Archive for the ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes’ Category
Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky, a funny little circle game or counting song (a Girl Scout Songbook song, too)
Posted on: May 19, 2013
Here’s a cute one I learned (and adapted a little to make a counting song) from my daughter’s Brownie Troop:
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Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky (Counting Song or Circle Game)
Traditional Words and Tune
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
down by the banks of the hanky panky
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DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY
Traditional Words and Tune
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an eeps, ipes, opes, opps
One fell in and went kerplops.
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Circle Game Instructions
This song is sung (and game played) by the Brownies of Troop 2740 by sitting in a circle and hands extended round in the circle. Each girl sits with right palm resting under the hand of the girl to her right and left hand resting on top of the hand to her left. When the song begins, one girl is designated to begin and on the first beat of the song she gently slaps the hand of the girl to her right with her left hand. Then, in turn, one at a time going around the circle (this would be counter-clockwise) when a girl’s left hand is gently slapped, she uses her left hand to gently slap the upturned palm of the girl to her right. The girl whose hand is slapped on the word “kerplop” is out and the game/song begins again and is played until the last girl/frog goes “kerplop.”
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Counting Game Instructions
To make this a counting song, replace “Where the” with 5 (or number for however many times you’re willing to sing the song), and in each subsequent verse, reduce the number by 1. When the group reaches zero, sing “No bullfrogs jump” and “Not one fell in and went kerplops.”
It would go like this:
DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE HANKY PANKY (COUNTING SONG)
Traditional Words and Tune
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky
Five bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an eeps, ipes, opes, opps
One fell in and went kerplops.
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky
Four bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an eeps, ipes, opes, opps
One fell in and went kerplops.
Etc…
Last verse:
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky
No bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
With an eeps, ipes, opes, opps
Not one fell in and went kerplops.
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Very similar tune to the one the girls use, a 19 second song so you can hear the whole tune by previewing the track, here (very cute),
http://www.amazon.com/Down-By-Banks-Hanky-Panky/dp/B003EYA7JS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1368622270&s=dmusic&sr=1-2
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This video includes extended lyrics and a hand-clapping game, but a similar tune:
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Kids in Indonesia play the song, too (slightly different lyrics, but same tune!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoMAvwKGfk
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This is not a circle game, but an alternative with movements (good exercise!)
King County Library System webpage for this song, includes slightly different lyrics and tune and a video with movements for a little exercise:
http://wiki.kcls.org/tellmeastory/index.php/Down_by_the_Banks_of_the_Hanky_Panky
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Slightly different lyrics but good circle game (they call it a clapping game, but the instructions are for the circle game),
http://kiboomukidssongs.com/down-by-the-banks-of-the-hanky-panky-song/
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Related Posts
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Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky, a Girl Scout Song for Troop 2740
http://brownietroop2740.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/down-by-the-banks-of-the-hanky-panky-a-girl-scout-song-for-troop-2740/
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MOVEMENTS, FINGER PLAYS AND DANCES
Get Movin’! MOVEMENTS, FINGER PLAYS AND DANCES in Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/get-movin-movements-finger-plays-and-dances-in-singable-picture-books/
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LITTLE SONGS, A NOTEBOOK OF SWEET LITTLE SONGS (MOSTLY SINGABLE POETRY) FOR TO SING WHEN YOUR BRAIN FEELS FUZZY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/little-songs-a-notebook-of-sweet-little-songs-mostly-singable-poetry-for-to-sing-when-your-brain-feels-fuzzy/
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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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PINTEREST
SING WITH ME SONGBOOK FOR SINGBOOKS WITH EMILY (ON PINTEREST)
http://pinterest.com/singbooksemily/sing-with-me-songbook-sing-books-with-emily/
Two Priceless Mementos
Posted on: May 14, 2013
Independently of each other, two girls in 2nd grade made notes for me this past week. Priceless mementos that I’ll keep and treasure.
