More true stories behind the songs : a high-beginning reader / by Sandra Heyer.

Summary:

This book features lyrics for eight popular songs along with real, believe-it-or-not stories about the songs and their songwriters. Companion stories related to the topic of the song are included in the units. Includes exercises for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and writing and speaking practice.

Record details

ISBN: 9780132468053 :
Physical Description: vi, 105 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publisher: White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Finding a lost love (song: "You're beautiful" story 1: The angel on the subway, story 2: The return to Borovlyanka) -- Baseball (song: "Take me out to the ball game", story 3: Baseball fever, story 4: Three strikes and the pitcher's out?) -- Somebody to lean on (song: "Lean on me", story 5: A husband and father to lean on -- Story 6: A cup of coffee and a kidney to go) -- A simple life (song: "Simple gifts" -- Story 7: The last three?, story 8: A wonderful gift?) -- The way to peace (song: "Peace train", story 9: The professor and the peace train, story 10: Three cups of tea) -- You can't judge a book by its cover (song: "I dreamed a dream", story 11: Susan's got talent, story 12: The king in the nursing home) -- Great escapes (song: "Follow the drinking gourd", story 13: The drinking gourd, story 14: Twelve kilometers to a new life) -- Survivors (song: "My heart will go on", story 15: The littlest passenger, story 16: Miracle on the Hudson).

Target Audience Note:

Level: 4.