American Folk Songs for Christmas by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Barbara Cooney Woodland Journal Using intricate illustrations supported by

Using intricate illustrations supported by spare dialogue in an invented language

making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children

author of Song for the Blue Ocean and The View From Lazy Point

Babies on the Way

American Folk Songs for Christmas by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Barbara Cooney Woodland Journal Using intricate illustrations supported byRuth Crawford Seeger (1901 1953), distinguished musician, noted music educator and authority on folk music has assembled a collection of songs from the old time Christmas, before Santa Claus came to America and neatly trimmed fir trees bloomed with tinsel. These are the folk songs, the ballads that sprang from a need to express the Christmas spirit, and they are a part of our heritage. The songs are as varied as the singers who have given them