Comments for Sing Books with Emily, the Blog http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com Celebrating the joys of words, music, and illustration in Singable Picture Books. Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Music has charms to soothe… by Sing Books with Emily http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/music-has-charms-to-soothe/#comment-10578 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:50:33 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=18708#comment-10578 Danielle! This note made my day! I can’t wait to visit your class soon!
With love and thanks, Emily

]]> Comment on Music has charms to soothe… by Danielle http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/music-has-charms-to-soothe/#comment-10572 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:33:19 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=18708#comment-10572 Sorry to hear about your experience with the teacher, but I completely agree about music making you feel better! I think I shared with you before, when I feel like I want to give up or when the kids won’t listen or when I am just not at my best, I take out one of “Mrs. G’s” books and songs and keep on singing till things get better. When I really need cheering up, I put on your cd with the book. Thank you for bringing joy to our classrooms! :-)

]]> Comment on A Hole in My Research Revealed for Rhode Island Is Famous For You by dtkeating http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/a-hole-in-my-research-revealed-for-rhode-island-is-famous-for-you/#comment-10347 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:55:51 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=18442#comment-10347 Ok, I’ll bite. Yes, it was me who raised the question. And, in fact, my memory is that I said you could say the Grand Canyon came from the Colorado River. But . . . since the song invokes states rather than great rivers, I still think Howard Dietz missed the target on that lyric. Many great things come from Colorado: peaks, silver, big-horn sheep.

My comments were not intended in any way to imply that I didn’t enjoy the song. Loved it. Great piece and executed to perfection.

As to Colorado canyons, I love many of them but my favorite is Glenwood Canyon. Had a great family white-water rafting trip through the canyon. We paused for a dip in the bubbling hot springs for which Glenwood is famous. We finished off with zip-line rides back and forth across the river.
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Dan

]]> Comment on Contact Emily by Sing Books with Emily http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/contact-emily-2/#comment-10231 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:38:49 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/#comment-10231 Hi Ginger! Oh, wow! It’s so great to hear from you. You have been an enormous inspiration to me! An email is on the way.
Best wishes and Many THANKS! And YES of course, please use any of my quotes! BEST!

]]> Comment on Contact Emily by Ginger Sands http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/contact-emily-2/#comment-10226 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:19:50 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/#comment-10226 Emily, thanks so much for your including my work of “Singable Poems” from my CD “The Gift of Make-Believe.” May I use some of your quotes on my website? Love your blog. We definitely share the same passion for great music + children’s literature! Feel free to drop me a line at laughingsun@comcast.net. Best Wishes, Ginger

]]> Comment on A Big Collection “I Know an” and “There Was an” Books (give us an awful lot to sing about) by Sing Books with Emily http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/i-know-an-and-there-was-an-awful-lots-of-things-to-sing-about/#comment-10167 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:45:20 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=16254#comment-10167 Yes! Thank you!! I’ve got that one in the Singable Bookshelves, but neglected to put it into the
“There Was an Old Lady” song/book list! Thank you!!

]]> Comment on A Big Collection “I Know an” and “There Was an” Books (give us an awful lot to sing about) by Beth http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/i-know-an-and-there-was-an-awful-lots-of-things-to-sing-about/#comment-10165 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:02:20 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=16254#comment-10165 Fantastic list! Check out “There Was An Old Monster” by Rebeccas, Adrian and Ed Emberly. You’ll love it!

]]> Comment on Skidamarink, a Singable Picture Book by Sing Books with Emily http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skidamarink-a-singable-picture-book/#comment-10089 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:55:28 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=10029#comment-10089 Dear Beth, Thank you so much for this delightful note. I so appreciate the kind words and to know you are out there loving music and picture books. I have the privilege of singing to many classrooms of children a week (in grades K-5th grade). Besides my family, of course, it is the joy of my life to share the music (and everything that goes with them, including the books and song history) in live/intimate performances. Best wishes to you and please stay in touch! Emily

]]> Comment on Skidamarink, a Singable Picture Book by Beth http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/skidamarink-a-singable-picture-book/#comment-10086 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 17:39:52 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=10029#comment-10086 Hello Emily,

I have just discovered your FANTASTIC website on singable books. I am doing a research project for teacher librarian course I’m doing, and have chosen song storybooks as my topic. Well, you’ve got it covered and more!

I am a musician as well as librarian, so always like to include music in any way that I can. Of course, songs that are illustrated story books provide a way to integrate music and literacy, and there are so many great singable books out there.

I love Skidamrink, and your blog posting with all the links about the song is AMAZING!

Beth Jay
Vancouver Island, B.C.

]]> Comment on SBWE Advent Calendar: Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah by segmation http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/sbwe-advent-calendar-hanukkah-oh-hanukkah/#comment-9626 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:48:37 +0000 http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/?p=17783#comment-9626 Thank you! http://www.segmation.com

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