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From Amelia
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From Phoebe
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Related Posts
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GALLERY OF KIDS ARTWORK FOR SBWE
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/praise-portraits-from-friends-of-sbwe/
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PRAISE FOR SING BOOKS WITH EMILY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/praise-for-sing-books-with-emily/
- In: Art of Singing a Song | Cabaret | Case for Singable Books | Expert Info - First Hand | Girl Scout Song | Heartfelt Musings | Lyrics | Out of the Mouths of Babes | Poetry | Power of Music | Quotes of Note | Sing Along Tracks | Sing Books with Emily Sing-Along Materials | Singable Book Title | Singable Poem | Singable Poetry | Song History | Written by ELEG
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Horse Sang a Song, Song
Words by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus
Tune by Eloise’s Mom
Illustrated by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus
Sing along with Eloise’s Mom Emily, here:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/horse-sang-a-song-song
To view or print this poem poster, click here:
HORSE SANG A SONG SONG EPG POSTER 2013
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Eloise’s handwritten poem:
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THE HORSE SANG A SONG, SONG
Words by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus
Tune by Eloise’s Mom
Sing along with Eloise’s Mom Emily, here:
https://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/horse-sang-a-song-song
I saw a brown horse.
She sang a song.
A horse of course.
I sang along.
The horse was pretty.
She combed her hair.
The horse was witty.
She not care.
I saw a brown horse.
She sang a song.
A horse of course.
I sang along.
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Related Posts
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LITTLE SONGS, A NOTEBOOK OF SWEET LITTLE SONGS (MOSTLY SINGABLE POETRY) FOR TO SING WHEN YOUR BRAIN FEELS FUZZY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/little-songs-a-notebook-of-sweet-little-songs-mostly-singable-poetry-for-to-sing-when-your-brain-feels-fuzzy/
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PINTEREST
FAVORITE SINGABLES ON PINTEREST
Of the hundreds (maybe thousands) of choices, this list on Pinterest displays the top blockbuster favorite Singable Picture Books that we warble together at Sing Books visits:
http://pinterest.com/singbooksemily/
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POETRY SINGABLE POETRY IN COMPILATIONS
An list of singable poems from compilations of poetry for children
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/singable-poetry-a-list-of-poems-that-can-be-sung-from-illustrated-compilations-of-poetry-and-singable-picture-books/
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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/
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SONGS BY EMILY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/songs-by-emily/
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GALLERY OF KIDS ARTWORK FOR SBWE
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/praise-portraits-from-friends-of-sbwe/
- In: Art of Singing a Song | Book Review by ELEG | Cabaret | Case for Singable Books | Heartfelt Musings | Lyrics | Out of the Mouths of Babes | Power of Music | Quotes of Note | SBWE in Person | Sing Along Tracks | Singable Book Title | Singable Picture Book Video | Song History | Vocal Tracks
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This song takes me home, alright. Like the other John Denver songs in the Singable Picture Book repertoire, I grew up listening this song and today love the memories it brings back.
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Take Me Home, Country Roads
Words and Music by John Denver, Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff
Words Adapted by Christopher Canyon
Illustrated by Christopher Canyon
ISBN 978-1584690726
This is a wonderfully detailed, joyful and loving book. I pulled it out in a Kindergarten class and one of the children said “Wow, those are some detailed pictures!” What a great comment, and true. Fabulous detail are found in each picture of this book, paintings made to look give the feeling of a lovingly made quilt. This book is a great work of illustration and a fitting, loving tribute to the wonderful music and big heart of John Denver.
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TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
Words and Music by John Denver, Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff
Almost heaven West Virginia
Blue ridge mountains, Shenandoah river
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home country roads
All my memories, they gather ’round her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eyes
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin’ hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin’ down the road I get a feelin’
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home country roads
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home country roads
Take me home country roads
Take me home down country roads
Take me home down country roads
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All the songwriters sing the song together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukUL_I14GPw
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YouTube with Lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i5nDWUX9Ks
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YouTube of recording sung by the great Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCkiyTGM6E
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Take Me Home Country Roads wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Home,_Country_Roads
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Publisher’s webpage for TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS which includes images of beautiful two page illustration spreads,
http://www.dawnpub.com/our-books/take-me-home-country-roads/
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The destination of the singer is somewhere in West Virginia, but clearly the singer is coming by way of Virginia travelling from East to West, going through the Blue Ridge Mountains and over the Shenandoah River, both of which reside in the western parts of the state of Virginia. You can see West Virginia, Virginia, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River all marked on this map. I keep this map with the book and point these things out before we sing the song. A little geography, a little singing…It’s all go to know!
