Three Little Kittens, a Singable Picture Book
Posted on: August 8, 2012
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Three Little Kittens
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 987-0-8037-3533-0
A mom at one of the Sing Books gatherings (so sweet, she is) alerted me that the music for this song is printed on the inside of the book’s dust jacket. A nice surprise!
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Free Online PDF of the printed music (which also appears on the inside of book’s dust jacket:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/penguin/tl-guide-endpaper-music-tlk.pdf
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Author Illustrator Jerry Pinkney talks about his book, “Three Little Kittens”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk9ht42Dh3g
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Publisher’s page for Jerry Pinkney’s “Three Little Kittens”
http://booksellers.penguin.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780803735330,00.html
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Three Little Kittens
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Trace Moroney
(I found a large format version of this book with laminated pages and stitched and taped binding in Boarders bargain book section. The book includes a “History of Nursery Rhymes” on the end papers.)
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Three Little Kittens
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Paul Galdone
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Yes, this video is QUITE CHEEZY, however, the tune is correct and you can use it for singing the book’s verses (a-capella)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6lfU-GOrFM
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Wiki article with song history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Kittens
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Poetry Foundation Page for this song (poem):
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176347
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