Sing & Celebrate! Eeek! Singable Picture Books for Halloween…
Posted on: October 30, 2012
Some new and old favorite Singable Picture Books for Halloween:
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Dry Bones (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Spiritual Words and Tune
Illustrated by Kate Edmunds
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Dry Bones (with Seraphine the Skeletine)
Traditional Words and Tune
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Five Little Pumpkins
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
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The Ghouls Come Haunting One by One
Traditional Tune: Sing to the Tune of “The Ants Go Marching” (which is an adaptation of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”)
Words Adapted by Tom McDermott
Illustrated by Liz McGrath
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Little Goblins Ten
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow“
Words Adapted by Pamela Jane
Illustrated by Jane Manning
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Monster Mash
Words and Music by Bobby Pickett and Leonard Capizzi
Illustrated by David Catrow
ISBN 978-0545214797
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Over in the Hollow
Sing to the Tune of “Over in the Meadow”
Words Adapted by Rebecca Dickinson
Illustrated by Stephan Britt
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I think the Renaissance poem ”Sweet Suffolk Owl” makes a fantastic song for Halloween!
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Poem Attributed to an Anonymous Author
Musical Settings by Various Artists
Illustrations Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Two Musical Settings can be heard in these two YouTube.com videos,
Richard Hundley’s musical setting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCOijXQEeqk
Thomas Vautor’s musical setting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbkTP7NJXME
You can sing-along with this book I assembled. To view or print, click here:
sweet suffolk owl book for singing
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated and designed by Jeremy Holmes
(This version is sooooooooo cool! The old lady’s eyes shut when you turn the last page)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZlj_Yszp3U
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The 13 Nights of Halloween
Traditional Tune (sing to the tune of Twelve Days of Christmas)
Words Adapted by Guy Vasilovich
Illustrated by Guy Vasilovich
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Enjoy browsing the full list of Halloween Singable Picture Books I’ve gathered so far, here:
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HALLOWEEN
A list of spooky, fun, funny and evocative songs for our favorite October Holiday
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/halloween-singable-picture-books-ooooooooeeeeeeeee/
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Related Posts
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COUNTING
Counting (and math) in Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/counting-and-math-in-singable-picture-books/
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EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
A list of SPBs with fun and sneakily educational content. The kids won’t even know they’re learning!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/singable-picture-books-with-sneaky-educational-content/
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HALLOWEEN
A list of spooky, fun, funny and evocative songs for our favorite October Holiday
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/halloween-singable-picture-books-ooooooooeeeeeeeee/
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POETRY, SINGABLE POETRY IN INDIVIDUALLY ILLUSTRATED SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS
A list of individually illustrated poems that have been set to music and can be sung
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/poems-individually-illustrated-spb/
