FAVORITE BOOKS
Listed below are a number of wonderful picture books with the texts of songs and beautiful illustrations that I highly recommend.
First and foremost is Tom Paxton, a singer-songwriter whose children’s songs I use a lot:
- Goin' To The Zoo
- The Animal Lullaby
- The Marvelous Toy
- Engelbert the Elephant
- Jennifer's Rabbit
Additionally, I draw material and inspiration from all of the following books (listed by title in alphabetical order):
- A- Froggie Went A-Courtin’ - John Langstaff
- A-Hunting We Will Go - John Langstaff
- Animal Boogie - Debbie Harter
- Big Pumpkin - Erica Silverman
- Caterpillar Spring - Susan Hood
- Down By The Station - Will Hillenbrand
- Earthsong - Sally Rogers
- Fiddle-I-Fee - Melissa Sweet
- Goin' To Boston - H. Ellen Margolin
- Going To Sleep On The Farm - Wendy Cheyette Lewison
- Howdy-Doo-Di - Woody Guthrie
- I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie - Alison Jackson
- LaLa Salama - Hannah Heritage Bozylinsky
- Nathan's Fishing Trip - Lulu Delacre
- Off We Go - Jane Yolen
- Over In The Garden - Jennifer Ward
- Over In the Meadow - John Langstaff
- Quick As a Cricket - Audrey Wood
- The Butterfly Alphabet - Kjell B. Sandved
- The Earth Is Good - Michael DeMunn
- The Lion And The Little Red Bird - Elisa Kleven
- The Magic House - Robyn Harbert Eversole
- The Tree In The Wood - Christopher Manson
- Too Much Noise - Ann McGovern
- Train Song - Diane Siebert
- When Winter Comes - Nancy Van Laan
- Who Hops - Katie Davis