Down at the Sea Hotel [With CD]

By Greg Brown

A gaggle of stellar singers and musicians from Minnesota's roots-rock label Red House Records convened to record quiet songs written by the likes of Nanci Griffith, Tom Waits, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Neil Young, Billy Joel, Carole King, Bruce Cockburn, Jesse Winchester, Don Henley, and Steve Earle. Mireille Levert's amusingly fantastical illustrations focus on the whimsical title track penned by Greg Brown and performed by all of the singers. The whole project has a warm, rich, soulful sound.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2923163346
• ISBN13: 9782923163345
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Secret Mountain
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Excellent book and Really Wonderful CD with it!

Selected this as a gift and I probably like it more than the parents who received it...but, that's ok. It's a sweet little story for a child old enough not to tear at the pages and it comes with a really fine CD...a collection of original songs by some great artists. Highly recommend!

wonderful CD

I'm not sure why I hadn't heard of this CD before. It is really amazing. It's got a nice mellow folksy style with beautiful voices, wonderful lyrics. It's a great CD for bed or just listening to. Highly recommended.

An ideal book for reading aloud to young children before bedtime

Down at the Sea Hotel is a gentle children's picturebook illustrating a song by Greg Brown. In addition, an accompanying music CD offers fourteen different lullabies, written by Neil Young, Billy Joel, Carole King, Don Henley, Tom Waits and Nanci Griffith. Lyrics for the CD lullabies are in the back of the picturebook. The soothing color illustrations of a little piglet and his friends enhance the natural sleepy-eyed aura of Down at the Sea Hotel. An ideal book for reading aloud to young children before bedtime, and the music CD is a relaxing comfort to share.