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on each side) of each of three records. These are all read by Owen Jordan to a very pleasant musical background supplied by Arthur Kleiner. The first of these includes "Caps for Sale" (by Esther Slobodnika), "Little Toot" (by Hardie Gramatky), "The Biggest Bear" (by Lynn Ward) and "Andy and the Lion" (by James Daugherty). On the second of these recordings there are the stories "In the Forest" (by Marie Hall Ets), "Curious George Rides A Bike" (by H. A. Rey), "The Five Chinese Brothers" (by Claire Huchet Bishop) and "Jenny's Birthday Book" (by Esther Averill). And the third offers "Pancho" (by Berta and Elmer Hader), "Johnny Crow's Garden" (by L. Leshe Brooks), "White Snow Bright Snow" (by Alvin Tresselt) and "Magic Michael" (by Louis Slobodkin). The applications of these recordings in the schoolroom are immediately obvious. Story telling hour can be made more entertaining with this added variety of voice and source of material as well as mode of presentation. For the harassed librarianschool or public— here is the idea substitute for that rainy afternoon story telling hour when all the children are there. Or plan to use these and other story telling records regularly as part of the library program. Then, of course, the teacher training institution misses something when materials of this nature are not 'on hand' for student listening. First, there is the immediate source of information about recorded materials. Then there is the example of fine story telling which may well be copied in the classroom. And here is a way to introduce these stories to the college student who may want to tell them, read them or present them via records. Yes, at each end of the study area there is a place for these records titled Read Me a Story and produced by Weston Woods Studios, Weston, Connecticut. Sounds in Song While we are in the grades let's listen to a science record intended for the elementary school student. Space Songs (Science Materials Center 101, The Library of Science, 59 Fourth Avenue, New York 3, N. Y.) is an attempt to motivate student interest in a variety of questions about space. The material is presented in tuneful, singable, rhythmic songs (there is a songbook of piano arrangements which accompanies the record) entitled "Planet Minuet," "Ballad of Sir Isaac Newton," "Friction," "Longitude and Latitude," "Shooting Stars," "Constellation Jig," "Milky Way," "It's A Scientific Fact," "Gravity," "Why Does the Sun Shine," "Why Do Stars Twinkle," "Why Do Stars have Different Colors," "Why Go Up There," "Zoom-a-little-zoom," (The Rocket Song), "Beep-beep" (The Satellite Song) and "What is a Light Year." The recording features an excursion into incidental learning in which the actual learning material is somewhat overshadowed by the catchy nature of the actual songs. Yet, in the songs, time is taken for simple declarative statement of scientific fact which can lead the interested student to further reading or other inquiry. Yes, there are many children who will enjoy hearing, and singing these songs and whistling the tunes, and some will be motivated thereby to further study. In the area of science— and at the other end of the instructional spectrum —is The Science of Sound (Folkways FX 6007) which was produced by the Bell Telephone Laboratories and is /QceJia CARDALOG Record Reviews on Cards Box 1771— Albany 1, New York D Please enter our 1 year subscription (s) to Audio CARDALOG. 400 cards-10 issues-$25.00 n Please send us full information about Audio CARDALOG. Nam*.. OrgaBixaHon or School.. AMraaa Cify amd atata.. distributed under the Folkways labe By comparison, this is not speculi tion, this makes no effort to be 'shov manlike and appealing' and yet by i very nature it will attract many sti dents and 'hi-fi buffs' who want I understand still better what and wl sound is. The recording starts with a sectic on "How We Hear" and enters ini discussion and demonstration of sue facets of sound as "Frequency "Pitch," "Vibration and Resonance "Intensity," "Loudness," "Noise Mea urement," "Masking," "Quality," "Eel and Reverberation," "Delay Disto tion," "Music or Noise?" "Fundamei tals and Overtones," "Subjectii Tones," "Filtered Music and Speech "Dissonance and Consonance," "Mu; cal Scales," "Vibrato and Tremoh and "The Doppler Effect." And pa enthetically, in reference to the Do pier Effect, we learned recently th through this the precise speed of sate lites is measured. The recording is quite complet It is a lecture and demonstration, is the use of sound to talk about sour and to demonstrate sound's properti and qualities effectively. This can 1 very useful in secondary school at college physics courses and to son extent in music instruction. There is an abbreviated version this recording on Folkways FX 61 ! which may be ample for some instru tional applications. The subjects i eluded on this recording are "How V Hear," "Frequency," "Pitch," "Inten: ty," "The Doppler Effect," "Echo at Reverberation," "Delay Distortior "Fundamentals and Overtones "Quality" and "Filtered Music ai Speech." In this 'potpourri' we must mentic and acclaim the very ambitious proje undertaken at the Yale Uiiiversi Audio-Visual Center under the ca able direction of Elliott Kone. Ei ploying the trade name 'Carillon' Ya is publishing the Yale Series of R corded Poets. The first four, featurii Allen Tate, Robert Lowell, Staii]( Kunutz and Dudley Fitts each rea ing his own work have been releasi and they bode well for the expansic of our recorded literature. Thomas Lask, writing in the Ne York Times, said, "One of the surpr: ing beneficiaries of the long-play re ord has been the contemporary poet We agree, and add that the listen* too, is a beneficiary because on through this medium will the mode bard be heard, recognized and a claimed for his true worth. These a all worthwhile recordings and beloi largely in school, library and hor collections. ^ 294 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — June, 19