Peter Spier
1) Noah's ark
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Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood. The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous menagerie.
5) People
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Emphasizes the differences among the four billion people on earth.
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A lone trombone playing solo is joined by various instruments, one by one, to create a joyous music performance in the lead story Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin. Other stories include Musical Max, when the neighbors start complaining about the noise Max stops practicing his trombone, bass, xylophone, flute, harmonica, cymbals, and synthesizer.
10) Dreams
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Two children watch cloud formations and interpret them for themselves.
11) The Erie Canal
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The folk song describing the journey from Albany to Buffalo on the Erie Canal in the 1850's. Includes musical notation.
17) Tin Lizzie
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Chronicles the experiences of a Model T Ford with a series of owners from 1909 to the present day.