A Treasury of Songs: Book and CD Pack

We put this CD in the car player to entertain our 2 1/4 yr-old on long journeys. He is now nearly 3 and though we don't use it as much any more, it's been a sanity saver!Contrary to other comments suggesting the tunes aren't easy to pick up, we found he picked up the tunes about his favourite characters and loved to repeat them back to us. He'd often ask for the CD or individual songs in the car, and there's enough different tracks that we didn't get too bored of any of them, particularly since his favourites kept changing. The songs are a great mix of being about favourite characters and about day-to-day activities like going to the shop, playing outside, exercising and so on, as well as common fables.While the vocal quality maybe isn't incredible (I have also heard Imelda Staunton's recording of 'squash and a squeeze' and it's better, as well as being a little slower which makes it easier to pick up), it's definitely not offputting as some suggest. The arrangements and instrumentation are really fun, adding to the interest level for adults!The book is also full of Axel's beautiful pictures to enjoy and entertain.Basically, it is wonderful!

This is wonderful introduction to Julia’s music for existing fans of Julia’s storybooks. She’s a great storyteller but even more, a beautiful songwriter with considerable range. The songs are both fun, and memorable melodies rather than nursery rhyme ditties. Plenty for everyone as lots of songs.Totally disagree with posters saying she should have hired a professional singer. It matters very much to my children (2 and 5) that it is Julia herself singing them, having seen her performing them live on various tv clips. Love Julia and brilliant husband Malcolm and his guitar as accompaniment.

One of my favourite books as an infant teacher.

Looks great has some fantastic songs in it.

If you have The Gruffalo or any of the other Julia Donaldson books (especially if you have most, if not all of her books) and your children enjoy the stories then you should also get this.A fab collection of songs that link to loads of JDs books. She says in the intro that she usually starts with a song before she works it into a story.Sang by Julia Donaldson herself, plus family members, this is a lovely book and CD that’s full of words/lyrics and more great illustrations by Axel Scheffler.Hours of fun as you go through the songs and see which is your favourite.

Lovely songs thag my daughter loves to sing and listen too.

Another lovely read and sing along children’s book our Garandaughter loves it

The book is nice, but it doesn't haven't the full story just a pared down version, had hoped to play the cd for long car journeys, but the voice is quite high pitched, so will need to play a few songs at a go

Eignet sich hervorragend für verschiedene Lernniveaus im Anfänger-Unterricht an Grundschulen, gut aufbereitet, gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, sehr zu empfehlen.

My 15 month old granddaughter loves the book and the songs. She wiggles her bottom to the music and loves turning the pages while sitting on my lap and pointing to the colourful caracters. A shared and precious moment we both enjoy.

Amazing book with CD from the Gruffalo series

Beautiful illustrations, fun addition to this series.

Somos ingleses así que vemos todo en inglés y leemos todo en inglés. Nos encantan los libros de Julia Donaldson así que cuando vi esta colección de canciones no lo dudé. Hay muchísimas canciones, salen casi todos los libros más conocidos de la autora. A mayores hay más canciones de temas no relacionados con los cuentos sino cosas cotidianas.Es la propia autora y su marido quienes cantan y tocan las canciones.