Submitted by Calli Matzke, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Idea posted January 18, 2010
I worked at a library for years, and here is a list of some music-related books that I found.
Books for Music:
- Aardema, Verna - Bimwili and the Zimwi
- Adoff, Jaime - The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth
- Baer, Gene - Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat
- Brett, Jan - Berlioz the Bear
- Busse, Sarah Martin - Banjo Granny
- Cabrera, Jane - If You're Happy and You Know It!
- Calmenson, Stephanie - Jazzmatazz!
- Cox, Judy - My Family Plays Music
- Crum, Shutta - My Mountain Song
- Denver, John - (several books)
- Dillon, Leo and Diane - Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles, Think of That!
- Eagle, Kim - (Folk Songs with illustrations)
- Emberley, Barbara - Drummer Hoff
- Engel, Diana - Circle Song
- Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm - The Bremen Town Musicians
- Harrison, David L. - The Animals' Song
- Hausherr, Rosemarie - What Instrument Is This?
- Hort, Lenny - The Seals on the Bus
- Hurd, Thacher - Mama Don't Allow
- Isadora, Rachel - Ben's Trumpet
- Keats, Ezra Jack - Apt. 3
- Kraus, Robert - Musical Max
- Kuklin, Susan - Dance! with Bill T. Jones
- Langstaff, John M. - Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go!
- Martin, Jr., Bill - The Maestro Plays
- Maxner, Joyce - Nicholas Cricket
- Munsch, Robert - Mortimer
- Owen, Ann - The Ants Go Marching
- Peek, Merle - The Balancing Act: A Counting Song
- Pinkney, Brian - Max Found Two Sticks
- Price, Leontyne - Aida
- Queen Latifah - Queen of the Scene
- Raffi - Raffi's Top Ten Songs to Read
- Raschka, Chris - Charlie Parker Played Be Bop and John Coltrane's Giant Steps
- Schaefer, Carole Lexa - Cool Time Song
- Schwartz, Roslyn - Rose and Dorothy
- Shannon, George - Lizard's Song and Dance Away
- Siebert, Diane - Train Song
- Smith, Jr., Charles R. - Perfect Harmony: A Musical Journey with the Boys Choir of Harlem
- Steig, William - Roland, the Minstrel Pig and Zeke Pippin
- Trapani, Iza - (several books)
- Van Kampen, Vlasta - Orchestranimals
- Walter, Mildred Pitts - Ty's One-Man Band
- Weiss, George David - What a Wonderful World
- Williams, Vera B. - Music, Music for Everyone
- Wolkstein, Diane - The Banza: A Haitian Story
- Ziefert, Harriet - Animal Music
Good Books for Sounds:
- Alexander, Martha G. - Pigs Say Oink
- Barton, Byron - Buzz Buzz Buzz
- Boynton, Sandra - Moo, Baa, La La La!
- Briggs, Raymond - Fee Fi Fo Fum
- Brown, Margaret Wise - The Indoor Noisy Book and SHHhhhh... Bang! A Whispering Book
- Cleary, Beverly - The Hullabaloo ABC
- Hutchins, Pat - Good-Night, Owl!
- Kauffman, Lois - What's that Noise?
- Kuskin, Karla - All Sizes of Noises and Roar and More
- Ogle, Lucille - I Hear
- Old McDonald Had a Farm
- Polushkin (Robbins), Maria - Morning and Who Said, "Meow?"
- Skaar, Grace Marion - What Do the Animals Say?
- Spier, Peter - Gobble, Growl, Grunt!