Archive for February 16th, 2011
Oh! I was sooooooooooooooo EXCITED to visit Ms. A’s Ks today for the chance to share a little song that I wrote with Paul Raiman. Tuckahoe Elementary has its annual Book Fair last week. One of the books,
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Last Song (A Lullaby)
Words by James Guthrie
Music by Emily Everson Gleichenhaus and Paul Raiman
Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
…didn’t come with music and then, like magic, a tune emerged as I read the book. I noted the melody on staff paper and sent it to the wonderful Paul Raiman who set the instrumental part with a beautiful music-box accompaniment. I will record and share the song soon.
Plus we got to sing a whole stack of other miraculously musical Singable Picture Book treasures, including:
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Happy Birthday
Traditional Words and Tune
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Illustrated with Online Artwork by Wayne Tiebaud
To view or print this book, click here:
happy birthday thiebaud eleg sbwe
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I Love you A Bushel and a Peck
Words and Music by Frank Loesser
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells
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Dem Bones
Traditional Tune
Traditional Words
Illustrated by Bob Barner
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New York State of Mind
Words and Music by Billy Joel
Illustrated by IZAK
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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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Five Little Gefiltes
Traditional Tune (Sing to the tune of “Five Little Ducks”)
Words Adapted by Dave Horowitz
Illustrated by Dave Horowitz
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ZYXs, a Singable Picture Book
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
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I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Words and Music by Jeff Moss
Pictures Coordinated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
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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”)
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Inch by Inch (The Garden Song)
Words and Music by David Mallett
Illustrated by Ora Eitan
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Mail Myself to You
Words and Music by Woody Gutherie
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
