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Songs Genre
Books in the Songs genre:
Favorite Christmas Carols (1957)
Fifty-nine yuletide songs, both old and new.
Author(s):
Margaret Boni
Norman Lloyd
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Violin Hunter (1957)
Author(s):
William Alexander Silverman
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Was it a Good Trade? (1957)
A little man trades his knife for a wife and a cake for a rake and ...
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Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Animal Orchestra (1958)
Animal friends get together to make some music.
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Author(s):
Ilo Orleans
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1958)
The other reindeer make fun of Rudolph’s red nose, until Santa calls.
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Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Robert L. May
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Wide-Awake Owl (1958)
Olga the owl cannot get to sleep. She asks all the other birds and animals but nothing works, until at last the thrush explains the secret to her.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Boyhoods of Great Composers Book One (1960)
Short biographies of the youth of composers, including Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Grieg and Elgar.
Author(s):
Catherine Gough
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Swapping Boy (1960)
Words and music of an old Appalachian Mountain trading song.
Author(s):
John Langstaff
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
When I Grow Up (1960)
A song for a boy and a song for a girl about what they might become when they grow up. A Read-and-Sing book.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (1961)
A large collection of songs with musical arrangements.
Author(s):
William Cole
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)
The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.
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Author(s):
Burl Ives
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Author! Author! (1962)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
The Story of Let’s Make an Opera (1962)
The story of a theatrical entertainment by Benjamin Britten in which he shows how he wrote and prepared an opera, then presented the short children’s opera The Little Sweep.
Author(s):
Eric Crozier
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Boyhoods of Great Composers Book Two (1963)
Short biographies covering the youth of famous composers. This volume includes Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams.
Author(s):
Catherine Gough
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Firefly in a Fir Tree (1963)
A mouse twelve days of Christmas.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Story of Jackie Thimble (1964)
Little Jackie Thimble gets stuck in a post box and sings for his supper.
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mogo’s Flute (1966)
A young Kenyan boy discovers his flute can help him recover the respect of the villagers.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
London Bridge is Falling Down (1967)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Music Master (1967)
This is a beautiful and poetic book that will appeal to anyone who loves literature, music, and romance.
Author(s):
William Allingham
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Hughes
John Everett Millais
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Hurrah, We’re Outward Bound! (1968)
A collection of sea chanteys and salt-water rhymes accompanies the story of the first voyage of La Jeune Francaise from Honfleur, France to New York, Dartmouth and home again.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook (1968)
Now you can sing along with the Ingalls family through the Little House Books.
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Author(s):
Eugenia Garson
Herbert Haufrecht
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Spring Song (1969)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Sumner A. Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Morrow
The Erie Canal (1970)
I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Eirie canal.
Author(s):
Thomas S. Allen
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Lark in the Morn (1970)
Kit Haverard discovers that she is meant to sing.
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Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Michael Lowenbein
The Lark on the Wing (1970)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Lynette Hemmant
Mr. Rogers’ Songbook (1970)
Songs composed by Fred Rogers and sung in the neighborhood.
Author(s):
Fred Rogers
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)
When Louis, a trumpeter swan is born, he is mute. This is the story of how he finds a voice, with the help of his friends and wins his true love.
Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Edward Frascino
The Star-Spangled Banner (1973)
Author(s):
Francis Scott Key
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
There was an Old Woman (1974)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (1981)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …
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Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Good King Wenceslas (1983)
The story of the King of Bohemia who is memorialized in the famous carol.
Author(s):
Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Silent Night (1984)
Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is calm, all is bright …
Author(s):
Joseph Mohr
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1986)
Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.
Author(s):
Cecil Frances Alexander
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Peter Spier’s Advent Calendar Little Town of Bethlehem (1987)
A three-dimensional Advent calendar to assemble from pasteboard.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Asimov’s Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan (1988)
Author(s):
W. S. Gilbert
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Peter Spier’s Advent Calendar Silent Night, Holy Night (1989)
A three-dimensional Advent calendar to assemble out of paste board.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Jingle Bells (1990)
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh ...
Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Richard Scarry’s Favorite Christmas Carols (1990)
Music and an electronic keyboard for caroling.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1990)
A traditional English carol.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Deck the Halls (1991)
Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
For Our Children (1991)
This is an anthology of poetry, song and rhymes with illustrations by noted children’s illustrators.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
Tomie dePaola
Michael Hague
Steven Kellogg
David Macaulay
David Wiesner
Et al
O Christmas Tree (1991)
O, Christmas tree,
O, Christmas tree,
Forever Green
Your Branches!
Author(s):
Ernst Anshutz
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (1992)
Author(s):
Jimmy Kennedy
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (1992)
Author(s):
Jane Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1994)
A collection of going-to-sleep songs and poems.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
We Three Kings and Other Christmas Carols (1994)
A collection of traditional Christmas carols.
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Author(s):
Various
Henry F. Waldstein
Illustrator(s):
Christina Davidson
H. A. Rey
Michael Hague’s Little Treasury of Christmas Carols (1997)
Four traditional Christmas carols.
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Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Hilary Knight’s The Twelve Days of Christmas (2001)
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me …
This new edition is in a slightly larger format and includes new endpapers and sheet music.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Sheep Don’t Count Sheep (2003)
A lamb has difficulty falling asleep so he counts …
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Benrei Huang
Silent Night (2003)
Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is calm, all is bright …
This is the revised edition.
Author(s):
Franz Xaver Gruber
Joseph Mohr
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
A Firefly in a Fir Tree (2004)
The Twelve Days of Christmas for mice. This is the large format edition.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (2004)
A favorite Christmas song in a lavishly illustrated setting.
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Author(s):
J. Fred Coots
Haven Gillespie
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Where Fairies Dance (2004)
A collection of poems about fairies.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Belly Button Book (2005)
Join the Hippos at Belly Button Beach!
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
White Christmas (2010)
Author(s):
Irving Berlin
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Sleep Little Angel (2012)
A lullaby from the master.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Stephen Gulbis
Sleep Tight, Sleepy Bears (2012)
Another lullaby from the archives.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Julie Clay
Bring on the Girls (2014)
Plum (lyrics) and Guy (book) reminisce about their years as kings of Broadway musical comedy. This is the revised text from the 1954 Herbert Jenkins, Ltd. edition.
Author(s):
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Photographs
Goodnight Songs (2014)
A dozen lullabies illustrated by a dozen artists, with its own CD.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Various