Nancy White Carlstrom’s children’s book, Northern Lullaby, conjures through poetry the beauty of the Alaskan landscape in the evening. The book provides an opportunity for music teachers to help their students transform text and visual images to music. The author describes connections for reading comprehension in the general music classroom and suggests music lessons for upper elementary and middle school students.
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Carlstrom, N.W. (n.d.). Nancy White Carlstrom: Books for children. Retrieved from http://www.nancywhitecarlstrom.com
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Meyer, C. ( 1996). In a different light: Growing up in a Yup’ik Eskimo village in Alaska. New York, NY: McElderry.
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Price, L. ( 1990). Aida (Illustrated by L. Dillon & D. Dillon). Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace.
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