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Books You Can Sing

Singing slows down language and helps children hear the smaller sounds in words. Even if you think you have a terrible voice, your child loves to hear it!

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  • Different animals--including seals, tigers, geese, rabbits, monkeys, and more--make their own sounds as they ride all around the town on a bus.
    Book, 2000New York : Henry Holt, 2000. — EP Hort Lenny
  • Pete the Cat

    I Love My White Shoes

    Litwin, Eric
    As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.
    Book, 2010New York : Harper, 2010. — E FIC Litwin Eric
  • The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.
    Book, 2013New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, An Imprint of Penguin Young Readers, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013] — E FIC Isadora Rachel 11/2013
  • In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
    Book, 2005Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005. — E FICTION Beaumont K.
  • Jungle animals sing the verses of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their happiness through voice and movement.
    Book, 2007New York : Orchard Books, 2007. — E 782.42 Warhola
  • As a curious little chipmunk leaves his nest to greet the twilight, he gazes at the glittering sky above him. He can't help but also notice the sparkling dewdrops on a spider's web, the lights of the fireflies, and the shimmers of moonlight on the…
    Book, 2011New York : Little, Brown, 2011. — EP Pinkney Jerry
  • An update of the classic folk song, Old MacDonald, featuring farm vehicles like excavator, dump truck, and bulldozer.
    Book, 2016San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2016] — E FICTION Goetz S. 07/2016
  • The lyrics of the familiar song, illustrated by pictures based on the World Series games played between the Dodgers and the Yankees in 1949 in Ebbets Field.
    Book, 1993New York : Four Winds Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993. — EP PICTURE Norworth
  • The sounds of the farm animals create a lively beat that keep Farmer Sue, the chicks, sheep, and other farm animals awake.
    Book, 2011New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011. — E FIC Craig Lindsey
  • Monsters sing their own version of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their happiness through voice and movement.
    Book, 2010New York : Orchard Books, 2010. — E FIC Emberley Rebecca
  • Mary had a little glam that grew into a lot. And everywhere that Mary went, she wasn't hard to spot. But on the day she started school, she caught some by surprise. Sweet Mary shrugged and hugged her mom. "I must accessorize."
    Book, 2016NY : Sterling Children's Books, 2016. — E FIC Sauer Tammi 07/2016
  • Intertwines lyrics to various children's songs with an indoor game of hide-and-seek.
    Book, 2012Watertown, MA : Imagine, [2012] — E FICTION Davenier C. 06/2012
  • An illustrated version of the famous spiritual.
    Book, 2005New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2005. — EP PICTURE Nelson Kadir
  • There were ten in the bed and the little one said, "roll over, roll over."
    Board Book, 2007Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2007. — EI INFANT Dale 04/2007
  • Brave Cowboy tries to sing his young calf pals to sleep on a dark, dark night, with humorous results.
    Book, 2012New York : Beach Lane Books, c2012. — EP Thomas Jan
  • Frogs sing and do their own version of the Hokey Pokey.
    Book, 2011New York : Holiday House, c2011. — E FIC Long Ethan 04/2011
  • In this version of a familiar song, baby animals ride to the children's zoo on the zoo train. Printed music on last page.
    Book, 1999San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1999. — EP PICTURE Hillenbr Will
  • An expanded adaptation of the familiar hand-clapping rhyme about a young girl and an elephant. Includes music and directions for the hand-clapping actions.
    Book, 1998Boston : Little, Brown, c1998. — E FICTION Hoberman Mary 02/1998
  • In this expansion of a familiar song, the occupants of a rowboat enjoy seeing and making the sounds of different jungle animals.
    Book, 2014New York : Holiday House, c2014. — EP Cabrera Jane 02/2014