It’s Holiday Time and Singable Books Make Terrific Gifts (plus a few ideas!)

Posted by: Sing Books with Emily on: December 1, 2009

In: Case for Singable Books | Heartfelt Musings | Singable Book Title
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“Sing! Sing a song. Sing out loud. Sing out strong!” You can follow Joe Raposo’s advice from his song “Sing” by sharing with a child any one of the Singable Books in my “Singable Books, a working list” page.

Each of these books makes a wonderful gift for a child. Using the blog SEARCH, you can find posts with information about the songs, including sing along tracks which you can download and burn to a cd to package with the book (if the book does not already come with one). You could also use a digital voice recorder to record yourself singing the song and burn that along with the sing along track to make the gift extra special.

A few ideas…

ABC3D
By Marion Bataille
(Sing along with the tune for ABC’s, then sing the ZYX’s [the ABC's backwards]. Then instead of “…next time won’t you sing with me” you sing “Now I know my ZYX’s, next time let’s all go to Texas” and the kids will LAUGH!!)

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
Words by Allan Sherman and Lou Busch
Illustrated by Jack E. Davis
(This wonderful novelty song is set to the tune of Ponchielli’s “Dance of the Hours.”