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/printpage/valarge.htm
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Related Post
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JOHN DENVER
The Singable Picture Books of John Denver
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-singable-picture-books-of-john-denver/
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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/
My friend George told me once that singing is difficult for some because the act of singing is expressing emotion on pitch. That might also be why long notes are often applauded, because it is not only a physical and musical achievement people marvel at, but also the emotional courage of honestly and brazenly bearing one’s soul. Overwhelming emotional situations always make me WANT to sing. This overflow of emotion is the stimulus to sing when people gather and a commonly known song breaks out.
These emotional days of big terrible events and tumultuous changes in society are causing examples to emerge of gathered people breaking out in song. One of these has been around for a long time, but the other two, recent examples come from the same emotional need to sing and the uniting quality of song.
THE POWER OF SONG
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National Anthem Sung at Boston Bruins Game the Night after Boston Marathon Bomb Attack.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHMRpdk3_4
I do so love the Boston accents so evident in this singing of the National Anthem!
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Gay Marriage Bill Is Passed in New Zealand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilMBLV3A6ug
The reading of the vote, cheering, then singing begin about 40 seconds into the video.
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The Who’s Sing Together in Whoville After the Grinch Failed to Steal Christmas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqOOUJFv1n0
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Related Posts
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INFO AND THINKING ABOUT SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/resources-for-inspiration-and-information/
Fun songs, great arrangements and fantastic vocals combine to create a get-up-on-your-feet-to-dance-and-play Singable Picture Book delight!
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Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’ (the Air Band Song and Ohter Toe-Tapping Tunes)
Words and Tunes by Lisa Loeb, Various Artists, and Traditional
Songs Performed by Lisa Loeb
Illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke
Published by Sterling Publishing
ISBN: 9781402769160
Songs include, listed in book order:
- TURN IT DOWN! The Air Band Song (new, original song)
- FATHER ABRAHAM
- MISS MARY MACK
- MONSTER STOMP (new, original song)
- GOING AWAY (new, original song)
- DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW
- EVERYBODY WAKE UP (new, original song)
- HELLO, TODAY (new, original song)
- PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
- HEAD, SHOULDERS, & TOES
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Thoughts from Emily (and Eloise, too)
This book is great fun and so well produced.
I love the illustrations by Ryan O’Rourke, including the jewel-toned rainbow color palate and whimsical typography.
Lisa Loeb’s vocals are fantastic. She never over-sings or yells and delivers effortless sounding, intimate performances in the upbeat and slower numbers. Lisa Loeb sings the songs and tells the stories with a sense of fun, but with honesty and authenticity. She never sings down to the children. And, she can be funny, too, like in “Father Abraham” when introducing new movements, letting a little “Oh, Brother!” creep into her voice. Instrument choices are wonderful throughout. I particularly loved the funny sounds chosen for the “blank” spots in “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes.” I found myself laughing right out loud.
It’s also sweet to add in a breather with the yoga in the sweet, sunny song “Hello, Today,” which is a nice break to remind everyone to slow down a little and take a deep breath and enjoy the day.
This book would make a fun basis for a kid’s party. Use the pictures as cues for decorations, invite kids over, gather ‘em ’round and go through the book. Everyone will have fun for sure!
A few fleeting thoughts about the songs:
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TURN IT DOWN! The Air Band Song
Adorable song!
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FATHER ABRAHAM
My daughter Eloise had a fun time demonstrating for me the crazy (and physically challenging) things you find yourself doing as the END of this song!
I remember playing this clapping game, which a friend of mine taught me, on my elementary school playground in Indianapolis, IN. It was fun to discover that my daughter Eloise learned this clapping game, which a friend of hers taught her, on her elementary school playground in Arlington, VA. It’s like a playground meme that crosses barriers of time and space.
