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PreS—Colleen and Uncle Squaty (Colleen Hannafin and Brian Schellinger) add another winner to their body of work. The Wisconsin-based duo offers 17 original songs for preschoolers. Piggy-back songs, including "Three Little Smelly Skunks" (two versions are included of this reggae/rap sung to "Five Green and Speckled Frogs"), "Five Jungle Monkeys" (a fingerplay set to "Three Little Fishies"), "Numbers in a Circle" (two versions set to "Skip to My Lou"), "Song of Shapes" (set to "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"), "5 Giraffes" (set to "Clementine"), "5 Tall Giraffes Standing in the Sun" (set to "Five Little Ducks"), make the lyrics easy to learn and use during story time. Two up-tempo original numbers are guaranteed to get youngsters moving: "Roly Poly #2" and "I've Got a Dance." There are songs that encourage children to line-up ("The Line Song"), eat well ("Be Good to Your Body Naturally"), and clean up their play area ("Sharky's Song"). A solid addition for preschools and libraries.—Stephanie Bange, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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 , Dec 01, 2010

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