Three Rapping Rats, winner of a TES best primary resource award for music, is one of those books which teachers love - an instant success with children. The 12 traditional tales, retold with Kaye Umansky's characteristic wit, each contain a song. Everyone will know the familiar melody, and the specially rewritten words carry the story along in the most natural and interactive way. Before they know it, everyone's taking part in an magical little performance.

The music activities which accompany each story will be familiar in concept to everyone who uses Music Express.

The fresh new cover is a welcome treat for a much-loved title in a much-loved and ever-popular series.

This book is part of a book series called The Threes .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Dee Shulman writes in a studio overlooking a school quadrangle that bears a striking resemblance to the one at St Magdalene's. She has a degree in English from York University and went on to study Illustration at Harrow School of Art. Kaye Umansky is very well known for her PONGWIFFY stories (Puffin) and other Ana Sanderson is the compiler of Banana Splits, author of three Roald Dahl musicals and author of two units on singing in Music Express.