The Round Book

Author: Margaret Read MacDonald with Winifred Jaeger
Illustrator: Yvonne LeBrun Davis

My family started singing rounds at the dinner table one night and soon ran out of fodder. So I rounded up some more, then went to Winnie Jaeger’s house to ask for help with transcription. She ran into her closet and pulled out a whole mountain of round collections, some from her youth in Germany. Later we tested the book out with a round sing at the home of Winnie and author Mary Whittington. What fun!

The book contains 80 singable rounds. Since Winnie is honorary vice-president of the American Recorder Society, she made sure the rounds are good for recorder part-playing too.

Editions
Type	Year	Publisher	Price	Length	ISBN
Paperback	2006	August House	$17.95	136 pages	978-0-86483-786-5

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Quotes "A wonderful compendium of old favorites and surprises. MacDonald and Jaeger have done all rounds-singers a great favor."  ... "easy-to-follow resource book…even novice sight readers will have little difficulty"  ...Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books "A fine resource for school music teachers, choir directors, camp leaders, and children who sing for the love of it. "  ...Booklist Awards Storytelling World Honor 2000 Bowker Best Books for Children 2002 Children's Catalog 19th ed. Best Books for Children 7th ed.				Categories and Connections Categories Skits & Rounds