Animal Cracker Suite and Other Poems

Animal Cracker Suite is a set of four original poems arranged for speech chorus, body percussion, and percussion ensemble. Twenty-one additional original poems are included for teachers and students to make their own musical settings. Introduction, Part I: Animal Cracker Suite, Instrumentation and Abbreviations, The Poems, Suggestions for Performance, 1. The Bullfrog, 2. Starfish, 3. Laughing Hyena, 4. A Woodpecker, Part II: Poems Set Rhythmically, Merry-Go-Round, Jacob, The Spider Plant, The Magic Carpet, Let's Pass Our Shoes, Toronto Song, Dinosaur, Milkman, Part III: Other Poems for Musical Setting, Timothy Turtle, Graduating, Baby Bug, The Clockman, Fantasy Island, Mammals, Under the Mistletoe, Halloween, Slippery Seapuppy, There's a Ghost, The Happy Little Family, Fifty Nifty Sailors, The Death and Birth of Autumn, Two Musicians, I'm Sick of Being Sick, The North 36 p.