“My mother prophesied years ago that my voice would take meplaces. She was certain that there was a reason I was able to sing.I am still discovering what that reason is, what it is that Godwants to happen.” –CLAY AIKEN, from Learning to Sing When he was a kid singing in his church choir, Clay Aiken neverdreamed of becoming a pop music star. His ambition was to be ateacher, maybe even a high school principal. But Clay’s mother wasright, and the music that was Clay’s joy in life was destined tolead him to unexpected triumphs. In Learning to Sing, Clay details what his astonishing successhas meant to him. He writes from the heart about his life beforeand since his instant stardom on American Idol, how he has changed,and how he struggles to adapt to life in the public eye. He speakscandidly about his lonely childhood: the father who abandoned him,the school bullies who tormented him, the mother who taught him tobe strong, and the friends and teachers who–more than they everkne

Looking at paintings is a series of books designed to present many different painters'views of a single subject.Here is a visual feast of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Children,Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of children.From the work of an unknown Egyptian artist to Peter Paul Rubens,John Singer Sargent,William H.Johnson,and others,each artist's vision and interpretation of chidren is unique.Some artists,such as Hans Holbein the Younger in Edward VI as a Cbild and Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez in his painting titled Portrait of the Infanta Margarita,Immortalize the offspring of powerful kings and queens.Others,such as Frank W.Benson in Calm Morning and Mary Cassatt in Children Playing on the Beach,capture the pleasures of children at play. To see through the eyes of many of the world's greatest painters is to see with the imagination as well.Cbildren in the LOOKING AT PAINTINGS serie

An easy arrangement of Take Me Out to the Ball Game and a fun new original, You're Up to Bat, will delight young baseball fans. Three musical activity pages, Home Run, Concession Stand and Batting Averages, provide note-spelling and rhythm challenges. Elementary.,

The world-famous Rachmaninoff Eighteenth Variation has probably graced as many pianos and recitals as has any favorite solo -- it is a top-selling piano solo, perfect for recitals. Lambert's arrangement has faithfully maintained the beauty of the original for intermediate pianists.

Looking at paintings is a series of books that presents many different painters' views of a single subject.Here is a visual of paintings,each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint. In Dancers,Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favorite paintings of dancers.From the work of an unknown Roman artist to Brueghel,Degas,Toulouse-Lautrec,and others,each artist's vision and interpretation of the dance is singular.Henri Matisse,for example,expresses the powerful energy in a circle dance by using bold lines and three brilliant color in The Dance.Georges Seurat created a new way of painting,with thousands of flickering little dots instead of brush storkes ,in The Can-Can. To see through the eyes of the world's greatest painters is to see with the imagination as well.Dancers in the LOOKING AT PAINTINGS series is a book that will inspire young readers to observe their world and to use their imagination to see like a painter. 作者简介： PEGG

As you flip through the following pages, you will see Quasimodo swinging on the spire of the Notre Dame cathedral, just as he does in the movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Turn the book over and flip to see the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda acknowledge the crowd's applause.