Abiyoyo: Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story (Reading Rainbow Books)

by Michael Hays (Illustrator), Michael Hays (Illustrator), Peter Seeger (Author)

New
Picture Book
1994
$11.06

No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore... Clink, clunk, clonk. And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear... Zoop! Zoop! Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children! Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand.

Synopsis

No one wants to hear the little boy play his ukelele anymore..."Clink, clunk, clonk." And no one wants to watch his father make things disappear..."Zoop! Zoop!" Until the day the fearsome giant Abiyoyo suddenly appears in town, and all the townspeople run for their lives and the lives of their children! Nothing can stop the terrible giant Abiyoyo, nothing, that is, except the enchanting sound of the ukelele and the mysterious power of the magic wand.

$11.06

Quantity

5 in stock

More Information

Format: Picture Book
Pages: 45
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 01 May 1994
ISBN 10: 0689718101
ISBN 13: 9780689718106

Media Reviews

Publishers Weekly The book is a triumph of storytelling and art.
New York Times Book Review Told in the familiar Seeger style, with brief musical phrases of the one-word song incorporated in the text and printed complete at the end, and with illustrations full of light and color, this rendering of a South African tale is a pleasure.

Author Bio

Pete Seeger is a national treasure, arguably the most influential figure in American folk music as well as an important advocate of social causes. He lives in Beacon, New York. Michael Hays has illustrated several picture books, including the sequel to Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo Returns. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.