Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

What a morning at Aladdin’s Lamp!  Spring fever was in the air, but we sang our way through a record number of songs and Singable Picture Books in 35 (or so) minutes!

• ABC’s and ZYX’s (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus…me!)
• “Twinkle Little Star“ (Poem by Jane Taylor, Traditional Tune, From Nursery Rhymes (Priddy Books), Illustrated by Louise Shrigley)
  “Baa, Baa Blacksheep” (Traditional Words and Tune, From Nursery Rhymes (Priddy Books), Illustrated by Louise Shrigley)
• “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat” (Traditional Words and Tune, Words Adapted by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
• A-You’re Adorable (Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
• Going to the Zoo (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)
• I Love you A Bushel and a Peck (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells)
• The Owl and the Pussycat  (Words by Edward Lear, Illustrated by James Marshall)
• Mail Myself to You (Words and Music by Woody Gutherie, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
• Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name (Traditional Words and Tune
  Illustrated by Tedd Arnold)
• Over the Rainbow (Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret)
• Teddy Bear’s Picnic (Words and Music by Jimmy Kennedy, Illustrated by Alexandra Day)
• The Marvelous Toy (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Steve Cox)
• “Do You Know the Muffin Man” (From A Children’s Treasury of Songs, Illustrated by Linda Bleck)
• “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (From A Children’s Treasury of Songs, Illustrated by Linda Bleck)
• “Pop Goes the Weasel” (From A Children’s Treasury of Songs, Illustrated by Linda Bleck)
• “London Bridge is Falling Down” (From A Children’s Treasury of Songs, Illustrated by Linda Bleck)
• “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (From A Children’s Treasury of Songs, Illustrated by Linda Bleck)
• “Itsy Bitsy Spider” (From A Children’s Treasury of Songs, Illustrated by Linda Bleck)(We also sang the second verse of “Eensy Weensy Spider, Written by Raffi and Michael Creber)
• All God’s Critters (Words and music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)

The Sparrow (Words and Music by Jill Leger, Illustrated by Jill Leger, Sing-Along on Youtube with a karaoke video of “The Sparrow”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlxqa-eXTVw)