THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT

by Robert -- Illus. Quackenbush ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 9, 1974

As usual with his ""picture songbooks of Americana,"" Quackenbush overextends his material, adding here a few verses of his own, an unintentionally ghastly neon-mauve portrait of ""Chicago today,"" and even a serious ""fire survival plan"" at the end. However, his black-outlined, color-saturated garishness is more suited to flames and frenzy and a city at night than it is to the series' previous more bucolic scenes, and it's a song that calls for exaggerated effects.

Pub Date: Sept. 9, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1974

Categories: CHILDREN'S