Sing a Song with Your Child

I love music!  Other than reading, it is probably the thing I love the most.  So it's wonderful when music and books are blended together.  Here are some of my favorite picture books based on songs . . .

The Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long
Frogs sing and do their own version of the Hokey Pokey.

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
The sounds of the farm animals create a lively beat that keep Farmer Sue, the chicks, sheep, and other farm animals awake.

If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre
In rhyming text reminiscent of the traditional song, "If you're happy and you know it," presents various animals that are hoppy, sloppy, growly, flappy, or slimy, scaly and mean.

Crankee Doddle by Tom Angleberger
A pony tries to convince his cranky owner to take a ride into town. Includes notes about the song, "Yankee Doodle."


More Books --
All Through the Night by John Hughes
Dance by the Light of the Moon by Joanne Ryder
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (A Letter from Camp) by Allan Sherman
Hey Diddle Diddle by Eve Bunting
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
I'm a Manatee by  John Lithgow
If You're A Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberley
Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
Jazzmatazz by Stephanie Calmenson
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Mary Ann Hoberman
The Middle Child Blues by Kristyn Crow
Naamah and the Ark at Night: A Lullaby by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin
One Grain of Sand: A Lullaby by Pete Seeger
Over at the Castle by Boni Ashburn
Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka
Rock & Roll Mole by Carolyn Crimi
Take My Out to the Ballgame by Maryann Kovalski
There Was a Cowpoke Who Swallowed an Ant by Helen Ketteman
This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jane Cabrera
Who Bop? by Jonathan London
You're A Grand Old Flag by George Cohan
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Voilin by Lloyd Moss


Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through April 15, 2016.