Maternity the Musical: Funny Songs About Cravings, Sonograms, and Everything Else an Expectant Mom's Got or Gonna Get - Hardcover

Katz, Alan; St. Onge, K. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0740738437 ISBN 13: 9780740738432

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub, 2004

Synopsis

If motherhood is a sorority, then pregnancy is its nine-month hazing ritual. Weight gain, mood swings, unfashionable clothes: You need a good sense of humor to get through it all, even if you are the dad! Now there's a great book to help you laugh-and sing-about all the embarrassing inconveniences leading up to the blessed event.Maternity the Musical! is a hilarious songbook of parody lyrics to favorite tunes, all about the true sighs and highs of pregnancy. Experienced mothers and mothers-to-be will be rolling on the floor with laughter and recognition at lyrics like these, sung to the tune of "The Hokey Pokey":You take a short breath in,You let a short breath out,Because your lungs are squished,And you're stuffy in your snout.You eat because you're starving,And then you feel too full,You can't get comfortable!Maternity the Musical! covers all of the ups and downs of pregnancy, from weird cravings and Lamaze class to the plethora of pregnancy advice and impossible-to-assemble baby equipment.Best of all, in addition to the illustrated lyrics pages, the book includes a sing-along CD with 10 songs with piano and voice accompaniment to guarantee audience participation. Maternity the Musical! is a riotous pregnancy sing-along sure to induce laughs (if not labor!) and be the hit of any baby shower. If motherhood is a sorority, then pregnancy is its nine-month hazing ritual. Weight gain, mood swings, unfashionable clothes: You need a good sense of humor to get through it all, even if you are the dad! Now there's a great book to help you laugh-and sing-about all the embarrassing inconveniences leading up to the blessed event.Maternity the Musical! is a hilarious songbook of parody lyrics to favorite tunes, all about the true sighs and highs of pregnancy. Experienced mothers and mothers-to-be will be rolling on the floor with laughter and recognition at lyrics like these, sung to the tune of "The Hokey Pokey":You take a short breath in,You let a short breath out,Because your lungs are squished,And you're stuffy in your snout.You eat because you're starving,And then you feel too full,You can't get comfortable!Maternity the Musical! covers all of the ups and downs of pregnancy, from weird cravings and Lamaze class to the plethora of pregnancy advice and impossible-to-assemble baby equipment.Best of all, in addition to the illustrated lyrics pages, the book includes a sing-along CD with 10 songs with piano and voice accompaniment to guarantee audience participation. Maternity the Musical! is a riotous pregnancy sing-along sure to induce laughs (if not labor!) and be the hit of any baby shower.

About this title

About the Author:

Caissie St. Onge and Alan Katz were five-time Emmy nominated writers for The Rosie O'Donnell Show. They both wrote for the 1999 and 2000 Grammy Awards, the 1998 and 2000 Tony Awards, ABC's A Rosie Christmas, and HBO's Kids are Punny. Caissie honed her comedic skills as a staffer on The Late Show with David Letterman. Alan has written for ABC, Nick at Nite, Fox, and Disney, among others. His previous song-parody books were the best-selling, award-winning Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs and I'm Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs. Alan lives in Weston, Conn., and Caissie lives in Westport, Conn.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0740738437
• ISBN 13: 9780740738432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64