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Big Blue Planet Ref: B827

Edited by Judy Jarvis and illustrated by Jan Nesbitt.

Big Blue Planet is an exciting collection of songs for young children to share with each other and with people of all ages. It has been prepared by a group representing the main churches in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales for use in churches and schools.

The subject matter ranges from the traditional church festivals to more contemporary issues such as computers and technology, motorway madness and the conservation of the 'big blue planet'. Some songs help children to express their concerns, others provide the opportunity for enjoyment and fun. All the songs enable children to worship God, whether they are feeling sad, lonely, worried or full of joy and happiness.

A CD containing 22 songs from the book is available here....

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Price: £12.95

32 Galliard Spirituals Ref: B587

Compiled by June Boyce-Tillman
32 Galliard Spirituals has been compiled by June Boyce-Tillman after working for many years with children and adults of all races and creeds. In the collection, she traces through the songs the authentic record of how the Negro community thought, felt and managed to survive in 18th century Maryland and 19th century Louisiana on the hope of freedom still echoed in Dr Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech. The songs are not only history but they are amongst the most moving and beautiful of all Western songs both in their poetry and in their simple, direct melody . . . and above all in their freedom to sing rhythm against a steady beat.
ISBN 0 85249 587 0

Price: £5.95

32 Galliard Carols for Christmas Ref: B495

Edited by June Boyce-Tillman, Bernard Braley and Allen Percival
Covering several centuries, 32 Galliard Carols for Christmas, contains not only such favourites as "Silent Night" and "We wish you a merry Christmas", but also newer carols including "Carol for Christingle", written by Fred Pratt Green for Norwich Cathedral and "The Wassail of Figgy Duff" - "traditional words and music invented by Michael Flanders".
ISBN 0 85249 495 5

Price: £5.50

Holding in Trust Ref: HP1097

This book includes the best and most widely used hymns selected from the thousands that have been published by the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. 115 texts and 28 tunes are included and many cover subjects where the amount of material otherwise available is thin.

Hope Publishing title. Only available from this site for orders to UK & Europe.

Price: £8.75

Partners in Praise. Words Edition Ref: B554

Hymn Book for Family Worship edited by Bernard Braley, Brian Coleman, Fred Pratt Green and Allen Percival.

Price: £2.75

Reflecting Praise: Music Edition Ref: B819

Edited by June Boyce-Tillman and Janet Wootton
Reflecting Praise is a major new hymnbook for all those concerned with women's contribution to today's church. The emphasis is on women's creativity as poets and musicians rediscovered from every generation and translated into a flexible collection of words and music suitable for a variety of practical needs. Small groups focusing on inclusive language will find it no less stimulating than churches and other large gatherings seeking new material for occasional use. It will prove equally indispensable as a resource for future compilers of other similar anthologies, for writers and musicians, and for scholars involved in reclaiming of women's past.
Sections on the Being, Incarnation and Spirit of God are included, along with the struggle and joy of building community and living responsibly in the world. Drawing on material from a variety of traditions within Christianity, from other faiths and folk traditions, the editors have compiled a book that will be of interest to all those concerned with contemporary worship.
ISBN 0 85249 819 5

Price: £8.75

Reflecting Praise: Words Edition Ref: B820

Edited by June Boyce-Tillman and Janet Wootton

ISBN 0 85249 820 9

Price: £1.65

Sound Bytes: Full Music Edition Ref: B856

94 Songs for the 21st Century for children to share with everyone
Edited by Andrew Pratt.

Sound Bytes is a major new initiative for adventurous worship in the third millennium, intended for use by children aged eight and above in school, church and junior church. Many songs are also appropriate for use within Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum and multi-faith situations.

Sound Bytes is ecumenical in spirit like Big Blue Planet which inspired the new collection. It draws extensively on the work of leading authors and composers of worship material for young people, with the new alongside more familiar hymns and songs.

A CD containing 20 songs from the book is available here....

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Price: £12.50

Sound Bytes: Words Edition Ref: B857

94 Songs for the 21st Century for children to share with everyone
Edited by Andrew Pratt.

Price: £2.25

Story Song Ref: B817

Edited by Alan Luff and Don Pickard
Story Song is a collection of songs; one hundred of them; each, in some way, telling of God and the world, in words and music. The pieces are in many styles, formal and informal, and in this they reflect the nature of song in and around the church today. Some tell a story or refer to moments or people in stories: others are based on things famous people said or well-known incidents in their lives; yet others are the sort of stories that happen to anyone and everyone - what might be called the human story. And since it is a book for the Church - but not to be used only in Church! - many of the stories are connected with Jesus.
Few of the pieces are free-standing in the way a traditional hymn can be. Rarely will it be possible simply to announce and then sing them in the course of a service. They are dependent at the very least on being carefully introduced and prepared. They will find a place at the end of an exposition of scripture, or as an introduction to such an exposition, raising, as they do, questions about the story which is being sung.
ISBN 0 85249 817 9

Price: £9.50

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