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The Singable Picture Books of Classic Books with Holes

Posted by: Sing Books with Emily on: May 7, 2012

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Ants Go Marching (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Dan Crisp

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Cows in the Kitchen (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune (sing to the tune of “Shoo-Fly-Shoo”)
Illustrated by Airlie Anderson
This book features brief printed music on the back page as well as a 2 track sing-along CD of vocal sing-along and instrumental music. I love it when an instrumental is included so you can sing the song solo.

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Down by the Station (Classic Book with Holes)
Traditional Words and Music
Illustrated by Jess Stockham

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Down in the Jungle (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Mandy Ross
Illustrated by Elisa Squillance

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Dry Bones (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Spiritual Words and Tune
Illustrated by Kate Edmunds

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Farmer in the Dell (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Pam Adams

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Five Little Ducks (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Penny Ives
(This book comes in a bunch of editions…some are smaller format paperbacks packaged with a 2-track vocal and sing-along CD, some come in HUGE format boardbook, or large format paper back. Whichever format you choose, this one is cute and fun to sing with the little ones and the tune and lyrics have been adapted for other songs. So once you learned this one, you’re on your way to knowing a host of others, too.)

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Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Dan Crisp

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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Annie Kubler

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One Elephant Went Out to Play (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune (Sing to the tune of “5 little Ducks”)
Illustrated by Sanja Rescek
(This book features a printing of the song’s simple melody, a paragraph on the helpful use of this type of book for emergent readers, and a page of activity ideas using the book and song)

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Over in the Meadow (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Michael Evans

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Ten Fat Sausages (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Elke Zinsmeister
(Here’s a good track to help you learn the tune to this cute counting song: http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Fat-Sausages/dp/B003A5208W/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1274970413&sr=1-13)

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Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Tina Freeman

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Pam Adams

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This Old Man (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Pam Adams

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This is the House that Jack Built (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Pam Adams
(This book features edititions the come with a vocal and instrumental 2 track CD. The CD that is furnished with the book has the best vocal and instrumental tune for the song that I’ve heard so far.)