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From: Heather Marchetta <hmarchetta_at_cwmars.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:47:58 -0400
Some of my favorite children's books about music for children, books that feature music, and "sing-song" books:
Zin! Zin! Zin!: a Violin! by Lloyd Moss (wonderfully sing-songy and informative)
Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin (lots of fun!)
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day by Dr. Seuss (not about music, but the sing-song quality of the book is charming and would calm my outraged and over-tired toddler at any time of the day or night)
Peter and the Wolf by Janet Schulman, Sergei Prokofiev, and Peter Malone (along with other editions)
Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens (great to have the kids dance to, especially the dinosaur bones track)
The Story of the Orchestra by Robert Levine
And, of course, Mole Music by David McPhail, which has already been mentioned.
-Heather
Heather Elisabeth Marchetta
Librarian
Richard Salter Storrs Library
693 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
(413)565-4182
www.storrsdiscoveryroom.blogspot.com
From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 10:36 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
Books That Sing (Or Play): Music in Children's and YA Literature
From picture book renditions of well-known songs to biographies of musicians to explorations of different musical forms and individual compositions, there are many rich and lyrical musical offerings in books for children and teens. Consider books about John Coltrane as an example: Among them are Chris Raschka's playful and brilliant John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atheneum, 2002), about Coltrane's musical composition of that name; Carole Boston Weatherford's delightful and imaginative Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (Henry Holt, 2008), a consideration of young John Coltrane's aural influences; and Gary Golio's informative and artful Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) , a picture book biography for older readers.
Let's turn up the volume on some of your favorite books about music and musicians for children and teens!
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:47:58 -0400
Some of my favorite children's books about music for children, books that feature music, and "sing-song" books:
Zin! Zin! Zin!: a Violin! by Lloyd Moss (wonderfully sing-songy and informative)
Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin (lots of fun!)
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day by Dr. Seuss (not about music, but the sing-song quality of the book is charming and would calm my outraged and over-tired toddler at any time of the day or night)
Peter and the Wolf by Janet Schulman, Sergei Prokofiev, and Peter Malone (along with other editions)
Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens (great to have the kids dance to, especially the dinosaur bones track)
The Story of the Orchestra by Robert Levine
And, of course, Mole Music by David McPhail, which has already been mentioned.
-Heather
Heather Elisabeth Marchetta
Librarian
Richard Salter Storrs Library
693 Longmeadow St.
Longmeadow, MA 01106
(413)565-4182
www.storrsdiscoveryroom.blogspot.com
From: Megan Schliesman
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 10:36 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject:
Books That Sing (Or Play): Music in Children's and YA Literature
From picture book renditions of well-known songs to biographies of musicians to explorations of different musical forms and individual compositions, there are many rich and lyrical musical offerings in books for children and teens. Consider books about John Coltrane as an example: Among them are Chris Raschka's playful and brilliant John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atheneum, 2002), about Coltrane's musical composition of that name; Carole Boston Weatherford's delightful and imaginative Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane (Henry Holt, 2008), a consideration of young John Coltrane's aural influences; and Gary Golio's informative and artful Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) , a picture book biography for older readers.
Let's turn up the volume on some of your favorite books about music and musicians for children and teens!
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608/262-9503 schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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