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Didi Pop Goes to Hawaii

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PreS-Gr 3—Didi Pop (aka Deborah Poppink) presents a fun, lively album celebrating all things Hawaiian. She performs 13 songs in various styles of rock, Hawaiian-style folk, and calypso. Her sweet, mellow alto voice is accompanied by excellent performances on piano, guitar, ukulele, percussion, bass, keyboards, vibes, drums, pedal steel, autoharp, harmonica, flute, and saxophone. Didi's two young daughters join in on several numbers. Among the songs are "Wowie Gazowie (Goin' to Maui)," "Coconut Candy" (don't sit under a coconut tree!), "Kapalua Bay," "Mango," and "I Like Pigs." "The Hawaiian Alphabet Song" and "The Keiki Hula" both introduce listeners to Hawaiian words and phrases. "The Sugar Cane Train" includes sound effects of a train on the rails. "Cowabunga" is performed in a great imitation of the Beach Boys style rock. The album winds down with a lullaby for a long airplane ride, "Going Home." A great album for vacationers or for library programs on Hawaii.—Beverly Wrigglesworth, San Antonio Public Library, TX
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912—94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archival news footage, and drawings. Particularly interesting are the North Korean propaganda films celebrating Kim Il Sung as God and showing in the face of mass starvation happy workers, elaborate military displays, and the creation of a new flower in 1988 in honor of the 46th birthday of Kim's son and successor, Kim Jong Il. A valuable time line traces 20th-century events in Korea. Bonus features include previously unreleased footage of camp refugees. This mesmerizing film displays excellent production values and is highly recommended for Asia collections.—Kitty Chen Dean, formerly with Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, NY
Reviewed by Kitty Chen Dean , Apr 01, 2011

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