John Langstaff

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1) Over in the meadow

Author

Langstaff, John

Series

Voyager/HBJ book

Pub. Date

1957

Lexile measure

420L

Language

English

Description

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"Numbers for knee highs couldn't be more fun. . . ."--Kirkus Reviews John Langstaff's endearing version of an old counting song for children is filled with the beauty and wonder of meadow life.

2) Oh, a-hunting we will go

Author

Langstaff, John

Language

English

Description

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Old and new verses for a popular folk song about hunting and capturing an animal--and then letting him go.

3) On Christmas Day in the morning!: carols

Author

Langstaff, John

Pub. Date

1959

Edition

[1st ed.]

Physical Desc

28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

4) On Christmas Day in the morning: a traditional carol

Language

English

Description

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Illustrated verses for this traditional English folk song present different animals tending to their crops and harvesting them for a Christmas feast.

5) Gather my gold together: four songs for four seasons

Author

Langstaff, John

Pub. Date

1971

Physical Desc

46 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm

Language

English

6) Sweetly sings the donkey: animal rounds for children to sing or play on recorders

Author

Langstaff, John

Pub. Date

1976

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

7) Frog went a-courtin'

Author

Langstaff, John

Series

Weston Woods read-along CD

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

1 audio disc (14 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. 1 book ([28] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm).

Language

English

Description

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Winner of the 1956 Caldecott Medal. "A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. . . . Illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky somehow manages to combine quaintness with sophistication and his doughty frog, the coy mouse . . . and others make charming company."-The New York Times Book Review