talkabout is divided into 7 sections, including Greeting Songs, Storytelling Starters and Finishers, Australian Raps and Rhymes and Speech Therapy Focus. The material is particularly suited to early primary students, children with English as a new language and children with language and speech delays in development. Some samples of Morgan's original raps follow:

The Planet Rap

Mercury, Mercury, closest to the Sun,
Venus is the Morning Star, 'cause its the brightest one.
There's the blue planet Earth, that we call home,
And the red planet Mars, where the Martians roam.
Jupiter's the largest, with its big, red spot,
Next comes Saturn with its rings so hot.
Uranus is the planet with eleven moons,
Then its old, cold, icy planet Neptune.
Furthest from the Sun, what a way to go,
is now called a Dwarf planet, name of Pluto.
Now you've heard the Planet Rap,
Say it again and this time, clap.
(end) Put your hands in your lap.

Not the Crocodile

I kissed the cat,
I kissed the cow,
But not the crocodile,
Kookaburra, cockatoo,
Koala and a kangaroo,
But not the crocodile.
Why not the crocodile?
Clap, clap, clap. (Clap hands)
Why not the crocodile?
Snap, snap, snap. (Make jaws with hands)

Grandmother Song
(Swiss, Italian, Greek, Swahili, Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay, Russian, words for Grandmother)

Omi, Nona, Yaya, Bibi,
Omi, Nona, Yaya, Bibi,
Omi, Nona, Yaya, Bibi,
(this is where you ask children to call out the names they call their Grandmother)
Waabi and Babushka.

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talkabout: raps and rhymes, songs and stories promoting speech and language development in children
48 pages - ISBN - 978-0-9805362-1-8
Cost for this Book: AUD 25 plus postage