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MONSTER STOMP
If you were going to have a party with this book, you could pair MONSTER STOMP with Monster Mash
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GOING AWAY
I particularly loved the blue-grassy feel of this song. It reminded me of Woody Guthrie’s song Riding in My Car
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DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW
I never knew this song had movements and just love that Lisa added them in the book!
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EVERYBODY WAKE UP
This song made me think of Steve Martin’s Late for School
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HELLO, TODAY
I just loved the breather this song allowed and a reminder that exercise can also be relaxing. I found myself thinking about John Denver’s Sunshine on My Shoulders and The Beatles’ (George Harrison’s) “Here Comes the Sun” (if only someone would illustrate THAT for a picture book!). I also really love Dan Zane’s song HELLO HELLO (also a sweet Singable Picture Book, illustrated by Donald Saaf)
Another fun song to remember from being a kid at camp. Lisa Loeb uses a slightly different rhythm than the one I remember. But I still love Peanut Butter and Jelly!
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HEAD, SHOULDERS, & TOES
I used to have “oh not that again” kind of mom dread hearing a song like this in an anthology of songs for kids. Some songs in the public domain, and taken up by acts like Barney (I’m sorry, but it’s true), give me shivers of unhappiness…especially when there are so many wonderful songs out there! These “public domain” songs are low hanging fruit, they are free to produce and often bore me to pieces.
BUT IN THE CREATIVE HANDS OF LISA LOEB, this song has become a funny circus of sounds and a fun way to get a little exercise and have some fun to boot! Wait until you hear the sounds she and her creative team came up with for when the body parts stop dropping out. I went from “oh darn” to OH WOW! I hope she makes a video for this one so kids can see them making some of these zippy sounds.
My daughter Eloise says that the chorus of this song was her favorite part of the whole book!
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Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Author and mom Lisa Loeb:
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Illustrator Ryan O’Rourke’s webpage for LISA LOEB’S SONGS FOR MOVIN’ & SHANKIN’ includes views of two page spreads for 3 of the songs:
http://ryanorourke.com/Lisa-Loeb-s-Songs-for-Movin-and-Shakin-1
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Monster Stomp from Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’
Words and Music by Lisa Loeb
Illustration by Ryan O’Rourke
See larger and more two page spreads of Ryan O’Rouke’s Illustrations for Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’, here:
http://ryanorourke.com/Lisa-Loeb-s-Songs-for-Movin-and-Shakin-1
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ONLINE INFO FOR LISA LOEB’S SONGS FOR MOVIN’ AND SHANKIN’
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Wired.com GeekMom interviews Lisa Loeb about her “Movin’ and Shakin’” project:
http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2013/03/lisa-loeb/
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A Parents Magazine interview with Lisa Loeb about her new book Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’
http://www.parents.com/parenting/celebrity-parents/moms-dads/lisa-loeb-interview/
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Buy Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’ for great price at AMAZON.COM
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Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’ is also available at online retailers like BARNES&NOBLE.COM
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A big thanks to Sterling Publishing for a copy of the book so I could share my thoughts and info!
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Sterling Publishing‘s webpage for Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’
http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/catalog?isbn=9781402769160
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Note to those who might be new to my blog:
I like to think of each one of my posts as evolving exhibits about the song, Singable Picture Book, artists, or subject depicted in the post. So when I find new information or have a new experience, I will add that to the post. That is to say, this is the information, impressions, and experiences I’ve gathered so far. Lisa Loeb’s SONG FOR MOVIN’ AND SHAKIN’ is the kind of book I’m sure will be used many times when I visit classrooms and enjoy the songs, pictures and movements with children and there will likely be much more to share as time goes along.
