Who Sang the First Song? Was it the flowers? The waves or the moon? Dove Award-winning recording artist Ellie Holcomb answers with a lovely lyrical tale, one that reveals that God our Maker sang the first song, and He created us all with a song to sing. Amazon The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One… Continue reading Musical Booklists — Picture Books Featuring Music
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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
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! 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for… Continue reading Storytime Help!
Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
A Voice Named Aretha Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, a legend. But before she became a star, she was a shy little girl with a voice so powerful it made people jump up, sway, and hum along. Amazon Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound As a young… Continue reading Music-based Biography — Picture Books about Musical People
Picture Books To Sing & Share
Over in the Meadow Anna Vojtech’s sweet illustrations depict a sun-drenched meadow filled with loving animal families-from mother turtle with her one baby to ten little beavers embraced by their doting mother. There are lots to count in the cleverly designed pictures, and sharp-eyed youngsters will delight in finding a corresponding number of background details… Continue reading Picture Books To Sing & Share
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