Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along, a Singable Picture Book
Posted on: November 2, 2012
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Here’s a book I QUITE QUITE QUITE enjoy,
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Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along (The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs)
Some Words and Tunes by Lisa Loeb, Various Artists, and Traditional
Songs Performed by Lisa Loeb
Illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke
Songs include:
- FRIED HAM (title linked to post that includes sing-along and lyric sheet)
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My daughter and I particularly enjoyed this book on our 2012 summer vacation, sitting on the hotel bed, picking a new song each night. It was fun to read Ms. Loeb’s sweet song set-ups about how she came to sing the camp songs or what she was thinking when she wrote the original songs. Some of the songs have movements to go with them, some suggest activities and even a snack recipe that’s making me look forward to toasting coconut. The illustrations by Ryan O’Rourke suggest the fun of lemonade stands and county fairs that exist only in our most ideal memories in a rainbow of muted colors. My daughter and I will be pouring over this one for a long time to come. I’ll also enjoy extracting a couple of these songs for the “Girl Scout Songs for Troop 2740” project.
More info on Lisa Loeb’s website:
http://www.lisaloeb.com/
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Here are videos of some of the songs performed by Lisa Loeb,
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INTERVIEW WITH LISA LOEB ABOUT THIS “SILLY SONG” PROJECT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEZKc5C6P_M
(I learned from this interview that Steve Martin plays banjo on “Disappointing Pancake”)
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OPPOSITE DAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LedIbrZpbYM
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DISAPPOINTING PANCAKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlkpU4YHIuo
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FRIED HAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqpRsjjs48Q
For more information and a lyric sheet for FRIED HAM, click here:
http://brownietroop2740.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/fried-ham-a-girl-scout-song-for-troop-2740/
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FOUND A PEANUT
The song “Found a Peanut” is sung to the tune of “Clementine”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJ2wugESQo
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BANJO SONG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfFKklcEZ-c
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Related Posts
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GIRL SCOUT SONGS FOR TROOP 2740 RESOURCES PAGE
http://brownietroop2740.wordpress.com/girl-scouts-songs-troop-2740/
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FRIED HAM, a Girl Scout Song for Troop 2740
http://brownietroop2740.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/fried-ham-a-girl-scout-song-for-troop-2740/
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FAVORITE SINGABLES
Of the hundreds (maybe thousands) of choices, this list onPinterest displays the top blockbuster favorite Singable Picture Books that we warble together at Sing Books visits:
http://pinterest.com/singbooksemily/