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These beautiful, hardbound books combine charming stories and enchanting illustrations to introduce children to the joy of making music! Perfect for elementary schools, or your own studio library. Ages 5 and up. Read these to your students and capture everyone's attention!

Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin

Tchaikovsky Discovers America

Meet the Orchestra

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

Meet the Marching Smithereens

Cleveland Lee's Beale Street Band

Music in the Family

Pianna

Young Louis Armstrong

Long Live Music

Tuba Lessons

Berlioz the Bear

My Friend the Piano

Dancin' In the Kitchen

 

Other Children's Book Categories

Fingerplays

Multicultural Resources

Musical Emergent Readers

Musicals

Nursery and Action Rhymes

Picture Books to Sing and Chant

Piggyback Songs

Song and Activity Collections


Fingerplays

1001 Rhymes & Fingerplays
by Totline Staff (Compiler), Paperback

15 Easy Folktale Fingerplays: With Cross-Curricular Activities
by Bill Gordh, Paperback

2'S Experience: Fingerplays
by Liz Wilmes, Dick Wilmes, Paperback

Barney Plays Nose to Toes
by Margie Larsen, et al, Hardcover

Creative Fingerplays & Action Rhymes: An Index and Guide to Their Use
by Jeff Defty, Ellen Kae Hester (Illustrator), Paperback

Diez Deditos : 10 Little Fingers & Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America
by Jose-Luis Orozco (Translator), Elisa Kleven (Illustrator), Hardcover

The Fantastic Funny Finger Book (A Pss Surprise! Book)
by Koelling, Koelling, Hardcover

Finger Frolics
by Liz Cromwell, Dixie Hibner, Paperback

Finger Plays for Nursery and Kindergart
by Emilie, Poulsson, Paperback

Finger Rhymes (Picture Puffins)
by Marc Tolon Brown, Paperback

Fingerplays and Rhymes for Always and Sometimes
by Terry Lynne Graham, Paperback

Fun With Hand Shadows (Dover Game and Puzzle Activity Books)
by Frank Jacobs, Henry Bursill (Illustrator), Paperback

Hand Rhymes
by Marc Tolon Brown, School & Library Binding

Musical Games, Fingerplays and Rhythmic Activities for Early Childhood
by Marian Wirth, Paperback

Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays
by Beall, Pamela Conn Beall, Paperback--also available on Audio Cassette

    


Multicultural Resources

Diez Deditos : 10 Little Fingers & Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America
by Jose-Luis Orozco (Translator), Elisa Kleven (Illustrator), Hardcover

 

Shake It to the One That You Love the Best : Play Songs and Lullabies from Black Musical Traditions
by Cheryl Warren Mattox.  Paperback -- Book & Cassette Edition also available.

Myth, Music and Dance of the American Indian--Teacher's Resource Book and Cassette
by Ruth De Cesare

The Singing Sack : 28 Song-Stories from Around the World
by Helen East, Mary Currie (Illustrator)

Small World Celebrations
by Jean Warren, Elizabeth S. McKinnon

    


Musical Emergent Readers

Ages 3-8. Economical, motivational, and colorfully illustrated, these emergent readers include music and an activity suggestion. Written or adapted by Rozanne Lanczak Williams.

Five Little Monsters (Hardcover)


Musicals

Musical Plays by Carol Kaplan. Bring stories to life through drama, music, art, language, gross motor activities and more. Each package contains a resource book and a cassette of songs with catchy lyrics that children will want to sing again and again. Music included.

Holiday Plays Thanksgiving, Christmas

Three Nanny Goats Gruff

The following musical plays are out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months

3 Piggy Opera : An Opera for Young Children

Tikki Tikki Tembo : A Musical for Young Children

Stone Soup a 'Rock' Opera

Mini-Mini Musicals : Simple Musicals for Young Children Sung to Familiar Tunes
by Jean Warren, Paperback.

