Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

A beautiful Spring morning was not the only thing I got to celebrate today.  I got to sing in TWO classes at Tuckahoe this morning and we celebrated some delightful Singable Picture books!

In a Second Grade Class, we sang:

• “Little Turtle” (Words by Vachel Lindsay, Illustrated by Linda Bleck,  Published in: A Children’s Treasury of Poems)
  (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• “The Owl and the Pussycat“  (Words by Edward Lear, Illustrated by Linda Bleck,  Published in: A Children’s Treasury of Poems)
  (Sing this song, tune by Janene Ping and Lorraine Nelson Wolf, along with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• “The Swing”  (Words by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by Linda Bleck,  Published in: A Children’s Treasury of Poems)
• ZYX’s (Traditional Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
  (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More (Words by Karen Beaumont, Illustrated by David Catrow, Sing to the tune of “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More”)
• A Fairy Went A-Marketing (Poem by Rose Fyleman, Illustrated by Jachimael Henterly, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe“)
• “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
• “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” (Poem by Eugene Field, Illustrated by David McPhail, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe,” Music by Lucy Simon)
• Over the Rainbow (Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret)

In a Kindergarten class we sang:

• “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
• “Getting to Know You” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
• “Mr. Snow” (Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Richard Richard Rogers, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells, Published in “Getting to Know You!  Rogers and Hammerstein Favorites“)
• All God’s Critters (Words and Music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat (Traditional Words and Tune, Words Adapted by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
  (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• ZYX’s (Traditional Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
  (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• “Little Turtle” (Words by Vachel Lindsay, Illustrated by Linda Bleck,  Published in: A Children’s Treasury of Poems)
  (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• “The Owl and the Pussycat“  (Words by Edward Lear, Illustrated by Linda Bleck,  Published in: A Children’s Treasury of Poems)
  (Sing this song, tune by Janene Ping and Lorraine Nelson Wolf, along with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
• “The Swing”  (Words by Robert Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by Linda Bleck,  Published in: A Children’s Treasury of Poems)
• A Fairy Went A-Marketing (Poem by Rose Fyleman, Illustrated by Jachimael Henterly, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe“)
• “Wynken, Blynken and Nod” (Poem by Eugene Field, Illustrated by David McPhail, Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe,” Music by Lucy Simon)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Traditional Tune, Words by Jane Taylor, Illustrated by Grace Moroney)
• You’re a Grand Old Flag (Words and music by George M. Cohan, Illustrated by Warren Kimble)
• I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon (Words and music by Jeff Moss, Pictures Coordinated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
• “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)
• I Love you A Bushel and a Peck (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells)
• Over the Rainbow (Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Illustrated by Eric Puybaret)