So, I'm going to start a list of other favorite sing-along books, and I'd be pleased as peachy punch if you'd add your faves into the comments!
- Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop - Raschka
- Mama Don't Allow - Hurd
- Seals on the Bus - Hort
- Skip to my Lou - Westcott
- Lady With the Alligator Purse - Westcott
- 5 Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed - Christelow
- The Motown baby love board books: Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, How Sweet it is to be Loved By You, My Girl, The Way You Do the Things You Do, etc
- Barnyard Dance by Boynton (I really just chant this one, but it's great!)
- There's a Hole in the Bucket - Westcott
- Miss Mary Mack - Westcott (she's really the illustrator of all these books, but honestly, her versions are the best!) - this also makes a fun flannel, which I made years ago for the Main Library's collection, so CML folks can borrow it.
PS - isn't it nice to think about something other than my recover? yes! it is!
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Little Bunny Foo-Foo
Follow the Drinking Gourd
One of my favorites that Eleanor is digging lately is I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont and David Catrow! :)
Westcott is amazing. Skip to My Lou is a book I have bought so many times as a gift.
Others that come to mind: Five Little Ducks, Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree, Five Green and Speckled Frogs....
I love to sing as much as possible too! esp with flannel stories :)
I don't think I could pull off the jazz books! I'd love to see you do that sometime if I had the chance.
Ah! How could I have forgotten Drinking Gourd . . . and Ain't Gonna Paint No More!?! Those, also are great faves!
Oh, and there was a series of Raffi books done a while ago . . . and . . .
I've always meant to try out John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads, illustrated by my friend, Christopher Canyon.
Oh, and I also remembered Jim Gill's May There Always Be Sunshine - a great book to then expand by having the kids draw pictures of what they'd not want to live without . . .
May there always be hello hugs!
I totally almost put May There Always Be Sunshine! We didn't bring our copy of it here but I like to sing it with Eleanor, especially in the car. Sometimes she gets into adding things and sometimes just wants me to make up stuff :)
I don't know if it qualifies, but "Finger Poppin," just jumped into my head.
Good memories of early days at Karl Road.
Very fun!
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