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Oh Lucky Day!

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PreS-Gr2—This multiethnic band (Lucky Diaz, Alisha Gaddis, and Theron Derrick) has received accolades from USA Today, Zooglobble, Cool Mom Picks, and Sirius XM's Kids Place Live. Their light-hearted lyrics and bouncy rhythms are backed up by guitars, kazoo, harmonica, ukulele, and percussion. Most of the songs are performed in a variety of rock styles, with a couple of jazz tunes included. "Smiling" makes references to nursery rhymes and nursery tales such as "Jack and Jill" and "The Three Little Pigs," and includes an interlude of "Chopsticks" as a welcome treat. Other song topics feature princesses, vacations, race cars, astronauts, dancing, dreams, and more. As appealing to adults as to children, this album will be a great addition to children's music collections.—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 , Sep 01, 2011

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