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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:
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Goin' To The Zoo
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The Animal Lullaby
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The Marvelous Toy
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Engelbert the Elephant
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Jennifer's Rabbit
Additionally, I draw material and inspiration from
all of the following books (listed by title in alphabetical order):
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A- Froggie Went A-Courtin’ - John Langstaff
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A-Hunting We Will Go
- John Langstaff
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Animal Boogie
- Debbie Harter
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Big Pumpkin
- Erica Silverman
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Caterpillar Spring
- Susan Hood
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Down By The Station - Will Hillenbrand
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Earthsong - Sally Rogers
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Fiddle-I-Fee
- Melissa Sweet
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Goin' To Boston
- H. Ellen Margolin
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Going To Sleep
On The Farm
- Wendy Cheyette Lewison
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Howdy-Doo-Di
- Woody Guthrie
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I Know An Old Lady
Who Swallowed A Pie
- Alison Jackson
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LaLa Salama
- Hannah Heritage Bozylinsky
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Nathan's Fishing Trip
- Lulu Delacre
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Off We Go
- Jane Yolen
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Over In The Garden
- Jennifer Ward
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Over In the Meadow
- John Langstaff
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Quick As a Cricket
- Audrey Wood
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The Butterfly
Alphabet
- Kjell B. Sandved
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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
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