When Barney cleans out his closet, he finds everything from a pig puppet once used in "The Three Little Pigs" to an old camping hat. As Barney discovers each item, he remembers a past event and, of course, breaks into a fun-filled song. Whether you're looking for classics such as "London Bridge," songs that teach good hygiene ("Squishy, Squashy, Washy"), or songs that promote wholesome messages ("Laugh with Me"), you're sure to find just what you're looking for in this collection. As always, each catchy song has lots of fun choreography for Barney, BJ, Baby Bop, and Barney's kid friends, and is accompanied by a variety of percussion, synthesizer, and piano.
Christmas in America presents us with a fascinating reflection of our changing society by displaying how we have celebrated this holiday from colonial times to the present. While the early Puritans in New England primly denounced any festivities, city dwellers flooded the streets in raucous demonstrations, and Virginians hunted, danced, and feasted. Unwrapping the hidden messages in such time-honored traditions as the Christmas tree, gift-giving, and family dinners, Restad brilliantly reveals how Christmas has evolved into an unescapable presence in contemporary culture.
Something weird is going on! Ms. LaGrange talks funny, and she's from some other country called France! She thinks the vomitorium is a fancy restaurant! Plus she's writing secret messages in the mashed potatoes. Ms. LaGrange is the weirdest lunch lady in the history of the world!
Harry Pierce has a whole new life new apartment, new telephone, new telephone number. But the first time he checks his messages, he discovers that someone had the number before him. The messages on his line are for a woman named Lilly, and she is in some kind of serious trouble. Pierce is inexorably drawn into Lilly's world, and it's unlike any world he's ever known.
