The Queen, the Bear & The Bumblebee
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Composer: Mark D. / Hornzy, Andrew GoldmanPerformer: Daniel Taylor
Performer: Emma Baasch
Performer: Luc Saucier
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-03-06
Music Label: Children's Group
Soundtracks:
- Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee
- Magical Voyage, Pt. 1
- Beware the Beast
- Royal Queen
- I Can Fly (The Queen's Song)
- Bear's Wish
- I Am the Man
- What Shall I Bee?
- Beesings
- Great Growliss Attack
- Sting of the Bee
- Return of the Prince
- I Am Me
- Magical Voyage, Pt. 2
- Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee Read-Along
- Dance of the Queen
- Beezy [*]
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Free Music Review: The Queen, the Bear, and the Bumblebee
Hit: 4 Stars
My infant son loves this book. The pages are vibrant with colour and the pictures are wonderful. The rhyming is at times forced, but overall, it is a wonderful book to play with voices and I think the message is quite clear. I look forward to reading this book over the years to my son.
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There's a simple way of looking at Dini Petty's The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee, and that's as an exquisitely old-fashioned spin on the it's-not-easy-being-green sentiment, with a fanciful fairytale trio substituting for Kermit the Frog. To tune in for the simple pleasure of its story, though, would be to miss the point--something parallel to attending a performance of Peter and the Wolf with earplugs in. For here is a well-woven roundup of gentle, expressive classical compositions (all originals), sweep-you-off-your-feet operatic performances, and inventive but never overly clever lyrics reminiscent of classic nursery rhymes. Petty, a Canadian talk show host, penned the poem, about a queen, a bear, and a bumblebee each granted a wish. The queen, bored with royalty, wishes for wings; the bear, sick of his hair, wants to be a man; and the bee, yellow and fat and O.K. with that despite his companions' critiques, just wants to be himself. When a greedy thief threatens to wipe out the trio, only the bee is self-aware enough to defend himself. He winds up for the sting of the century and saves the day, afterward cashing in his still-unused wish to return his friends to their former selves. Petty's well-paced narration floats over compositions by celebrated jazz producer Mark Goldman and Andrew Homzy; internationally renowned countertenor Daniel Taylor soaringly sings the songs of the bee; mezzo-soprano Erin Thrall performs majestically to befit the queen; and bass Luc Saucier lends gravity to the bear's song. With so much to sew together, this project's most prize-worthy feat is its simple-seeming final product; producer Goldman commands major kudos. For kids 4 and up, The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee is an eminently buzz-worthy breath of fresh air. --Tammy La GorceChildren's Music Music CDs
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