The Singable Picture Books of John Lithgow
Posted on: April 23, 2012
John Lithgow is a very creative, funny, talented, exuberant man and I adore his Singable Picture Books!
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I Got Two Dogs
Words by John Lithgow
Illustrated Robert Neubecker
(This book includes a CD of John Lithgow performing the song.)
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I’m a Manatee
Words by John Lithgow
Music by Bill Elliott
Illustrated by Ard Hoyt
(This book includes a vocal and instrumental track on a sing-along CD as well as a printed music…TERRIFIC!!)
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Marsupial Sue
Words by John Lithgow
Music by Bill Elliott
Illustrated by Jack E. Davis
(This book includes a vocal and instrumental track on a sing-along CD as well as a printed music…GREAT!!)
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Marsupial Sue Presents The Runaway Pancake
Words by John Lithgow
Illustrated by Jack E. Davis
This book includes a CD of John Lithgow singing “The Runaway Pancake” song.
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John Lithgow didn’t write “The Hippopotamus Song” (Words & Music by Flanders & Swann), but he does sing a terrific version of it on his album
“Singing in the Bathtub,”
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The Hippopotamus Song
Words by Michael Flanders
Music by Donald Swann and Michael Flanders
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
ISBN: 0-316-28557-9
This book features printed sheet music
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Carnival of the Animals
Music by Camille Saint-Saens
Poems by John Lithgow
Illustrated by Boris Kulikov
John Lithgow reads some of his verses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh82uWIyIBk
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Interesting online articles about John Lithgow:
About Mr. Lithgow on “Buddy TV,”
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/twenty-good-years/profile/john-lithgow.aspx
John Lithgow wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lithgow
John Lithgow’s own website for his show “Stories by Heart,”
http://www.johnlithgow.com/show.html
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Related Posts
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FUNNY SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS
That’s Hilarious! A List of Singable Picture Books that’ll Crack You Up!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/thats-hilarious-a-list-of-singable-picture-books-thatll-crack-you-up/
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Singable Picture Book Lists for Special Occasions & Interests
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/song-book-lists-for-all-occasions/
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JOHN LITHGOW
The Singable Picture Books of John Lithgow
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/the-singable-picture-books-of-john-lithgow/
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Carnival of the Animals (not really singable, but with music, pictures, and poems)
