Bags of Fun for Violin: Absolute Beginner

Bags of Fun for Violin is packed with imaginative pieces for absolute beginners: try chattering with skeletons, making a gate creak, admiring an octopus trampolining and watching frogs doing high jump! Written by leading string pedagogue Mary Cohen, this book is gently progressive yet always entertaining, with plenty of material on the open strings and a gradual introduction of first and second fingers. Ideal for consolidation alongside any tutor, for sight-reading practice or just for fun! Contents: 1. Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo 2. Elephants Like Mud Baths In The Afternoon 3. Alligators Meet For Lunch Crunch, Crunch, Crunch! 4. Dragons Can Be Dangerous (And Very Hot!) 5. GreatBigGrizzly Bears 6. Slimy Slug Trails 7. Creaky, Creaky Door 8. Skeletons Chitter Chatter 9. Four Snails, Lining Up For A Race 10. Wheres That Hamster? 11. Hula Hoops 12. Oh No! Its A Fire-Breathing Monster! 13. Growl, Growl, Growl Went The Lions 14. Eek! Its A 15. Next Doors Dog Is Burying A Bone 16. Dont Fall Into The Hole 17. Lots Of Creepy Crawlies Going For A Jog 18. Energetic Elephants Down At The Gym 19. Seagulls Gliding Over The Cliffs 20. Goldfish Swimming Past The Ruined Castle 21. Frogs Having A High Jump Competition 22. Fizzy, Fizzy POP! 23. Hot Toffee Popcorn 24. Jelly On A Plate 25. Wibble, Wobble 26. Choclate Chip Ice Cream 27. Hubble, Bubble, Toil And Trouble 28. Twinkle, Twinkle, Magic Star 29. Come And See Our Angel Fish 30. The Octopus Goes Trampolining 31. Is That A Donkey Singing? 32. Two Big Elephants Getting On A Bus 33. Elegant Flamingo, Balanced On One Leg 34. Alexander Bumped His Bike 35. Hip, Hop, Hippopotamus 36. Jumping Beans 37. Caramel Crunch 38. Quick! Catch The Guinea Pig! 39. Next Doors Cat Is Climbing Up Our Tree 40. One, Two, Three, Jump! 41. Bored? Im So Bored, Im Asleep 42. Watching Squirrels Through The Window 43. Where Is The Cat? 44. Which Bits The Stick Insect? (I Cant Tell) 45. Will We? Wont We? Need Our Wellies? 46. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry Up Were Late! 47. Who Ate The Last Piece Of Toast? 48. Do I Have To Go To School? 49. Oops! Ive Lost My Socks! 50. These Are The Wrong Kind Of Sandwiches 51. Look! Theres A Bee In The Bath! 52. My Friends Tooth Fell Out At School 53. Thats Not Fair! 54. Race, Race You Round The Park 55. UghWhats That? 56. Are You Going To The Shops? 57. Theres A Hole In The Sole Of My Welly 58. Three And A Half Pairs Of Socks 59. Did You Look Under The Sofa? 60. Have You Fed The Cat? 61. Have You Fed The Guinea Pigs? 62. Can I Have My Friends To Stay? 63. Id Like A Kite For My Birthday, Please! 64. Mountain Biking 65. Building A Tree-House 66. Messing About In My Cousins Garden