The First Song Ever Sung (A Picture Puffin Book)

By Laura Krauss Melmed

Book Overview

What was the first song ever sung? a young boy asks his family and the animals around him, and each answer he receives sings with the spirit of the giver--whether it is his father, his brother, the birds in the field, or, last and most reassuring of all, his mother. Picture book artistry at its best . . . Powerful --School Library Journal. Full color.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140554572
• ISBN13: 9780140554571
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book; worth finding used

I have this book in my children's book collection and wanted a copy for a baby gift. The text and the illustrations make a great connection between the child, his family and the songs they sing as part of their everyday lives. It reminds my of Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing". I'm sorry that it is out of print.

Perfect Baby Gift to Save for a Child's Library

I LOVE this book. Its flowing, musical text and lovely illustrations lift it high above more readily-available commercial cartoon-and-toy-tie-in options.

A keeper

This picture book deserves to have grown children searching it out for their own children for generations to come. A child asks family members what the first song was; as they answer, the pictures show their true spirits. Mothers will like it, because the mother gets the last word. This book is a small work of art.

Truly a beautiful book!

This book is very moving and gentle. It is very comforting for a child to hear and good for reading before bedtime. Safe, comforting and loving, I highly recommend it.

A beautiful book!

This is one of those picture books where the pictures don't just reflect the story, but add an extra dimension to it. The words are more poetry than prose, and the whole effect is stunning. Although in many ways very different from The Rainbabies (same author), the two books share a timeless, fairy-tale quality that brings tears to the eyes. I think I could read this one every day and never get sick of it.