Schott Animal Cracker Suite and Other Poems Schott Series Composed by Deborah A. Imiolo-Schriver

Animal Cracker Suite is a set of four original poems arranged for speech chorus, body percussion, and percussion ensemble. Twenty-one additional original poems are included for teachers and students to make their own musical settings. Introduction ? Part I: Animal Cracker Suite ? Instrumentation and Abbreviations ? The Poems ? Suggestions for Performance ? 1. The Bullfrog ? 2. Starfish ? 3. Laughing Hyena ? 4. A Woodpecker ? Part II: Poems Set Rhythmically ? Merry-Go-Round ? Jacob ? The Spider Plant ? The Magic Carpet ? Let's Pass Our Shoes ? Toronto Song ? Dinosaur ? Milkman ? Part III: Other Poems for Musical Setting ? Timothy Turtle ? Graduating ? Baby Bug ? The Clockman ? Fantasy Island ? Mammals ? Under the Mistletoe ? Halloween ? Slippery Seapuppy ? There's a Ghost ? The Happy Little Family ? Fifty Nifty Sailors ? The Death and Birth of Autumn ? Two Musicians ? I'm Sick of Being Sick ? The North