Lullabies For Old Ladies

In this book we've gathered over 50 beloved lullabies from countries and cultures all around the world. Each Lullaby includes the full text in the original language, with an English translation. Each features links to web pages that include recordings, some by professional musicians, but many by ordinary people who have contributed them to us, to help preserve their culture. Most include beautiful illustrations. Many have commentary sent to us by our correspondents who write about the history of the songs and what they meant in their lives. We've included beloved favorites from all over the world like "Fais dodo, Colas mon p'tit frère (Go to Sleep, Colas My Little Brother)" from France, "Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf (Sleep, Baby Sleep)" from Germany, and "Dodo ti pitit manman (Sleep Little Mama)" from Haiti. We've also included English language favorites like "Hush-a-bye, Baby, On the Tree Top" and "Sweet and Low". This book includes: Over 50 Lullabies from around the world Full text of each Lullaby in the original language English translations Links to web pages with recordings of every Lullaby, many by ordinary people who have contributed them Commentary from ordinary people about what the Lullabies have meant to their lives Illustrations You'll find over 50 Lullabies from around the world, including: Chandamaama Raave (Come Sweet Moon), from India Thula Baba (Hush-a-Bye Little Man), from South Africa Taoto, pepe (Sleep Baby), from French Polynesia Nina Bobo (Go to Sleep, Nina), from Indonesia Duérmete niño (Sleep Baby), from Spain and Mexico Fa la ninna, fa la nanna (Go to Sleep, Go to Sleepy), from Italy Lullaby of Takeda, from Japan Señora Santana (Mrs. Santana), from Cuba And many more! Lullabies Around The World is produced by Mama Lisa's World, where we believe sharing our cultures will help bring the world closer together. At Mama Lisa's World we work with ordinary people around the globe to build a platform to preserve and exchange traditional culture. We hope this book will help foster a love of international lullabies!

Brought to life by colourful and endearing illustrations, this nursery song and rhyme are presented in an infant-friendly cloth book format.

The thirteen short stories show the life and challenges of a group of Romanian and Romanian Jew friends after they escape Romania of Ceausescu. Their destinies brought them first to Israel and subsequently to Canada or USA. The main characters are Dan and Vera, a couple struggling to come to terms with immigration, assimilation, and with Dans mild borderline personality disorder. Veras struggle to keep the balance in life and the sanity in her family as a first-generation immigrant is also shown. The stories are fiction inspired by real life.

Let the magic of a lullaby soothe your young child to sleep... This thirty-seven year old family tradition will win your child's heart and become a parent-child bonding experience like none you've ever known. Everyone knows a child's first years are the most precious and quickest to pass you by, but now you can capture these moments and keep them, even share them for years to come! Every little girl will love this book, this lullaby will stand the test of time and "Daddies" everywhere will have memories of singing it to their daughter's which will never fade.

A collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles."

An old lady manages to swallow a menagerie of animals. Revised for children.

Retells the cumulative tale in which an old lady pays the supreme penalty for her peculiar eating habits.