Singable Picture Book Spotlight, 6/18/2012 (Westover Library Finds)
Posted on: July 21, 2012
I love our local Westover Branch Library in Arlington, VA. A little browsing the other day and I left with 3 singable picture books that were new to me.
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The Babysitter Sings
Text by Phillis Gershator
Illustrated by Melisande Potter
This book is written in verse, so it is possible to find a tune for the text itself, but the text is peppered (as is explained in the Author’s Note) with “slumber-song images from Africa, Spain, and the Caribbean [and]…Nigerian nursery songs and lullabies.”
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Bread is for Eating
Words and Music by David Gershator
Musical Arrangement by Yonah Gershator
Text by David and Phillis Gershator
Illustrated by Emma Shaw-Smith
This book is featured in a Reading Rainbow Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUsE0KAlAlo
(A spoken performance of the book begins at about 4 minutes into the video. You can hear the song at about 4 minutes and 16 seconds into the video.)
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Feliz Navidad (Teach Me…Learning Songs & Traditions in Spanish)
Traditional Words and Tunes by Various Artists
Text by Anna Maria Mahoney
Illustrated by Barb Bjornson
