>Singing Our Song

by Roger Sutton
Mar 29, 2006 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>On our way to work today, Miss Pod randomly chirped up with Carole King's "The Snow Queen." It's a pretty intriguing song, moving from Andersen's heartless, scornful Queen; to the girl in school who won't let any of the boys near her; and ending up somewhere in "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" territory, all set to to a sixties jazz-waltz beat.

What other songs have been tilled from our field? The only one I can think of offhand is "Charlotte's Web" ("Now I'm the one who's caught in . . .") by the Statler Brothers.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Singing Lessons Dude

>@ Roger: I loved Carol King. Not just her great singing but her lyrics and artistry. A true talent. :-)

Posted : Apr 21, 2010 07:21

Anonymous

>"Enter Sandman" has been immortalized as the theme song for the greatest closer of all time -Mariano Rivera.

Posted : Oct 07, 2006 12:57

Melinda

>I believe the former guitarist for Genesis, Steve Hackett (back when there were two guitarists for Genesis, that is), has written a lot of songs about Narnia on his albums.

I can't think of other songs, which is frustrating, because usually I have all the music stuff cross-referenced in my head somewhere.

Posted : Apr 13, 2006 03:05

Judith

>Ooh, Roger, I can't believe I only just caught up with this entry, because I have been wondering about songs referencing children's books lately too! It was sparked by hearing an old song from the 80s by the band Australian Crawl called "White Limbo" which references Alice in Wonderland.

In reference to earlier comments, silverchair are an Australian band, not British, and when I met Penelope Farmer about a decade ago, she said she was not very impressed that The Cure had "pinched" her book "Charlotte Sometimes" for their song. Me, I'd have been flattered beyond measure!

Posted : Apr 07, 2006 03:10

Maureen

>Came upon this thread by accident, but how cool!

I know there is at least one Aerosmith song that references Alice in Wonderland, (can't remember the title or the lyrics offhand, unfortunately) and the Dixie Chicks' "Godspeed, Sweet Dreams" has a line that goes, "Goodnight moon will find the mouse . . ."

Posted : Apr 03, 2006 04:02

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