    


Nursery and Action Rhymes

Move over Mother Goose by Ruth I. Dowell, Paperback

Nursery Rhyme Time
by Ru Story-Huffman, Paperback

Nursery Songs and Lap Games
by Pamela Kennedy (Compiler), Hardcover--

Nursery Songs and Lap Games : A Collection of Classic Nursery Rhymes
by Pamela Kennedy (Compiler), Hardcover

Play Rhymes (Picture Puffins)
by Marc Brown, Paperback

Pocketful of Stars: Rhymes, Chants and Lap Games
by Felicity Williams, Michael Martchenko (Illustrator), Paperback

   



Picture Books to Sing and Chant

A You're Adorable
by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, Sidney Lippman, Martha Alexander (Illustrator).   School & Library Binding -- Paperback also available.

Abiyoyo: Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story
by Pete Seeger, Michael Hays (Illustrator), School & Library Binding -- Paperback , Audio CD

All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir  
by Bill Staines, Margot Zemach (Illustrator)

America the Beautiful
by Katharine Lee Bates, Neil Waldman (Illustrator)

The Cat Came Back
by Bill Slavin

Hush, Little Baby
by Shari Halpern (Illustrator)

I Know an Old Lady  
by G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)

It's Raining, It's Pouring  
by Kin Eagle, Rob Gilbert (Illustrator).   Hardcover -- Paperback also available.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider  
by Iza Trapani. Hardcover -- Paperback also available.

Paperback

My Favorite Things
by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, James Warhola (Illustrator), Oscar Hammerstein

Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme
by Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator), Paperback

Roll Over! a Counting Song
by Merle Peek (Illustrator).  School & Library Binding -- Paperback and Book&Cassette Edition also available.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
by Joanne Oppenheim, Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator)

She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
by Kathleen Bullock

The Star-Spangled Banner
by Peter Spier (Illustrator)

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
by Pam Adams

What a Wonderful World
by George David Weiss, Bob Thiele, Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)

 

   


Piggyback Songs

Alternative lyrics for familiar songs. Preschool - Grade 2. Paperback.
by Jean Warren unless otherwise noted.

Spanish Piggyback Songs
by Sonya Kranwinkel, Marion Ekberg (Illustrator), Barbara Robinson 

Animal Piggyback Songs

Holiday Piggyback Songs

More Piggyback Songs : New Songs Sung to the Tunes of Childhood Favorites

Piggyback Songs: New Songs Sung to the Tunes of Childhood Favorites

Piggyback Songs for Infants and Toddlers: New Songs Sung to the Tune of Childhood Favorites

Piggyback Songs for School

Piggyback Songs in Praise of God

Piggyback Songs in Praise of Jesus

Piggyback Songs to Sign
by Jean Warren, Susan Shroyer, Joan Kimmel (Illustrator)

Songs & Games for Fours
by Gayle Bittinger (Editor)

Songs & Games for Threes
by Elizabeth McKinnon (Editor), Kelly McMahon (Illustrator)

Songs & Games for Toddlers
by Carol Gnojewski (Editor)

Mini-Mini Musicals : Simple Musicals for Young Children Sung to Familiar Tunes

    


Puppet Activities

Mitt Magic: Fingerplays for Finger Puppets
by Lynda Roberts, Paperback

    


Song and Activity Collections

Where Is Thumbkin?: Over 500 Activities to Use With Songs You Already Know
by Pamela Schiller, Thomas Moore, Cheryl Kirk Noll

Kids Make Music!: Clapping & Tapping from Bach to Rock! (A Williamson Kids Can! Book)
by Avery Hart, Paul Mantell, Loretta Trezzo Braren

Let's Get the Rhythm of the Band
by Cheryl Warren Mattox, Varnette P. Honeywood (Illustrator).  Paperback -- Book and Cassette Edition also available.

Rhythm and Movement Activities for Early Childhood
by Rita Shotwell

Artstarts : Drama, Music, Movement, Puppetry, and Storytelling Activities
by Martha Brady, Patsy T. Gleason

Drama and Music : Creative Activities for Young Children
by Janet Rubin, Margaret Merrion

My Little House Songbook (My First Little House Books Series)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Holly Jones (Illustrator).  Hardcover -- Book & Cassette Edition also available.

Music for Fun, Music for Learning
by Lois Birkenshaw

Three Singing Pigs : Making Music With Traditional Stories
by Kaye Umansky

Music for Very Little People : 50 Playful Activities for Infants and Toddlers
by John Feierabend



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