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Related Posts
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LISA LOEB IN SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/lisa-loeb-in-singable-picture-books/
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Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along (The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs)
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/lisa-loebs-silly-sing-along/
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Get Movin’! MOVEMENTS, FINGER PLAYS AND DANCES in Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/get-movin-movements-finger-plays-and-dances-in-singable-picture-books/
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Do Your Ears Hang Low, a Singable Picture Book
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/do-your-ears-hang-low-a-singable-picture-book/
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Peanut Butter and Jelly, a Singable Picture Book
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/peanut-butter-and-jelly-a-play-rhyme-a-singable-picture-book/
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FOOD
Food Glorious Food, a List of Singable Picture Books about Food
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/food-glorious-food-a-list-of-singable-picture-books-about-food/
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Miss Mary Mack, a Singable Picture Book
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/miss-mary-mack-a-singable-picture-book/
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Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, a Singable Picture Book
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/head-shoulders-knees-and-toes-a-singable-picture-book/
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REALLY ROSIE AND NUTSHELL KIDS, SONGS BY CAROLE KING IN SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/a-few-favorite-singable-books-part-24-nutshell-library/
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CAMP SONGS
- In: Case for Singable Books | Girl Scout Song | Heartfelt Musings | Nursery Rhymes and Mother Goose | Out of the Mouths of Babes | Poetry | Power of Music | SBWE Sing-Along Program for Classrooms and Families | Sing Books with Emily Sing-Along Materials | Singable Book Title | Singable Poem | Singable Poetry
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MOVEMENTS, FINGER PLAYS AND DANCES
Singable Picture Books and Songbook Collections which feature songs with movements, finger plays and dances.
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Any ABC book can be performed with American Sign Language ABCs!
ABCs with American Sign Language Alphabet
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
Click here to view or print my ABC card with American Sign Language Alphabet:
letters caps WITH SIGN
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Any ABC book can be performed with American Sign Language ABCs!
ABCs: Sign Language Alphabet (Painless Learning Placemats)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by PAINLESS LEARNING PLACEMATS
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A-You’re Adorable with ASL Alphabet
Words and Music by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise and Sidney Lippman
Illustrated by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This item is for classroom, home, or library use only.
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The Book of Fingerplays and Action Songs
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Book of Beginning Circle Games
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Book of Bounces
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Book of Movement Exploration
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Book of Songs and Rhymes with Beat and Motions
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Book of Tapping and Clapping
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Book of Wiggles and Tickles
Words and Music by Various Artists
Compiled and Edited by John M. Feierabend
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The Croaky Pokey
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Ethan Long
Illustrated by Ethan Long
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Count and Move
Singable Picture Book Video from SuperSimpleSongs.com
Super Simple Songs YouTube page:http://www.youtube.com/supersimplesongs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9EgE_JtEAw
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Dem Bones (with Seraphine the Skeletine)
Traditional Words and Tune
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Down by the Banks of the Hanky Panky (Counting Song or Circle Game)
Traditional Words and Tune
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
down by the banks of the hanky panky
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Do Your Ears Hang Low
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church
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Do Your Ears Hang Low (Sing and Read Storybook)
Traditional Words and Music
Words Adapted by Rachel Lisberg
Illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic
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Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Dorothea Deprisco Wang
Illustrated by Treesha Runnells
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Do Your Ears Hang Low? (and Other Silly Songs)
Traditional Words and Tunes
Illustrated by Pamela Cote
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Do Your Ears Hang Low (Fifty More Musical Fingerplays With Piano Arrangements and Guitar Chords)
Traditional Words and Tunes
Adaptations, Arrangements and Original Works by Tom Glazer
Illustrated by Mila Lazarevich
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The Eensy-Weensy Spider
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional Words Adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
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Eensy-Weensy Spider
Singable Picture Book Video from SuperSimpleSongs.com
Super Simple Songs YouTube page:http://www.youtube.com/supersimplesongs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZNBkdxCMY
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Eensy-Weensy Spider
Singable Picture Book Video from Screen Singers Karaoke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCTzBGIxlQ
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Eye Winter Tom Tinker Chin Chopper (Fifty Musical Fingerplays with Piano Arrangements and Guitar Chords)
Traditional Words and Tunes
Compiled and Arranged by Tom Glazer
Illustrated by Ron Himler
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The Farmer in the Dell
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Ilse Plume
(It is fun to sing this song along with accompaniment from the Fisher Price TV Radio that winds up and plays a music box version of “The Farmer in the Dell,” which you can see by clicking here:http://www.basicfun.com/products/fisher-price-classics/all/fisher-price-tv-radio.html)
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This was sitting on Mr. Mitchell’s bookshelf, so we sang it!
