visual Art 3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Raczka, Bob √ √ √ Annotation Suggested Uses Arranged alphabetically according to the titles of 20th Visual Art century sculptures or components of the art works, Student Resource this book addresses sculpture styles, materials, and the various emotions and thoughts that sculptures can Publisher evoke, depending on the perspective of the viewer. Millbrook Press Inc. Colourful photographs enhance the scant text. Distributor Saunders Book Company PO Box 308 COLLINGWOOD ON L9Y 3Z7 (800) 461-9120 Fax: (800) 561-1763 Email: [email protected] Website: www.librarybooks.com Price: $20.35 hdc. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-8225-6369-3 Copyright: 2007 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Henry Holt & Co. Through Georgia’s Eyes Distributor Author: Rodríguez, Rachel Raincoast Books Illustrator: Paschkis, Julie 2440 Viking Way RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2 Annotation (800) 663-5714 With appealing cut-paper collage and simple lyrical (604) 323-7100 text, this attractive picture book offers a portrait Fax: (800) 565-3770 of the life, work, and dreams of renowned artist Email: [email protected] Georgia O’Keeffe. The book includes an additional Website: www.raincoast.com section of biographical information. Price: $22.99 hdc. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-8050-7740-7 Copyright: 2006 Year Recommended: 2011

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Putnam Publishing Uncle Andy’s Distributor Author: Warhola, James Penguin Group (Canada) 90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700 Annotation TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 This book describes a trip that a young boy, James, (800) 399-6858 took to see his uncle, the budding artist, Andy (416) 925-2249 Warhol. During this visit, James was amazed by Fax: (800) 363-2665 the way that everyday articles can inspire works of Email: [email protected] art. James learned about the creative process and Website: www.penguin.ca decided to become an artist himself. The cartoon-style illustrations add vitality, humour, and charm to this Price: $25.50 hdc. endearing story. Pagination: 32 p. ISBN: 978-0-399-23869-7 Copyright: 2003 Year Recommended: 2005

Arts Education 4 - Visual Art 105 Wabi Sabi K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Reibstein, Mark √ √ √ Illustrator: Young, Ed Suggested Uses Annotation Visual Art This unique picture book, which opens vertically, Student Resource features a cat named Wabi Sabi who goes on a journey to find out the meaning of her name. Publisher With haiku, written in Japanese and English, and Little, Brown and Co. captivating collage, the book unfolds a poignant Distributor tale of finding beauty and harmony in what is Canadian Manda Group simple, imperfect, natural, modest, and mysterious. 165 Dufferin St This book could help students to understand the TORONTO ON M6K 3H6 concept of beauty through simplicity. (416) 516-0911 Fax: (888) 563-8327 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mandagroup.com Price: $18.99 hdc. Pagination: 40 p. ISBN: 978-0-316-11825-5 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2011

106 Arts Education 4 - Visual Art Digital Resources The Ministry of Education is planning to post recommended websites on its new website, Saskatchewan Curriculum – Education: The Future within Us. Current Internet sites that provide information for Arts Education educators follow:

Art Cyclopedia at www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html Within this website, there is online access to great art from over 8,000 famous painters, sculptors, and photographers found at art museum sites and image archives worldwide. Searches can be done by artist name, the title of the work of art, or by museum. It is also possible to browse by movements in art such as art deco, fantasy art, or history painting. Teachers may wish to preview some of the links within this site for appropriate content.

Arts and Entertainment – CBC at http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/ (CAN) Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, Group of Seven, Bill Reid, Glen Gould, Leonard Cohen, Robert LePage, and the Rolling Stones are just a few of the profiles that the CBC Archives has pulled together on this website. Each of the musicians, artists, and dancers highlighted on the site have several audio or video clips illustrating their work as well as suggested classroom activities. In addition to information on individuals or groups, there is coverage related to topics such as censorship.

ARTSask at www.artsask.ca (CORE, SK, FNMI) This website is a showcase of visual art from the collections of MacKenzie and Mendel Art Galleries, the two major public art galleries in Saskatchewan. The art work can be searched by artist, theme, or gallery.

Canadian Museum of Civilization at www.civilization.ca/splash.html (CORE, CAN, FNMI) Access to displays related to the arts and culture is provided on this site. In addition, there are sections for students and teachers which provide teaching aids and selected learning resources, as well as information on educational programs offered at the museum.

Dance Saskatchewan at www.dancesask.com (CORE) Dance Saskatchewan is a non-profit organization committed to the development of dance and dance education in Saskatchewan.

Google Art Project at www.googleartproject.com/ (CORE) This website offers high-definition photographs of art works in 17 famous galleries around the world.

Museums Association of Saskatchewan - Map at www.saskmuseums.org/museums/map.php (CORE, SK, FNMI) Using this online map, teachers and students can easily locate museums within Saskatchewan. The site provides the basic contact information, hours, and links to specific websites for art galleries and historical museums.

Arts Education 4 107 Music Education Online at www.musiceducationonline.org (CORE, SK) This is a resource website for teachers of music that includes the Saskatchewan Music Educators Association, Saskatchewan Band Association, Saskatchewan Orchestral Association, Saskatchewan Choral Federation, and Saskatchewan Music Festival Association.

The National Gallery of Canada at http://national.gallery.ca/ (CORE, CAN, FNMI) Virtual tours of the National Gallery’s collection can be taken from this site. In addition, there is a teacher section which provides suggestions about integrating art into various areas of study.

Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council: Education Packages at www.osac.sk.ca/page.asp?pageID=50 (CORE, SK, FNMI) The education programs and resources aim to provide Saskatchewan rural residents with access to the same opportunities afforded urban residents in the development of visual literacy. Education packages from previous touring exhibitions are available as resources for teachers and gallery staff. These packages offer arts activity ideas and strategies for engaging audiences in visual art.

Safe Use of Arts and Crafts Materials at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/prod/arts_e.html (CORE, CAN) It is impossible to list all of the potential hazards associated with every arts and crafts material; this Health Canada website, however, lists some examples of the materials that could be harmful.

Sask Culture at www.saskculture.sk.ca (CORE, SK, FNMI) This website invites people to discover Saskatchewan’s vibrant cultural community, explore how the depth and diversity of culture and cultural activity are essential to this province, and experience a sample of Saskatchewan’s rich cultural life. The site provides access to news, resources, information on key cultural issues, and more.

Saskatchewan Art Education Collective at www.saskedthroughart.ca (CORE, SK) This collective supports teachers of visual art. In addition, each year teachers are invited to submit examples of students’ art works for potential inclusion in the annual Minister’s collection.

Saskatchewan Arts Board at www.artsboard.sk.ca/ (CORE, SK, FNMI) The Arts Board provides a wide range of services that enable Saskatchewan residents to experience and enjoy the arts. News, exhibitions, the permanent collection, and links to other Saskachewan art sites are provided.

Saskatchewan Drama Association at www.saskdrama.com (CORE, SK) This is the website of the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation Special Subject Council for teachers of drama.

Student Art Gallery at www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/@rt_gallery.html (SK) This website is dedicated to displaying children’s art work from around the world. Children can view the displayed work and submit their own.

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