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Songs to Sing and Play
Camp Granada: sing-along camp songs.
An assortment of popular camp songs, such as "Rise and Shine,"
"The Peanut Song," "Do Your Ears Hang Low,"
"This Land Is Your Land," and "Kum Ba Yah."
(j782.42)
De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk
Songs for Children.
A collection of children's folk songs from Latin America with
lyrics in both Spanish and English, with music. (j781.62)
Go In and Out the Window: An Illustrated
Songbook for Young People.
An illustrated collection of sixty-two traditional songs using
art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (j784.62)
Gonna Sing My Head Off!: American Folk
Songs for Children.
A collection of over sixty American folk songs for children including
"This Land is Your Land." (j782.42)
Guthrie, Woody. Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs.
Easy, singable tunes with lots of repetitive verses. This replication
of an unpublished songbook features hand-lettered lyrics, music,
and pen-and-ink sketches with watercolor washes done by Guthrie
himself. (j782.42)
How Sweet the Sound: African-American
Songs for Children.
Contains texts of twenty-three spirituals, traditional songs,
street cries, chants, hand-clapping songs, and contemporary songs
for children, with an appendix discussing the origins of each
song and showing the melodic line. (j782.42)
Katz, Alan. Take Me Out of the Bathtub
and Other Silly Dilly Songs.
Well-known songs, including "Oh Susannah" and "Row,
Row, Row Your Boat," are presented with new words and titles,
such as "I'm So Carsick" and "Go, Go, Go to Bed."
(j784.624)
Rodgers, Richard. Getting to Know You!:
Rodgers and Hammerstein Favorites.
Excerpts from the lyrics of 16 songs from the musicals of Richard
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, complemented by watercolors
from children's author/illustrator Rosemary Wells; also includes
a separate songbook with the complete lyrics and melody lines.
(j782.14)
Songs of the Wild West.
Songs and paintings about cowboys, pioneers, bad men, and heroes,
using art from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Buffalo
Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. (j782.42)
Sullivan, Arthur. I Have a Song to Sing,
O!: An Introduction to the Songs of Gilbert and Sullivan.
An illustrated collection of songs from famous operettas by Gilbert
and Sullivan. (j782.12)
Yolen, Jane. Jane Yolen's Songs of Summer.
Original and traditional songs that celebrate the sights and sounds
of summer. (j782.42)
Instruments to Make
Doney, Meryl. Musical Instruments.
Step-by-step instructions for making a variety of musical instruments
from around the world, including Mexican rhythm sticks, and a
paper prayer drum from India. (j784.192)
Dunleavy, Deborah. The Kids Can Press
Jumbo Book of Music.
Instructions on how to make and play instruments from all over
the world are presented for everything from creating a thumb piano
to playing a didgeridoo, and including a variety of music-related
activities, as well as the notes and lyrics to several songs.
(j780)
Hart, Avery. Kids Make Music!: Clapping
and Tapping from Bach to Rock!
A variety of activities based on music, including singing and
dancing, improvisation, and making homemade instruments. (j780)
Purton, Michael. I Can Make Music: Simple-to-make
and Fun-to-play Musical Instruments for Young Children.
Simple text and clear illustrations provide instruction for making
musical instruments. (j784.192)
Wiseman, Ann Sayre. Making Music.
Instructions for making a variety of simple musical instruments
from ordinary household items. (j784.192)
