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1) Hush little baby

Author

Long, Sylvia

Language

English

Formats

Book, Board Book

Description

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In this variation on the classic lullaby, a mother soothes her child to sleep with the promise of such things as a quilt, a banjo tune, and the sights and sounds of nature.

2) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Author

Adams, Pam

Series

Classic books with holes

Lexile measure

AD 390L

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated version of the cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. Some pages are die-cut, permitting a portion of the next illustration to be seen.

3) This old man: the counting song

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

4) Nedobeck's Twelve days of Christmas

Author

Nedobeck, Don

Series

Good friends

Pub. Date

1982

Physical Desc

28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Language

English

5) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Author

Taback, Simms

Lexile measure

AD 320L

Language

English

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Feelings & Senses

Description

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Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.

6) I've been working on the railroad

Pub. Date

1996

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated presentation of the familiar folk song about railroad life.

7) Hush, little baby: a folk song with pictures

Pub. Date

1999

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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In an old lullaby a baby is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent.

8) Mockingbird

Author

Ahlberg, Allan

Pub. Date

1998

Edition

1st U.S. ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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A variation of an old lullaby in which adoring family and friends promise the baby an assortment of presents.

9) Old MacDonald

Author

Schwartz, Amy

Pub. Date

1999

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse, including his tractor and his neighbors. Music is given on last page.

10) The twelve days of Christmas

Author

Windham, Sophie

Series

Lift-the-flap book

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, music ; 23 cm.

Language

English

11) When I first came to this land

Author

Ziefert, Harriet

Pub. Date

1998

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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Illustrations and words to a traditional song describe the adventures of a pioneer who buys a farm and builds life for himself and his family.

12) This land is your land

Author

Guthrie, Woody

Pub. Date

1998

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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This well-known folk song is accompanied by a tribute from folksinger Pete Seeger, the musical notation, and a biographical scrapbook with photographs.

13) Jennie Jenkins

Author

Feierabend, John Martin

Series

First steps in music

Publisher

GIA Publications, Inc

Pub. Date

[2015]

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, music ; 28 cm.

Language

English

Description

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"'Jennie Jenkins' is a well-known American folk song, sumptuously illustrated"--Page [4] of cover.

14) There was an old monster

Author

Emberley, Rebecca

Pub. Date

2009

Lexile measure

AD 430L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomach ache than began when he swallowed a tick.

15) Knick-knack paddy whack

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

1 v (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated version of the traditional counting song that tells of the ten things "this old man" played before he came rolling home.

16) 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.

17) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Series

Classic books with holes

Lexile measure

AD 390L

Language

English

Formats

CD + Book, Kit

Description

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18) Old Mikamba had a farm

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Language

English

Description

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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 to the cadence of Old MacDonald had a farm. Includes facts about African animals.

19) There was an old lady who swallowed a shell!

Author

Colandro, Lucille

Series

There Was an Old

Lexile measure

AD 390L

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD + Book

Description

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In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a shell, a crab, a fish, a gull, a pail, some sand, and a wave.

20) There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight

Author

Klostermann, Penny Parker

Lexile measure

AD 600L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Board Book

Description

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

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1) Hush little baby

2) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

3) This old man: the counting song

4) Nedobeck's Twelve days of Christmas

5) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

6) I've been working on the railroad

7) Hush, little baby: a folk song with pictures

8) Mockingbird

9) Old MacDonald

10) The twelve days of Christmas

11) When I first came to this land

12) This land is your land

13) Jennie Jenkins

14) There was an old monster

15) Knick-knack paddy whack

16) Oh, a-hunting we will go

17) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

18) Old Mikamba had a farm

19) There was an old lady who swallowed a shell!

20) There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight

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