The Farmer in the Dell (A Singing Game)
Traditional Words and Music
Illustrated by Mary Maki Rae
This book features a description of the circle game which can be played when singing this song as well as printed music.
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Farmer in the Dell (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Pam Adams
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Handy Play Party Book
Music and Lyrcis by Various Artists
Edited by Cecilia Riddell
Also Attributed to Lynn Rohrbough
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The Handmade Alphabet
Sing to the Tune of “ABC Song“
Written and Illustrated by Laura Rankin
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Hand Rhymes
Words and Music by Various Artists
Collected by Marc Brown
Illustrated By Marc Brown
This book is filled with fun hand rhyme activities, but many of them are also singable!
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Head Shoulders Knees and Toes (and Other Action Rhymes)
Words and Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Zita Newcome
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Head Shoulders Knees and Toes (a teddy bear sing-along book)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by David Ellwand
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Head Shoulders Knees and Toes (Child’s Play)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Annie Kubler
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Head Shoulders Knees and Toes (let’s sing a song)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Jill Weber
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Sophie Fatus
(This book, published by Barefoot Books, comes packaged with a CD featuring Fred Penner’s vocals on one track and an instrumental sing-along on another track.)
Published by Barefoot Books
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (Classic Books with Holes)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Annie Kubler
Published by Barefoot Books
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Traditional Words and Tune
Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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I’m a Little Teapot
Traditional Words and Music
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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I’m a Little Teapot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDqMuFeQUw
Singable Picture Book Video from www.Speakaboos.com
Speakaboos YouTube Page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/speakaboos
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
Music Map Series: Multicultural Song 3
Published by Koomzaal
Traditional Words and Tune
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The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional Words Adapted by Rosemary Wells
Illustrated by Rosemary Wells
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The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Lorianne Siomades
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Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along (The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs)
Words and Tunes by Lisa Loeb, Various Artists, and Traditional
Songs Performed by Lisa Loeb
Illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke
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Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ and Shakin’ (the Air Band Song and Ohter Toe-Tapping Tunes)
Words and Tunes by Lisa Loeb, Various Artists, and Traditional
Songs Performed by Lisa Loeb
Illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke
Published by Sterling Publishing
ISBN: 9781402769160
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Little Boy Blue (Finger Plays Old and New)
Words and Music by Various Artists
Illustrated by Daphne Hogstrom
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Little Bunny Foo Foo (the Real Story)
Traditional Words and Tune
Story and Song Adapted by Cori Doerrfeld
Illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld
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Little Bunny Foo Foo (Told and Sung by The Good Fairy)
Traditional Words and Tune
Story and Song Adapted by Paul Brett Johnson
Illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson
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London Bridge is Falling Down (the song and the game)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Ed Emberley
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London Bridge is Falling Down
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Peter Spier
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Miss Mary Mack (Sing-Along Stories)
Traditional Words and Tune
Adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
ISBN 978-0-316-07614-2
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Miss Mary Mack and Other Children’s Street Rhymes
Edited by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson
Illustrated by Alan Tiegreen
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Peanut Butter and Jelly (A Play Rhyme)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
The back page of “Peanut Butter and Jelly” suggests movements to make this book even more fun with ACTION!
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Words and Music by Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Watch and listen to Michael Rosen sing the song in his book:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytc0U2WAz4s
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We’re Going on a Book Hunt
Tune Based on “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt“
Words Adapted by Pat Miller
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
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When I First Came to This Land
Words and Music by Oscar Brand
Illustrated by Doris Burn
LOC Catalog Card Number: 74-77596
This book contains notes about the author and illustrator and printed sheet music.
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When I First Came to This Land
Words and Music by Oscar Brand
Words Adapted by Harriet Ziefert
Illustrated by Simms Taback
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Activity Song Titles (which may have Singable Picture Books)
- Bear Went Over the Mountain
- Grey Squirrel
- Here We Go Looby Loo
- Knock at the Door
- Looby Loo
- Pat-a-Cake
- Round and Round the Garden
- Wheels on the Bus
- Where is Thumpkin
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Related Posts
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Get Movin’! MOVEMENTS, FINGER PLAYS AND DANCES in Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/get-movin-movements-finger-plays-and-dances-in-singable-picture-books/
One of my favorite songs to sing is The Surrey with the Fringe on Top. And, I absolutely love that that my children love to make artwork. AND, just as Martha Graham expressed, it is also important for children to understand that it is the MAKING of the art and the THOUGHT that goes into it that is so much more important than the objective “quality” of it.
