Wash Your Face in Orange Juice and Other Silly Songs by Peter Combe
Scholastic, 2012. ISBN: 9781741699616.
Containing three of South Australian children's entertainer Peter
Combe's decidedly 'silly songs' and filled with Danielle McDonald's
vibrantly coloured comic style illustrations, this book is bound to
take the fancy of a whole new generation of children. The pictures
of the animal characters are simple, bright and appealing. The
songs, Wash Your Face in Orange Juice, Stuck in a Pizza and
Spaghetti Bolognaise are catchy and almost impossible to get out of
your head.
Having been teaching for longer than I care to mention, this music
has virtually always been a part of my career as well as that of the
lives of my own children. With his first album having been released
in 1982, Combe's songs truly have stood the test of time and are
unforgettable. The predecessor to The Wiggles, both use food as a
recurring theme in their music, with much rhyme, rhythm and
repetition, all perfect techniques to keep young children
interested.
Jo Schenkel