Roots & Branches

• Selections from Brazil, Cajun, China, England, Eritrea, France, India, Korea, Japan, Puerto Rico, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Mexico, Israel, Vietnam, Cambodia, Kiowa/Comanche, Navajo, Russia, Iran, Ireland, Ecuador, and African-American traditions
• Overview of each culture
• Mini-biography and photograph of each contributor
• Background notes on each song, game directions for each game
• Original language, pronunciation, translation for each song
• Copy-OK musical transcriptions
• Copy-OK maps showing the country of origin for each song
• Copy-OK facts and figures data on easy to read charts for each culture area

• Every selection in the well-loved version of the contributors, sung in the original language, a cappella by them or accompanied by musicians from the culture
• Contributors/Performers include Janice Allen (Georgia Sea Islands), Bayou Seco (Cajun), Sam-Ang Sam (Cambodian), Katya Ponomareva (Russia), and many more

Sample Pages