La mémé et la mouche
9782924217252
40 pages
Secret Mountain, The
Overview
Une collection de chansons pétillantes et drôles composées il y a plus de 50 ans.
Une mémé avale une mouche, un oiseau et même un chat. Mais qui donc ferait ça? Cela se bouscule dans son estomac! C’est sur cette histoire abracadabrante que s’ouvre cet album en hommage à l’auteur/compositeur montréalais Alan Mills, qui a enregistré plus d’une vingtaine de disques chez la prestigieuse maison américaine Folkways Records. La sélection rassemble des chansons pétillantes et drôles comme les illustrations qui les accompagnent, et permet aux enfants d’apprendre les chiffres, les lettres, les mois de l’année et les pays! Un trésor de simplicité et d’espièglerie.
Le disque comprend 12 chansons.
The children's classic "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," for which singer-songwriter Alan Mills is best known, precedes a potpourri of simple singable songs, often focusing on numbers and letters and featuring hysterically funny animal characters. Singers Thomas Hellman and Emilie Clepper breathe new life into old traditions, performing rootsy renditions of catchy songs written for children more than 50 years ago.
Author Bio
Alan Mills was a Canadian folksinger, writer, and actor. He was best known for popularizing Canadian folk music, and he composed the classic folk song "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" (with lyrics by Rose Bonne). PisHier is an illustrator, a painter, and an animator has illustrated several children's books, including Monstrueux secret de legumes and Simone et la plus belle journée d'été. He lives in Quebec City. Thomas Hellman is a bilingual singer-songwriter who won the prestigious Felix-Leclerc Award in 2007. His debut French album L'appartement received critical acclaim in both Quebec and France, and he has since released Departure Songs, a compilation of his early songs. Emilie Clepper is a musician who has opened for Martha Wainwright and Feist. She has been a repeat performer at the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Festival Pully-Quebec in Switzerland. She is the daughter of Texas singer songwriter Russell Clepper. They both live in Montreal.
