Archive for December 25th, 2011
The Songs We Sang in the Last Week Before Winter Break in Ms. Morgan’s, Ms. Howard’s and Ms. Anctil’s Classes
Posted on: December 25, 2011
This was a week of sheer Sing Books Delight for me. I am overjoyed and grateful for the chance to visit these wonderful teacher’s rooms and share cultural delights with the beautiful young minds that inhabit those spaces.
In each class, we sang from this list, displayed her in the order in which they came out of the SING bag,
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When You Wish Upon a Star
Music by Ned Washington
Words by Leigh Harline
Illustrated by Eric Puybaret
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On the First Night of Chanukah
Words by Cecily Kaiser
Illustrated by Brian Schatell
(Sing to the tune of “Twelve Days of Christmas”)
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Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Susan L. Roth
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Fifty Nifty States
Words and Music by Ray Charles
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.
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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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Silver Bells (a Musical Pop-Up Book)
Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Illustrated by Robert Steele, Iain Smyth, James Diaz
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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Words and Music by John Rox
Illustrations by Bruce Whatley
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Frosty the Snowman
Words and Music by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Illustrated by Richard Cowdrey
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Jingle Bells (Sing and Read Storybook)
Poem by James Lord Pierpont
Traditional Tune
Illustrated by Darcy May
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Must Be Santa
Word Adapted by Tim Moore
Words and Music by Hal Moore and Bill Fredricks
Illustrated by Pete Whitehead
Sing with Mitch Miller on YouTube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42_vCV2_gf0
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O Christmas Tree
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional words by Debbie Trafton O’Neal
Illustrated by Ande Cook
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My Favorite Things
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrations by Renee Graef
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The Christmas Song: Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Words and music by Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Illustrated by Doris Barrette
A YouTube video with “The Christmas Song” song history, here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyfl04_TQ78
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The Marvelous Toy
Words and Music by Tom Paxton
Illustrated by Steve Cox
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Words and Music by Johnny Marks
Published by World International Publishing Limited, Great Britain, 1989
ISBN #: 7235-8891-0
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Good King Wenceslas
Traditional Tune (Tempus adest floridum)
Words by John M. Neale
Illustrated by Tim Ladwig
(This book has sheet music in the back and a page of historical information about the song)
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Words and music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Illustrated by Liz Murphy
(This book comes with a CD with Bernadette Peters singing this classic Christmas song)
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Related Posts
HANUKKAH
A fun list of books to sing and celebrate Hanukkah!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/singable-picture-books-for-hanukkah/
CHRISTMAS
A Collection of Singable Picture Books that celebrate CHRISTMAS!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/singable-picture-books-for-christmas/
