Just a few of many great offerings!
CDs
Putumayo World Music Playground series (Caribbean Music Playground, French Music Playground, New Orleans Playground, World Music Playground, etc…)
Gift of the Tortoise: A Musical Journey through South Africa, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants, Ella Jenkins
Multicultural Children’s Songs, Ella Jenkins
You are My Little Bird, Elizabeth Mitchell
The World Sings Goodnight (I & II), various (Rounder Kids)
The McCaughley Septuplets: Sweet Dreams, various (Sony)
Philadelphia Chickens, Blue Moo, and Dog Train, Sandra Boynton, Workman Publishing Co.
Children's Literature
Barnyard Dance, Sandra Boynton, Workman Publishing Company.
Hush! A Thai Lullaby, Minfong Ho, Orchard Books.
The Seals on the Bus, Lenny Hort, Henry Holt & Co.
How Much is That Doggie in the Window, Iza Trapani, Whispering Coyote Press.
Mary Had a Little Lamb, Iza Trapani, Whispering Coyote Press.
What a Wonderful World, Weiss and Thiele/Bryan, Atheneum.
My Family Plays Music, Judy Cox, Holiday House.
Summertime, Heyward/Wimmer, Simon & Schuster.
January Rides the Wind: A Book of Months, Otten/Doney, Lorthrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
All Things Bright and Beautiful, Alexander/Heyer, Ideal’s Children’s Books.
Sleep, Baby, Sleep and other Well-Loved Lullabies, ill. Lacome, Silver Dolphin Books.
Mole Music, David McPhail, Henry Holt & Co.
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, Moss/Priceman, Aladdin Paperbacks.
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Martin/Carle, Holt & Company.
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, Verna Aardema, Dial.
De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children, arr. Orozco, ill. Kleven, Dutton Children’s Books.
Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and Other Talking Drum Rhymes, Unobagha/Cairns, Chronicle Books.
Follow the Drinking Gourd, Jeanette Winter, Knopf.
The Remarkable Farkle McBride, John Lithgow, Simon & Schuster.
The Farewell Symphony, Anna Harwell Celenza, Talewinds.
Music books for parents and teachers
Music Play, Wendy H. Valerio, Alison M. Reynolds, Beth M. Bolton, Cynthia C. Taggart, and Edwin E. Gordon, GIA Publications.
Songworks I: Singing in the Education of Children, Peggy D. Bennett and Douglas R. Bartholomew, Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Roots and Braches: A Legacy of Multicultural Music for Children, P. S. Campbell, et. al., World Music Press.
Teaching Kids to Sing, Kenneth Phillips, Schirmer Books.
Rubber-Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass, Alex Sabbeth, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Sources for Instruments and Props
Music is Elementary (instruments, books, recordings) - https://musiciselementary.com/
West Music (instruments, books, recordings)- http://www.westmusic.com/
Oriental Trading Company (scarves, other props) - http://www.orientaltrading.com/
S&S Worldwide (scarves, balls, etc) - http://www.ssww.com/
Lakeshore Learning – echo microphones