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Know Your Bones

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K-Gr 6—The Chills' follow-up CD to their Creepy Songs for Courageous Kids (SLJ, Mar. 2010, p. 69) is just as much fun. Ira Marlowe on vocals, guitar, keyboard, and bass is backed up by drummer, Paul Revelli, pianist, Emily Bezar, and Laura Ricci and Patty Spiglanin on vocals. As in the first album, the music is mostly in the lyrical rock style of Meatloaf. Three of the songs, "Know Your Bones" (in two parts) and "Thunder and Lightning," offer information on their subjects in very catchy melodies that will help listeners remember the facts. The other nine songs tell creepy stories in a humorous manner. "Green Green Slime" relates what happens to a boy who spends too much time playing a video game. "Cemetery Rap" recounts the adventure of taking a shortcut late at night. Brainy Tunes' goal of feeding children's imaginations and building their curiosity is well met.—Cynthia Grabke, Halifax Elementary School, MA
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 , Nov 01, 2010

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