Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

The Congressional School hosted me on 2/10/2011 for four sessions with children in their Early Childhood Center.  What a rich and wonderful environment they have created for learning there.  And many THANKS to Mrs. Stanly for making me feel so welcome!

In the 4 different sessions we sang songs from the following list of Singable Picture Books, many chosen to enrich areas of study including Black History Month, Human Body, Medieval Times/Renaissance, Fairy Tales, Community Helpers, and Valentine’s Day:

We began each of the sessions with the same 5 books,

 

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ABCs
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus

(You can sing “Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin” to the tune of “Reuben, Reuben”)

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 ZYXs, a Singable Picture Book
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat
Published in: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Traditional Tune, Same as “ABC Song” and “Baa Blacksheep“
Words by Lewis Carroll
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Click here to view or print the book:
twinkle bat book
Sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat” along with me, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/twinkle-little-bat-eleg-2010

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Baa!  Baa!  Black Sheep
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus

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Twinkle Little Star
Traditional Tune
From the Poem by Ann and Jane Taylor
Illustrated by Lesley Harker
To view or print this book, click here:
twinkle little star eleg sbwe

Do you remember that all 5 songs share the same tune?

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All God’s Critters
Words and music by Bill Staines
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

A-You’re Adorable
Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise and Sidney Lippman
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus

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All Things Bright and Beautiful
Words by Cecil F. Alexander
Illustrated by Ashley Bryan
(This wonderful rendition of pictures from cut paper, includes a page of info about Mrs. Cecil Francis Alexander and printed music)
Click here for the Sing Books with Emily “All Things Bright and Beautiful” Refrain Poster Card:
all things bright and beautiful – refrain poster

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The Big Bell and the Little Bell
Words and Music by Martin Kalmanoff
Illustrated by Alastair Graham
(This book is packaged with a CD with two recordings of the song!)

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A Children’s Treasury of Poems
Words and Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Linda Bleck
This compilation includes:
“How Doth the Little Crocodile”  (Words by Lewis Carroll)
“Little Turtle” (Poem by Vachel Lindsay, Traditional Tune)
“The Owl and the Pussycat” (Poem by Edward Lear, Musical Composition by Janene Ping and Lorraine Nelson Wolf)
“The Swing”  (Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, Traditional Tune)

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The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola

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Dem Bones
Traditional Tune
Traditional Words
Illustrated by Bob Barner

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A Fairy Went A-Marketing
Poem by Rose Fyleman
Illustrated by Jamichael Henterly
Musical Setting can be found by Ginger Sands on her collection “The Gift of Make Believe“

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Frosty the Snowman
Words and Music by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Illustrated by Richard Cowdrey

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Inch by Inch (The Garden Song)
Words and Music by David Mallett
Illustrated by Ora Eitan

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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Words and Music by John Rox
Illustrations by Bruce Whatley

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Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Traditional Words and Tune
Arrangements by Mark Collins
Illustrations by Christiane Engel
(I love this version of “Knick Knack,” published by Barefoot Books, for the clever arrangement, adding a new instrument with each number, and terrific CD that includes a great vocal by SteveSongs, but best of all a singable instrumental track that gets toes a-tappin’ and perfect for singing along)

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Mail Myself to You
Words and Music by Woody Gutherie
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus 

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The Marvelous Toy
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Steve Cox
(This book is a far and away favorite with the Kindergarten set. It comes with a wonderful CD that has Tom Paxton singing on one track with a separate instrumental track, including a clearly played melody line, so you can sing solo…a wonderful edition!)

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Puff the Magic Dragon
Words and Music by Peter Yarrow and Lenny Lipton
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret

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The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures
Words (and Music) by Various Artists
Illustrated by Normand Chartier
This book includes the following songs featured in this blog:
I Love Trash
Rubber Duckie

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Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
Words by DuBose Heyward
Music by George Gershwin
Illustrated by Mike Wimmer

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Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Words and Music by Jimmy Kennedy
Illustrated by Alexandra Day

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Twinkle Little Bat SBWE Sing-Along Poster Card
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Lewis Carroll
Poster Card by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Click here to view or print the poster card:
TWINKLE LITTLE BAT SBWE sing along card
Sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat” along with me, here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/twinkle-little-bat-eleg-2010

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You’re a Grand Old Flag
Words and music by George M. Cohan
Illustrated by Warren Kimble

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 ZYXs
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Click here to view or print my ZYX card:
zyx’s sbwe sing along card