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Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story
Pete Seeger
Michael Hays (Illustrator)
Abiyoyo: Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story
It's much more fun for you to read the book or listen to Pete Seeger.  So, here are a few comments by some people who have read the book. Get the book and ENJOY!
| This is a story, "adapted from a South African folktale, . . . of a boy who irritates everyone with his ukelele playing and of his father, who alienates the town by making objects disappear. . . . After the two are ostracized,they rescue the townspeople by exercising their talents on a marauding giant named Abiyoyo, making him dance till he drops and then disappears. Thereafterthe outcasts are lauded as heroes by a singing, celebratory parade." (Bull Cent Child Books) "Kindergarten to grade three." (SLJ) |
"A boy and his father are banished because the father, a magician, has a habit of making things vanish. But when the monster Abiyoyo appears . . . the boy plays a song on his ukelele to make the monster dance; then the father makes Abiyoyo disappear, and all is forgiven. The charm of this . . . lies in Seeger's wry understatement coupled with Hays' outstanding illustrations ."
--Kirkus Reviews.
From the Publisher
Once there was a little boy who played the ukelele. Wherever he'd go he'd play, Clink, clunk, clonk. His father was a magician. Wherever he'd go, he'd make things disappear, Zoop! Zoop! Soon the townspeople grew tired of the boy's noise and his father's tricks, and banished both of them to the edge of town.
There they lived, until one day the terrible giant Abiyoyo appeared. He was as tall as a tree, and it was said that he could eat people up. Everyone was terrified, except the boy and his father, and they came up with a plan to save the town....
Pete Seeger's storysong, made up for his own children, finds its perfect match in Michael Hays's masterful paintings. As a special bonus, this edition includes a CD of Pete performing two different versions of "Abiyoyo." You'll love to follow and sing along as you listen to Pete tell this richly vivid and exciting story.
Copyright, 2004 Global Education a Not for Profit 501(c)3 organization in Miami, Florida, focused the global understanding, through arts and literature wrapped in geography education. www.globalkids.info
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