Archive for May 13th, 2010
I am so sad to announce that Aladdin’s Lamp Bookstore for children will close its doors at the end of June 2010.
This wonderful community jewel has served the families of Arlington, VA for 20 years.
Through the end of May, the bookstore will continue carrying new books, replacing popular titles, and fulfilling special orders.
Story hours will continue at 11am on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Going out of business sales have begun with discounts of 20-40% on selected sections and books.
For more information about the bookstore, call 703-241-8281 or write aladlamp@speakeasy.net.
Aladdin’s Lamp Bookstore
Lee Harrison Shopping Center, Lower Level Shops
2499 North Harrison Street, Suite 10
Arlington VA 22207
703.241.8281
aladlamp@speakeasy.org
My final “Sing Books with Emily” at Aladdin’s Lamp Bookstore will take place this Saturday, May 15 at 11am.
I hope you will join me in singing some wonderful books and bidding a fond adieu to this Arlington Treasure.
My heartfelt gratitude goes to the bookstore’s owner Alina for giving me the special chance to Sing Books to so many wonderful children and their families over the past year.
The Songs We Sang, 5/12/2010
Posted on: May 13, 2010
We enjoyed a tall stack of Singable Delight this morning at Aladdin’s Lamp Bookstore, including:
- Sing (Sing-A-Song Storybook) (Words and Music by Joe Raposo, Illustrated by Kenn Backhaus)
ABC’s (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus…me!) - ZYX’s (Traditional Tune, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus) (The children broke out into this song and sang it all by themselves. Wonderful!) (Sing this traditional tune long with me at: http://www.myspace.com/singbookswithemily)
- I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Words and Music by John Rox, Illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
- A-You’re Adorable (Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman, Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat (Traditional Words and Tune, Words Adapted by Lewis Carroll, Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, From Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
- I Love you A Bushel and a Peck (Words and Music by Frank Loesser, Illustrated by Rosemary Wells)
- Yankee Doodle (A Song from the American Revolution) (Traditional Words and Tune, Illustrated by Todd Ouren)
- Animal Fair (Traditional Tune, Words Adapted by Ponder Goembel, Illustrated by Ponder Goembel)
- “Sesame Street Theme” (Words by Bruce Hart, Jon Stone, and Joe Raposo, Music by Joe Raposo, Published in The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures, Illustrated by Normand Chartier (A post about this Singable Picture Book will be published in the next couple of days!)
- “Rubber Duckie” (Words by Jeff Moss, Published in The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures, Illustrated by Normand Chartier (A post about this Singable Picture Book will be published in the next couple of days!)
- All God’s Critters (Words and Music by Bill Staines, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
- Knick Knack Paddy Whack (Traditional Words and Tune, Additional Words and Arrangements by Mark Collins, Illustrated by Christiane Engel)
- Going to the Zoo (Words and Music by Tom Paxton, Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt)
- You’re a Grand Old Flag (Words and music by George M. Cohan, Illustrated by Warren Kimble)
