Dear Cathy, in the interests of information and fair play, "Rise Up Singing" is a spiral bound book with about a thousand songs in it, complete with chords, and organized thematically. The themes are, well, sort of like the apotheosis of the 60's (much of the material comes out of the "Sing Out" magazine files and other places).There are also tapes you can buy, and (news to me, but see above contribution) they seem to hold learning sessions. It is actually a pretty good deal for a first book. It has "Up On the Roof" in it, which is not a folk song, and seems to me to be impervious to destruction, so I can stand it personally. Yours, Peter