With all this in mind, my heart is a-flutter with the picture my daughter Eloise just brought to me, saying that it is a picture of her and me riding in a surrey with fringe on top. She mentioned that the horse is not white like in the song but that she just didn’t know how to draw a white horse and to please notice that the sun is wearing sunglasses. She also said that the picture commemorates our horse and buggy rides through Central Park together.
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The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Art by Eloise Pauline Gleichenhaus (March 2013)
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The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Illustrated by James Warhola
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Related Posts
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MARTHA GRAHAM QUOTE (MY FRIEND JILL AND ELOISE’S BUNNY ART)
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/something-martha-graham-said-and-my-friend-jill/
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SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/surrey-with-the-fringe-on-the-top-a-singable-book/
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SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK CELEBRATING LOVE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/singable-picture-books-celebrating-love-for-valentines-day/
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SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/surrey-with-the-fringe-on-the-top-a-singable-book/
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SONGS FOR SUMMER, A LIST OF SUMMERY SINGALBE PICTURE BOOKS:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/songs-for-summer-a-list-of-summery-singable-picture-books/
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SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN SONGS:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/a-few-favorite-singable-books-part-59-rodgers-hammerstein/
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OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY: SING BOOKS WITH EMILY, THE CABARET:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/sing-books-with-emily-the-cabaret/
- In: Art of Singing a Song | Cabaret | Case for Singable Books | Heartfelt Musings | Lyrics | Out of the Mouths of Babes | Power of Music | Quotes of Note | SBWE in Person | Sing Books with Emily Sing-Along Materials | Singable Book Title | Song History | Songs We Sang | Written by ELEG
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Kid’s LOVE the song Rhode Island is Famous for You. Children especially plug into the fun of the last 2 verses of the song which play with the sound of the states’ names and relate them in funny ways to objects the state names sound like:
Pencils come from Pennsylvania
Vests from Vest Virginia
and Tents from Tent-esee
They know mink where they grow mink in Wyo-mink
A camp chair in New Hamp-chair, that’s for me
And minnows come Minnesota
Coats come from Dakota
But why should you be blue?
For you, you come from Rhode Island
Don’t let them ride Rhode Island
It’s famous for you.
I’ve been delighted that lately children have been sharing with me their ideas for other silly things that these states can be famous for. I would be remiss not to document them. I can’t always collect the child’s name who shouts out the idea or shares it with me, when when possible, I will also note the first name of the child who submitted the idea. As these ideas come in, I will register them on the Rhode Island is Famous for You blog page and we can begin singing verses that the children make up themselves.
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Collection of Kid’s Ideas Regarding Other Silly Things States Can Be Famous For (so far…)
- Hampsters come from New Hampster (Patrick R.)
- A new jersey (as in a new shirt) from New Jersey (Matthew)
- Soda comes from Minnea-soda
- Saws come from Arkan-saw
- Candy comes from Can-sas
- Cans come from Can-sas
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Rhode Island is Famous for You
Words by Howard Dietz
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Book Assembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus
This book is for home and classroom use only.
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Related Posts
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RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/rhode-island-is-famous-for-you-a-singable-picture-book/
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FIFTY NIFTY STATES, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/fifty-nifty-states-a-singable-picture-book/
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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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GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Singable Picture Books of the Great American Songbook and Michael Feinstein’s Foundation for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/american-songbook-singable-picture-books-and-michael-feinsteins-foundation-for-the-preservation-of-the-great-american-songbook/
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FOURTH OF JULY AND OTHER HOLIDAYS CELEBRATING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER CITIZENS AND HISTORY
A list of Patriotic Singable Picture Books
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/a-patriotic-list-of-singable-books-for-july-4th/
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UNITED STATES STATE CAPITALS SONG, A SINGABLE PICTURE BOOK
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/usa-state-capitals-song/
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A HOLE IN MY RESEARCH REVEALED FOR RHODE ISLAND IS FAMOUS FOR YOU
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/a-hole-in-my-research-revealed-for-rhode-island-is-famous-for-you/
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DICTION DICTION DICTION
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/diction-diction-diction-and-another-thought-for-rhode-island/
Two Blues to Make People Happy
Posted on: March 13, 2013
I stumbled over the same idea twice in two completely different places this week.
