Singable Picture Books Celebrating Father’s Day
Posted on: June 18, 2011
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Daddy Loves His Little Girl
Words by John Carter Cash
Tune by John Carter Cash
Illustrated by Marc Burckhardt
Down load or listen to a clip of the tune, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Momma-Loves-Her-Little-Son/dp/B0027RCA66/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1276084691&sr=8-3-spell
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Daddy’s Girl
Words and Music by Garrison Keillor
Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
(This book contains 3 songs and a CD)
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Forever Young
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Illustrated by Paul Rogers
A dad’s wish for his child…”May you stay forever young…”
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Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (An Old Song)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
Published by Dell Dragonfly Books, New York, 1961
ISBN 0-440-40829-6
The fox goes out on a chilly night to provide for his family…
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Going to the Zoo
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt
“Daddy’s taking us to the zoo tomorrow…”
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Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
Words by Allan Sherman and Lou Busch
Illustrated by Jack E. Davis
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Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah
Words by Allan Sherman
Music Adapted from Amilcare Poncielli’s “Dance of the Hours” by Lou Busch
Illustrated by Syd Hoff
Published by Puffin Books, New York, 1964
ISBN 0-14-240638-4
Hello Faddah…
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All the Hush/Mockingbird song variations can be sung from papa…here are just a few…
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Hush, Little Alien
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Daniel Kirk
Illustrate dby Daniel Kirk
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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Rhyme and Tune
Illustrated by Marla Frazee
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Hush, Little Baby
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter
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Hush Little Digger
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “Hush Little Baby”)
Words Adapted by Ellen Olson-Brown
Illustrated by Lee White
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Just the Two of Us
Words and Music by Will Smith (Adapted and Expanded from song by Bill Withers)
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
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Late for School
Words and Music by Steve Martin
Illustrated by C.F. Payne
Published by Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, New York, 2010
ISBN 978-044-6-55702-3
…”promised Dad I won’t be late…”…”my dad is waiting, ‘what the heck were you up to? Let’s go fishing…”
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The Marvelous Toy
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Steve Cox
About a father’s mysterious gift to his son…
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Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
Words by DuBose Heyward
Music by George Gershwin
Illustrated by Mike Wimmer
…”there’s a nothin’ can harm you, with Daddy and Momma standing by…”
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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”
A mother and father on the wonder of watching their children grow up.
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Sunshine on My Shoulders
Words by John Denver
Music by John Denver, Mike Taylor & Dick Kniss
Illustrated by Christopher Canyon
Another pure hearted and beautiful song, a wish from a father to his child.
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When I First Came to This Land
Words and Music by Oscar Brand
Illustrated by Doris Burn
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When I First Came to This Land
Words and Music by Oscar Brand
Words Adapted by Harriet Ziefert
Illustrated by Simms Taback
A man’s story of coming to America and starting a new life and a family.
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Two authors worth mentioning in this context are A. A. Milne (books of poetry, and Pooh, too) and Kenneth Grahame (“Wind in the Willows“). Grahame and Milne both wrote stories for their sons which became wonderful works of children’s literature and which, delightfully, contain poetry that can be sung:
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The Complete Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh
(This edition ncludes “When We Were Six” and “When We Were Very Young” but NOT the poems from “Winnie-the-Pooh” or “House at Pooh Corner”)
Words by A. A. Milne
Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
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The House at Pooh Corner
Story and Poems by A. A. Milne
Illustrated by E. H. Shepard
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Now We Are Six
Poems by A. A. Milne
Illustrated by E. H. Shepard
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When We Were Very Young
Poems by A. A. Milne
Illustrated by E. H. Shepard
This book includes the following poems that have been set to music:
“Halfway Down”
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Wind in the Willows
Words by Kenneth Grahame
With Lyrics Set to Music by Various Artists
Illustrated Robert Ingpen
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Wind in the Willows
Words by Kenneth Grahame
With Lyrics Set to Music by Various Artists
Illustrated Michael Hauge
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Wind in the Willows
Words by Kenneth Grahame
With Lyrics Set to Music by Various Artists
Illustrated Rene Cloke
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Wind in the Willows
Words by Kenneth Grahame
With Lyrics Set to Music by Various Artists
Illustrated Ernest H. Shepard
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Story and Poems by A. A. Milne
Illustrated by E. H. Shepard
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