Sing Books with Emily, the Blog

The staff and volunteers at the Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch of Alexandria Public Library put on a fabulous March Madness celebration for the community.  The event included a book sale, face painter, food, authors, kid friendly activites…and me!

Many Thanks to Mrs. Burke for arranging for me to be there today and to the fabulously dedicated staff and volunteers who created such a wonderful community event.

We sang a terrific stack of books all celebrating Mother Earth:

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“Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from,

Getting to Know You
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells

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

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America the Beautiful
Poem by Katharine Lee Bates
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Illustrated by Chris Gall
(This book features printed music and a page of information about the artwork.)

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Five Little Ducks (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Penny Ives

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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 Love you A Bushel and a Peck
Words and Music by Frank Loesser
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells

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Sunshine on My Shoulders
Words by John Denver
Music by John Denver, Mike Taylor & Dick Kniss
Illustrated by Christopher Canyon

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Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier

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

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Over the Rainbow
Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret

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

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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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“How Doth the Little Crocodile”  (Words by Lewis Carroll)
“Little Turtle” (Poem by Vachel Lindsay, Traditional Tune)
“The Swing”  (Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, Traditional Tune), from

A Children’s Treasury of Poems
Words and Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Linda Bleck
This compilation includes:

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Sunrise, Sunset
Words by Sheldon Harnick
Music by Jerry Bock
Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr
This song is from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”

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Being Green
Words and Music by Joe Raposo
Illustrated by Etienne Delessert

For more information, visit:
http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/branches/burke.html

For a list of Singable Picture Books in the theme of GREEN, click here:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/singable-picture-books-with-a-green-theme/