Songbooks: There are some terrific songbooks out there. Here are a few you should have:
- 100 Songs for Kids: Sing-Along Favorites - You can't miss with this one.
- The Library of Children's Song Classics - An illustrated volume of storybook, and holiday songs, lullabies, marches, and rounds. Easy-to-read lyrics, piano arrangements, and guitar chords. Includes Simple Simon, This Old Man, and Take Me Out To The Ballgame, among lots of other great children's classic songs.
- Nancy Cassidy's Kids Songs: The Sing-Along Songbook - Book & CD edition (August 31, 2004). Great for younger kids.
- Cada Nino/Every Child: A Bilingual Songbook for Kids - In Cada Niño / Every Child, acclaimed singer/songwriter Tish Hinojosa presents eleven bilingual songs especially for children. Some are playful toe-tappers like “The Barnyard Dance / El Baile Vegetal” where all the peas and greens and cabbage and beans shimmy in the pale moonlight; some are ballads, telling stories about the Mexican Revolution; while some are lullabies, sweet and dreamy, or celebrations of a grandmother’s love. But all of the songs will teach children about the rich mixture of Latino and American culture and tradition that is spreading out from the border across the United States. Every song is presented in both Spanish and English. Lyrics, music and guitar chords will help kids, parents and teachers to sing and play these wonderful songs themselves.
- Kids' Broadway Songbook (Piano-Vocal Ser.) - A great collection of songs originally performed by children on the Broadway stage. A terrific and much-needed publication for the thousands of children studying voice. Includes 18 songs for boys and girls, including: Gary, Indiana (The Music Man) * Castle on a Cloud (Les Miserables) * Where Is Love? (Oliver!) * Tomorrow (Annie) * and more.
- The Great Big Book of Children's Songs - 76 classics for kids, including: ABC-DEF-GHI * Beauty and the Beast * Bein' Green * The Brady Bunch * "C" Is for Cookie * The Candy Man * Casper the Friendly Ghost * Everything Is Beautiful * I'm Popeye the Sailor Man * Kum Ba Yah * Let's Go Fly a Kite * The Marvelous Toy * Puff the Magic Dragon * Rubber Duckie * A Spoonful of Sugar * Take Me Out to the Ballgame * Under the Sea * Won't You Be My Neighbor? * and more.
- SmartStart Guitar: A Fun, Easy Approach to Beginning Guitar for Kids - Every kid wants to play guitar, and this innovative new instructional method lets them do just that. It's designed for use in the general music classroom, and is developmentally structured to get all beginning guitar students playing and singing from the very first lesson, no matter what their level of experience. Whether you have a small group or a classroom full of students, the Book/CD pak and the video will help you provide a quality musical experience, even if you are a beginner yourself! It's easy to use and before you know it, you'll be helping even young children to play well and build general music skills, one success at a time.
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