Posts Tagged ‘Iza Trapani’
Iza Trapani has created a whole library full of wonderful Singable Picture Books, with fresh and fun adaptations (richly, delightfully illustrated!) of traditional tunes, poems and rhymes.
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Iza Trapani’s website:
http://www.izatrapani.com/
Read Iza Trapani’s amazing, touching, inspiring biography and see her full bibliography (this focus of this list are to isolate Singable Picture Books) on her Amazon.com Author Page:
http://www.amazon.com/Iza-Trapani/e/B000AR9CKC/ref=sr_tc_ep?qid=1338373204
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Froggie Went A-Courtin’
Traditional Words and Tune
Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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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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How Much is that Doggie in the Window
Words and Music by Bob Merrill
Words 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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The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Jingle Bells
Original Tune and Lyrics by James Lord Pierpont
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Mary Had Little Lamb
Traditional Tune
Original Rhyme by Sarah Josepha Hale
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Oh Where, Oh Where Has my Little Dog Gone
Original Rhyme by Sarah Josepha Hale
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Row Row Row Your Boat
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Rufus and Friends: Rhyme Time
Traditional Words and Tunes
Story and Adaptations by Iza Trapani
Illustrations by Iza Trapani
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Shoo Fly!
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Poem by Jane Taylor
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
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Read an interview with Iza Trapani, here:
http://www.slimybookworm.com/blog/childrens-book-author-interview-with-iza-trapani/
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Bear Went Over the Mountain, book trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLChXEEiRcI
I LOVE that fiddle!
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A video of Iza Trapani performing a poem (in a beautiful setting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6QJ01z2Eos
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Wow, this looks cool!
BLACK BEAR’S HUDSON VALLEY
A new musical with story, lyrics and illustrations by Iza Trapani:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGPlIg7VDoI
What fun it was to discover this Singable Gift on the rocking chair in Ms. Anctil’s room this past Thursday afternoon!
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The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Ms. Anctil pointed out to the children that the bear has experiences with all five senses, one for each verse. The bear’s journey also takes us through each season until finally, at the end, he settles in to hibernate for the winter. Delightfully, this book offers the opportunity to open many doors for discussion.
We did struggle just a tad trying to remember the tune, and the book is laid out so that the last two lines of the second verse are on subsequent page and if you are unsure of the tune, this could be confusing.
So I have sung it for my friends to learn the tune.
To sing with me, just click here:
http://soundcloud.com/singbookswithemily/bear-went-over-the-mountain
Book’s video trailer with fiddle accompaniment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLChXEEiRcI
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The Bear Went Over the Mountain (Children’s Favorite Activity Songs)
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Michelle Dorenkamp
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And adaptation
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The Bear Came over to My House
Traditional Words and Tune
Words Adapted by Rick Walton
Illustrated by James Warhola
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Thanks to this wikipedia article, I finally made the connection that “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” is sung to the tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” (How could I have missed that?),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_Went_Over_the_Mountain_(song)
The Kiddles page offers a lyric sheet and printable music:
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/b005.html
A YouTube sing-along:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtN9lHro96g
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“Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along,” A Singable Book, Letter W (tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
Posted on: September 26, 2010
Mary had a W…
Sing the words of the song for the letter M to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along
Words Adapted by Teddy Slater
Illustrated by Liisa Chauncy Guida
Willy Would Not Wear a Hat
(Lyrics by Teddy Slater, from book “ABC Sing-Along,” sing to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
Willy would not wear a hat,
wear a hat, wear a hat:
Willy would not wear a hat.
It made his hair too flat.
“I wish you would,” Aunt Wanda said,
Wanda said, Wanda said.
“I wish you would,” Aunt Wanda said,
and plopped one on his head.
An interesting wiki article (remember to fact-check any “wiki” article!) about ”Mary Had a Little Lamb” song origins, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Had_a_Little_Lamb
Interesting thoughts and information about the rhyme here,
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/mary_had_a_little_lamb.htm
Mary Had a Little Lamb
(Complete Text)
Traditional Tune
Rhyme by Sarah Josepha Hale
Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow
Everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go
It followed her to school one day
School one day, school one day
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules.
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school
And so the teacher turned it out,
Turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near
And waited patiently about,
Patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
Love Mary so? Love Mary so?
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
The eager children cry
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know.”
Loves the lamb, you know, loves the lamb, you know
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know.”
