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The Songs We Sang, 7/13/2011, Lake Ridge Neighborhood Library

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Photo by Stephanie Dupal-Demartin of LakeRidge-Occoquan Patch

WOW! What a wonderful morning it was at the Lake Ridge Neighborhood Library in Woodbridge, VA. We had a wonderful group of friends to come and sing-along (and it was a special treat to see some familiar faces!).

Towards the end of the gathering, one of the children asked to hear “My Favorite Things.” I did not have my books with me for that song, but I got to sing it for her anyway, which was a real treat for me.

Also, another friend brought me a library copy of “Skidamarink!” I didn’t know that song before yesterday! The little girl, her mom and the librarian sang the song for me complete with the arm movements. An internet search revealed some cute Singable Picture Books for that song, which I will post along in the next couple of days. Thank you friends for expanding the Sing Books repertoire and introducing new song and Singable Picture Books!

Links to posts about the Singable Picture Books “My Favorite Things,” and “Skidamarink!”

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My Favorite Things
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrations by Renee Graef
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/my-favorite-things-a-singable-picture-book/

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Skidamarink
Traditional Words and Tune Unattributed
Original Words by Felix F. Feist
Original Music by Al Piantadosi
Illustrated with Photographs by Michael Scott
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skidamarink-a-singable-picture-book/

We sang through a phenomenal stack of Singable Picture Books (listed here in “grab-bag” order),

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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
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2002
ISBN 0-06-626845-5

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Over the Rainbow
Words and Music by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret
Published by Imagine Publishing Inc.
ISBN 978-1-936140-00-8

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ABCs
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus

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ZYXs, a Singable Picture Book
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Sing the ZYX’s along with me! Just click here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/zyxs-eleg-2010

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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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Baa! Baa! Black Sheep
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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Over in the Meadow (Barefoot Books)
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Jill McDonald
Illustrated by Jill McDonald

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Animal Fair
Traditional Tune
Words Adapted by Ponder Goembel
Illustrated by Ponder Goembel

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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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All God’s Critters
Words and Music by Bill Staines
Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, 2009
ISBN 987-0-689-86959-4

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

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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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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

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Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Words by Jimmy Kennedy
Music by John W. Bratton
Illustrated by Alexandra Day
Published by Scholastic Inc., New York, NY, 1983
ISBN 0-439-39622-0

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Words by Jack Norworth
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
Illustrated by Amiko Hirao
Performed by Carly Simon
This edition gets a GOLD STAR for including the FULL song (both verses and chorus) and a fabulous recording of Carly Simon and her deligthful arrangement she made for Ken Burn’s documentary Baseball.

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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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“Dites-Moi,” found in:

Getting to Know You
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2002
ISBN 0-06-626845-5

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Dites-Moi
Words (in English) by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrated with Artwork by Student of Tuckahoe Elementary School
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
To view or print this booklet, click here:
dites-moi SPB eng SBWE ELEG 07 2011