A classic collection of songs about animal life from birdsong to beehives - with a wealth of creative accompaniment ideas and complementary activities.

A collection of songs, games and activities exploring the animal kingdom in seven linked themes: appearance, habitat, movement, language, defences, winter and contact with man. Designed to stimulate children's enjoyment, participation and creativity, Birds and Beasts is packed with fun activities and ideas for musical development.

This book is part of a book series called Songbooks .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Sheena Roberts started compiling baby songs to sing with her own young children. Like many parents she needed a reminder of the songs her own parents had sung to her. Sheena is a children's song writer and editor, specialising in educational music. Illustrator: Martin Ursell teaches illustration at Chelsea School of Art. He has illustrated numerous books and has a convincing style in junior 'grossology'. Author: Susan Martineau is a freelance editor and her daughter Alice and son William are just the right age to test the artistic effectiveness of the projects.