The teacher did reply
KIDiddles has a wonderful page for “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” complete with sheet music, activity sheet, and midi tune sing-along,
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/m003.html
Paul McCartney recorded a version of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” with his band WINGS in 1972,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Had_a_Little_Lamb_(Paul_McCartney_song)
Paul McCartney’s “Mary Had a Little Lamb,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHeEwiQJsY
“Mary Had a Little Lamb” on Sesame Street,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrJnzBFzEEY
More Mary with the Muppets,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHGDoo6QzN4
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Traditional Tune
Original Rhyme by Sarah Josepha Hale
Words Adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Traditional Tune
Words by Sarah Josepha Hale
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Mary Had Little Lamb
Traditional Tune
Original Rhyme by Sarah Josepha Hale
Words Adapted by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Traditional Tune
Original Rhyme by Sarah Josepha Hale
Illustrated by Salley Mavor
I love this charming adaptation,
from,
Moses Supposes His Toeses are Roses (and 7 Other Silly Old Rhymes)
Traditional Rhymes and Tunes
Adapted by Nancy Patz
Illustrated by Nancy Patz
Click here to find a page of amusing adaptations on “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (including the “glutton/mutton” adaptation above:
http://books.google.com/books?id=sdWwHbOf4oAC&pg=PA90&lpg=PA90&dq=mary+had+a+little+lamb,+it+was+a+greedy+glutton&source=bl&ots=HmKzI4ng4R&sig=3fC54sFJfzakhuFKFXQu01S7cPs#v=onepage&q=mary%20had%20a%20little%20lamb%2C%20it%20was%20a%20greedy%20glutton&f=false
from,
Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
Writen by Iona Opie, Peter Opie, and Marina Warner
Click here to view a full online page of images associated with this rhyme:
http://eclipse.rutgers.edu/goose/rhymes/images/?rhyme_code=lamb
“Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along,” A Singable Book, Letter U (tune of “Eensy-Weesy Spider”) also Eensy-Weensy and Itsy-Bitsy in Singable Picture Books
Posted on: September 3, 2010
The Eensy-Weensy Spider climbed on the Letter U!
Sing the words of the song for the letter U to the tune of “Eensy-Weensy Spider.”
Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along
Words Adapted by Teddy Slater
Illustrated by Liisa Chauncy Guida
My Uncles’s Ukelele
(Lyrics by Teddy Slater, from book “ABC Sing-Along,” sing to the tune of “Eensy-Weensy Spider”)
My uncle’s ukelele
goes unka, plunka, doo.
Each night he strums it
underneath the moon.
Unka, plunka, doo,
unka, plunka, plunka, doo…
I hear Uncle’s happy tune
floating upstairs to my room.
The original lyrics, here:
Eensy-Weensy Spider
(Also known as “Itsy Bitsy Spider”)
Traditional Words and Tune
Eensy weensy spider
Went up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Then the eensy weensy spider
Went up the spout again.
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Visit this website for lyrics, finger play, and print-outs:
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/e001.html
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Some info about the song history here, including its inclusion in the Roud Folk Song Index:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Bitsy_Spider
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Sing-along with the NIH’s midi music box, here:
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/spider.htm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_gXp6mLuA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UCTzBGIxlQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZNBkdxCMY
This video features a fellow performing movements for the song.
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Lots of illustrated books, and variations on the “Itsy-Bitsy”/”Eeensy-Weesy” theme:
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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 Eensy-Weensy Spider
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional Words Adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
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The wonderful children’s performer and singer/songwriter Raffi, has written a wonderful second verse that I love to sing whenever I get the chance:
EENSY WEENSY SPIDER
New Verse By Raffi, Michael Creber
Then the little spider
Began to weave her thread
Of gossamer and silk
She spun herself a bed
Round and round she went
Till all her work was done
And soon a magic web lay
Gleaming in the sun
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You can find the song, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Eensy-Weensy-Spider/dp/B0010SKLOG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1283417138&sr=8-3
It is Track 3 of Raffi’s fantastic CD, “Let’s Play.”
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A song songsheet, if you like
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EENSY WEENSY SPIDER
Traditional Words and Tune
New Verse By Raffi, Michael Creber
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
eensy weensy spider with raffi verse
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“Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along,” A Singable Book, Letter S (tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Posted on: August 13, 2010
Row, Row, Row to SSSSSSSSSS
Sing the words of the song for the letter S to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Read, Sing, Play ABC Sing-Along
Words Adapted by Teddy Slater
Illustrated by Liisa Chauncy Guida
Sing, Sing, Sing a Song
(Lyrics by Teddy Slater, from book “ABC Sing-Along,” sing to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Sing, sing, sing a song,
sing a silly song.
Singily, jingily,
ringily, swingily,
won’t you sing along?
The original lyrics, here:
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Traditional Words and Tune
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Traditional Words and Tune
Additional Words by Iza Trapani
Illustrated by Iza Trapani
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Heather Collins
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Traditional Words and Tune
Illustrated by Annie Kubler
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat (A Teddy Bear Sing-Along Book)
Traditional Words and Music
Illustrated by David Ellwand
This song was written to be sung in a round, where groups of people can sing parts within a song, one section beginning once the previous group has finished a line. This allows for harmonies and interesting vocal arrangements to occur as the different parts sing together and repeat the tune. It is such joy to sing a round and even the simple “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” becomes a beautiful and engaging experience.
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A description of a musical round, here,
http://www.answers.com/topic/round-music
A round is a musical composition in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together. It is one of the easiest forms of part singing, as only one line of melody need be learnt by all parts, and is part of a popular musical tradition.
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A brief song history here,
http://www.makingmusicfun.net/htm/f_mmf_music_library_songbook/row-row-row-your-boat-history-and-lyrics.htm
(This site also offers some funny lyric adaptations)
Row, Row, Row Your Boat is an English nursery rhyme that is often sung as a round. The tune was written by Eliphalet Oram Lyte and included in the The Franklin Square Song Collection (1881, New York).
A slightly expanded song history, here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row,_Row,_Row_Your_Boat
(This wiki also offers lots of additional verses as well as motions to perform while singing along)
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Here’s a cool version of the song, played in a round by acoustic guitar, mandolin, and electric guitar,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPiovYRYmmg
I like this version by Super Simple Songs, the animation is lovely and the video showcases the song as a round in the second half:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7otAJa3jui8
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