Parents, teachers, and children all love these books.  The colorful illustrations bring music to life.  The illustrations in these books provide concrete representations of concepts and vocabulary contained in the lyrics, making music easier to understand and enjoy.         

We heartily encourage you use song picture books teach children (and adult learners, too!) new concepts, words, and expressions.

Pop-Up Books
          Jingle Bells: by Eren Blanquet Unten
          The 12 Bugs of Christmas: A Pop-Up Christmas Counting Book

Trapani, Iza
          Baa Baa Black Sheep
          How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?
          The Itsy Bitsy Spider
          Mary Had a Little Lamb
          Row Row Row Your Boat
          Shoo Fly!

Boynton, Sandra
          Philadelphia Chickens (Includes an audio CD with performances by Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, The Bacon Brothers, Eric Stoltz, Natasha Richardson, Scott Bakula, and others.

Classical Music for Kids -- These books come with audio CD's or cassettes so that children can hear the classic as they view the book and read (or listen to) the story.
          Carnival of the Animals: -- Saint-Saens
          The Magic Flute -- Mozart
          Peter and the Wolf -- Prokofiev

Garcia, Jerry, John Newton
          Jerry Garcia's Amazing Grace (Includes audio CD)

Levine, Robert and Meredith Hamilton
          Story of the Orchestra: Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music! (Includes audio CD)

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