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The Runaway Bunny, The Story of Babar and Goodnight Moon

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Runaway Bunny, The Story of Babar - The Little Elephant and Goodnight Moon are national treasures and many of us remember them from our childhood.

Catherine Zeta-Jones narrates The Runaway Bunny in a new piano trio version composed by GPR Records artistic director and 4-time Emmy Award Winner, Glen Roven. This piece premiered at Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony. Runaway Bunny was written in 1942 and has been published continuously since that time—it's a wonderful timeless story of free thinking and creativity.

Narrating the tale of one of the most famous elephants in the world Michael Douglas, a two-time Academy Award winning actor and producer, tells the story of an orphan elephant who is befriended by a kind old lady, introduced to the pleasures of civilized life, then returns to the jungle and marries his childhood sweetheart and is elevated to King of the Elephants. The story of Babar, which celebrated its 81st Anniversary in 2012, includes music by Francis Poulenc and Jason Wirth on piano.

Also Goodnight Moon a lullaby for baritone and piano, sung by international Opera superstar and English Baritone Mark Stone is based on Wise's book, which has been in print for over 60 years.

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    • School Library Journal

      May 1, 2013
      PreS-K-The three beloved stories on this CD are read by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas and sung by baritone Mark Stone. Margaret Wise Brown's "The Runaway Bunny" is told by Zeta-Jones and the instrumentals are performed by Trio 21 on violin, piano, and cello. Jean de Brunhoff's classic "The Story of Barbar" is read by Michael Douglas with music by Francis Poulenc and Jason Worth on piano. Margaret Wise Brown's story is presented as "Goodnight Moon: A Lullaby for Soprano and Orchestra", sung by baritone Mark Stone with music by Glen Roven. There are two additional tracks: a shorter version of "The Runaway Bunny" and a track of the "Goodnight Moon" lullaby sung by the GPR Festival Choir. At times it is difficult to understand the lullaby version of "Goodnight" Moon without having the book available, but this doesn't diminish the effectiveness of it as a lullaby. These soothing versions of classics can be used during preschool rest times. A portion of the profits from the sale of the CD will be donated to the Windward School in White Plains, NY, focused on helping students with language-based learning disabilities.-"Stephanie Farnlacher, Trace Crossings School, Hoover, AL"

      Copyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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