Early Literacy Practice - Sing
If it's snowy and you know it, clap your paws!
by Kim Norman

Abridged for a younger audience, a winter-themed adaptation of the classic song introduces a group of animals ice skating, catching snowflakes, sculpting snowcritters and building a fort before their games drift in a surprising direction. By the creators of Ten on the Sled.
Never play music right next to the zoo
by John Lithgow

A lyrical tale by the award-winning actor and best-selling author of The Remarkable Farkle McBride follows the antics of a band of musical animals who escape from the zoo and take to the stage, in a raucous tale complemented by a CD recording of Lithgow's celebrated song.
Old Macdonald had a truck
by Steve Goetz

An update of the classic folk song, Old MacDonald, featuring farm vehicles like excavator, dump truck, and bulldozer
Watersong
by Tim McCanna

Onomatopoeic text by the author of Teeny Tiny Trucks and evocative illustrations by the artist of Beep Beep Beep Time for Sleep combine in the story of a little fox who seeks shelter from a rain shower that becomes a torrential storm.
Singing in the rain
by Arthur Freed

A picture book adaptation of the song "Singing in the rain," which celebrates the glory of clouds and rain
The wheels on the bus
by Melanie Williamson

In this version of the classic song, residents of a rural Guatemalan village travel by bus to the city. Includes endnotes on Guatemala's geography, agriculture, transportation, currency, landmarks, and customs
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
by Eileen Christelow

It's bedtime at the monkey house, yet the five rambunctious little monkeys keep jumping on their bed until, one by one, each falls off
Head, shoulders, knees and toes ...
by Annie Kubler

Babies act out the words to a familiar song that teaches about body parts
Twinkle, twinkle ABC : a mixed-up, mashed-up melody
by Barney Saltzberg

A mash up of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and the "Alphabet Song," introduces readers to the alphabet in a whimsical manner designed to entertain them until it is time to sleep
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