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1) Frog went a-courtin'

Author

Langstaff, John

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

1991.

Language

English

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Caldecott Medal Winners

Description

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Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.

2) Folk songs of the Blue Ridge Mountains: 50 traditional songs as sung by the people of the Blue Ridge Mountains country

Author

Shellans, Herbert

Publisher

Oak Publications

Pub. Date

[1968]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Adult Reference

3) Drummer Hoff

Author

Emberley, Barbara

Publisher

Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[1967]

Language

English

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Caldecott Medal Winners

Description

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A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.

4) Yo tenía diez perritos

Series

Colección clave de sol

Publisher

Ediciones Ekaré

Pub. Date

[2002]

Language

Español

5) Tweedle - dee - dee

Author

Voake, Charlotte

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

Description

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Illustrations of a forest in spring and simple text provide a variation on the traditional folk song, "The green leaves grew around." Includes musical score.

6) Rise up singing: the group singing songbook

Publisher

Sing Out Corp

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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Lyrics and guitar chords for 1200 traditional and modern folk songs.

7) Folk-songs of Virginia: a descriptive index and classification of material collected under the auspices of the Virginia Folklore Scoiety

Author

Davis, Arthur Kyle

Publisher

Duke Univ. Press

Pub. Date

1949.

Language

English

8) Rise again: a group singing songbook

Publisher

Hal Leonard

Pub. Date

Language

English

9) Old Mikamba had a farm

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books, An Imprint of Penguin Young Readers, Penguin Group (USA) Inc

Pub. Date

Language

English

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Tales for Twos: On the Farm

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The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.

10) There was an old giant who swallowed a clock

Author

Davies, Becky

Publisher

Tiger Tales

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

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"There was an old giant who swallowed a clock. He had such a shock when he swallowed that clock! Tick-tock, tick-tock. A hilarious retelling of There was an old lady who swallowed a fly."--Page 4 of cover.

11) There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight

Author

Klostermann, Penny Parker

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

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In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a greedy, hungry dragon eventually learns moderation.

12) Folk Songs for Mandolin: sing, stru;m, and pick along

Author

Westfall, R. H

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

13) Animal fair

Author

Goembel, Ponder

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish Children

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of a traditional song in which a child visits the animal fair.

14) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Author

Taback, Simms

Language

English

Formats

Book, Kids Read-A-Long

Description

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Everyone knows the song about the old lady who swallowed a fly, a spider, a bird, and even worse, but who's ever seen what's going on inside the old lady's stomach? With this inventive die-cut artwork, Simms Tabak gives us a rollicking, eye-popping version of the well-loved poem.

15) American favorite ballads: tunes and songs as sung by Pete Seeger

Author

Seeger, Pete

Publisher

Oak Publications

Pub. Date

[1961]

Language

English

16) Folk-songs of America

Author

Gordon, Robert Winslow

Series

National Service Bureau publication volume no. 73-S

Publisher

National Service Bureau

Pub. Date

1938.

Language

English

17) The twelve days of Christmas

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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As a couple strolls through town on Christmas Eve, the man buys gift after gift for the woman he loves, and after arriving at a Christmas party so magnificent it is overwhelming, they slip back to their own quiet home.