I’m studying up for an event that I’m getting to participate in early this coming June. The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation is hosting their annual Tinner Hill Blues Festival and I’m honored to have been asked to share Singable Blues related picture books with children at the Mary Riley Styles Public Library in Falls Church, VA. We worked out the song/book list from my existing repertoire, but I am interested in learning more and finding new Singable Picture Books to suit this delightful subject.
This was on my mind when…
On Monday, I got to visit Ms. Campbell’s class and we enjoyed I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog. Two things about the song confuse the kids a little. When the Big Blue Frog is said to have “Rhythm and a PhD,” kids generally want to know what a PhD is. Great to know they are paying attention enough to ask about that! If I were smart (and I plan to get smart any day now) I’d remember to give them a brief explanation of terms before hand). They also want to know about the PHROG. They’ll speak up and want to know what that’s all about. I tell them how in the crazy English Language, PH makes an F sound, and how I think that the reason the songwriter put that into the song is because it gives a second example of how the singer (or narrator of the story) is willing to look at things in a different way. She falls in love with a Big Blue Frog (to which one of the children responded, “and how many people do you know who fall in love with Big Blue Frogs?”) and she spells “frog” PHROG.
The same child said, “Also, I think it’s just to be funny. Sometimes people make things up just to make people happy.” From a child in Kindergarten!
The next day I was searching around for Blues Related Singable Picture Books and stumbled on a video featuring the late night talk show host and comic Conan teaching a group of school children about The Blues and working with these first graders to write a Blues song. Hilarity results, but he begins by telling them the purpose of the Blues as a musical art form, ”Now, here’s what we do. To write the Blues, you write about something that’s making you unhappy. And by singing about something that makes you unhappy, it makes you feel better…”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7f26d-AIrM
Interesting that in two musical Blues, we get examples of how the existence of it makes us happy! I also like how, though I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog is not traditionally a Blues song, it does fit Conan’s definition in that the song deals with a subject that is painful for some (interracial couples not feeling welcome in their communities) in a way that has the potential to be humorous and to make people happy.
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I’m in Love with a Big Blue Frog
Words and Music by Leslie Braunstein
Performed by Peter Paul & Mary
Illustrated by Joshua S. Brunet
ISBN 978-1-936140-37-4
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Related Posts
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THE BLUES, in Illustrated and Otherwise Musically Related Picture Books (yet another list inspired by Nikki)
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Singable Picture Books Celebrating Tolerance and Compassion (another list inspired by Nikki)
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/singable-picture-books-celebrating-tolerance-and-compassion-another-list-inspired-by-nikki/
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AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
A list of Singable Picture Books that celebrate February is African American History Month
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/singable-picture-books-celebrating-african-american-history-month/
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.
A list of SPBs celebrating the life, legacy and January 16 National Holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/singable-picture-books-honoring-the-legacy-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/
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PETER YARROW SONGBOOK
A list of the Singable Picture Books from the Peter Yarrow Songbook series:
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/the-case-for-singing-with-children-from-peter-yarrow/
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The Folk Process and Peter Yarrow’s Songbook Series
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/the-folk-process/
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Peter Yarrow Songbook Series, the Importance of Singing for Others and the Folk Process
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/the-case-for-singing-with-children-from-peter-yarrow/
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FUNNY SINGABLE PICTURE BOOKS
That’s Hilarious! A List of Singable Picture Books that’ll Crack You Up!
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/thats-hilarious-a-list-of-singable-picture-books-thatll-crack-you-up/
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TWO BLUES TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/two-blues-to-make-people-happy/
