Bird & Diz When sax player Charlie “Bird” Parker and trumpeter John “Dizzy” Gillespie make music together, they toss notes back and forth like a game of tag and chase each other with sounds. Amazon Ella Queen of Jazz Ella Fitzgerald sang the blues and she sang them good. Ella and her fellas were on… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
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Picture Books To Sing & Share
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (Jane Cabrera’s Story Time) In this snuggly board book perfect for small hands, a sheep has plenty of wool to share with her friend, who knits cozy gifts for her community. But when the sheep’s generosity leaves her shivering, the community offers their love and gratitude – and some handknit gifts… Continue reading Picture Books To Sing & Share
Storytime Help!
The books included in these posts will not necessarily be specifically about how to offer a great storytime. BUT they are extraordinarily useful for suggesting how to teach music, how to add rhythm, how to make your programs interesting. Use the tools in these books to make your storytimes sing! Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook: Eighth… Continue reading Storytime Help!
Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music
Amazon (audiobook/ebook/print) Barnes and Noble (audiobook/ebook/print) Biblio Books-a-Million (audiobook/ebook/print) Target Walmart Rakuten Kobo (ebook/audiobook) The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One Day: Press the note to hear Vivaldi’s music Follow a little girl called Isabelle and her dog, Pickle, as they take on the adventure of a lifetime. As a sign of the changing… Continue reading Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music
Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Who is Florence Price? Florence loved her mother’s piano playing and wanted to be just like her. When she was just four years old she played her first piano concert and as she grew up she studied and wrote music hoping one day to hear her own music performed by an orchestra. Amazon The Little… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Picture Books To Sing & Share
What a Wonderful World First recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, and with sales of over one million copies, “What a Wonderful World” has become a poignant message of hope for people everywhere. Amazon The Wheels on the Bus (Classic Books With Holes) Presents the traditional nursery rhyme about a bus going all around town.… Continue reading Picture Books To Sing & Share
